Magic, natural, scenic and peaceful Zhongdian (Shangri-La Tour 5th station)
Order to catch up to Zhongdian, the crossing car, the driver hastily hurry, at least a four-point or so back to the town of Tiger Leaping Gorge, stopped to 4:20 to Zhongdian, the crossing cars, trucks rolling was not, no seat, window sitting a foreigner, desperate to own a large body fat reduction through the window, I had two seats in their crammed down. Days of heat, the crowded car, plus there have been 3,500 meters above sea level, maybe it is mountain sickness, head began to hurt people a little bit like vomit.
Suddenly, the car can look out the window and the edge of the boundary of the emergence of a long row of snow-capped mountains, the original in that stretch, the stretches of clouds, the hidden with large tracts of snow-capped mountains: Cloud and snow-capped mountains such as husband and wife, sun, the snow-capped mountains of snow melt, transpiration, becoming snow-capped mountains surrounding the never-ending clouds, occasionally, clouds dispersed, snow-capped mountains show a real capacity ... ... Jinsha River by locals as a god, people living in the boundaries, but in fact unreasonable, the present, in addition to the endless mountain group, as well as prairie, still it is the will of the Napa lake into Zhongdian large meadow, like a shop go towards the horizon, a large carpet, boundless side, at the end of office, are all snow-capped mountains ... ... leisurely grazing yak, like countless black and white spots, dotted with large carpets of people instantly came ... ... the spirit of eyes staring out the window focus, the heart has been rushed, "Shangri-La" This piece of magic land ... ...
Got off to first implement the hotel's and tomorrow's journey: living Zhongdian's "snow lotus hotel," because with its accompanying "medusa travel" package down the Wolia tomorrow (June 3, 2000) of the trip, 140 yuan / person, one-day trip (for lunch): Bita Lake, Napa lake, Karma Dan. Songzanlinsi.
Zhongdian There are many Sichuanese and Hui people's restaurants, used to burn the vegetables can be eaten; here, about 3,500 meters above sea level, after dinner, I have no feeling, and for the public there are symptoms of altitude sickness, headache enough, served tablets of pain film, sleep under the.
The morning, the public is no longer a headache. After the tour we meet at 7:30 on the train set off, first went to Bita Lake, the same car there are three Cantonese, two women and one man, with our own age. Tour guide was a Tibetan girl, early twenties, called Dolma, flushing Park Park, very kindly, and we get along; a typical Tibetan ethnic loaded: purple satin gown skirt, waist, and skirts the former a length of horizontal color corset -- According to Drolma said, this is their ritual clothing; the color bar and hair clip series of long pigtails plate in his head, looked very neat, spiritual, not really beautiful, but there are affinity; Droma father is a vice Zhongdian Armed Forces Minister, why is probably the reason the children of cadres, Dolma is the next generation of Tibetans have knowledge, learning is also very hard, he takes the small books, space-time on learning English - she has realized that to be a good tour guide, points must be in English.
Bita Lake County, 25 kilometers away from Zhongdian to Bita Lake as the center is a provincial nature reserve, but also Zhongdian, a very well-known tourist attractions.
Plateau known as the Pearl of the Bita Lake, an alpine freshwater lake, (which is a fault structure lake, from an east-west fault composition), because there is a center of the lake is covered with the original ancient and present Conglong green tower-like hills, name "Bita"; 3539 meters above sea level, lake area of 840 square kilometers, with an average depth of 20 meters, the deepest reached 40 m; this lake surrounded by mountains and the lake from the surrounding mountains flow down the small streams form, although after ancient and modern without the slightest pollution, water quality is very clear brew, taste the best; the lake, fish, rich in resources, there is a "re-Bita lips fish", as much as three lips, is the fourth left by glaciers during the species, rare earth; Dragon Boat Festival is said around the lake surrounded by mountains azalea competing open, petals covered with the lake, the lake, the fish have swallowed, the results are tipped stamens toxin anesthesia, then turned over the white belly Zuiwo lake, ranging from 10 minutes, as many as a few hours in order to wake up at night will attract black bears fishing drunk fish, eat more, and even black bears have also drunk the lake ... ...
Bita Lake is a "semi-Lake, Castle Peak, half the lake," surrounded by thick forests of the package, people wishing to reach the lake, you must pass through virgin forest, and now have constructed a wooden plank road through the jungle, direct access to the lake. Parking lot side holding a Tibetan horse waiting at the next to be riding (30 yuan per person), or walking over virgin forest. The first person to enter the original forest, Wolia chose walking.
