Wednesday, November 26, 2008 morning cloudy
Yunnan Tourism in 2008 (Travel Notes, 23)
Travel to Lijiang, Yunnan: Natural meadows and pastures, the best place to view the beautiful scenery of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain - Ganhaizi
Leaving Yuzhuqingtian Scenic Area (Snow Mountain Jade Lake), the car continues to drive north along the Lijiang-Mingyin Highway. The highway changes with the altitude, and it is obvious that it is slowly climbing. Due to our cost and time, we cannot go to Yulong Snow Mountain. I can only go to Ganhaizi to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from a distance. The tour guide introduced Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to everyone.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is located on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the southernmost tip of the Snow Mountain Group in western China, where the Hengduan Mountains are distributed, and belongs to the fold belt of the Hengduan Mountains in terms of tectonics. It is the snow mountain closest to the equator in the northern hemisphere. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is located about 25 kilometers north of the ancient city of Lijiang, between 27°03′20″-27°40″ north latitude and 100°04′10″-100°16′30″ east diameter. The total area of the scenic spot is 960 square kilometers. It is located at the southeastern end of the Hengduan Mountains in the Rift Valley of Western Yunnan, at the southern end of the Yunling Mountains, in Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. nature reserve. The snow mountain has a north-south trend, with a length of about 35 kilometers from north to south and a width of about 25 kilometers from east to west. Because the top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, looking from a distance, it looks like a crystal clear jade dragon lying on the top of the mountain, covered in silver, surrounded by white clouds on the mountainside, shining like jade under the sun. Hence the name "Jade Dragon Snow Mountain", it is also the only snow mountain named after a dragon in my country. Because the lithology of Yulong Snow Mountain is mainly limestone and basalt, black and white are distinct, so it is also called "Black and White Snow Mountain". Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is majestic, beautiful and upright, making Chinese and foreign tourists fall in love with it.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is an extremely high mountain in the subtropical zone of Yunnan Province. It is a modern marine glacier at the southernmost latitude of the northern hemisphere. From the foot of the mountain to the peak, it has a complete vertical natural landscape of subtropical, temperate and frigid zones. The snow-capped mountains are rich in natural tourism resources, and the landscapes can be roughly divided into snow-covered glacier landscapes, alpine meadow landscapes, primeval forest landscapes, snow-capped mountains and waterscapes, etc. The main peak, Fandui, is 5,596 meters above sea level and is located at the southern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is known as "Boshi Oulu" and "Tuosi Banman Moving Rock" by the Naxi people. It means "silver mountain rock of Baisha" and "Bu Songmao Gua Peak", also known as Baixue Mountain. Confronted with Haba Snow Mountain, the mighty Jinsha River gallops in between. Looking at it in Pingba, Lijiang, it looks like a silver flower standing upright. If you go to Baixue Mountain to see it, it looks like a white silk folding fan unfolded there, so it has the names of Fanzidou and Xuedou Peak. The whole snow mountain is composed of thirteen peaks, arranged longitudinally from north to south, not only majestic, but also beautiful and tall, exquisite in shape, as bright as crystal jade, as bright as thirteen sharp swords, against the backdrop of the blue sky, like A silver jade dragon is dancing forever.
The thirteen snow peaks are steep and towering to the sky, and the height of the snow line is between 4400 and 4500 meters. The bedrock above the snow basin on the east ridge is bare, with an average slope of over 40 degrees. The north ridge is connected to a 539-meter-high peak through a 5,000-meter-high saddle. For the broken rock wall. There are not many gullies and cuts on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, but there are many cirques and hanging glaciers. The vegetation below the snow line is lush, the vegetation in the alpine frigid zone is charming, and rare and exotic animals haunt it. It is known as the "Forest Kingdom" and "Treasure House of Plants". It is one of the nature reserves in Yunnan Province.
1. Natural meadow - Ganhaizi
The road changes with the altitude, and it can be clearly felt that it is increasing. After crossing a mountain, it enters an open mountain meadow, which is "Ganhaizi". Ganhaizi is about 23 kilometers away from Lijiang. It is a plateau meadow surrounded by mountains on three sides. Ganhaizi is located at the eastern foot of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. At an altitude of 2900 meters, it can be said that it is the nearest and best location to look down on the whole picture of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. There is a grassland like a wormwood here, which spreads from the foot of Yulong Mountain in the west to the far horizon. We arrived at about ten o'clock in the morning, and the temperature difference between morning and noon was also great. When we got out of the car, we felt a chill. Then we suddenly realized that it was late autumn, but there are still many people in Ganhaizi who can't name it. The wildflowers continued to bloom to greet us. The wild flowers everywhere are blooming and colorful. Visitors can ride horses here and gallop on the vast grassland, or walk among the flowers and pick colorful wild flowers.
