Reting temple is located in Tangguo village, Linzhou Country, which is 240 kilometers away from the north of Lhasa. It was built by Zhongdun Yi, the founder of Kadampa. It is the first temple of Kadampa.Pabang Dang, called Holy place by Lamas, is located in the western side of Reting temple.

“Pabang” means big stones, “Dang” glass lawn. “Jiang Bai Duo Ji” as the lord Buddha is the temple. In the date of festival, devout worshippers come to present offerings, chant sutras, pray from thousands miles away.

In the beginning, the festival is simply religious only for the circumambulation around spinning prayer wheels. Gradually, the commodity fair and the entertainment make it rich.

Every July 15th of Tibetan calendar is the most exciting day. In the morning, the horse racing and the ripening crop robbing are deeply moving. According to the traditional rules, One of the horses must be white, and one of riders must wear white. In the racing, the white horse and the rider who wears white must reach the destination, which shows good luck. The dignitary of Reting Temple will give away the prizes and Kada to the winner.

At 12:30 at noon, the moment to establish “Reting Pabang” throne starts. Lamas chant sutras in the big tent. In front of the tent, there is a red stone altar which called “Tso”. “Tso” is terraced and decorated with Butter sculpture. In the middle of the altar, there is a picture about the cycle of birth and death. A whole lamb without its skin is put in front of the picture. Devout worshippers put their offerings around “Tso”. After Lamas chant sutras, people scramble for the offerings. Grant that you get a little offering, you could be very lucky.

In the afternoon, the climax of the festival is “Chamo”, a kind of temple dance of the Tibetan Buddhists. “Chamo” is the pioneering work of AMECHAMJIURINQEN, a famous yoga teacher. The Young lamas of Reting form the “Chamo” group and make all kinds of dances with religious names and rubadub music. Pabang Dangkuo Festival finish with “Chamo”.