Shangri-La Trip

On September 11th, at 8:30am, we started our driving trip to Shangri-La from Kunming. This trip is really very suitable for self-driving, not only easy to travel, all the way along the road along the scenery more people feel rewarding.

? The first day after nearly 9 hours of long-distance travel, we arrived at the ancient city of Shangri-La Dukezong, the road is almost all high speed, road conditions in addition to the Longbang, the road is narrower, more curves are not bad. On the way to pass through a section of 214 national highway, but not difficult to go, careful driving can be.

? As soon as you enter Shangri-La, you will pass by its unique white stupa as the center of the carousel. Because of the driving reason, I can only hurriedly skim, but which seems to be really enshrined in the golden statue of Buddha, and now I think that perhaps from that moment onwards, in the underworld, it is a journey accompanied by high mountains, Buddha, ask the heart.

? The ancient city of Dokuzong Tibetan meaning white stone city, meaning moonlight city, the main Turtle Hill Park, as well as one of the Great Buddha Temple and the largest transepts, and January 11, 2014 at 1:27 am, the ancient city of the fire, the cause of the fire is not known, so now see a lot of the ancient city is rebuilt, despite this does not reduce the ancient city of the Tibetan atmosphere, the city of the winding road, all the way to the thangka store, Tibetan handicrafts, ghee tea house ...... are showing the vitality of this ancient city, unique Tibetan houses are also very interesting, perhaps walking along the street can only see a small door , but walked into a different world. We chose an inn called the barrel to stay, his house is a wooden structure, a door on the wall hanging on the old house before the carved door beams, leather bags, the small courtyard is divided into the left and right two staircases respectively into the guest rooms and the sun terrace, sitting in the corridor, the golden barrel right in front, the courtyard is not big, but there is a nest of tranquility. We stayed here on the second day of heavy rain, listening to the rain hit the eaves on the sound, the sound of the ground slate, faucet under the sound of the iron basin, very comfortable, the whole person's brain seems to be empty, do not want to be dazzled to pull the phone on a variety of news, just want to look at the eyes of the transmissions, listen to the sound of the rain tick tock to daze. Of course, the common problem of the wooden house is that the sound insulation effect is not very good, but each other in the prescribed time to rest is not a big problem.

? Because of the epidemic there were very few people in the old city, and time seemed to stop flying by the crowd. In the morning we go out relatively early, about eight o'clock, the entire ancient city of stores, most of the tourists are still in the sleep, walking in the sunshine scattered half of the ancient city of the path, you can hear your own footsteps, the cold air soaked through the heart and lungs, so that the tip of the nose slightly cool, but the body is bathed in the warmth of the sun, extremely comfortable. Duke of the ancient city of the stupa like it exists in the millennium every day, regardless of the city of the old and new, regardless of the time, the crowd change, it is quietly watching, guarding, carrying, perhaps for the independent life is too long, but for it is but the twinkling of an eye. The old yellow dog in the street looking for this new day in the morning, three or two middle-aged women wearing national costume seems to be in a hurry to discuss something, hurriedly walked past in front of the stupa, the intersection of the old ama crutches and a riding a three-wheeled uncle in the smile on the face of the greetings, may be talking about their own family's little grandson, right, because from the series of staccato dialect I seem to have heard I think I heard the word "school" in the staccato dialect. This is the ordinary and energetic every day, here said the local clothing that should really be the daily wear, red vest and deep blue apron, not like the stage of the national costume as colorful but more close to the life of the simple and simple.