Ganhaizi was originally an alpine ice-eroded lake. Due to the rising snow line, the accumulated water decreased and even dried up, so it was called "Dry Haizi". Now Ganhaizi is a plateau meadow surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a very wide field of vision and a quiet and peaceful environment, just like a paradise. The entire large meadow is about 4 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide. The ground is covered with dense pastures and surrounded by low shrubs. It is a natural meadow pasture. The terrain of the pasture is gentle and undulating. At a glance, there are pine trees standing far, near, high and low on the pasture, sparse and quiet. These low pine trees, stretching pastures, shaded by vegetation, and yaks pass by from time to time, it is a plateau pasture scenery. With the distant view of snow-capped mountains, this is an ideal place for viewing and taking pictures. Every spring, when the flowers bloom and the grass sprouts, Tibetan, Yi and Naxi herdsmen who live in the mountains near Ganhaizi put on felt tents, ride tall horses, and drive yaks, sheep, and cattle to the meadows to graze. The horses strolled leisurely in groups of three or four, or looked into the distance and meditated, or bowed their heads to taste the fresh and tender food, or paced back and forth in the meadow, and no one disturbed their tranquility. From the dry Haizi meadow to the 4,500-meter snow line, you can see all kinds of flowers and trees, including orchids, wild peonies, and snow lotuses. The busiest ones are all kinds of small flowers dotted among the grass, yellow, white, red, blue, purple, twinkling like stars in the sky. Tall trees include Yunnan pine, cedar, fir, thorn chestnut, hemp chestnut and so on. This is a free paradise for birds, they can spread their wings and fly freely, stop and jump back and forth on the grass for a while, stay in the branches for a while and sing beautifully, the singing is melodious and crisp. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain under the clear sky is like a beautiful Snow White wearing a green printed skirt.
Ganhaizi, you can't imagine her purity and leisure. The blue sky is free of any impurities, and the white clouds linger leisurely around the top and waist of the mountain, sometimes covering the mountain with mottled patterns like ink paintings. The endless alpine meadow spreads out like a book, and the undulating grassland like waves is slightly green, extending unrestrained. In such an open wilderness, you can let your thoughts gallop freely, or sing a song to the sky, or take a leisurely stroll quietly, everything is harmonious, beautiful and comfortable!
2. Ganhaizi - the best place to view Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from a distance
It is a unique sight to see the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Fanzidou and other peaks here. The thirteen peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain line up in sequence from north to south, majestic and majestic, shining with silver light, especially the main peak with a steep fan, like an open window, cutting into the sky, majestic. To view the scenery of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from Ganhaizi, it is best to have clear weather, when the sun is on top at noon, the mountains are clear and the sky is clear, and on the east side of the main peak of the snow mountain, there is a glacier, forest of ice towers, and ice fields that are slightly green with plants. You can also see the magnificent scene of avalanches. I saw the ice and snow on the mountain rushing down from the ice field, gushing out, and flying in an instant, like snowflakes, like silver powder, flying all over the sky, clearly visible, lasting for more than ten minutes, very spectacular. You can also see the snow-green glacier winding down above the snow line, and appreciate the modern glacier wonder of this "green peak" with the help of a telescope. And in winter, there is a piece of quiet white on it, showing a holy crystal, and the thirteen peaks meander like a white dragon leaping in the air, ready to jump into the endless Jinsha River at any time. If the wind is howling, the dark clouds are rolling, and the snow mountain is hidden in the clouds and snow, it will be very difficult to see the majestic appearance of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
Yunshanping near Ganhaizi has a large cableway that can directly go up to the glacier of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. This is the second cableway on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Tourists can take the cable car to the snow field to enjoy the ancient snow, the wonders of the ice tower forest and the alpine ski resort. The ski resort is located on the steep east slope of Fanzi, with an altitude of more than 4,500 meters. Longest ski resort. In addition, there are many recreational facilities such as sand skiing, grass skiing, racing cars, and horse racing. In addition to the big cableway, there are two other cableways that can go up the mountain. One is a small cableway, also called Yunshanping Cableway, which is the first cableway in Yulong Snow Mountain. There is also Maoniuping cableway, also known as Zhongcableway, which is the third cableway on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The scenery of the three ropeways is different. In general, taking the big cableway allows you to touch the snow, while the small cableway (Yunshanping) is located halfway up the snow mountain, allowing you to take a panoramic view of the snow mountain. Maoniuping, like Yunshanping, is located in the middle of the mountain. It is relatively open and there are many foreign tourists. The cableway with the most people is Yunshanping and the big cableway. The big cableway round trip is 160 yuan, the Yunshanping small cableway round trip is 40 yuan, and the Maoniuping cableway round trip is 60 yuan.
If you want to visit on foot, the best route should be from Ganhaizi to Maoniuping, or you can ride a horse to Maoniuping, where you can see the whole picture of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, then go to Baishui River, take the big cableway to the main peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and come down from the mountain You can visit Dongba God Garden, you can also go to Yufeng Temple, Baisha Village, Baisha Murals, and then return to Lijiang Old Town.
Drive from Ganhaizi to Yunshanping, where you can see the whole picture at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, with overlapping alpine pines, lush firs, lush coniferous pines, and unknown shrubs growing among them , the fine sunlight scattered from the dense leaves, mottled. The water flow here is extremely clear, and the lakes are like sapphires inlaid among the mountains. Wandering beside the small lake with high mountains and flowing water, the strangely shaped pebbles in the lake are piled up on each other. When you reach out for a handful of lake water and grab a five-flowered stone, the heart-warming coolness spreads all over your body. The lakeside is full of big trees, verdant and verdant. In the sky, mountains stand thousands of feet high, embracing the clouds in the sky. The luxuriant fragrant grass and the clear jade belt-like water flow, murmuring, turned into a quiet paradise under the snow-capped mountains.
