On this day 27 years ago, on January 20, 1998 (December 22, 1997 lunar calendar), the reincarnation of the Eighth Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha was identified as a spiritual child. On January 20, 1998, the ceremony for the identification of the reincarnation of the Eighth Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha was held at the Ta'er Monastery in Qinghai. With the approval of the People's Government of Qinghai Province, and in accordance with religious rituals and historical practices, it was reported that Yangjieben, a six-year-old Tibetan boy from Dongchai Village, Wangjia Township, Zeku County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, succeeded the Ninth Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha. The Eighth Xia Rong Gabu Living Buddha passed away in 1991 at Lamo Deqing Temple in Jianzha County. Before his death, he served as the vice president of the Buddhist Association of China and the president of the Qinghai Buddhist Association. He was a well-known living Buddha in the Tibetan Buddhist community. He once made positive contributions to the ethnic unity and economic development of Qinghai, and had a very wide influence on religious believers of all ethnic groups in the province. According to Sanjay, an official of the Qinghai Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee, the search and identification of the reincarnation of the Eighth Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha was carried out in strict accordance with Tibetan Buddhist rituals. The specific work was personally responsible for the search and identification of the reincarnation of the Eighth Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha by Tibetan Buddhist scholars, the ninety-year-old original Eighth Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha scripture master, Ramao Yongzeng Lobsang Kezhu Gyatso of Taxiu Temple in Guinan County, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, Ajia Lobantudan of the Tar Temple, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China, Jiamusan Lobangjiu Tudanchynima of Labrang Temple, and others also participated in the search and identification of the spiritual child. The search team identified Yang Jieben as the reincarnation of the Xia Ronggapu Living Buddha through religious rituals such as divination, secret