Wengjia Temple

Wengjia Temple

Wengjia Temple is a cultural tourism attraction.

Wengjia Temple was originally a Bon monastery. Legend has it that one of Guru Rinpoche’s direct disciples, named Shijialezhen, came to Wengjia and converted it into a Nyingma sect monastery. It earned the name “Wengjia Temple,” meaning “Temple of a Hundred ‘Weng’ Characters,” because there are naturally formed 108 “Weng” characters (the first character of the Six-Syllable Mantra) on the cliffs surrounding the temple. The monastery buildings and monks' quarters are built along the natural rock caves and cliffs. The area around the temple features many naturally formed strange rocks and unique mountains. It is said that this place holds the golden key to unlocking the 108 sacred sites in the Tibetan region. People must first come here to obtain the golden key before their prayers at other religious sites can be fulfilled. The surrounding natural landscape includes peaks like the Seven Fairies Peak, Sleeping Lion, Elephant White Conch, Gesar King’s Saddle, and Princess Chumu’s Loom. Other wonders include Guru Rinpoche’s “Copper-Colored Pure Land,” the Tibetan sacred site “One-Legged Musk Deer,” the “Underworld Passageway” and “Hellish Tripod” that test good and evil, the “Purification Waterfall” that heals and wards off evil, and the temple’s treasured statue “Vajra Yogini Pig Elephant” (Dorje Pakmo). Each mountain and rock has a touching legend, which is why people regard Wengjia Temple as the Mount Putuo of the Kham region. Pilgrims visit year-round, and the temple enjoys flourishing incense offerings.