Yunshanping is a place to appreciate folk songs. Around Yunshanping, you will see some girls wearing various ethnic bright costumes. They are singing and dancing on the meadow and among the forests. The attractive singing and cheerful dance steps make you unable to help but join them. Change hands and dance a national dance, but be careful: don’t forget to express your thanks at the end of the song and dance. The gentle singing and dancing of these girls will add a lot of color to your Snowy Meadow family. You have to learn to identify the costumes of these girls: the ones wearing the "stars and the moon" shawls are Naxi girls, and the ones wearing colored thread gong pot hats are Yi girls. You can borrow their costumes and leave a "portrait of national unity", or you can wear national costumes and ride the horses that the locals only serve for tourists to gallop freely in Yunshanping.
3. Big Cableway (Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Big Cableway)
About five kilometers westward from Ganhaizi Xuehua Mountain Villa, you will come to the lower station of the big cableway at the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain. This is the lower starting point of the big cableway at the upper Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The vast forest, a dense virgin forest, the snow-capped upper station, and the upper station directly below the fan of the snow mountain Yunfeng. The running time in the middle is about half an hour, and you will feel the feeling of experiencing the four seasons. The strong seasonal changes, the difference between cold and warm, and the change of scenery will make you very excited. The altitude of the upper station is 4,506 meters, the total length of the cableway is 2,914 meters, and the vertical height difference is 1,150 meters. It is currently the highest tourist cableway in my country. The snow mountain is a complete vertical natural landscape in the subtropical zone of Yunnan, and you can experience it in a very short period of time.
The large cableway takes into account the natural landscape of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. On the cableway, you can overlook Ganhaizi, Yunshanping, Maoniuping, Baishui River, Heishui River and other famous scenic spots. Famous snow peaks such as the Snow Mountain Giant Buddha, you can have a panoramic view of the vertical distribution of snow mountain plants. Starting from the meadow at an altitude of about 3,000 meters, you will pass through various tall and straight pine forests and fir trees, and ascend with the cableway. The forest gradually becomes cloudy, and then bushes and rhododendron forests grow. When the altitude is above 4,000 meters, only moss plants attached to the rocks can be seen, and finally there is a vast expanse of snow.
Going up the cable car, the rich green world gradually recedes downwards and gradually becomes smaller. What comes into view is the snow-capped world. The biting cold air is rushing to the body, and the clouds are like white tulle hazy over the snow-capped mountains. eyes. After a while, it floated to the neck again, like a fairy wearing a light scarf, surrounded by mist, and the clouds danced freely, like a fairyland. For a short while, they were all in a world of silver and white, a world of snow. However, at this moment, the main peak of the snow mountain covered with snow all the year round is getting closer and closer to us, and the crystal and beautiful Jade Dragon is getting closer and closer to us!
At an altitude of 4506 meters, the magnificent main peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain came into our view. What kind of beauty should be left alone? You can see that it is steep and steep, majestic and heroic, with crystal snow peaks, which have not been transformed since ancient times, and are really magnificent. Walking in the middle of the snow-capped mountains, the creaking footsteps shattered the surrounding tranquility, leaving neat footprints in the snow. I imagine that several years have passed, and I will go to Yulong again. Where the traces left by now, I can see the pure snow lotus blooming to my heart's content.
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Stumbling on such a high snow-capped mountain, the air is extremely thin and short of breath. From time to time, strong winds howl and fly over the branches that are heavy with snow, leaving a "whoosh" sound. This is a dreamy world of Qionglou Yuyu, walking on the snow, feeling ecstatic.
Climb hard to the high platform at 4680 meters above sea level, which is the highest point that tourists are allowed to climb. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is like a beautiful fairy who overwhelms the country and the city, never showing her intoxicating face to the world easily. Looking up at the front, the mountain appears and disappears between the blue sky and the clouds, and the unfolding mountain is like an open folding fan. It is the highest peak of the snow mountain at an altitude of 5,596 meters - the steep fan. She is covered in ice and snow, standing tall, surrounded by solid ice, and light in the clouds; It still makes people intoxicated; she is graceful, pure and pure, and brings people an extraordinary beauty in this fairyland-like height.
The 12 mountain peaks behind the main peak of the steep fan undulate continuously from south to north, and form a silver dragon with the main peak.
Here, let the soul wander in the clean air and let the thoughts fly in the frozen time. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the home of human souls. Here, we seem to have returned to the moment when the chaos of the world first opened.
