There is such a place
There was a message that it would be permanently shut down
Let countless travelers regret not going in time
Photography @ Snow Shura
In the eyes of many travel enthusiasts
It represents the ultimate place of faith
The moment you step on this land
It's like stepping into the movie "Dream Quest"
Photography @ Snow Shura
It is known as the "Red Buddha Country"
Home to the world's largest "Buddhist university"
You can feel the other possibility of life and life
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Here you can reap the rewards
The holiest night and the twinkling starry sky
You can see the magnificent scene of thousands of people chanting the sutra
You can feel the mystery and shock of the heavenly burial ceremony
See the true meaning of samsara
Photography @ Xiao Che
It's a place you can't forget
It is included by countless photographers
"Must Go in This Life" Places on Travel List
This is Seda
"Heavenly Buddha's Kingdom, Earthly Seda"
Seda, after all, is still open!
Seda, meaning "golden horse" in Tibetan
Seda in the mouths of travel enthusiasts
Usually refers to the Seda Buddhist College
The full name is Seda County Larong Temple Wuming Buddhist College
Referred to as "Seda Wuming Buddhist College"
It is located in the mysterious Kawanishi
Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province
20 km southeast of Seda County
4000 meters above sea level, let Seda
Like a red Buddha country in the clouds, it is independent and independent
It's also a great summer retreat
Because of the high altitude, summer is exceptionally cool!
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In fact, Seda has not been open to the outside world for quite a long time
Since the beginning of the 2020 epidemic
Seda came out from time to time
News of permanent closure and no longer open to the public
Let countless people regret and sigh
Image @ Weibo
In April, local police debunked rumors of the opening at the time
When July re-opened
Ranger thought it was a rumor again
Just when everyone thinks that this is a secret place
When it comes to saying "no" to tourists in general
It was closed three years later
Recently, the news suddenly came out and opened!
As soon as there is wind and grass, it can be on the hot search
You can see this "Red Buddha Country"
Not sure how many people are lying on the travel list
Everyone said "Don't miss it again!" ”
Picture @ Weibo - those things that engage in the circle / Kyra_ big baby
Seda is the embodiment of the tibetan people's faith power
This power is scattered on the land of Tibetan areas
Many "miracle" buildings have been formed
If you like
Seda's pure faith and striking magnificence
It's time to take a trip!
Photography @ Snow Shura
It was closed for three years and opened to the public for the first time
What are Seda's new policies?
What are the considerations?
And what's so fun to see? One to give you the answer!
Seda, why is it a lifetime?
01.
A paradise for photography lovers
See the world's unique shock "Seda Red"
Seda's most eye-catching color
It is the red that represents faith
Everything here is red
Prayer flags, wooden houses, monks
……
It is the mysterious and majestic "red" that belongs to Tibet.
Photography @ Snow Shura
There is probably nowhere in the world
Can copy this piece of "Seda Red"
The kind of shock that brings people to the soul
Nor will anyone deny it
Seda is the end of the "pilgrimage"
Photography @ Snow Shura
Surrounded by mountains
The red monastic house is centered on the great prayer hall of the Buddhist academy
The hillside is densely packed on all sides
Countless crimson chalets
Stretching countless times, you can't see the edge at a glance
Photography @ Xiao Che
Walk the streets of Seda and meet at any time
Lamas and Kyaw Mu in red robes
They practice here day after day
Countless day and night cycles
The power of faith flows through the air of Seda, and it lives on and on
Photography @ Snow Shura
In the evening, walk up to the observation deck and look out at the night view of Seda
Thousands of wooden houses on both sides of the Larung Ditch
The lights come and go
It is like the light of faith connected
Photography @ car
02.
See the largest Tibetan Buddhist academy in the world
--Seda Buddha College
SedaraRong Five Buddhist College
It is a university where the Dharma is practiced
"Wuming" is the five disciplines
Gong Qiaoming (Technology), Statement (Linguistics)
Medical Fang Ming (Medicine), Inming (Logic) and Neiming (Buddhism)
Photo @ Photo.com
The Buddhist Institute was founded in 1980 by His Holiness King Jigme Phuntsok
In 1993, he was published by Le Monde.
Acclaimed as "the world's largest Buddhist college"
In just a few years, it has risen rapidly from the depths of the valleys of Tibetan areas
Leap to "the world's largest"
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The school has a prayer hall, accommodation, and a supermarket
Bookstores, vegetarian restaurants, hotels
……
Tens of thousands of monks study, live and practice here
Photography @ Sumo
03.
Go to the "Mandala" of faith
See the most special places of the Buddhist Academy
The highest hill at the Seda Wuming Buddhist Academy
About 4200 meters on the top of the mountain
There is a splendid building
It is the most special place in the whole Seda Buddhist Academy
This is mandala
Picture @ Snow Shura
The first floor of the mandala is a prayer corridor
This is a place of faith
Devout devotees are here at all times
Legend has it that the mandala passes through
Turn 100 times and the disease will be cured
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The sound of chanting wafts past your ears from time to time
At that moment the heart becomes sacred and peaceful
The mandala city is illuminated at night
Anywhere in the Academy
You can see the holy and beautiful light it emits
Photo @ Photo.com
Photography @ Snow Shura
04.
In the sky burial platform
Enlighten the true meaning of the cycle of birth and death
Seda's burial platform
It is located between the Buddhist Institute and the county seat of Seda
On a gentle mid-mountain slope with relatively flat terrain
Next to a small white tower
An iron fence was used to create a flat ground as large as a basketball court
It is the place where the heavenly burial is carried out
Photography @ Snow Shura
Tenzin Gyatso Rinpoche reconstructs the Heavenly Burial Platform
Now here is a special person to introduce the culture of heavenly burial
There are reliefs on the walls
Images of the six reincarnations, the eight corpses and other images
It is said that the Guru wants all those who come
Can have a deeper understanding of life and death
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So what is a day burial?