Early morning (June 3) of virgin forest filled with a thin layer of mist, the air wet in the unique atmosphere with Yi Gu, sometimes sweet tweet birdie came; travel off-season when combined with early and rarely run into people, Wolia leisurely stroll in the embrace of nature, there is an indescribable sense of satisfaction ... ... all of a sudden ray of sunlight penetrated the dense canopy, exposure to the front near forest clearings, surrounded by trees suddenly showing a strong light and shade contrast, public and quickly took out his camera, the scenery along the beautiful and tranquil filmed by ... ... about one and a half hour, Plank Road to the end of an open green grass instead of Plank Road, has been pass to the lake, yak was no one's nibbling the tender grass ; green pagoda-shaped head-written for the hills around the hill is the kind of Bita ... jasper ... the extreme quiet nature, never without the slightest bit pretentious, and this is Bita give to your feelings.
Lunch is back to hotel to eat snow lotus, tour guides point of the deep-fried yak meat and local vegetables and other dishes, I feel delicious. Vehicles in the end there are convenient, take a break after a meal, or go to Napa lake.
Napa lake in Zhongdian 8 km west of the city, is a seasonal lake.
Napa lake in Tibetan means "the forest behind the lake", east, west, north on three sides by more than 4000 meters, surrounded by mountains covered with virgin forests, its water from these mountain snowmelt water, the lake more than 3200 meters above sea level, at the same time the northwestern shore of the lake through the underground river in La Shuidong base flow, subsurface flow, after 10 kilometers, but also above the ground and finally into the Jinsha River, so Napahai Jinsha River is a sub-sub-drainage; water, large, Napa lake is a very truly a large lake, the water in summer hours at the end of the lake toward the sun, becoming a dry Haizi, this season, Napa lake transformed, is a big, fat, beautiful big grassy meadow; due to the special Napahai geographical environment, natural conditions, can provide food for black-necked cranes yellow clams, fish, plant roots, plants and the like, into the world of rare cranes - an ideal habitat for black-necked crane is said that the world is now just more than a thousand only the black-necked crane, only found on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the locals them as auspicious animals, quite familiar with the laws of their actions, people to have "to 9 pm But in September, to 3 pm, but in March," (referring to winter black-necked cranes) and proverbs, at the local, black-necked cranes and people, while keeping in harmony with nature ... ...
In a sense, Napa lake is not only a large basin of water, adjust to local climate, plays an irreplaceable role in environmental protection, while greatly beautify the local, Shifu locals, I like the fear of the sea is satisfied.
When we went to early June, Napa lake is a prairie, the tender grass along the green grass, laying connecting heaven and earth of the snow-capped mountains to the side of the lawn at least augmented red yellow rhododendron, very beautiful, guides bought tickets to We sent a large grassland carpet, let us drift, there are local Tibetans holding horses, asked if we do not ride horseback, and I have the public come Xing: On such a beautiful prairie, can not do horse riding? I rode a small horse White Horse, sexual tame some, the public while riding a horse brown stallion, tall Ying-wu, Ma Biao defended by the owner is a Tibetan young man who accompanied us in the next, according to him, the public riding This horse of a more intense, last year's horse racing festival, he rode the horse won the first prize to the satisfaction of the public and then let me put him on a horse-like photo Xiaosa down. Rode off for a while, the horses owner, we let our hands, feet, eyes, nose, and so laissez-faire, so that they Guozu Yin: The monastery is surrounded Department, is the expanse of snow-capped mountains, snow-capped mountains at the foot of the grass on the grazing yak, look like ants as big; head may make people want to fly up sky blue, white clouds floated here and there makes an infinite reveries; the red white flowers of the umbrella to the grass for a while, people go to umbrella next to a lie, sit, that is, a most natural grassland landscape photo ... ... big, we dare not go too far, afraid to go back to lack of time, see the guides a small handkerchief waving in the distance, I knew it was telling us, and only Loving the back, do not, and Napa lake!
Karma Dan. Songzanlinsi is a great place for today's final, and good in 5 kilometers north of the city, for a while to go.
Karma Dan Songzanlinsi Yunnan Tibet first Odera, famous monasteries (currently text of the provincial key protection units), the Gelug Sect in Tibet Yellow Sect three famous monasteries in Lhasa (Ganden, sting mussels Temple, Sera) is directly under the Temple, to send Temple. Tibetan, is a universal religion of the nation, Karma Dan. Songzanlinsi pre-eminent position in the Tibetan areas of Yunnan, one can imagine.