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4. Middle cableway (Maoxing cableway)
The Maoniuping Cableway is located at the northern end of the Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area. The Maoniuping Cableway has a total length of 1,200 meters, rising from an altitude of 3,180 meters to the upper station at 3,650 meters, and then climbing 50 meters to reach the Maoniuping Scenic Area at an altitude of 3,700 to 3,800 meters. Maoniuping is the third alpine meadow of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The altitude here is higher than Yunshanping. From Maoniuping, you can clearly see the peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain standing like a sword. Unlike Yunshanping, Maoniuping has a terrain It is not flat, and there is a big difference with the ups and downs of the mountain. A black water river also meanders here. If Yunshanping is a beautiful watercolor painting, then Maoniuping is an oil painting with a strong sense of layering. The landscape here is a typical Caojudian pasture, with alpine and snowfield scenery accompanied by Heishui River and streams, and a group of natural, quiet and simple primitive forest landscape, with distinct layers and colorful appearance. Yakiping meadow is full of flowers in spring; green grass in summer; lush lawn in autumn; and snow-covered in winter. It is picturesque all year round. In addition to the natural scenery, this is also a summer pasture for Tibetan herdsmen at the foot of the mountain. Every spring, summer and autumn, they drive their cattle and sheep to the mountain, and they themselves live in summer huts here. The main attractions here in Maoniuping are: Yak Snowfield, Yak Snow Valley, Blackwater Valley, Blackwater Waterfall Ice Bridge, Snow Lake, Yaochi Lake, Yak Creek, Jinxiu Meadow, Brilliant Mountain Flowers, Lijiang Hemlock Forest, Daguo Sequoia Forest, Yellow River Behind the green forest, snowflake village. Yijia folk customs and many other scenic spots. If you come to Maoniuping, you can easily walk into the natural living conditions of the herdsmen.
5. Small cableway (Yunshanping Cableway)
Yunshanping can be climbed by car or on foot. The total length of the Yunshanping cableway is about 1,000 meters. If you walk up the mountain, the mountain road is accompanied by the cableway. It takes about an hour to climb to the end of the Yunshanping plank road (the upper part of the small cableway). On the side of the snow-capped mountains and in the virgin forest, the famous "Jade Dragon Third Country", the famous holy place for Naxi youths to die for love, is here.
From Ganhaizi via Baishui to Heishui, walk along the riverside road to the depths of the snow-capped mountains, about one kilometer to the Yunshanping parking lot, and the lower station of the small cableway is not far from the Baishui River in Jinxiu Valley From here, the small cableway can rise to the spruce plank road at the upper station, with a height difference of about 300 meters and a running time of about 20 minutes. The Yunshanping cableway is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Whether you take a car or walk to climb the mountain, you can enjoy the scenery around you. best feeling ever.
From the upper station to Yunshanping, you have to go through a virgin forest. The tall and straight spruce trees stand next to each other, and the forest is vast. This piece of green spruce makes the air we breathe green. The road through the primeval forest is paved with small pieces of chestnut boards, which is unique and shaped like a plank road, which is not slippery or muddy in snowy weather, comfortable and clean, winding to the end of the forest, hence the name Spruce plank. There are bars on the left and right, and stairs up and down, which is convenient and full of sentiment. There are pavilions made of wood at a certain distance, which not only facilitates the rest of tourists, but also adds a lot of scenery to the plank road.
6. The "Land of Sacrifice for Love" in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the "Third Country of Jade Dragon" in Naxi myths and legends
Yunshanping is located at the foot of Xueshan Mountain, Baishuihebei. It is the second snow mountain meadow seen after coming up from Ganhaizi, with an area of about 1,000 square meters. Hidden deep in the snow-capped mountains, Yunshanping is surrounded by snow-capped peaks, surrounded by dense forests, and soothing meadows, which are extremely magical. It is 3365 meters above sea level. It is called "Wulu Yucui Pavilion" in Naxi language, which means "the place where young men and women died for love in the Jade Dragon Mountain".
The contradiction between the custom of free love before marriage of Naxi young men and women and the feudal marriage system, and the prevalence of cousin marriage in the Naxi marriage system, these are one of the main reasons why young men and women "die for love". Young men and women who love each other but cannot marry , with the determination to love each other through life and death, and with the longing for the ideal "heaven", use your precious life to pursue the beautiful Lizhen heaven. As for Shanping, in June and July, there are brocades all over the place, with snow-capped mountains as the background, surrounded by spruce flats, and a wide space, which is in contrast to the secluded spruce valley, where flowers are blooming; flowers in the flats are in full bloom, and bees and butterflies are flying. The snow-capped mountains here are like jade rhinoceroses, towering into the clouds; the spruces are surrounded like Daicheng, lush and green. The green grass is like fungus, the yaks, cocoons, and sheep are at ease, and the shepherd boys are playing around by the forest. This is another fairyland on earth in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
Yunshanping is the place where the "Third Country of Jade Dragon" died for love. The absolute superiority of the natural environment must be a very important factor. Here, in the dense forest of Yunshanping, there are towering trees, dead branches and osmanthus, tree beards on the branches, rotten trees everywhere in the forest, dead branches and leaves, covered with moss, as if no one has disturbed them for thousands of years Living in absolute tranquility, absolute freedom, and absolute nature makes people unable to bear to leave. The Naxi tribe's first pair of lovers, Lord Youzu'a and Goutu Xigua, have changed from the leader of love death to the god of love, the ruler of the kingdom of love death. The Twelve Rock Slopes, the destination of the ghosts of love and death, have also become the Snow Mountain Love Country (Wulu Yucui Pavilion), and the Ministry of Civil Affairs in a different place is described as a third country of different realms, while the Love Department of Master Youzu'a and Goutu Xigua The joyful sound and mirage evolved into "no flies, no mosquitoes, pheasants sitting in the morning, wild dogs watching sheep, horses plowing the fields, tigers riding, trees blooming with golden flowers, rivers flowing with silver, milk forming rivers, mountains of butter, There is only the joy of eternal youth, no old age and death, only the happiness of love, no painful separation... etc. The ideal state of the content. The young men and women who died in love put their hopes on the "afterlife" and "the world of the cliff", Negating life in this other world. Therefore, Yunshanping is the ideal "Third Country of Jade Dragon" for young people who died in love.
