Tibet - Nepal - Mount Emei - the Three Gorges (Travel Journey of 4)
Qiangtang Racing Festival (8/9-8/10)
Qiangtang Naqu Horse Racing Festival in Tibet held a grand horse racing, archery, equestrian performances, song and dance performances and a grand exchange of goods. Of this year's race the opening ceremony scheduled for August 10.
I have a very difficult way Nagqu Qu Wang is scheduled to start at noon on August 9 issue of the chartered because the car suddenly canceled. If you can not, then evening arrived, such as how to catch up on the August 10 festival of horse racing. So I'll find the Lhasa bus station, which happened to have heard the last afternoon, bound for a car is out of the Nagqu parking lot. I am very disappointed at once in preparation for the night looking for cars, must go Nagqu. Sour Milk Drinking Festival Horse Racing Festival in previous years and should be a difference of more than 20 days, according to the Tibetan calendar this year, only two days apart, such a good opportunity, I would not be missed. The waiting room where I sat thinking, wondering how to get the next step? Away from home there can not be controlled or unexpected happens, but this is the first time I feel lucky to leave me. Luck really leave me? I stayed for a while, the bus station ran the staff told me that because of Nagqu road, but also a shuttle bus to the temporary increase in Nagqu, starting before dinner, about 12:00 am to Nagqu. It seems that I have with the fate of the horse racing festival there. In fact, even told me that horse racing festival tomorrow, one minute before the start of rush, I do not give a try.
Driver is Tibetan, it is to take care of my wagon the only girl, so I sat in the safest and most comfortable seat. When he drove to put some theme music of Tibet, but also to listen to brisk. Two Vice-drivers were not driving, but are responsible for talking to prevent drowsy. Dinner and settled at a place on the road a small Tibetan restaurant, had a bumpy road has given me an appetite down, but think there is such a long night road down to deal with some of the reluctance. In fact Fortunately, into the Tibetan restaurant, my spirit came again, because the kind of warm and the lights made me feel good. Since the host is a daughter of four plus one little boy, I was the first time into the real Tibetan stove, see wall of dried yak meat and mutton, in front of large water tanks, has been copper spoon scoop the water for washing hands, using soap powder, I feel particularly fresh. I think that the home of the Tibetan girl, everybody is very beautiful, but each have their own beauty, that simple smile that I had not seen before, to me warm and thoughtful, so in the good-bye to the girls when I wanted to shoot a photo photo of did not think the time is press the shutter, and their brother suddenly broke into the lens. Because it is sports mode, it was washed out of the photo he had only a vague look.
As a result, the car on a dark curtain to go inside, embellished the curtain on the diamond-like Star. Jing streamers After a time, suddenly thought of the time to leave Shanghai, a friend of mine once joked with me: "I can not take any souvenirs, because in Tibet, my favorite Jing streamers, if you see Jing streamers time, feel very Jing streamers like I have enough. "Haha, Jing streamers represent the blessings of a very distant, as if blessing the wind is free to write the words on the flag while waving the flag was sent to the miss distance friend's heart.
Has finally come to Nagqu, with an average elevation of 4800 meters, because when the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to Lhasa, it had been an average elevation of 5200 the five beams, so my altitude sickness seems to have immunity, that feeling has gone. Is already 12:30 am, as originally expected early to Nagqu can arrange accommodation, so are not scheduled. Because horse racing festival, all of almost all the hotels, guesthouses, hotels are filled with people, even a bed at all. Drivers to help cities and towns in Nagqu turn full circle, because it was too late, unclear road signs are looking at, and most hotels have been closed down. Later we went to a small Tibetan tea, reception of our Tibetan is a very lovely girl, very enthusiastically to the first, each one of us down on the butter tea, but also came, hot chicken soup potato soil. Nagqu plateau cold in the open air is spreading everywhere, and only hid in the house, then they would feel like to a shelter in general, everything can be blocked at the door of the. I do not know it because the cold at night, I have not even drink a dozen cups butter tea. Tibetan friends that I like to drink butter tea, very happy. That Tibetan girl, just ten years old, first I got it wrong, and thought she called the "tortuous", and then I should be "song Jane." Listening to her life experience, young age do not have the opportunity to study, went to the teahouse to workmanship, as if "twists and turns as" surprisingly Gentie cut her life. If three or patrol, tea, soup enough to eat, they say, I was in the teahouse where would a night, no, yes half a bar at night. The back room only give me a bed to sleep, they took the quilt to sleep outside, a place to drink tea. I am very grateful to them, and put around all of the Watermelon Frost Lozenges gave the Tibetan driver.
The next day, I actually wake up in the warm quilt, the outside of the midnight sun to expel cold, dogs and goats on the outside to do a leisurely morning classes. Hastily eaten breakfast, tasty noodles and still delicious Tibetan buttered tea. A small storefront business is very good, most of them Tibetans, snatch, the snatch away. Northern Tibet, the Tibetans mostly grazing for a living, head pestered HY-son will carry with them a symbol of wealth, heavy jewelry, gold teeth from time to time exposed How many pieces, I also captured some of their line of head and face.
