Sacred Mountain Zhayi Zhaga

Among overlapping ranges, Sacred Mountain Zhayi Zhaga shapes like a shape sword erecting straight into the sky. Looking upward, you will feel its chill. At clear dusk when the sun sheds its slanting rays down, sunglow spreading, the peak is bathed in golden sunlight. In rainy days, mists cloud the peak in the boundless sky. Walking around, you will feel you are riding on clouds.

On the 15th of every month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Tibetans from Jiuzhaigou as well as nearby Nanping and Songpan counties come to pay their homage to the mountain by circling around on fool. May 15th, Mazi Festival is the climax of the annual mountain-circling ceremony. Believers, in groups, on horse or foot, walk to complete a full circle around the mountain in a counter clockwise direction, spreading kha- blags and singing religious songs. Some pious believers of the Benbo Sect would move forward on their knees to kowtow once every three steps. The mountain circling event usually lasts 2 to 3 days. From on the slope runs down the Zharu Waterfall where you will see the divine springs of Qubu and Qumo. People come over to drink water in order to purify their mind and to drive out diseases and disasters. At rest, they sit around and propose toasts for each other's blessing.

Publishes at : 07-09-08 18:57

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