When visiting Yunshanping, you can notice that from near to far, the three-dimensional landscape is rich and colorful. First of all, the lawn under your feet is gentle and undulating, stretching for thousands of years. In spring and summer, there are green grass and romantic mountain flowers. In autumn, it is yellowing, and in winter it becomes a silver world. A beautiful enjoyment. The second is the forest on the edge of the meadow, which forms a natural barrier between the snow-capped mountains and the meadow. In your field of vision, it has a deep color. Finally, there is Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which soars into the clouds and breathes out mist. The huge figure seems to look down on everything here from the air, and the meadow is tightly embraced by it like a strict father and mother.
You can also explore the secrets in Yunshanping. I have written about some cases of Naxi youths who died for love, and I can briefly say a few words here. Because Yunshanping is the "Third Kingdom of Jade Dragon" in the eyes of the Naxi people, it is a holy place for the Naxi people. In the past, how many Naxi young men and women were attracted by the beautiful "Third Country of Yulong". The ideal place of the "third country", where you can get rid of all the troubles in the world and enter the ideal country of love. Therefore, Yunshanping has also become a romantic and tragic place. If you slowly search along the edge of meadows and forests, you will feel a kind of sacred respect in your heart.
7. Myths and Legends of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
A long, long time ago, when the mountains and valleys were called brothers and sisters, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain were twin brothers. They saw the beautiful Jinsha River girl, awakened the sleeping hearts of the two brothers, and fell in love with the girl. The brothers took turns to propose several times. But the Jinshajiang girl raised her proud head, gave Yulong and Haba brothers a cold look, and rejected their marriage proposal. It turns out that Jinshajiang girl already has a lover in her heart. She is enamored with the Dragon King of the East China Sea and vows to marry the Dragon King of the East China Sea, but she closes the door and window of love to Yulong and Haba brothers. This made Yulong and Haba brothers furious. They discussed to block Jinsha girl in the mountain, and trapped her in the mountain. They lost their love for the Dragon King of the East China Sea and gave in to their brother's marriage proposal.
After Yulong and the Haba brothers discussed this plan, one day, Jinshajiang girl left her eldest sister Lancang River and her second sister Nujiang River, and turned her head to flow eastward. , begging the two brothers to give way to the girl. But Big Brother Yulong and Little Brother Haba sniffed their noses, stared at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and the two brothers got closer together without leaving the slightest gap between them. The girl from Jinshajiang met with such an outrageous cold reception. But she wasn't discouraged at all. The girl begged for three days and three nights with honey-like words, which made her tongue thin, but the girl's words didn't persuade the two brothers, and the girl was still stuck in Yulong Mountain and Haba at the foot of the mountain.
Miss Jinsha entangled Yulong Mountain and Haba Mountain for three days and three nights, and teased Brother Yulong's eyes so that his eyes turned red. On this night, Brother Yulongshan's eyelids were pulled by the sleeping god, causing him to tilt his neck and nod his head. Doze off. A gust of cold wind made Big Brother Yulong sober. He blinked his eyes, looked at the girl crouching under his feet, and then at Brother Haba. Throw it over the mountain. Brother Yulongshan felt a surge of joy in his heart, and he said to his younger brother, "Brother, I'm sleepy. You guard the gate in the first half of the night, and I will replace you in the second half of the night. Don't let Jinshajiang girl run away."
Haba Snow Mountain nodded in agreement, with his head held high and his chest high, he watched the Jinshajiang girl's movements. The three stars slanted to the west, the snowy mountains were blowing up, and Brother Haba didn't see Brother Yulong waking up, so he couldn't help feeling resentment in his heart, and sighed. The smart Jinshajiang girl heard Habadi's sigh, and she sensed the choking smoke of her younger brother's resentment towards her elder brother, frowned, and had an idea. The girl from Jinshajiang wanted to hypnotize Haba so that brother Haba could also fall asleep. Miss Jinshajiang stretched out her warm hands, and gently stroked Brother Haba's legs and feet. She rubbed and caressed him, making him yawn so itchy, and Brother Haba dozed off with his neck tilted in an instant. . The witty Jinsha River girl set off a wave and touched the Yulongshan and Habashan brothers. The two brothers fell into a deep sleep and lost consciousness like stones. Taking advantage of the time when the two brothers were sleeping, the girl from Jinsha River sneaked out from between the toes of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain with a beating heart. The Jinsha River girl walked quietly. When she walked out of the mouth of the gorge, the girl couldn't hold back her joy, and couldn't help bursting into a series of haha laughter (the river above the mouth of the Jinsha River is silent, and the river flowing out of the gorge The sound of saliva is like thunder rolling over a mountain). The laughter woke up Brother Yulong Snow Mountain from his sleep, and he suddenly found that Jinshajiang girl had escaped from the pass. Big brother Yulong Snow Mountain was so anxious that gold stars splashed in his eyes, and a hot anger hit his heart. He couldn't control himself, raised his big hand towards Haba Snow Mountain's face, and slapped Haba Snow Mountain hard. The neck of Haba Snow Mountain was crooked, and from then on, Haba Snow Mountain became a crooked mountain, and the elder brother of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain also turned his butt around angrily. No more ignoring each other.
