Why is there only one monk in Qomolangma Rongbu Temple?

Located at the foot of Mount Everest, Shangrongbu Temple is the highest temple in the world, with an altitude of 5150m. Awang Sang Jie is the only monk in the temple. He has been waiting here alone for more than 20 years. He is here to pray for everyone who dares to climb Mount Everest, hoping that every climber can return safely.

Awang and Liao, a lonely monk and a temple, stand on the platform of the temple, and you can clearly see Mount Everest when the weather is good. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. In 2005, the height of rock surface measured by China State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping was 8844.43 meters.

The climbers came to the temple and asked Sang Jie to pray for them, hoping to be safe when climbing Mount Everest in a few days. The process of conquering Everest is full of unpredictable dangers. 20 15 An avalanche triggered by the earthquake in Nepal on April 25th caused at least 8 casualties, and 100 many climbers were missing.

Sanjay lit every butter lamp in the temple for the foreign mountaineering team stationed in the Everest base camp, and he sent them blessings in this form. The mountaineering team will set out to climb Mount Everest in a few days.

Sangjie pulled a prayer cone more than one person high by hand in a small temple halfway up the mountain to pray for the people on Mount Everest. Sang Jie took the butter lamp burned the day before and went back to his residence for cleaning.

Mulberry knot carefully wipes every burnt butter lamp with a paper towel. Hundreds of butter lamps were lit in the temple, and the fire lit up the whole temple. He scrubs a lot of burnt butter lamps every day and does a lot of work every day.

A local herder came to look for mulberries. Sang Jiezi went to the practice cave under the temple to get some dust and carefully put it in a plastic bag. He took it back to the herdsmen and put it in a newly-built house to keep his new home safe.