When is the best time to visit Yixi Temple?

The best time to visit Yixi Temple is in the mountain valley area, with the average annual temperature ranging from 11.5℃ to 12.8℃. In the plateau zone, the average temperature of the coldest month is below -5℃, the average temperature of the hottest month is 10℃ to 12.1℃, and the lowest temperature of the year is January, which can reach -27℃. The best time to travel is April, May, September and October

Yixi Temple is located in Jialashi Township, Xinlong County, Garze Prefecture, Sichuan. The temple is 3 kilometers away from Xinlong County, with an altitude of 4180 meters. The temple was founded by Sangdarangka Yeshi, a famous great achiever of Yongzhong Bon Religion, and has a history of 1168 years.

His father, Muyadasai, was one of the ten ministers of Trisong Detsen, the thirty-eighth king of the Tubo Dynasty, and a Bonbo Yogi. Langka Yesi followed his father's instructions and came to Liangru to subdue the Eight Dragons. There was a chief in Xinlong named Lejia. Lejia knew that Langka Yesi had special magical powers, so he believed in Langka Yesi. From then on, Sundarangka became the lama of Lejia. Sangdarangka Yeshe brought the name of the temple with his own name, Yeshe, and named it Yeshe Temple.

Yixi means original wisdom and holy wisdom. When Sunday Yeshi passed away, his whole body turned into a rainbow, leaving only his hair and nails. Xingba Jiangze, the successor of Sangdarangka Yeshi, was an unparalleled wise man. At this time, Yeshe Temple was preaching scriptures and practicing Taoism. Xingba sent down his magical power to build the Buddha body of Xingla Wuga. When Xingba Jiangze passed away, only his hair and nails were left, and his whole body transformed into a rainbow incarnation. His disciple is Ado Zasong, who can write Tibetan A characters on rocks with his fingers. He has the magical power to give birth to a son, Quse Yixi Jiangze, spit on the stone sand and turn the stone sand into gold sand. Such masters from generation to generation have a special history.

In 1301, Master Kongbulo Zhentongmen, who was famous for his magical powers in the snowy area, came to Yixi Temple after opening the terma of the Waxiang Zhaxia Holy Land. After he turned into a bee and circled the Dakini Four Dragons Dolma three times, he gave birth to Luozhen Jiangze the next year. They, father and son, practiced tantric retreats. Khenpo Shenglong Jiangze was the guru of Xinrao Jiangze, the founder of the second enlightenment of Bon Buddhism. In 1840, the extremely powerful Qubu master Orenipa came to Xinlong Larima from Songpan. He was a Fu The Tibetan Dharma King was also the lama of the chief of Xiaojin County. His son Yongzhu Jianze and Yongzhu Jianze’s son Yongzhu Luobu built the big thangka of Xinlao Patriarch in Yixi Temple. (1841), Xinlong Chief Gongbangjie The crown prince Duodeng announced that the six temples would be unified into one and named it Yixi Tuoxu Xingsheng Temple. At this time, there were more than a hundred monks in Yixi Temple. Duodeng announced that he would give various cymbals, thangkas, musical instruments and other priceless treasures. . Giawa Chichi Qiongjia brought various Benbo teachings from Tibet and established the Summer Sutra for Fifty Days. The discipline of the monks is as strict as that of the Tibetan Manri Sect. Qubu Nima came to Zeze to promote the Tantric Dharma and maintain the discipline of the temple.

When the Red Army came to Xinlong in 1936, the monks of Yixi Temple sent food to the Red Army and lived in harmony like a family. When parting, the Red Army gave Yixi Temple a steel cymbal and a red flag, saying that Yixi Temple is the temple of our Red Army and we must protect it.

In 1945, there were more than 300 monks in Yixi Temple, and Deng Deng and Ah Yong were the abbots of Yixi Temple.

In 1950, Yixi Temple sent highland barley and other food to the People's Liberation Army from Litang; the highly respected Living Buddha Ayong and Lama Dengdeng worked in the county and state governments for more than 40 years while being responsible for temple regulations.

In 1956, when Raolu, Pica, Hazhan, Xionglongxi and others opposed the democratic reform, Lama Dengdeng and Ayong Living Buddha went to various places to persuade the bandits to surrender to the government, and also took in many bandits. The hidden gun was handed over to the government;

In 1959, the monk Quele of our temple died gloriously in a fight with bandits while protecting collective property.