People call it "Jade Wall Jinchuan" together with the roaring Jinsha River at the foot of the mountain. The Jinsha River enters Shigu on the west side of the Yulong Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province along the west, and is suddenly blocked by Hailuo Mountain, forcing the raging river to turn 100 degrees to the northeast, forming the "first bay of the Yangtze River", which is unstoppable in Yulong. Between Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain (5,396 meters above sea level), a narrow passage with a width of only 30-60 meters is opened and runs eastward. The cliffs on the west bank here reach 4,000 meters above the river. In the center of the river, there is a huge rock (Tiger Leaping Stone) about 300 cubic meters, forcing the river to surge into the sky and churning endlessly. This is the world-famous Tiger Leaping Gorge.
In 1988, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national scenic spots in the name of Lijiang Yulong Snow Mountain Scenic Area in Yunnan. , Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Scenic Spot in Lijiang City has been officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.
The large snow sea is an excellent natural ski resort. According to expert investigation and argumentation, this is the longest ski resort in the world and also the warmest ski resort. For the convenience of tourists, the highest tourist passenger cableway in my country has been built here, which will take you into this magical world through convenient facilities.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is famous for its danger, strangeness, beauty and beauty. It is not only majestic, exquisite and beautiful, but also tall and straight, which looks wonderful and colorful. Sometimes the clouds are steaming and misty, the jade dragon appears and disappears, sometimes the blue sky is like water, thousands of miles of powerless clouds, the peaks seem to have just been washed by jade liquid, and the crystal silver light is dazzling. "The brilliance. Sometimes a cloud belt is worn around the waist, with the snowy peaks on the top, green hills on the bottom, and dawn in the east. In the evening, when the sun sets, the afterglow of the top of the mountain, the slanting glow dyes the snow peak like a red gauze, the snow mountain stands like a girl in a red gauze, and the clouds fly back to Gu Rui between the peaks with the sunset glow. In the blink of an eye, there are endless metamorphosis. Even in a day, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is full of changes. In the early morning, the mountain village is still sleeping soundly, but the snow-capped mountains have already greeted the dawn. In the tent, I gradually fell into a sweet dreamland. As the seasons and climate change, the snow-capped mountain landscape also changes alternately, presenting a colorful picture.
8. The sacred and inviolable Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Every famous snow mountain in the world will attract many mountaineering enthusiasts to climb and conquer. According to the tour guide, the current Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is still a virgin peak, because so far no mountaineering team can easily overlook her. In the local Dongba religion, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the saint in the hearts of the Naxi people and the only holy mountain of the Naxi people. The local people do not allow any outsiders to easily trample on her and disturb her peace with the feet of the world. Whenever international and domestic mountaineering teams come here to climb the mountain, Naxi's old Dongba (the Naxi people's religious ceremony host) will come to the foot of the mountain to hold a climbing ceremony for the climbers. In fact, these old Dongba used an ancient Dongba language to curse these people who wanted to desecrate the holy mountain during the farewell ceremony. Therefore, although the altitude of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is not high, no one can surrender to her. It is said that one year a Japanese mountaineering team tried to climb the snow-capped mountain, but encountered an avalanche not far from the peak. The local people believed that it was the curse of the old Dongba that protected their holy mountain. According to the analysis of scientists, because the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is too close to the equator and has been soaked and overturned by snow for tens of thousands of years, the geological conditions here are abnormally broken. In addition, the climate in the mountain is unpredictable, and it is unpredictable from time to time. In addition, the spell of the old man in Dongba at the time of departure, Thus making it difficult for them to climb. If the spell is effective, those who desecrated the holy mountain will be buried in the avalanche. Perhaps it is also because Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is still a virgin mountain, so it is more precious, respected and loved by people.
9. The greatest protector of the Naxi nation - "Sanduo God"
Snow Mountain is a sacred mountain and settlement in the eyes of the Naxi people and Lijiang people. The earliest record of the Naxi people moving into the present-day Yunnan area was in the 7th and 8th centuries AD, so it is generally believed that they settled in the Yulong Snow Mountain area for about a thousand years. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the sacred mountain in the hearts of Naxi people and the embodiment of the "Sanduo God". Every year on February 8th of the lunar calendar, Lijiang people and Naxi people living in other places will hold grand activities to celebrate the "Sanduo" Festival. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Haba Snow Mountain and the Jinsha River next to it often appear together in the myths and legends of the Naxi people. Among them, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain are most often described as twin brothers.