September 12, we went to the Songtsamling Monastery, it is said that the status of the monastery in the entire Tibetan region are important, known as the "small Potala Palace", also known as the "naturalization of the temple", in the past, but also the local government to deal with the place, the current monastery has a 927 people. In the Tibetan narrator's lead we also understand a lot of Tibetan Buddhist culture, such as "forest" in Tibetan actually refers to "temple", because the temple is built in the forest; "monastery" is actually the "temple", which is the "temple". In fact, it is "temple" and "courtyard", one is a temple for worship and praying for blessings, and the other is a place of learning; the Tibetan people in the past, only the aristocrats and the windows in the temple can be painted with black borders; "Kumbh" refers to the warriors, but "Kumbh" means the warriors. "refers to the warrior, but also means that because of the low status can only be used to fight, the Yuan Dynasty to the different dialect areas, began to be divided into" Weizang, Kamba and Ando "three domains, and there is a" Dharma domain Weizang, horse domain Ando, human domain Kamba "said, in common parlance, that is," Weizang's religion, Khamba people, Ando's horse ", slowly also become a kind of hierarchy; people should start from each other to greet each other, only if you first to others to greet others, others will respond to you, otherwise only indifference between people; the world's uncertainty, including the inevitable death of parents, but also the world's uncertainty, including the inevitable death of parents, but also the inevitable death of parents. Including the inevitable death of parents, but also follow the law of life, the past Buddha, now Shakyamuni Buddha, the future Maitreya Buddha, only "now" is also the "past" of the "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future", "future". Only the "present" is also the "future" of the "past" and the "past" of the "future". I have always felt that asking the Buddha is asking the heart, because there are contradictions in the heart, in front of the Buddha wish, in front of the Buddha whisper, but is again and again to ask yourself, what is my problem in the end, what do I really want, what am I afraid of, and the Buddha's aphorisms will be a moment to respond to their own confusion.

Songtsam Forest Monastery has a lot of crows, hovering in front of the entrance to the main hall, especially when there is a large number of crows from the distant mountains to the square in front of the main hall when the scene can not help but some of the spectacular, coupled with the sound of drums coming from somewhere heavy "dong, dong, dong", followed by a mix of far and low horn sound, crows cawing from time to time, the mountain winds The sound of curtains blowing on the windows adds a lot of majesty, mystery and solemnity to this monastery built along the mountain.

The afternoon went to the Napa Sea and Yila grasslands, navigation to the destination selected for the lakeshore road, otherwise easy to navigate to the farmer's home was charged. Around the lake road late in the evening when there will be water flooding road, this time the car from the water sped past, splashing the sides of the high water, like a very naughty children happy to step on the puddles, just to seek the joy of splashing, and like a butterfly fluttering on the water. Of course if you have other vehicles around you then it's better to go slowly, unless you all want to experience the thrill of the rapids. People on both sides of the scene is very happy, they have already found a safe position, raised his cell phone, recorded the distant car splash splash. Of course want to come to feel this section of the lakeshore road, the first thing you have to choose a chassis high car, small cars can only be prohibited. We went to the Napa Sea Viewing Platform, heavy rain and hail, but it is not cloudy, bright sun seems to sneer at the rain of the self-importance of the rain, not long, the clouds away, the rain stopped, around the pine trees in the baptism of this rain looks more green and bright. In the evening, the pink clouds as if about to touch the forehead of the surrounding mountains, the Napa Sea, a sun-grass on the elevated in the afterglow of the setting sun, facing the same direction upright, solemn standing in the water, in the light of the water reflected in the clouds of the calm, the mountain's rolling, the toughness of the elevated, it seems to be a send-off to the end of the day, but also seems to be in the hope of the arrival of a new day, as the growth of the spirits on this land! Reflection, because of the indestructible "hope" can be passed on from generation to generation, slightly all over the vicissitudes of the world.

September 13, we opened the Meili Snow Mountain trip, in the plan before the road had been a lot of people warned that it is difficult to walk, falling rocks, cliffs, rapids, and we set off before the Shangri-La and the whole night was raining continuously, walk or not, so we have a very complicated mood, but the innkeeper said that the road is not difficult to walk, but in September is not the best season to watch the Meili Snow Mountain, it's almost impossible to see the sunshine of the Golden Mountain. Hesitation in the end, we still reported most of the "to come, how can not go to see" the idea embarked on the journey, all the way down, although expected not to see the sunshine gold mountain, but also not vain this trip.

The road condition is really not as horrible as imagined, although it is true that there are more curves and rockfalls, accompanied by continuous long uphill and long downhill, the gas, the brake keeps switching, but the road is well maintained by the road workers, and the dividing line on the ground is also very clear, and the traffic flow is not big, so be careful and it's not too much of a problem. Thanks to the construction of the road builders, road guards, we can enjoy the gift of nature so safely and comfortably all the way.

