Far Away - Walking in Tibet: (Part 2) The Twelve Temples of Demon Suppression in Tibet’s Demon Suppression Map (23)

(middle) After completing the Feng Shui adjustment of Lhasa City, Princess ** began to arrange the construction of the Twelve Demon-Suppressing Temples in "Weizang Siru" to suppress the joints of the female demon's limbs and suppress the swelling of the female demon. It is said that these are the twelve immovable nails that subdue the female demon.

A brief explanation: "Weizang Siru", this is a social governance structure during the Tubo period similar to the Manchu Eight Banners system: to put it simply, Tibet and Tibet are divided into four management areas. : refers to also known as Qian Zang, which is roughly equivalent to the present-day Lhasa City, Nagqu Region, Ngari Region, Shannan City and the western part of Linzhi City (Lingzhi, Gongbujiangda, Milin and Lang County); Zang, also known as Back Zang, is composed of West of Gambala, until the border with Nepal. It is roughly equivalent to the present-day Shigatse area (except for a small part in the north).

"Four Ru" refers to "Wuru" and "Yoru" around Lhasa, and "Yeru" and "Rula" around Shigatse; each Ru has ten "thousand households" . Each of the four tribes in Weizang has a flag. During the Tubo period, the jurisdictional hierarchy was set up in the manner of "Weizang and Siru". It is generally believed that "Weizang" is the homeland of the Tubo nation, and "Weizang Siru" is the most basic component of the Tubo nation.

First, the Si Zhenbian Temple was built in Suru, Weizang: that is, the Changzhu Temple was built on the left shoulder of the Yoru female demon. It was located in Changzhu District, Nedong County, present-day Shannan region. Located on the east bank of the Yalong River, it is said that it was originally a pool with demons causing mischief in the water. The king of Tibet, Ganbu, transformed into a roc and cut off water monsters, and the ponds dried up. The Changzhu Temple built here still exists today. The building is large in scale and there are many cultural relics in the temple. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The Gaze Temple was built on the right shoulder of the Wuru female demon, located at the confluence of Xiurong River and Maqu River in Mozhugongka County, east of present-day Lhasa, on the east bank of Maqu River. According to Mr. Liu Liqian's research, there were originally two ancient temples here. One was built by King Jimangsa Chijiang of Ganbu, and is one of the four major temples in the town. First, during the reign of King Trisong Detsen, Master Lotus subdued the poisonous dragon and made him swear to protect Buddhism and built a temple to worship him. Some people also believe that Tangjia is one of the temples near the town and was rebuilt by Lumei in the Later Hong period.

Zhongbajiang Temple was built on the left foot of Rula Demon. Zhongbajiang may be translated as Zhongbajie or Zhangbajiong. It is located at the junction of Lazi and Pengcuolin in today's Katse area. It belonged to Rula in ancient times and is now in Lazi County. Located east of the Brahmaputra River.

The Zangchang Temple (Zhanzhang Temple) was built on the right foot of Yeru Demon, located on the north bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tubuga, southeast of Nanmulin County, Katse today.

The above are the four major temples in Zhenlim or on the edge of the town.

According to the survey, "If the 'succubus' cannot be restrained, four more important temples need to be built." That is to say, Luo Zha Kunting Temple, also translated as Kongting Temple, was built on the left elbow of the female demon. Today's name is Luo Zha Lakang. The site is located at the confluence of Xiaqu River and Nuqu River in Luozha County, present-day Shannan. Its south side is close to the Bhutan Mountains. It is said that Rozalacan was a simple and rambling building with a wooden roof. It was later expanded and became grand, but it still maintained its simple character.

Buqu Temple was built on the right elbow of Gongbu Demon, located in Bujiu District, Linzhi County, Linzhi Prefecture today. The temple was severely damaged by the earthquake in the Year of the Iron Tiger (1930) and was later ordered to be restored. However, the architecture and mural art are not what they used to be.

The Jiangzha Dongzhe Temple, translated as Dun Lakang, was built on the left knee of the female demon. It was located in Zhongba County, Katse Prefecture today.

On the right knee of the female demon Jiangzhen Gejie Temple (meaning Ziyun Hongshan Temple) is located in the south of Jilong County in today's Kaze region, close to the border between China and Nepal.

The above four temples were historically known as Zhenjie or Zhenbian Four Temples.

Then based on the calculation, the Sizhenyi Temple was built. That is, the Longtang Zhuoma Temple was built on the left palm of the female demon in Kham District, located in Dengke County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. It is said to have been built by craftsmen from Miyue in the Yanqing Dynasty (i.e. Xixia).

Pengtang Jiqu Temple was built on the right palm of the female demon.

According to Mr. Liu Liqianxian's research, Pengtang is the name of a place in central Bhutan, and Jiqu is the name of a river. It starts from the west gate of Lodsa opposite the door, passes through the Mailagajun Mountain in the southwest corner of Lodha, and flows into Pengtang in Bhutan. This temple is located on the bank of Jiqu River in Pengtang, so it is named Pengtang Jiqu Temple. It is said that craftsmen from Tochar were invited to build it.

The Cai Rixi Dolma Temple was built on the left foot of the female demon. The site is in today's Ladakh region, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Tibet.

The Cangpa Nonglun Temple was built on the right foot of the female demon. It was built on the grassland of northern Tibet. Hall craftsmen were invited to build it.

The above are known as Zhenyi Four Temples in history. *** is the Twelve Demonic Temple.

The Twelve Demon-Suppressing Temple is just the main temple to suppress the succubus. In order to change some bad feng shui and improve the eight auspicious signs, they also made small adjustments to the succubus and built a Many small temples and pagodas. For example, Tibetan history records that in order to deal with the four major disasters of "earth, water, wind and fire", three temples, namely Gaqu, Gangqu and Linqu, were built in the east; two temples, Gulang and Xingkun, were built in the west; Langzhuo and Lintang temples were built; Geri and Bari temples were built in the north, etc.