Located at the plateau of southwestern SZECHWAN PROVINCE, southeast of QINGHAI-
TIBET plateau, DAOCHENG has an average altitude of 3750 meters above sea level. GONGGA SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAIN of intersecting mountain range and HAIZI MOUNTAIN all lie there. Ice eroded rock basin and DUANXIAN BASIN scattered on the plateau, it is the world biggest relics of ancient glacier. With the broad grassland, scattering ice eroded rock basin, HAZI MOUNTAIN is the
TIBETAN famous holy land of Buddhism, YADING natural preserve NIANQINGGONGGARISONGGONGBU. It consists of NORTHERN PEAK XIANNAIRI (KWAN-YIN BODHISATTVA, the highest peak of DAOCHENG, 5032 meters above sea level), southern YANGMAIYONG (WENSHU BODHISATTVA), EASTERN PEAK XIALANGDUOJI (Golden Steel Han Bodhisattva), which distributed in the shape of Chinese character “PIN”, regarded as the god mountain by
Tibetern.
Situated in the village of RIWA town, DAOCHENG County, YANING nature preserve’s main sceneries snow-capped mountains, river valleys, pastures, high mountains and canyons. HAIZI MOUNTAIN nature preserve lies on the way from SANGDUI to LITANG county, belonging to traces of ancient glacier with the prevailing stone mixed with small HAIZI. Both BANG River and HAIZI Mountain are on the sides of the highway, so they are very convenient to be viewed.
CHONG GU temple is built on the HAIZI Mountain. At the back of it is XIANAIRI sacred mountain, the summit of which covered with snow all year long, shaped like a huge Buddha with his body lay towards back and embraced a pyramids shaped small snow-capped hill. On the right front of it is a 5958 meters high mountain called XIALANGDUOJI sacred mountain. In the middle is a flat gorge with thick grass, flowing small streams and dense high mountain vegetation on both sides. With the two white snow-capped mountain, yellow grass, colorful stream water and blue sky decorated with white clouds, the whole CHONGGU temple just likes an appealing poetic picture. After the heavy rain, CHONGGU temple was enveloped in thin fog. Being there, you seem being in the fair land and forget to go back to the real world.