Karma Dan. Songzanlinsi Zhongdian, located in the foothills north of the Buddha screen is V, the Dalai Lama of Tibet 13 Lin Chi Jian, one of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng who have been Dici Chinese name "return Temple." Temple site determined by the V BU Dalai Lama himself, when the prophecy showing here is a feng shui treasure: the surrounding mountains surrounded by eight lotus type, in front of Our Lady Lake, back 18, "Chan Beng" and "Card Day Mountain" South hills panoramic view, there is a tendency Kazuma go trough; the east has a very clear steep, cool breast River, the source of the west have released cards Xuefeng Looking ... ... was probably built around the monastery in 1674, by the V Dalai Lama Ciming ldan. Songzanlinsi (interpreted as meaning that: all significant non-one-Xiu Mi, for the benefit of all sentient beings Paradise steady stream of law to make it successful, purpose-built temple); temple and VII Dalai Lama also has a margin of Buddhism: the Dalai Lama VII reincarnation found there's been all kinds of hardships, the monks were then sent to Songzanlinsi asylum, did not forget this period of Buddhism after the Dalai Lama VII edge support Songzanlinsi expansion, so that into a small Potala Palace, and make it the status of Buddhism in Japan on the rise; Songzanlinsi and Tibetan temple more than the same book gathers the essence of Tibetan religion and culture, a typical carving castle-style building complex, depending on the mountain was built mighty spectacular, its main building of the main hall can accommodate nearly 2,000 monks have been chanting the same time, a number of Buddhist worship hall, and V the middle of the Dalai Lama and Tsongkhapa and other ancient Buddhist masters, and treasures are written in gold powder " Kanjur, "more than one department, many precious Thangka, ritual implements, etc. (the Cultural Revolution were destroyed, have been gradually restored).
Dolma led us down the high steps, came in front of mountain front, in fact, there has been a considerable slope in front of a very open, a non-masking, far from the mountains, there is a clear steep side of the river, which is parenting Zhongdian beings of breast River, west of Tianbao many mountain peaks, was the afternoon sunlight translucent, but no lack of cloud cover blocked fog, hanging the western mid-air, such as Jean Yu Yuk House, so where do you think live in a fairy, as I understand it - this is a good feng shui of the phase; Songzanlinsi at this time we are backed by a standing Temple, a large square in front of the wall Embrasure at the forefront of this square, is for a variety of used in Buddhist ritual. Into the Temple and Temple Droma have cautioned us to abide by rules, not to loud noise, but even then the advanced foot temple, all men and women are different, respectively, pay attention to, anyway, we follow Droma Do it. Inside the door, each paid five dollars for tickets, a monk who gave each of us a white hada, and neck circumference Hada, his hands clasped together, following the Droma filed into the hall: wow! A big one measures chin hall, as the door closed, relying on a height of the windows and penetrate into the light, a bit dark, unusual silence, a little dignity and mystery, first follow Dolma, a devout Tibetan Buddhist before the end of the life-sized nibbling long head of the future in accordance with Tibetan custom, to visit the Basilica of clockwise direction. Basilica, in addition to worship Sakyamuni, Maitreya, Guanyin and other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the Dalai Lama to V for use in Zhugong location, the original Han-Tibetan Buddhist monasteries very particular about the source relations, and construct a temple there is a significant contribution to the people, these Zhu Gong people as objects, because the sect Songzanlinsi Odera, the Dalai Lama Buddhism in the ancestors of V with the faction was not only for the theme, and the plastic was particularly large, plastic very beautiful, Tsongkhapa of Tibet as it is said Big temple the largest; the tall walls around the hall was full of colorful murals, there are statues, all kinds of Guanyin embodiment of Tara, all kinds of Buddhist stories, gestures strange variety of protective deities ... ...
From the hall out Droma ask what we want to go to Meet the monastery of Buddha, we are different I mind talking about (Upon my honor, gentlemen, the depths of my heart is still quite Jingfo), the Droma took us to embark on a very quiet steep road ladder to the third floor, Living Buddha at an advanced age, I estimate that there are more than 80 senior citizens, sitting in a dark quiet room in the light received by us, for each of us has done a blessing, and grant us the Each monastery has opened an amulet of light, a string of Shou Zhu.
It should be said to ldan. Songzanlinsi feelings and tour the natural landscape are very different, but I can not tell that in mind a certain point, there is a duplication and, perhaps, this is a religious sentiment strike !
