<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" > friends who have come to Tibet to play or have been to Tibet have heard of the word "turning mountains", but why to turn mountains, and the meaning of turning mountains, this article will take you through five minutes to understand: "turning mountains". </h1>
Tibetans on the road to the mountains
Kamiyama Kailash
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" > turning mountains, popularly understood is to walk around a certain mountain on foot. </h1>
The act of turning the mountain not only reflects the Tibetan people's expectations for a better life under the concept of sacred mountain worship, but also implies the corresponding Buddhist ideas and connotations. It is seen in the Buddhist context as the ultimate way to cleanse oneself of sins, attain merit and blessings, achieve spiritual and spiritual liberation, and ultimately seek a better afterlife.
To this day, the unique custom of turning mountains continues to this day. However, the act of turning mountains now does not merely satisfy the sacred or mundane needs of the individual spiritual level, but rises to the level of cultural identity. The team of mountain turners includes both elderly people and children who are babbling and learning, and behind this seemingly unorganized behavior, the inheritance and development of cultural memory has been effectively completed. The process of pilgrimage to the mountains is itself a process of the continuation and development of Tibetan culture.
For the Tibetan people, the most direct and common way to obtain traditional memories and life wisdom is still to personally participate in the practice of turning mountains.
In the process of turning, people need to complete a series of rituals in this sacred space, the most common of which are hanging prayer flags, simmering mulberries, safeng horses and heaping mani piles. These rituals need to be performed at specific ceremonial sites. For example, in the case of "prayer flags" and "wind horses", they are required to stand on a high and flat place to hang and scatter, so the top of the mountain becomes the most common place to hang prayer flags and wind horses, and the prayer flags and wind horses need to be carried out on high places because the high place symbolizes holiness and cleanliness, and it is also the place closest to God. And the wind in the heights is also relatively large, and the strong wind can better send the blessings that people place on the prayer flags and wind horses to the Buddha and mountain gods who are far away in the sky.
The most direct physical experience of pain brought about by prostrating one's head stimulates the profundity of Tibetans' memories, and the experience of pain is transferred to spiritual pleasure through the relevant logical discourse system of Tibetan Buddhism, such as "not for this life, only for the next life" and "all life is suffering", which further leads to a transcendent and transparent realm. The suffering of the body thus has a special meaning.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" why > turn the mountain? </h1>
The Tibetan people connect with the entire space and cultural memory of the sacred mountain through their bodies. Three long heads will be prostrated before or after turning the mountain. Unlike the Han prostrations, the Tibetan long prostrations require the hands to be folded, held high above the head, the back knees touching the ground, the whole body creeping, the forehead tapping the ground, and so on. There is no doubt that prostrating one's head is hard and tiring, but Tibetans have obtained transcendent spiritual experience through the body, diluting physical pain and realizing empathy with their predecessors.
On a spiritual and psychological level, dialogue and communication with the gods and all things are realized. In the process of chanting, they will think of the faces of the people involved, and they will also think of the suffering beings and pray for them. Not only that, but there is also communication between people. In the process of turning mountains, parents and juniors will tell myths and legends about sacred mountains, chinese herbal medicine and other knowledge related to traditional Tibetan culture, while emphasizing the rules and taboos in the process of turning mountains, as well as the basic attitudes that should be taken when turning mountains. This kind of communication and exchange not only enhances the feelings of both sides, but also indirectly transmits fragments of Zhuanshan cultural memory through language, and the two-way interaction between generations deepens the understanding and recognition of Zhuanshan cultural memory, and promotes the construction of Zhuanshan cultural memory at the spiritual level.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > related movies</h1>
Released on June 20, 2017, Kailash is a drama film directed by Zhang Yang and starring Nyima Zedui, Yang Pei, Slang Droga, etc. The film tells the story of 10 ordinary Tibetans from the village of Pula, an ancient village in the hinterland of Tibet, where 10 ordinary Tibetans and a pregnant woman set off from their homes together to go on a pilgrimage to Kailash 2,500 kilometers away.
Through this film, we can better understand the persistence and efforts of ordinary Tibetans throughout the pilgrimage process.
In that long hike, the long heads of the points and the most sincere mutual help and mutual assistance between people on the way brought us more strength. Many people will envy the stable and devout Tibetans, thinking that they are no longer confused about life. In fact, each of us will find our innermost beliefs, of course, not necessarily the Buddha. Of course, for those of us who are now living in cities, there are many ways to find quiet, and turning mountains is just one of them. If we can remember those bits and pieces on the way in our lives after turning the mountain, and complete our life with the attitude of turning the mountain, then our whole life will be in the arms of the sacred mountain.
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