On the way to the Meili Snow Mountain, we can pass through the "Great Bend of the Jinsha River", "Dongzhulin Temple" and other attractions, "the Great Bend of the Jinsha River" ticket 20 yuan, the Jinsha River is the upper part of the Yangtze River, it is the same as the Nujiang River, and the Nujiang River. The Jinsha River is the upper part of the Yangtze River, which originates in the northeast of the Tibetan Plateau together with the Nu River and the Lancang River, and then flows southward almost parallel to each other. In these three rivers, the Jinsha River is most to the east, it should have been the same as the remaining two rivers have been to the south, however, in the way of Yunnan territory in the village of Shigu north, the Jinsha River suddenly turned to the east, and then turned to the north, in only a few kilometers of distance, came a 180-degree bend, the scene is very shocking, is one of the country's top forty landscapes, you can never imagine what kind of nature will bring you the picture.

"Dongzhulin Temple" we went to the time is under repair, its main attraction in the hall, because the first floor monks are chanting, so no chance to be able to see, but the main treasure is still on the second and third floors, there are three three-dimensional altar, respectively, dense vajra, joy vajra, the great power of vajra's dojo, as well as a high 6.8 meters straight through the third floor of the Qiangba Buddha, I do not know whether it is because of this Buddha closer to the reason, always feel that her statue and previously seen Qiangba Buddha is not quite the same, there are also a lot of DuoMu ThangKa in the hall.

Arrive at the Meili Snow Mountain Feilai Temple is about five o'clock in the afternoon, here really need to choose a can pull open the window to see the Meili Snow Mountain inn, and if the weather is good, the night you can see the Meili Snow Mountain under the sky full of stars, which is the next time I would like to come to a thought it. Feilai Temple journey is very suitable to find a place to look at the opposite peaks on the clouds gathered scattered, peaks hidden to linger, wait until the evening we were lucky to see a little bit of the peaks, really excited, because this season to come and do not not report any hope to see, but also to see the sun shines in the mountains of the glory, if the clouds disperse, I think we can really see the sunshine gold mountain. Finally Feilai Temple this small temple must also go to see, there are early Qing Dynasty murals, some of the images are a little off, from which you can find this way to see a lot of newly painted murals probably have reference to the elements of the murals here.

Look at the Meili Snow Mountain Sunshine Gold Mountain really need luck, come back to find, just as we left the second day, the third day morning and evening can see the Sunshine Gold Mountain, and we looked at the local weather forecast before those days was supposed to be rainy days, the weather on the plateau is really unpredictable.

September 14, we returned to Shangri-La, all the way through the heavy rain, foggy mountain roads, the car speed down and down. The day was spent at the Baragdzong Grand Canyon, a site that has only just been developed but is well worth a visit, and even better if you can leave enough time for a day. Tickets are 165 RMB per person, sitting on the bus walking on the winding and circling mountain road you will be struck by the towering mountains around you, it's so beautiful, and the road is so dangerous. It is said that this road is by a Khamba man named Sina Dingzhu at the age of 40 in spite of the opposition of the Abba, the townspeople doubt and even obstruction under the beginning of the construction, in order to reach the deep mountains in the hometown - "Bala Village", after ten years finally in this cliff cuts out A "heavenly road", walking on this road, I believe you will build a road for the payer to feel admiration.

It is said that the village of Bara is the prototype of the "disappearing horizon", 1300 years ago in the era of King Gesar, Batang's Snadogi Tusi was brave and warlike, and dominated the party, is the Kham region of the revered figure. After spending most of his life on the battlefield, at the age of 42 he suddenly lost interest in what he had and wanted to find a place where he wouldn't think of war, plunder, or feel anxious about his inflated desires. So 20 of his men set out and spent three years traveling through every mountain and river in the Khamber Grassland. In the end, this Batang region prominent family disappeared, but in the end of the Baragdzong Valley at the foot of the snow-covered mountains, but there is a peaceful village - Bara village. The "Bala" Tibetan language means: Tibetan village migrated from Batang, just like the Shambhala in the Buddhist scriptures, is a piece of pure land of bliss, but the times change, the continuation of a village also need to keep pace with the times, otherwise, it will be abandoned in the era of the chasm, become a pool of stagnant water. And this short thirty-five kilometers of road, to this village in the mountains, brought the vitality of the spring breeze. Some people may say that the development of an ancient village will become commercialized, can not maintain the original simplicity, but this is not a little too selfish, you need pure simplicity, may just stand in God's perspective of compassion for others who are not easy to live, why can not others to make their own changes to show you their attitude towards life. Everything is impermanent, can not be unchanged, and sustainable development, we need to end to see how people are to grasp the scale between tradition and the times. History is sometimes so incredibly close, more than a thousand years ago, the ancestors of the village of Bala in its forty years of age found this land, where the establishment of the heart of the "Shambhala" more than a thousand years later, the time has changed, the white clouds and the dog, and another Bala, in its forty years of age, the construction of this heavenly road, for the closed village opened a window. The village opened a window. Walking in the Baragdzong Grand Canyon, I feel what is the wall of thousands of Ren, although this is not the Three Gorges, but seems to be able to appreciate the Li Bai described the "two banks of the apes can not cry, the light boat has crossed the ten thousand heavy mountains. I think if you have the opportunity, but also need to come here for an in-depth tour must also be a wonderful experience.