Today (June 4, 2000) to baishuitai.
Tour Tiger Leaping Gorge, the drive for us Zhongdian Tibetan youth, he told us that he thought the most attractive natural landscape Zhongdian is baishuitai.
Rich landscapes in the west has a soul, Heaven and Man of the religious thought and life atmosphere, a birth to human civilization and culture, the natural landscape or the world, must be a highly spiritual masterpiece of creation of the universe or masterpiece, baishuitai is such a pure nature's treasures.
Baishuitai Yulong Snow Mountain is located in the back, white, Tiger Leaping Gorge west of Canyon (away from Zhongdian County, 101 kilometers southeast of the territory of the white, 3 BA Xiang Village). Baidi Canyon east-west, from west to east, back Tianbao snow-capped mountains. Originating from snow-capped mountains of the baishuihe Tianbao, Zongchuan Canyon. The South Bank for a narrow alluvial platform tilt (ie, Yue Ling slopes), Erwan Nian before, where there are traces of Naxi ancestors events - a series of primitive rock paintings on the rocks, and eventually developed into the Naxi people have been using so far in the world Dongba hieroglyphs on the last remaining - here, now live in the most ancient Naxi one, because is located in a remote, as well as rare by the Han, as well as the infiltration of other nations has retained strong religious traditions of the Naxi form and Custom ... ... here is raising the Naxi people's party landscape, but also nurtured the Dongba culture, Fat Tseung the Dongba religion, and to become the Naxi people's Dongba sacred; located in the white, Canyon baishuitai, because of its peculiar shape and with a special congregation of different scenery and beauty of the natural landscape, making it a symbol of the Holy Land has also become a calendar of ancient Naxi people's minds since the show's permanent altar of God, and the annual Lunar New Year February 8 as a fixed festival day, in the baishuitai held a grand and grand-scale festival. Naxi Ren there was a saying, "less than baishuitai, which is not really Dongba." Baishuitai is considered the most sacred shrine Naxi Ren.
Baishuitai is my country, and even today, one of the world's largest Kasen mesa, mesa area of 3 square kilometers, its exposed surface features of karst topography is extremely clear, its causes are: spring water flowing down from the previous, one of the calcium bicarbonate The sunlight occurs chemosynthesis to produce a white calcium carbonate precipitate, because the spring 4 flowing continuously covering the surface, forming large area of slope-shaped karst topography, so that around the clock, after thousands of years of deposition, the formation of a crystal clear, white jade Sculpture-like the natural wonders of the huge terraced communities; Yuan Wang baishuitai, resembles a large lotus seat. Baishuitai fine products can be divided into five-story platform, the first layer, is the white water springs at the source (this is rare for visitors), is an unpredictable spring, like spring water spewing out from the center of the earth , was constantly coming out of the Lotus-like, later on down the thousands of years to form the trench, diffuse in all directions, flow to a second layer. Second layer is a broad mesa, springs miraculously dug out of a pool where pool size, patchwork reservoirs, clear-bottomed steep, sunny, the water can be reflected on the surrounding landscape reflection, the Taiwan-layer size is not small, for people engaged in the activities of the above. The third layer of Taiwan, is the essence of Taiwan baishuitai layer, the overall look, like white jade carving of the huge layers of terraced fields, was Naxi Ren called "immortals left field", meaning god forgotten here in a terrace (Na Xiren God this show as it is God to open their slopes terraced kinds of crops), and you behold, I really can be described as nature's intricate: they like the fish-scale piece of white jade-like terraces, close-phase, the mountain waterfront potential, very there are rules to form a complete group of elephants, not the slightest trace of artificial, but in general such as artificial drilled. The terrace at the same time is a big bark Yulin Zhuang beautiful pool, beautifully arranged and uniform pool, Yingying, and clear steep water quality, bottom is white sand BEDDING, the surface of the vague shapes of blue sky and white clouds, really one is a fairyland, Bai Yuyao pool. The fourth floor units, with intense color and mystery of religion: spring water flowed here, case of the cliff wall, not only do not form a flat water, but also plastic not a patchwork of terraced community, so bring the whole cliff blocking package, but vertical lines to keep the original rock, the results of modeling into a prominent belly fat women naked large elephant, and the performance of the female genital lifelike, as if to really matter to enlarge a few times on there, and in the primordial germ worship times, it have a special significance (not to mention the Naxi history, there had been matriarchal society), Naxi Ren treat this as God show, saying that there is a Child-giving-dong, where the children of the woman, must be here Sunday on a prayer (is believed to be efficacious ). Fifth floor, where re-set springs trickle into a myriad of canals, such as the Brothers Dance, Pentium away ... ...
