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What do you mean by turning to meridian?

Turning the scriptures is a religious activity of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet and Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu Tibetan areas, that is, walking around a certain route and praying for blessings. Tibetan Buddhism believes that Lhasa is the center of the world, and Lhasa conducts the activities of turning the scriptures with Sakyamuni Buddha as the core.

Turning the scriptures is a religious activity of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet and Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu Tibetan areas, that is, walking around a certain route and praying for blessings. Tibetan Buddhism believes that Lhasa is the center of the world, and Lhasa conducts the activities of turning the scriptures with Sakyamuni Buddha as the core.

A circle of turning is complete, and a circle around the Buddhist temple along the turning tunnel is the "capsule outline", which is the inner ring; The circle around Jokhang Temple is "Pakuo", which is the middle circle; The circle around Jokhang Temple, Wang Yao, Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple is the "forest profile", that is, the outer circle. Jokhang Temple is actually an ideal model of Buddhism about the universe-a three-dimensional true representation of Tantra (tantric theory).

Meridian turning method:

Warp and turret can rotate from left to right and from right to left. Clockwise rotation, also known as right rotation, is represented by _ (forever); The primitive Buddhism in Tibetan areas, Yongzhong Benjiao (Benbo religion), also has almost the same ceremony of turning scriptures. Many customs and lifestyles of our modern Tibetan compatriots have also been handed down from the ancient Xiangxiong era.

For example, weddings and funerals of Tibetan compatriots, astronomical calendars, medical literature, song and dance paintings, choosing houses for tourism, choosing auspicious days, driving away disasters and evil spirits, divination and so on. It still follows the tradition of this religion to a certain extent. There are many unique ways for Tibetan compatriots to pray for blessings, such as turning to the Mountain of God, worshiping the Lake of God, hanging a wind horse flag, hanging colorful prayer flags, carving stone inscriptions, placing Mani heaps (the tradition of this religion is that the stone heaps are engraved with bright eight-character mantra: "Ommazhi Moussa Linde"), divination, offering sacrifices to Sodom, carving with butter and even using prayer wheels. All these are the legacy of this religion.