In addition, to Shambhala to do an explanation, "Shambhala" concept from the Buddhist classic "Wheel of Time". The 7th century BC "Shambhala" was born with the Buddhist classics in India, until the 11th century, the Tibetan classic "Dazangjing" of the "Danjur" in the first official records and descriptions of the country of Shambhala. Shambhala is translated as "Tomabara", and some translated as "Shangri-La", the original meaning is "holding paradise" is also full of happiness and eternal garden meaning.

In accordance with the collation of various canonical descriptions, the topography of Shambhala is like a huge eight-petaled lotus, the entire periphery of the lotus is a continuous group of snow-capped mountains, in the country's central lotus umbilical cord of the third layer of the periphery of the same is a continuous group of snow-capped mountains. Between the lotus petals and lotus petals for the snowy mountains and rivers, the country is covered with beautiful lakes, ponds, grasslands, forests and fruit trees.

Shambhala's eight lotus petals each have 120 million settlements. Each of the ten million settlements is governed by a county king, so there are ninety-six county kings in ****. As long as the Buddha's Dharma continues to live, the kings of the counties will continue to propagate the Wheel of Time Dharma. Most of the ninety-six county kings are skillful in the power of the mantra, and each has a staff, which they hand over to a messenger, who can instantly travel to all parts of the country to carry out the king's orders.

The buildings of these nine hundred and sixty million settlements are shaped like two-story cozy homes in the Indian style. Those who are born in Shambhala are beautiful and dignified, and live in great wealth and abundance, and even the small rich families are rich and full of gold and jewels. The men of this country love to wear hats and red or white cotton clothes, and the women love to wear white or blue discount clothes embroidered with beautiful designs.

"There is a beautiful place to which people aspire. It is evergreen, there are birds and flowers, there is no pain there, there is no sorrow there. Its name is Shambhala, and legend has it that it is the place where the gods and goddesses live ......"

Whether it's a Buddhist scripture or an adventure handbook, whether it's a novel or a movie or TV drama, whether it's a late-night story or a melodious song and dance, the "Shambhala

"Shambhala" in the end what, this question ultimately need to ask yourself, you think it is what, it will be what.

The above explanation comes from Zhihu, immediately help Tibetan travelers "what is Shambhala"

September 14 we came to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, because the amount of rain in September is still relatively abundant, so the entire Tiger Leaping Gorge is a large amount of water, magnificent, a change in the impression of the Yangtze River, the water is quiet and far away, it is the first canyon of the Yangtze River in 10,000 miles. Tiger Leaping Gorge is surrounded by Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the east and Haba Snow Mountain in Shangri-La in the west. The vertical height difference of the gorge is more than 3,900 meters, which is one of the deepest gorges in the world. The narrowest part of the river, only about 30 meters, according to legend, a fierce tiger downhill, in the river on the reef a little lift your feet, can be vacated over, back and forth between the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain, so it is called the Tiger Leaping Gorge. General travelers visit is on the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and the Tiger Leaping Gorge is divided into the upper Tiger Leaping Gorge, in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the lower Tiger Leaping Gorge, if as a backpacker, there are three hiking paths to choose from, it is one of the top ten most beautiful hiking routes in China. Tips if you come back to Tiger Leaping Gorge next time to bring some food, there are a lot of big-tailed squirrels, and I do not know if it is a lot of vegetation here, I walked down on the non-stop guilty of rhinitis, but it is still very worthwhile to come.

September 15 from Lijiang back to Kunming, this all the way to the west of the trip is very fulfilling, and unknowingly will also be interested in the study of the Tibetan language, previously did not know that the Tibetan language actually have the pronunciation of the flick tongue, the feeling is quite interesting.