What's the name of the stone pile on the roadside in Tibet?
In the mountains and rivers, intersections, lakes and rivers in Tibet, Qinghai, Yunnan and other Tibetan inhabited areas, almost all altars made of stone and slate can be seen-Manidui.
These stone piles are called "Duobang" in Tibetan, which means to build stones. "Multi-gang" can be divided into "multi-gang" and "multi-gang". "Flower gangs prevent filth and disasters" are mostly located at the end of the village. The stone pile is huge and the upper part is stepped. There are scriptures to stop filth, eliminate disasters and pray for blessings, as well as grains, gold and silver jewelry and spears.
What do you mean by the stone piles on the roadside in Tibet?
Most of the stones, slates or pebbles piled by Mani are engraved with words and images. Most of the contents are Tibetan Buddhist classics, Buddha statues, animal protection gods, six-character mantras and various auspicious patterns. On auspicious days, people simmer mulberries, add stones to the pile of Nima, touch it with their foreheads devoutly, and keep praying. Over time, a pile of nima has sprung up, and the higher the base, the higher it will be.
Over time, some stones and slates will be placed on the Mani pile, engraved with six-character mantra, eyes, idols, various auspicious patterns and so on. This is called Mani stone carving.
Mani stone carvings are extremely rich in content, which can be roughly divided into four categories: animal gods, patron saints, scriptures and spells, six-character mantras, buddhas, bodhisattvas, monks and great virtues. The first two categories belong to early Bonism culture or even earlier primitive nature worship, while the latter two categories belong to Buddhism.
Mani stone carving techniques are diverse, such as line carving, relief, shallow relief, high relief, carving, coloring and so on. Mani stone carving is of great significance and unique position in Tibetan Buddhist art, with local and national characteristics. This is an ancient artistic expression, which combines Tibetan sculpture and painting.
Gravel blocks are piled up in a pile, flags are hung, some stones are built on the pile every time they pass, and then they walk clockwise around the "Nima pile" for three times, praying for God's blessing. On the top of the mountain, local Tibetans erected stones, poles and ropes around the Minotaur Monument. Hundreds of colorful silk hada on the rope inspired sincere prayers and blessings in the strong wind. It is said that this unique way of offering sacrifices is called "Nimadui", just like the Mongolian "Aobao". Devout Buddhist believers and tourists who come to Heyuan, you come and go, tie colorful colored silks and place your prayers, blessings and hopes. The colors of colored silk symbolize different meanings: blue symbolizes the sky, white symbolizes auspicious clouds, red symbolizes flame, yellow symbolizes the earth, and green symbolizes water.
Nima stone carving has national characteristics and is the ideal, pursuit, emotion and hope of Tibetans carved on stones. The appearance of Nima stone carvings endows these natural stones with vivid images and aura.