Overture (4.30)
11:06 Late sitting K173 (Qingdao - Lanzhou), after the hooded would sleep on the bus!
NO.1 (5.1)
Along the way, you can enjoy the long northwest loess can also find MM chat, will depend on personal preferences!
NO.2 (5.2)
6:12 am arrived in Lanzhou railway station, went straight to the Western Qijuxizhan (31 West Road, Tianjin Road bus bound for long-distance Qichexizhan). Long-distance Qichexizhan morning bus to Xiahe 2, 7:30 and 8:30. After the former group of Linxia. Wal-Mart after the class was lying, direct Xiahe. The former group of 37 yuan, after a group of 44 per. 70% of vehicles in this line for tourists, and often wear Dahongpao the "Aga" (ie Lama) ride, these people do not need tickets. From Lanzhou to Xiahe entire 306 kilometers, traveling at about five and a half hours, half-way do not eat. Lanzhou out into the mountains soon, but the entire road conditions were good. After the half-beautiful. They pass through Linxia County, where the well-known "China's Mecca," the street is full of top of the head of the Muslim masses, white cap, at about 1:30 to reach Xiahe.
To go to the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, there Labrang Monastery Guest House. Walk about one kilometer. Vision of a primitive, but cheap. 10 yuan a night. After an authentic, but it seems a little expensive. Also can be admitted to a county bus stop next to the 200-meter run grain Grain Bureau hotels, in good condition and standard room price of 50 yuan, can be bargained with bathroom color TV, relatively clean. After moving casually in the meal eaten immediately Sangkecaoyuan first went to the next day Zaiqu Labrang Monastery. To Sangkecaoyuan free shuttle bus service can be rented at the bus stop a private three-wheeled motorcycle, chartered for an afternoon round trip of about 60 yuan, season a little expensive, see you bargain for skills. Note that the right driver I must go to the real Sangkecaoyuan, that is, the depths of Tibetan grasslands home visits, rather than resort away from the county seat closer to the grasslands. The driver is very simple Xiahe, security is not a problem, due to go to Tibet, it is best to find the driver to understand the Tibetan language, doubles as a translation, it is necessary. It should be noted that, to the depths of grassland must not rent "side" because after the road into the grassland is not good, "side" can not go.
Three-wheeled motorcycle out of town along the daxia retrograde 45 minutes into the depths of the Tibetan steppe at home. After the beautiful scenery on the road into the prairie, they can always get off camera.
Tibetan people in general about 10 for a small village, all of Nipi room, with a small hospital in order to raise yaks and horses, sheep, etc.. Almost every family have a Tibetan mastiff, should beware. Tibetans are very simple, take the initiative to invite you into the home. Should first rent horses for riding tour Tibetan grasslands. Rent a horse cost is generally one hour 20. Qian Ma lead the way accompanied by the Tibetans. The driver may be waiting for you to come back in the Tibetan family. If you request, allowing driver to accompany you also walk into the prairie, so the way to communicate with the Tibetans.
Sankoh is a typical alpine meadow-type grasslands, and completely different from the steppes of Inner Mongolia, the mainland is extremely difficult to see. Here, the vast prairie, Qiu slow valley width, vertical and horizontal streams, hills and numerous, but very slow slope, the grass is thick and soft, absolutely no solid rock, the highest peak above sea level up to 2500-3000 m. Let horse up the hill, too cool a! ! ! ! Such as a time when in August, the grassland over the yellow flowers, combined with green grass, blue sky and white clouds, scenery beautiful. Here open lofty, less a herd, coupled with another for the junction of the Loess Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai a'nyemaqen backing mountains, heart highlands far, suddenly outside the human world. As long as the eyes closed, press the shutter, the film are excellent work.
General riding 2 hours to return, and then must Tibetan butter tea to drink at home meals. Can look at Tibetan handmade process. Butter tea and tsampa imagined by no means impossible to swallow, and makes products to Man You taste. After eating the symbolic to the Tibetan 5-10 yuan refreshments can be. Then in the small courtyard with Tibetan or Tibetan mastiff photo, do not have taste. Finally can be said that car backtrack.
At night, after dinner in Xiahe county in shopping everywhere shops selling Tibetan handicrafts. On the street there are bars and cafes, more convenient. 139 mobile phone signals very well.