Horse Racing Festival came to the camp, crowded indeed a pity that the organizing committee set up two windows only buy games ring, a ticket gate, so lively crowd on the boil, and have to evaporate as soon as possible to the horse racing section of the site go. I knew that there is no strength to get into it, it Baituo someone else to buy, by the way can also take a look at how cattle here to sell tickets to. Then finally to enter in to the ticket gate, suddenly suddenly see the light, and the huge field house has been Circuit jammed with people, so it's colorful sea of flags fluttering, voices, the most interesting is that they give the horse's tail are tied on the ribbon, I think that horses are certainly hard too, in order to pay a price seen as beautiful. The top of the grandstand already filled with people, where there is a good location? I had an idea to see where the track opposite the podium circle jammed with photographers and reporters on the drilled fence, came among them. They all hung the yellow press card brands, I did not, but I have a tripod, the heart does not panic, do not breath air, I tried chatting with them, the two soon and Reuters reporters on the familiar, and slowly way I've become a matter of course one of their team member.
The opening ceremony began, this time, horse racing festival parade square has been started. Shuai spent! Each member of a phalanx of Tibetan dress uniform color of clothing, while dance while singing, all the way came, a bustling caught everyone's vision. Bright-yellow, green, pink, purple, sapphire blue, all colors can be found in nature are all present in front of us. Interestingly, each color from different areas, different characteristics of clothing, from the lumbar fabric can be seen. While the overall apparel unity, but each person wearing the jewelry is not the same, some are heirloom bar, but also may represent different age and identity. After every square before us, when photographers had to charge forward, carrying his camera, swept about it, naturally the murder of a lot of film. There is a square, hand Shuaixiu girl hand drums while singing Utako, boys are four-Wai as a circle, around a central fast-rotating, the screen is very nice. I have a difficult抢拍to several freeze-frame shots, because I do not know what they want to do after pressing the shutter action. Later, the master photographer association, say they look so similar photos previously won both awards. Although I do not take pictures into the subject in order to Minatogawa to winning the prize, but as a hobby, but after listening to such a recognition is still very pleasant.
The next program is that the Club, saying that horse racing horse racing as it is performed because it is not very intense game scenes, but the games are imitation clothes Portuguesa age children, or the Tibetan king in ancient dress, very ornate gown, Wai edges inlay the priceless fur, I heard that Public Security Bureau to Mrs. sable robes and beads and other ornaments blue pine on the Value 100 million yuan, have heard nothing. I had already selected a location, whenever Maji went in front when the snap down, and thought about the future do not know when can we see the same section of the race. Yes, a lot of things in life that the world is a little vertical, so this moment is not to stay, there is no future anymore, or, at least not the same opportunity.
Followed by horse racing equestrian shows, archery and horseback riding picking hada. Myriad white hada random floating down the prairie, like a white sheep, but also appears to be white clouds. At the same time a dozen of departure must in the fast riding through the grass covered with Hada, while bending over to pick up quickly Hada, but to ensure that picked up hada not be lost, and he is not dropped, so it is quite difficult to complete this project The. Whenever a successful lift Hada, wind cheering when the audience also broke into warm applause echoed.
The last morning of song and dance program is grassland. Children on the lawn as if the entire cast of the flowers, I really no time to align all of the images can only do our best. In the happy crowd, I get a chance to scrutinize carefully the Tibetan girl's hair. Their pigtails wearing a coral stone, dense La (resin), blue turquoise and other jewelry, silver, and instruments used in chest hung, Buddha bead hands with a Tibetan silver bracelet, silver waist belt is also tied, the above mosaic the jewelry, but also wearing a beautiful daggers, can not distinguish between true and false. This is a very multi-line header ah, but also so many waving dance, not a habit since childhood, and certainly tired of the lack of oxygen. Gown is also very beautiful, very pure colors are bright, fine neat patterns, colors and harmonious. I really do not understand, with the Indians, these primitive tribe has developed into the nation, has retained a unique aesthetic that is more than color, but a few, but the distribution order, color blocks wide and thin staggered to form a wonderful visual feelings. I was also privileged to enjoy close to a well-known Tibetan singer's singing style and magic of song and dance performances Meilen America. The jubilant scenes and beautiful music that people want to join the ranks of dance, is not it? My feet are no longer conscious of stepping on the drums.
I randomly in the crowd to find someone to help me pictures of, but he unexpectedly encountered a number of fake journalists, is a group of cadres in Yunnan Province, and mixed up inside like me taking pictures, fate is an accomplice ah, so talk was particularly speculative. Later it transpired that the next day must go to Jiuyang daimyo, Namco holy lakes, so they said yes to peers. As the horse racing festival is the re-opening ceremony of color, but the whole race Nagqu hard to find a good accommodation during the festival, I always spend the night in tea can no longer in it, so I decided to not read the afternoon football game, Lima went away satisfied Wooden wrong more recent Damxung away from here, where the elevation is relatively low, an average of 4200 meters. While they went back the next day at noon when hung round with me, and then proceed together.
So, back to Tibetan teahouse to eat lunch, jump on the bus Damxung Quwang, I hurriedly left the Nagqu, bid farewell to the beautiful and rich North Tibet Plateau. Horse racing festival has an unforgettable scene in full swing, the Tibetan people's profound friendship friends are also memorable, beautiful Nagqu, hope that this goodbye is not the last farewell!
Author: lisaxj
