Longshijia Temple

　　Longshijia Temple is located in Xiagongma Township, about 40 kilometers from the county seat, and is a Jonang sect monastery. Its mother temple is Zanmutang Monastery in Rangtang County, Sichuan Province. It is said that around the year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty, Jia-Oang Renqing Sangwu founded the temple, which initially was a tent monastery. In 1983, it developed into a permanent earthen building monastery and was opened to the public. It has 150 monk quarters, 4 resident monks, 1 scripture hall, 4 prayer wheel rooms, 1 Buddha hall, 12 stupas, and 1 kitchen. By 1995, it housed 98 monks. The temple’s followers are mainly distributed in Xiagongma, Shanggongma, Dongji, and other townships. The monastery includes both a meditation center and a scripture teaching center, where monks primarily practice the “Six Yogas” and the Nine Deities of the Kalachakra, as well as Tibetan tantric breathing exercises. In addition to studying Jonang sect scriptures, the monks also study texts from the Nyingma and Gelug sects.