During the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Yixi Temple was demolished without any foundation, leaving only the remains of the temple. All the expensive temple ritual tools were confiscated.

In 1983, religion was opened to temple construction, and in 1985, Yixi Temple became a key temple in Sichuan Province.

In 1986, the national government allocated a special fund of 200,000 yuan to build Yixi Temple. In 2000, Yixi Temple became a tourist temple in the county at home and abroad.

With the support of the Living Buddha, Ajia Lama and Geqia Lama, more than 120 monk rooms have been built in the temple. Yixi Temple currently has 4 Khenpos and 1 Living Buddha. There are 4 temple stewards, 4 financial stewards, 13 lamas, and more than 250 monks. In terms of theoretical study, I majored in Dzogchen, the Great Illusion Network, the Hundred Civil and Military Deities of the Bardo, and the main wrathful deities and protectors of Bon Religion.

The temple pays special attention to practical cultivation and has strict Taoism. Most of the monks in the temple focus on long-term retreat as their main practice. About two-thirds of the current monks are in retreat and never leave the retreat except for special circumstances (such as Dafa conferences).

The temple also houses a large number of very precious cultural relics, magic treasures, scriptures, etc., such as: the Tiger Bodhisattva, the incarnation of the fire-burning Vajra deity, the footprints left by the tiger on the stone, which Langdama destroyed with his own hands when he destroyed the Buddha. There are more than 20 various bronze statues that are still intact, including a pair of bronze cymbals made in the fifth year of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty; a pair of cymbals with a golden dragon ring sent by Gongmingniao (a bird with wings on the human body); a 30-foot cymbal made in the Qing Dynasty There are more than 400 large thangkas including the long Xinrao Miwo; one hundred Buddha bodies and Dala Buddha statues made by Tiantie; a pair of steel cymbals given by the Red Army when they entered Xinlong; a dancing spirit from the Yuan Dynasty Clothing and many magical instruments such as Buddha statues, Kangyur, Dangyur, gold and silver musical instruments, as well as several types of dancing costumes from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. There are more than 40,000 volumes of the classics "Gangyur", "Danjur" and various scriptures.

There are also fifteen thangkas, a pair of red Falun wheels, a 20-foot-long black flag, etc. presented by Tibetan officials from various periods.

Yixi Temple also has mysterious relics. On the wall inside the temple door, there are pictures of the theory of rhetoric, pictures of the spread of life and death, maps of the Brahma world, seven political treasures, eight auspicious signs, and protectors. There are three symbols and three ancient texts. On the right side of the temple, there are monuments such as the twelve great achievements of the founder Xinrao Miwo Tathagata.

The main large-scale Buddhist activities in Yixi Temple are the chanting of the Sea Sutra in the whole temple from the 1st to the 7th of the first lunar month in the Tibetan calendar; the Dragon Golden Sutra is recited on the 15th of the first lunar month, the anniversary of the death of the Buddha Xinraomiwo Tathagata; from February 1st to On the 8th, recite the auspicious heavenly mother and other Dharma protectors; between March 5th and 15th, recite the Dzogchen and World Peace Dharma Assembly; from April 1st to 30th, the whole temple will study Wuming Xue, Tantra, and Dzogchen Dharma. etc.; the Dharma Assembly of the God of Wealth Buddha from May 1st to 7th in the Gregorian calendar; from May 20th to 28th, the Jiawajiangchong Sutra and the Sutra of Staying Closely are recited, and more than 500 monks and people observe the precepts of staying close to each other for eight days; 6th of the lunar calendar From the 1st to the 11th of June, the Yoga Master Sutra is recited, and on June 8th, a large fire offering is made in the Bazi. All the monks and people of the temple come to the Bazi to warm themselves by the fire. They believe in eliminating all kinds of karma, preventing various diseases and changes in destiny. The Vajra Dance of the deity is performed on the 9th and 10th of the month, and the hell dance is performed on June 11th every three years. From June 14th to August 5th, recite the Summer Sutra (monastic ritual sutra) for 50 days. During these 50 days, monks who are novices or above must recite the three Vajra deity gods for 15 days from November 20th to December 5th of the lunar calendar. , on November 28th and 29th, it is the annual winter dance of the Vajra Dance. There are currently more than 280 kinds of masks for the Vajra Dance of the deity. On the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 30th of each month, we recite the Dharma for Liberation and the World Peace Dharma.