Dharma Temple

　　Dharma Temple is located in Chaqu Township, approximately 33 kilometers from Biru County. The temple is built against a mountain, with the Nu River flowing in front of it; the Duoduo Card-Stupa is situated in a courtyard to the east of the temple.

　　The entire stupa courtyard covers an area of over 4,000 square meters, surrounded by earthen walls about one meter high. Wooden racks, consisting of roughly four or five tiers, are built along the southern and western walls. Each tier holds neatly arranged human skulls, forming two long skull walls. The solemn rows of skull heads evoke a sense of sacred awe and genuine amazement.

　　It is said that the Duoduo Card-Stupa has been preserving the skulls of the deceased for over 300 years. During the Cultural Revolution, the skull wall was destroyed, and the originally preserved skulls were thrown into the Nu River. The skulls seen today were preserved again starting in the 1980s. It is also said that whenever the number of skulls reaches ten thousand, a ceremony is held to cast the existing skulls into the Nu River, after which new ones are preserved.

　　On the opposite bank of the Nu River, facing Dharma Temple, is the Ridan Monastery (also known as Reden Monastery), whose stupa also features a skull wall, though it is not as famous as the Duoduo Card-Stupa at Dharma Temple.

　　Currently, taking photos of the skull wall requires a fee: 100 RMB per photo inside the designated area, 150 RMB per photo outside the area; video recording inside the area costs 1,000 RMB, and 1,500 RMB outside the area. Different fees apply to foreign visitors.