Sacred Mountains in Tibet

Sacred Mountains in Tibet

Tibet is a mysterious place for us who from the mainland, there have the endless prairie, also has the magic of the desert. In addition, there are four mysterious mountains, it is a mysterious region. Let's learn about the four sacred mountains in Tibet.

Bonri Mountain:

The Bonri Mountain is located in the southeast of the Pulong of Nyingchi County, and North side of Yarlung Zangbo River. This is a sacred mountain worshipped by primitive bon religion in Tibet. It is said that Achajibo, a Benzenist who was the first to come out against Buddhism at the time of the dispute between Buddhism and Benzene, once competed with Padmasambhava for power. When master Padmasambhava arrived at the confluence of the Yarlung Zangbo River and Niyang rivers, he was able to summon strong winds to try to blow down all the villages and trees.

Among the mountains of Tibet, there is no mountain as Bonri, as you hardly can see its true color from outside. Hence there is no any prominent peak of Benji mountain, it was rather a cluster of hills, and always surrounding with foggy, even if you are in the mountains, it is difficult for you to know its true face. There are so many experienced Tibetan experts, yet know so little about the Bonri Mountain. It is like a mysterious blind angle, but it is one of the roots of Tibet.

Shengqinlangza Mountain:

Shengqinlangza Mountain, located on territory of Gangtuo Village, Jomda County, Tibet, where 100 km from the county, 90 km of which are accessible by car. Shengqinlangza sacred mountain is one of the 25 sacred Buddhist Mountains in Kang District. The sacred mountain of Shengqinlongza is a place where famous religious masters such as Padmasambhava and eminent monks of Ningma and Kagyu such as Deqing Chulinbar and Gamabashi have practiced and worshiped, thus it is highly respected by the believers. The Mountain is so large that it takes a whole day to ride a horse around it.

Shengqinlangza mountain has many scenic spots, some of the distinctive attractions include: the monkey take off hat, Buddha statue with the lotus position on the top of the mountain, the stone statue of master Padmasambhava, the dragon soared into the air, and the cave where master Padmasambhava subdued demons, master Padmasambhava ashram, the Karmapa ashram, the crystal cave of Rigzin, Shengqinlangza mountain, etc.

Deqingpozhang Mountain:

Deqingpozhang sacred mountain is commonly known as “Riwoqê", which means mountain in Tibetan, and the name changed from the mountain name to the local place, and later changed as the name of the county. The mountain is located next to the Riwoqê County, 30 km from the county. Here has the beautiful scenery, elegant environment, birds and flowers, water gurgling, that is called "always hears the birds, and the springs are everywhere ". The mountain is not high, and inaccessible by vehicles, yet more suitable for hiking. On the 15th day of the 6th month of the Tibetan calendar, people from far and wide put on their festival clothes and bring plenty of food and wine, to worship the sacred mountain from the young and old.

Duola Fairy Mountain:

Duola Fairy Mountain, located in 63 km of Sichuan and Tibet highway in the east of Baima Township, Baxoi County, where the traffic is very convenient. The mountain is not large in scale and is traditionally divided into outer circle, middle circle and inner circle. Climb up to the main peak, you can have a bird's eye view of the whole sceneries of Duola Mountain. This is the core and the main point of view of the Duola Mountain. On the way, you can worship and appreciate various kinds of Buddha statues mainly are master Padmasambhava, pagodas, the six syllable mantra prayer and Tibetan prayer sutras. There is also a small temple in the mountain, and there are statues of Buddha in the sutra hall for worship.

The mystery of the Dola Fairy Mountain lies in its limestone landscape, carved with Buddhist statues and the six syllable mantra prayers. As a result of desolated, together with the drenches of winds and rains through out the years, the weathering phenomenon is very serious, thus already lost the impression of the artificial carves, this makes many people believe these images of buddha carving and the six syllable mantra prayers are really formed naturally.