Between Zhongdian and baishuitai day, only one car in length off time is 7:30 every day, and another one a Pakistani daily back and forth, but if the baishuitai minibus after being chartered means that there is no guarantee that day back to Zhongdian. We bought on the day before to baishuitai the length of the car, on time and got on the car a little worn, the door has not automatically opened, with a rope. Some vehicles were contracted, the driver and conductor are a pair of more than 30-year-old husband and wife, the Naxi people, quite business sense, still it is the woman, looked smart, called a few acquaintances on the way to the Station and so on, received the money an income-generating. Regardless of there seat, where the car's generosity, and a half off the price since the proposed road, it seems quite a good income, the results of a car full of people sitting, some no more seats. Vehicles finally broke onto the national highway to the baishuitai, sorry to say, this is a broken national highway road (often by landslides around's sake, sometimes unreasonable, my daughter went in September the same year, this road would not pass due to landslides) , bumpy, the car bumps a going forward, speed is not fast (and probably now the traffic will improve), but the scenery along the way well, we moving in the direction of Haba Snow Mountain to open, along the way can see the snow-capped mountains, Pingba, very qualities natural scenery makes up for lack of car in appalling conditions. Small pieces of the car that anecdote: you drive a big half, some people down the car a more spacious interior and wife to an optimistic enthusiasm, open the car's broken-player to a tape squeezed, release the music, passengers on board also relaxed open, song, without listening, hear the sound of the sound sensational, carbazole is heard, stuck-player, and boss would take a great enthusiasm, took out a look at the tape became a ribbon-like, so patient involved in the disk, load machine, singing swing back in the car, you have not seen two minutes, relapse and wife hated to pull out the tape throw it away, play music also had to give up the idea, Zhongdian were extremely patient and easy do not get angry, hitting the to not ring true feelings are also optimistic about the treatment, the results of the boss wife left us a lovely impression. Suddenly, sitting next to me, a local guy, Zhao Qianfang a group of distant snow-capped mountains a means: "See, Haba snow-capped mountains!" Ah, so beautiful! Haba's main Peaks is a four ring-type stand tall peaks, in the sun like a glittering crown, Xiongqi disclosed in Aura ... ... soon baishuitai to go.
Baishuitai ticket is 30 yuan / person.
Let stand a little distance watching baishuitai, I really should be the Naxi Ren metaphor: a growing up of the Lotus (baishuitai after millions of years of sedimentation, is indeed gradually grew up), it resembles a huge platform afar Lotus platform, if imagine sitting above a Buddha, that Buddha would have been pointing at the sky giant Buddha.
Later, we baishuitai side from the side of the mountain, see the platform next to the hillside is covered with flowing spring water, the leaves fell on the ground has been cast a thin layer of white, I think, to form a platform here, but also do not know In a few number of Wan Wannian it! Has been climbing, climb up the second floor, and today few, this layer somewhat a sense of the original ?? wild in the middle there is a large reservoir, pond there are trees, platforms, large, like a rendering a white person does not live in rural areas, stand to the platform edge, see the third Taiwan-layer extremely beautiful, less than to be forced to go Huangru came in Wonderland, those "immortal legacy fields" like a pool, the vague shapes of blue sky and white clouds, Ying with the surrounding beautiful scenery, a group of exquisite color pools of clear water pot cool, and Ganlie thirst, I was squatting ah, is sitting ah, photographed in color pool better photographs, came to be Taiwan pulled the next layer, the platform layer of some gaps, but fortunately there is a peculiar baishuitai Department, appears wet, naked, and that was not slippery and can be easily climbed the upper edge of the next, it will not wet shoes, We stood in white jade sculpture of the fat naked women of Tatu ago, the mosquito is a very good looking, quite strange, strange belly pattern of those around you, playing on the imagination, I am, after North Korea Nude thanks to the prayer, they stand Tatu before she left a video will. The following is getting bigger range of slopes, we did not climb down, they stood far-sighted, white, canyon Naxi village, located in the remote, but it presents a very serene natural beauty ... ...
According to measurements, baishuitai area, now shrinking, when compared with the largest area of ancient, has been reduced by a third, hopefully not too much bother baishuitai to allow our children and grandchildren are still witnessing her charm, treat, .
Author: jyhx
