Axu Grassland is located in the northeast of Dege County, 206 kilometers away from Dege County, 120 kilometers away from Manigango, with an altitude of about 4,000 meters, connecting Zhuqing, Langduo, Axu and other places, with a total area of more than 85,000 hectares .
Asu Grassland has beautiful mountains and green waters, the surface is open, surrounded by mountains in the distance, and the famous Yalong River flows through it. The Axu Grassland is the main area where King Ling Gesar was born, grew up and fought all his life, and is the birthplace of King Ling Gesar.
King Ling Gesar was born in 1038 AD and died in 1119 at the age of 81. Gesar grew up in a poor family, depended on his mother, and made a living by grazing. At the age of 16, he became king of horse racing. He was talented, wise and courageous, he fought against violence all his life, helped the poor and the weak, unified more than 150 tribes, large and small, settled in the old capital "Senzhou Dazezong" in the territory of Ezhi Township in the northwest of the Axu Grassland, and consolidated and strengthened the Ling Kingdom.
In the Axu Grassland and even the whole Dege, there are imprints of King Gesar everywhere, and there are many popular legends about King Gesar. The heroic epic "The Legend of King Gesar" was born on the Axu Grassland, a land of outstanding people, and has been widely sung. "King Gesar" is the longest epic in the world so far, with about 700 parts and more than 20 million lines, which is 722 times that of "Homer's Epic". " and "Ramayana") 97 times.
——reference from Dege Wentourism Bureau
There is a majestic building in the hinterland of Axu Grassland - Gesar Memorial Hall
This is a newly built memorial hall, and the old site is next door to the temple. There is a huge frog-shaped boulder between them.
Surrounding a courtyard wall, lived an old Tibetan man who was shirtless all year round and only wore a velvet Tibetan robe wrapped around his waist.
Open this mysterious door, and you will see the statue of King Gesar holding a gun, which is extraordinary.
In the entire hall, the walls are covered with exquisite portraits, telling the legendary experience of King Gesar in unifying the Ling Kingdom.
In Dege, artistic creations with the theme of Gesar have never been interrupted. In the 1980s, Khamba artists brought Gesar Tibetan opera to the stage for the first time. Because of its unique aesthetic value and appreciation value, Gesar Tibetan opera has gone abroad many times, which has effectively promoted the wide spread of the "Gesar" epic in the world. In 2009, the "Gesar" epic was successfully selected into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, becoming a common treasure for all mankind.
To learn more about Dege Tibetan Opera, pay attention to the editor’s previous recommendation:
"[Deep Journey to Ganzi. Dege Chapter] Intangible Cultural Heritage under the Snow Mountain - Dege Tibetan Opera" Click to view
Axu Grassland Reminder:
1. The plateau area has a large temperature difference and prepare thick clothes. Because of the strong sunshine, prepare sunscreen, sunglasses and umbrellas. (The editor has a deep understanding of this point, a sudden snowstorm after clearing thousands of miles)
2. The accommodation conditions obviously cannot be compared with the standards of big cities, so you must be prepared.
3. At present, only students who drive by themselves can go, so it is a secret grassland that has not been "invaded" by the world.