NO.3 (5.3)
The morning after getting up, eating breakfast, directly to the Labrang Monastery. From the station about 2 km from the Labrang Monastery, walk to town to walk through the main street as a whole, but also can reach the streets is full of three-wheeled motorcycle, about 2 yuan. Need to visit the Labrang Monastery buy tickets at the box office, tickets 25 yuan. Labrang Monastery and Tibetan Drepung, Sera, Ganden, Tashilhunpo, the Tar Monastery in Qinghai, collectively known as the Gelug Sect of Lamaism in China (Yellow Sect) six major monasteries, its size only to buda La Palace. Labrang in Tibetan "pull chapter" of the transfer sound, meaning the land where the Buddha Temple. Large-scale, by a number of independent monasteries (colleges), with a maximum of a day open to visitors 8, of the specific day, the day of the liberalization of which only 8 can tell. After buying our votes can not stand alone into the Temple, must kick in after about 15-20 people by the "Aga" unification led tour, "aka" When the guided tours (in Chinese). Note that we must travel with the team to listen to explanations, otherwise the deep culture of Tibetan Buddhism there is no way understand. The whole visit takes about monastery 2-3 hours. Visit exhausted, if spirits, but also to go near another single ticket for the "big Baita" visit, the tower is the best photographs at the temple area.
Labrang Monastery began Jian Yuqing Sishibanian Kangxi (1709), there are 18 magnificent Buddhist temple, thousand between the shag, Chong F, Guangyu, row upon row, gold-watt red walls, imposing extraordinary. Front Hall for Zao Songtsan like, the main hall hanging "Hui Jue Temple" plaque, the main hall can accommodate 4,000 monks chanting at the same time. There are two classics, as well as the temple altar sutra floor, the printing house, tens of thousands of pieces of cultural relics collection, Tibetan classic six thousand volumes. Labrang Monastery there, "Jacques Lacan," 18. "Jacques Lacan" (Buddha), or the whole of the Lama Temple, the Zhacang gathering of the collective chanting of the. Among them, the largest Shou Xi Temple, there are six floors high, more than 20 meters, hall for about 15 meters Sakyamuni Buddha, the roof gold Lung Poon around the wall next to the Silver Lion ranked number one, a very grand appearance. Labrang Monastery rigorous scholarship, Temple scholars, Living Buddhas are many worthy institutions of higher learning of Tibetan Buddhism. Labrang Monastery, and the first lunar month every year have been held in July Dafa will, the scene is very spectacular.
Visit exhausted to go Langmusi, from Xiahe Langmusi did not go directly to the car, must go to co-transfer. Xiahe to co-9 yuan, to reach co-operation, the first went to buy a bus ticket the next day to Langmusi cooperation to Langmusi 19 yuan and a half. You can then go to the Buddha Milarepa attic,
Milarepa temples Louju downtown 2KM - 3KM, you can take a small three-wheeled motorcycle to go, tickets are 10 yuan. Night in co-operation,
NO. 4 (5.4)
2-3 points on the afternoon to reach the Langmusi fork in the road. Toot cars to pick a day there will be 2 yuan a person. After 20 minutes to reach Langmusi. Live Bailong hotels, 15 yuan a person. Diagonally across from the post office. Compared with the Langmusi hotel collar. Is a new, so conditions are good. The hostess called Suo Nanji. Opposite is the LISA'S CAFé. Many foreigners dining there. Apple pie known as China's best. There is not far from the Labrang Monastery youth hostels, many foreigners are living here, price 30 yuan, public bathhouses, and another in Nepal Nepalese chefs offer authentic dishes. Gansu do not have tickets here Langmusi. Where two temples belonging to Gansu and Sichuan, Sichuan sector of the mosque apparently not two Buddhist temples of glory and swagger, temple have not seen Muslims. Where Muslims seem to know his guest in history, is not given undue prominence to its own faith, but with a clean neat appearance and shops to the declaration of the indigenous people here, what even children will be tall and wearing a small group of Muslims dressed himself to sit in the sun under the eaves of the Tibetan herdsmen generous open lively and short-term joke;, but Han is clearly free in both personal distinctive national life. langmusi reputation over surprisingly large, said to the status of Tibet after the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama.
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NO.6 (5.6)
Back to Lanzhou, sat night 8:12 in T190 (Urumqi - Jinan) train,
On the train to be a dream.
NO.7 (5.7)
Evening 9:38 to take the T190
Note:
1 Gannan, many areas are inaccessible pastoral areas, where the Tibetan mastiff is very violent, and visitors should be more careful. Pastoralists during a visit home, people should not rush into.
2 to Tibetans Jiazhongzuoke, preferably with a few small gifts.
Three residential tents on the grasslands in summer, be sure to burning bonfire.
4 for the first time into the highland people, should be prepared to a number of anti-altitude sickness drugs, such as aspirin and the like; because the road is not very good, easy to motion sickness are sure to bring a good motion sickness pills.
5 Plateau changeable weather, you can bring along a few plastic bags (or shower cap), every rainy day when the hood to the camera, then rain and dust-proof, but also can protect the equipment.
6 Gannan shuttle is not in too much is not very punctual, ask questions in advance, shuttle tickets in advance to buy, otherwise it might not at the car.
By: coolcat
