It is not only a good place for sightseeing, but also an important Tibetan Buddhist temple
Anyone who has traveled to Meili Snow Mountain in Yunnan must know that Feilai Temple is a good place to watch the thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountain. All those who travel to Meili Snow Mountain will go to Feilai Temple in nine out of ten and stay there for one night. They will watch the sunrise in the morning, watch the "Sunshine Golden Mountain", watch the sunset in the evening, and enjoy the "Milky Way Flowing Rain". Of course, such beautiful scenery can not be met every day. Everyone said that it is necessary to see the character, sports fitness .
Feilai Temple is located 10 kilometers southwest of Deqin County, Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province, next to G214 Road, with an altitude of 3439 meters. Directly opposite it is the majestic and mysterious Meili Snow Mountain. "Meili" means "medicine mountain" in Tibetan, so "Meili Snow Mountain" is "medicine king mountain".
Meili Snow Mountain is the collective name of continuous mountains. There are more than 10 snow mountains with an altitude of more than 6000 meters. Therefore, there is the saying of "Prince Thirteen Peak". "Thirteen" is the auspicious number in Tibetan, not the specific number of peaks. The most famous one is the main peak Kawagbo Peak, which has a sea level of 6740 meters, and is the highest peak in Yunnan.
There is a large viewing platform built in Feilai Temple, which is one of the best places to view Meili Snow Mountain, especially Kawagbo Peak. On the hillside above the viewing platform and on the side of the road, a number of hotels and inns have been built intensively to provide accommodation and rest places for people who come to visit and enjoy the scenery.
After coming and going, it has become a tourist gathering place, just like a tourist town. People who speak different dialects and even tourists who speak different languages will come here to punch in.
People who go to Meili to turn mountains and walk in the rain avalanche usually stay here for one night. Many people regard Feilai Temple as a viewing platform or a scenic spot.
That's right. This is a scenic spot in Meili Snow Mountain National Park. If you want to enter, you need to buy a ticket of 40 yuan/person. In 2020, the ticket will be half price. Now it only needs 20 yuan/person, and it is valid for two days. It is very humanized to watch the sunrise and sunset.
In addition to being a scenic spot and a place name, Feilai Temple is also an important temple with a long history and an important position in Tibetan Buddhism. This area is named because of it, and the nearby villages are also named Feilai Temple Village.
Generally, tourists come and go in a hurry, and the focus is on the viewing platform. Few people go to the real Feilai Temple, which is not far from the Feilai Temple scenic spot.
Not long ago, we went to Meili Snow Mountain for a walk in the rain, and when we arrived at Feilai Temple, it was a little early, so we made a special trip to Feilai Temple.
Diqing, Yunnan Province, is a Tibetan autonomous prefecture with a high proportion of Tibetan residents. Tibetan Buddhism is very popular and temples are not uncommon. Because of the geographical characteristics of plateau and mountains, temples are mostly built on high altitude hillsides, and so is Feilai Temple.
Not far from the Feilai Temple scenic spot, there is a striking memorial archway beside the G214 National Highway, marked with "Auspicious Feilai Temple". After entering the memorial archway, you will enter the Feilai Temple after a downhill road.
In Tibetan, "Feilai Temple" means "Enlightened Nankazaxi", that is, "auspicious in the void", which means "flying Buddha image". The temple was built in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, and its current buildings were rebuilt during the Republic of China, and later repaired. The temple is a Tibetan architecture with civil structure and is a local folk Buddhist temple.
The walls of Feilai Temple are painted with murals of the Qing Dynasty covering an area of more than 600000 square meters, mainly including Tibetan Buddhism, primitive religion, natural worship, and local Tibetan secular life scenes.
The mural painting technique is superb and the materials are exquisite. It is a valuable material material for studying the social history and national culture of Deqing at that time. It has high artistic value. In 2003, Feilai Temple became a cultural relic protection unit in Yunnan Province.
It is said that the founder of the Feilai Temple is the living Buddha of South Kaqu Jijiatso. When he was resting in the holy land of Kawagbo, he saw a statue of Buddha flying from India in meditation and fell on a hill opposite Kawagbo.
After observing the origin of the living Buddha, he found a real Buddha. He understood the will of the Buddha and organized the villagers to build a new temple.
When the temple held the opening ceremony, the Buddha personally drove over the temple to bless the temple and the main Buddha statue in the temple. From then on, the pilgrimage to South Karzai (Feilai Temple) was equivalent to the pilgrimage to the Buddha statue of Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. The temple gained a great reputation, and Feilai Temple became an important temple in Tibetan Buddhism.
The Tenth Panchen Master visited the temple in late 1986 to worship the Kawagbo Mountain. In the temple, there are words and statues commemorating the 10th Panchen Master. When we went there, we saw a Tibetan boy painting the characters and statues with gold powder to ensure that they are always displayed.
Chat with the gold-painted young man and know that he is a local. Their village is called Feilaisi Village. There are dozens of families and hundreds of people in the village. In the past, they mainly graze, but now they are organized to engage in tourism services. Feilai Temple is supervised and regularly maintained by special personnel
When we left Feilaisi and walked to the inn, we found that signs of tourist towns were being built here. Attracting people to travel and providing relevant services were the main positioning of this place. The tourist towns, movie towns and signs were very eye-catching. Feilaisi village not far away was a characteristic village.
Feilai Temple in Meili Snow Mountain is not only a good place for sightseeing, but also an important Tibetan Buddhist temple. Feilai Temple Scenic Spot, Feilai Temple Town and Feilai Temple Village. Because of Feilai Temple, many place names have been derived here, attracting more and more people's attention and promoting the development of this plateau town.