The "Sanduo Festival" is a grand festival for the Naxi people to worship the "Sanduo God", the biggest protector of their own nation, and it is also a legal national festival of the Naxi people. This festival originated from the Beiyue Temple Fair in Yulong Village, Baisha. It is called "Sanduo Song" in Naxi language, which means "sacrifice to three flowers". Legend has it that the god of war rides a white horse, wears white armor, wears a white helmet, and holds a white spear.
This god is considered to be "A Pu Sanduo", and worshiped as the largest and most authoritative god of the nation. The chieftain of the Mu family of the Naxi nationality also made a lot of construction work, expanded and repaired the Sanduo Temple, and cast a big tripod and a big bell to record the various holy relics of the Sanduo. Beiyue, the Beiyue Temple in the north of Baisha Village in Lijiang still exists today, with a deep courtyard and a radiant Buddha face. He also asked the Central Dynasty to grant him the title of "Great Sage Xueshi Beiyue Dingguo Anbang Jingdi". From then on, every year on the eighth day of February and the first day of August belong to the sheep day, Naxi people from far and near gather in the Sanduo Temple (Pavilion) at the foot of Yulong Mountain to kill sheep and sacrifice to the three gods enshrined in the temple. A grand worship ceremony called "Sanduo Song" is held. There are huge crowds of people, cigarettes are lingering, and the atmosphere is solemn and solemn. At that time, each household will also cook food at home and burn incense to worship. During the temple fair, not only the Naxi people from far and near flocked here, but also other neighboring ethnic groups came to offer incense, and even Tibetans from afar also came to worship. From then until the 12th century, the area around Jade Dragon Snow Mountain belonged to the territory of Dali State. In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, when Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, came to Lijiang, he once granted Yulong Snow Mountain the title of "Great Sage Snow Stone Beiyue Anbang Jingdi". During the Qing Dynasty, more Han people immigrated to the Lijiang area, and Han culture began to influence the Naxi cultural circle. However, some remote areas near the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain still retain a fairly traditional Naxi culture. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain fascinates people with its charming landscape, mysterious legends and unconquered Virgin Peak so far. The number of believers and the prosperity of incense are all above all the temples in Lijiang.
There are many legends about "Sanduo", one of which said that there was a very capable hunter who went to Yulong Mountain with hunting dogs to hunt every day. One year, the eighth day of February happened to be a sheep. He saw a strange snow stone in the snow mountain. The snow stone was very big, like a burly general, but so light that he could hold it up with one hand. The hunter was very surprised and carried it down the mountain by the way. At the foot of the mountain, the hunter put down the snowstone, smoked a pipe and recited it again, but he could not move it, as if it had taken root, and no matter how hard he tried, it would not move. People thought it was the incarnation of God, so they built temples on the spot to worship. So he was respected as the protection god "Apu Sanduo", and he was offered sacrifices every year to ask for his protection.
There is also a legend: Three brothers moved from the widened area in the west. The elder brother Awuwa lived in Prince Cave on the west slope of Yulong Mountain, and the second brother Lakailahu lived on Lashiba Naguwa Mountain. I also lived in the Kesuoluo cliff on the west slope of the snow mountain, and then came here again. Wearing white armor, wearing a white helmet, holding a white spear, and riding a white horse, he once said to a king: "If you offer me three beasts every day, you will enjoy great blessings." The king did as he did, but the blessings did not come for a long time. After all the livestock are sacrificed, where is the blessing? Sanduo appeared, and he said, "I plan to make half of the world respect you as king, why do you blame me in private? I'm going back to Yulong Mountain, and I will return you double the offerings." After finishing speaking, the king's offerings of livestock, The coins came back, ten times more than before, but the kingdom was getting weaker day by day; at the same time, Sanduo entrusted a dream to Mai Cong from Lijiang, saying: "Mai Cong, I am Sanduo, from the north. Come to help you fight, you are an upright southerner, you have the desire to bless your kingdom, don't be half-hearted!" After saying that, he turned into a white musk and disappeared. From then on, whenever Mai Cong went to the battlefield, there was always a white brave general to help him out. Once the battle was won, there would be wind and rain, and he couldn't see anything. Usually, Sanduo secretly helps Mai Cong. When Mai Cong was hunting, he often saw a white musk deer appearing and disappearing in Yulong Mountain, but he couldn't catch it. One day, his hounds surrounded a white stone. People lifted it up, and the stone was as light as paper. When it went down to the middle of the mountain, it was too heavy to lift. The hunter took the rice as an offering and prayed for it to become lighter, but it became so light again that it could no longer be lifted to the place where the temple is now built at the foot of the mountain.
On February 8, the earth is sunny and full of spring, and the "ten thousand camellias" under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain are in full bloom. In this traditional national festival of the Naxi people, the whole county of Yulong Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan Province has a three-day holiday to celebrate the "Three Flowers" festival , the whole county of Naxi people, men, women and children go outing in spring to enjoy flowers and festivals.
