There are many gullies hidden deep in the Himalayas. The warm and humid air from the Indian Ocean blows to the alpine Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from these ditches. The interaction of the cold and warm air has created many magical landforms in the Himalayas. Most of these places are The top of the mountain is covered with snow, the bottom of the mountain is shaded by trees, the streams are gurgling and the waterfalls are flowing, and the warm and humid climate has created a large area of virgin forest and the most abundant species. This is a paradise for botanists, zoologists and entomologists. New species may be discovered... This time, we will walk into the four Himalayan deep valleys of Luozhagou, Yadonggou, Chentanggou and Jilonggou to deeply experience the local folk customs and beautiful scenery.
chentanggou
actually
We didn't really reach Chentanggou
The last ten kilometers encountered a landslide and closed the road to turn back
The travelogue is just a record of what we saw along the way.
The real Chentanggou style
we haven't seen yet
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Going out from Yadong to Chentanggou, after Passing Passion, there are almost no cars, the sky is high and the land is wide, the clouds are light and the wind is light, the wild donkey next to us is racing with us all the way, the snow mountain is on the left, the cattle and sheep are on the right, and the light and shadow are changing. , It’s a bit like Ali, where you can really feel the greatness of nature.
Arrived at Gangba County at noon. In the past few years in Lhasa, I have known the name of Gangba sheep for a long time. There is a Gangba village near Yanghu Lake. I say that I am an authentic "Gangba sheep", and even Saga Zhongba on the way to Ali is also a "Gamba sheep". This time I am in Gangba County, I must taste this delicacy. The county town is small with only a few streets, the planning is very neat, a little depressed, and there are not many people on the street. We found a restaurant that was slaughtering sheep at the entrance, and went in to sit down and taste it. Maybe it was a matter of how it was done, or maybe it was The weather on the plateau is cold, and the sheep's meat is hard because of too much exercise. Anyway, the taste is not as good as that of Xinjiang, so forget this wish.
After passing through several checkpoints, we gradually approached Chentanggou. At this time, the altitude had dropped to more than 2,000 meters, and the temperature began to warm up. The sky was lightly raining. The streams on the roadside became larger, and the number of waterfalls increased. Some mountain streams were swift and fierce. , high from top to bottom, rumbling on the boulders in the mountain stream, stirring up clouds of water mist, as mighty and majestic as Tiger Leaping Gorge. The road conditions have also begun to deteriorate. Due to the perennial rain and humidity here, the mountains are prone to loosening and landslides. It feels a bit like when the Tongmai section of the Sichuan-Tibet line was not repaired. The construction was suspended and the road was closed. It took several hours to reach the bottom of the valley. After walking for a short distance, the construction team stopped and told them that there was a serious landslide ahead. Walking, the car stayed on the mountainside, and there are still more than ten kilometers away from Chentanggou, the sky is getting late, and it is still raining, so we decided to give up and go back, leaving regrets for the next time.
On the way here, I came across a newly built town called the First Village of Sherpa. A border trade conference was being held here. Representatives from surrounding towns and counties came to participate. I also saw several Nepalese representatives. It is very rare to see so many people in a place with a large area and sparsely populated. Fortunately, the only hotel in the town is not fully occupied. It has just opened and has not been fully renovated. It is also opened for this border trade festival. When the border trade festival ends The houses in the town are all newly built, and it is planned to move the villagers from the valley below to live here in the future.
Sherpas, which means people from the east, are said to be descendants of the Xixia royal family who escaped, and others are said to be descendants of the Minya people in western Sichuan. There are only more than 1,000 people in China. They are famous for their guides and porters on Mount Everest. In the world, the appearance of the Sherpas here is still different from that of the Tibetans, but their living habits and religious beliefs are not much different. Their dressing and headgear retain their own characteristics. The small hat is decorated with a row of silver coins and bright flowers. to decorate. What I have never understood is that the altitude of Chentanggou is only more than 1,000 meters, why the Sherpas here have an advantage in climbing Mount Everest. Under normal circumstances, there may be high resistance from a place of more than 1,000 meters to Lhasa.
After settling down, I went out to look for food. I walked all over the street, but I didn’t see a Han Chinese restaurant. Some of them were temporary kitchens set up by locals in simple rooms. One of them called Bowl of Beef Noodles. The taste was quite good. There was a screening on the side of the street Outdoor movies, children watched with gusto, people in the square were dancing Guozhuang, young guys danced with passion, girls danced gracefully and cheerfully, the older ones could be retracted freely, the music on the square was bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang outside the window The big waterfall was rushing, the big river in front of the house was rumbling, and the generator downstairs was clanging and clanging. Accompanied by these sounds, everyone fell asleep peacefully.
Unfinished, to be continued... The next article "Jilonggou"