Heavenly burial is a traditional burial method of the Tibetan people
After death, the body is taken to a designated place for the vulture to swallow
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Tibetans revere heavenly burial
It is thought that the "skin sac" is used to feed the vultures
It is the most noble almsgiving, embodying the Mahayana Buddhist Paramita
The highest realm - sacrificing oneself for charity
Photography @ Snow Shura
Because of death, for the Tibetan people
Heralds the birth of a new life
Tibetan folk believe
The vulture is the embodiment of the empty line, and some vultures are regarded as sacred birds
Photo @ Photo.com
Vultures fly high into the sky after eating human corpses
It will bring people's souls to life
Dedicate your flesh to the heavenly burial platform
Visible vultures and those invisible beings
Thus doing one last merit at the end of this life
05.
Go to the observation deck and take a picture of the most beautiful Seda
Seda's best camera position
Follow the path to the left of the Mandala all the way up
Direct access to the observation deck
It has an open view overlooking the entire Buddhist college
At the yellow fence, you can photograph the entire Seda
Photography @ Fall
Pure under the canopy
Thousands of red wooden houses fill the river valley
Nightfall is even more shocking
Between the temples, brilliant lights
And the brilliant Galaxy is connected to form a path to heaven
Sanskrit sounds are everywhere, like a dream
Photo @ Photo.com
What's around Seda?
01.
The head of the Seda Monastery - Dongga Temple
Dongga Monastery is Tibetan Buddhism
One of the famous monasteries of the Nyingma school of white jade
It is the first of the thirteen monasteries of Seda in ancient and modern times
Dongga Temple is located on the Golden Horse Grassland in Seda County
Incarnated by Avalokiteshvara
The first Dongga Rinpoche was created
02.
Inkstone Park
Some say it's like Iceland in summer
Others say it's like an exotic planet
"Ghost Blowing Lights" starring Pan Yueming was filmed here
It was one of the hottest niche secrets in western Sichuan last year
Inkstone Park is home to world-class geological wonders
Landscape of stone forests on the Chinese plateau
Rugged stone forests rise from the meadows
Like a sword piercing into the sky, it is very spectacular
Photography @ Xiao Che
03.
"City in the Sky" Litang
Litang is located on the south line of National Highway 318
It is known as the "first town of Kangnan"
Magnificent snow-capped mountains, simple Tibetans, primeval forests
Alpine lakes, streams and meadows...
Litang, close to the legendary Shambhala holy place
Photography @ Little Snail
August is the most beautiful season in Litang
The snow line recedes into the distance where heaven and earth meet
A prairie full of flowers
It is even more vast under the blue sky and white clouds
Cows and sheep graze leisurely
Herders' tents are scattered over the pastures with the most abundant aquatic grasses
The annual horse racing extravaganza is also held here
Riders wearing hero knots and carrying knives around their waists gallop past
Showcasing a healthy posture
Photo @ Photo.com
Photography @ Sumo
04.
Don't lose the snowy mountains of Tibet
In the picturesque western part of Sichuan, Siguniang Mountain is a legend
People talk about her
Every mountain, every valley, every lake
And every story that happens here
Four girls Shan Haizi group
In summer, there are flowers and blue lakes, and in autumn there are colorful forests and starry skies
This breathtaking sea of children
It was like a drop of sacred mountain tears
Magnificent, vast, holy
Reflecting the most beautiful figure of Siguniang Mountain
There are also Yala Snow Mountain and Gongga, the king of Shu Mountain
Snow is snowy all year round, and it is enchanting
05.
Do not lose the grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Did you know, in Kawanishi
There are also beautiful grasslands that are not lost to Inner Mongolia
June-August every year
The Ruoerge steppe became a sea of flowers
The water and grass are abundant, the cattle and sheep are flocked, and the tents are dotted
One of the most emblematic sites on the Jolgai steppe
It is the first bay of the Jiuqu Yellow River!
It is home to spectacular prairie sunsets
Overnight in "Stone City" Zagana
Go to the lakeside of the prairie to swim in the secret place of Flower Lake
You can also enjoy a Tibetan afternoon tea in your tent
Mizushi's hand-grabbed beef and monk buns
Rice dumplings, butter tea and barley wine
Don't have a delicious taste in mind!
Photography @ Qian Xiaoduo
When you leave Seda
Those who are like fiery houses and those who practice
It will be deeply engraved in memory and melted into the blood
Become an incomparably strong force for us on the way forward in the future
Latest Seda policies + travel guide
01/Epidemic prevention policy
To depart from Chengdu, double green code is required
Negative nucleic acid tests in 3 days in the province
(Requires 24h nucleic acid once)
02/Seda travel guide
1. Seda only accepts tourists Chinese mainland
So be sure to bring your ID card
2. Tourists enter the Buddhist College
You need to take a sightseeing bus to get there (starting from 6th)
Still entering through the back door
3. At present, the number of people entering the Buddhist college is limited to 2,000 people per day
There is only a way to queue up on site
The reservation system will be implemented on August 5th
03/Seda Travel Tips
✅ Watch out for sun protection!! Western Sichuan has a high altitude and strong ultraviolet rays
Bring sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses
✅ At higher altitudes, do not exercise strenuously to prevent high reflexes
✅ Respect local beliefs and customs
Try not to take pictures of the monks
If you want to shoot, you also need to get their permission
Someone came to Seda to see one
Born in nature, returned to nature's heavenly burial
Some people pay homage to the Wuming Buddhist Academy
Some people only want the grandeur of the Red Buddha Country
No matter where you come from
There must be new insights about life
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