10. Twelve Beauties of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Mu Zhengyuan, a scholar of the Naxi nationality in the Qing Dynasty, vividly summed up the twelve sceneries of the Jade Dragon, which can be roughly divided into mountains and snowy scenery, spring and pool water scenery, forest scenery, meadow scenery and so on. It vividly depicts the scenery of snow-capped mountains from different angles, and embodies the vagaries and various poses of the jade dragon scenery in different seasons and at different times. Right now:
The first scene, "Sanchun Smoke Cage", depicts the blurred clouds and smoke over the snow-capped mountains, like a beautiful white gauze covering the snow-capped mountains, blurred and beautiful, with light smoke and mist, skylight and cloud shadows, blending into one, hazy and natural There is an indescribable beauty.
The second scene "Clouds in June" depicts the snow-capped mountains in summer, which are often covered by clouds. If you are lucky enough to see the clouds clearing after the rain or early in the morning, a white cloud belt will appear on the mountainside, like It is the snow mountain covered with a pure white hada, or it is like the snow mountain is also covered with a beautiful white scarf for a day. There are such beautiful scenery in many pictures of Lijiang.
The third scene "Dawn Before Dawn" depicts the magnificent scene of the snow-capped mountains before dawn. When people are still sleeping in the night, the snow-capped mountains and the morning dawn in the mountains are intertwined, changing from pale yellow to red, then purple, and finally revealing the snow of the snow-capped mountains, and the sleeping people will never appreciate it. to such a landscape.
The fourth scene, "Sunset After Darkness", depicts the surroundings of Yuhu Village surrounded by mountains, it is already dusk before dusk, and the sunset reluctantly bids farewell to the earth, the colors are incomparably gorgeous. When stars slowly appeared in the sky, the snow-capped mountains were faintly visible, like a hazy Chinese landscape painting.
The fifth scene "Qingxia Five Colors" depicts the evening of the snow-capped mountains. There are always gorgeous clouds rising from the mountains, changing beautiful colors, red, yellow, blue and green, and colorful. It is often said in history books that Yunnan has "Colorful Yunnan Present". The spectacle can also be felt here.
The sixth scene, "Yeyue Shuanghui", depicts the beauty of the snow-capped mountains under the bright moonlight. When the moonlight falls on the snow-capped mountains like running water, the snow-capped mountains suddenly become a landscape inlaid with white jade. The bright moon and Langlang snow-capped mountains complement each other, illuminating you bright and white, just like walking into the moon palace.
The seventh scene "Green Snow Peak" depicts that among the thirteen undulating snow peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, there is a special snow peak as green as jade, as if covered with green moss, but it is clearly cold and radiant. Snow, even if it snows heavily, will turn green when it falls on the mountain, like a green jade screen, which is too beautiful to behold.
The eighth scene, "Silver Lantern Flame", depicts a hillside under the thirteen peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and the snow is like a snow lotus blooming in the mountain, more like silver lamps, under the sunlight. Under the light, it shines brightly, the small ones are like fireflies, and the big ones are like stars in the sky, as if the stars in the sky have fallen into the beautiful world.
The ninth scene "Reflection of Yuhu Lake" depicts the wonderful landscape of Yuhu Lake. In the crystal-clear Yuhu Lake, the shadows of snow-capped mountains are clearly visible. The green trees and white bridges seem to be rippling in the water waves, and people seem to be walking in the fairyland of fairyland in the sky.
The tenth scene "Dragon Armor Raises Clouds" depicts the thirteen peaks of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain winding northward like a giant dragon, while snow light and cloud shadow surround the snow mountain from time to time, making the snow mountain looming. Sometimes there will even be a kind of cloud with dragon scale patterns covering the snow mountain, as if covering the snow mountain with a coat of dragon scale. Local people often use this to divination: as long as this kind of cloud appears, the weather will be fine.
The eleventh scene "Golden River Splitting the Flow" depicts the Jinsha River behind the snow-capped mountains breaking through the obstacles of the snow-capped mountains, and the river is turbulent and dangerous.
The twelfth scene "Baiquan Yuye" depicts that the melted snow water on the snow mountain is extremely clear, like jade liquid and fine nectar, and the fine sand and stones at the bottom of the water can be seen. Even if it rains continuously, the water will not become cloudy. Drinking a sip of the water here will definitely make you unforgettable for a lifetime.
At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a sea of flowers, where a hundred flowers are in full bloom. People who have never been to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain must not be able to imagine its wonders of snow and flowers everywhere! How can you describe the flowers of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in one mouthful? There are all eight famous flowers in Yunnan. Rhododendron is the most famous flower. There are more than 40 kinds of rhododendron alone. This is one of the wonders of snow mountain. The short ones only crawl on the ground. The tall branches quickly competed with the trees for height, and the stars bloomed in small pieces. The red ones are like fire, the white ones are like paper, the purple gauze ones, the ones full of dendrobium pearls, the ones as bright as peach blossoms, the ones as cold as ice, the big ones like peonies, the small ones like lilacs, all of them are rare treasures in human gardens. But it is open freely on this lonely snow-capped mountain, and the trees are lush. In terms of pine, from bottom to top, Yunnan pine, Huashan pine, spruce, redwood, fir and so on are distributed.