On March 30th (Thursday), I came to Milin from Bomi yesterday and stayed in a hotel recommended by Master Deng, and I felt pretty good. Milin mainly has two scenic spots, "Yalung Zangbo Grand Canyon Scenic Spot" and "Nanyigou Scenic Spot". However, previous online surveys have found that most donkey friends who have been to the "Brahmaputra Grand Canyon Scenic Area" do not think highly of it. "Turning" is still quite far away, and its main attraction "Nanja Bawa Snow Peak" is shrouded in clouds and fog all year round. Even if you are lucky enough to see its true face after entering the scenic spot, it still depends on luck. Contrary to this, travel friends have a lot of positive comments on "Nanyigou Scenic Area". Therefore, when we contacted Mr. Deng to charter a car, we had already agreed to only go to "Nanyigou" and not to the "Grand Canyon".
"Milin" is also built with aid from Fujian Province. The small town is quite tidy. We set off for Nanyigou at 9:30 and arrived at 9:45. Nanyigou is located 5-6 kilometers south of Milin County, with an altitude of about 3,000 meters. It belongs to the eastern section of the Himalayas. There is a small "Nanyi" river in the ditch, which flows into the Yarlung Zangbo River from south to north. Nanyigou is also the largest settlement of the "Lhoba" ethnic group with the smallest population in my country. The valley is 40 kilometers deep, surrounded by snow-capped mountains outside the valley and densely forested inside. In addition, Nanyigou is also close to the current actual control line between China and India. There are armed police troops stationed in the trench. When we arrive, we must hand over our ID cards to the armed police post in exchange for an "entry pass" before entering the scenic spot.
It is currently the off-season for tourism, Nanyigou tickets (including scenic transportation vehicles) implement discounted prices, but therefore no longer provide discounts for the elderly. X.J. and I entered the scenic spot in a traffic car. Master Deng stayed in the parking lot and waited. The weather in the ditch is unpredictable, the sun is shining brightly for a while, and white clouds drift by not far above our heads for a while, and even a few drops of rain will fall.
The traffic bus departs at 10:00, and the first stop is "Qionglin Lhoba Ethnic Village". In the village, a "Folk Culture Square" is set up to display the dwellings, folk customs, folk customs, and costumes of the Lhoba ethnic group. The Lhoba people have their own language but no written language. They mainly live in forest areas and traditionally make a living by animal husbandry, weaving, gathering, bamboo making and hunting. Recently, tourism has also started to develop, but they still don't know how to highlight ethnic characteristics to attract tourists. Most of the villagers don't wear ethnic costumes, and they look just like the Han people in the mainland. However, the dogs in the village quickly adapted to the new environment of tourism. Whenever tourists boarded the car to evacuate, the dogs would gather beside the car to see them off, because tourists would often feed them at this moment.
The second stop is to visit the "Nanyigou Wild Boar Breeding Base". The young wild boars here are raised in captivity, and when they grow up, they are "released to the mountains" and let them run around in the surrounding forests. However, wild boars are still a bit wild after all, not as friendly to people as ordinary "Tibetan pigs". I just got a little closer, and they immediately ran away.
10:36 Arrive at "Sea Buckthorn Island", which are two adjacent small islands in the middle of the Nanyi River, connected by a wooden plank road, named after "Sea Buckthorn" growing all over the island. In autumn, seabuckthorn fruits are ripe, and the whole island is golden. It is said that the scenery is too beautiful to behold. However, it is only early spring at the moment, and I can’t see how beautiful the island can be, so I hurriedly boarded the car after taking a photo and continued on my way.
Going upstream along the Nanyi River, we gradually entered the depths of the dense forest. There are long "beards" hanging from the trees on the roadside. The requirements are extremely high, and they cannot survive with a little pollution in the air. Therefore, their existence means that there is an almost primitive ecological environment here. However, "Usnea" is also a killer of plants. The trees parasitized by them will slowly absorb nutrients and eventually die.
10:55 After passing a security guard box, I heard from the driver of the traffic vehicle that foreign cars with less than 7 seats can drive directly into the scenic spot after purchasing tickets, but they must be inspected here. If we knew this, we should have let Master Deng take the car drive in. After driving for a while, we arrived at the viewing platform of "Nanyigou Big Bend". We stepped onto the platform and looked at it. It flows towards the deep dense forest and disappears into the verdant and verdant virgin forest.
Finally, we arrived at the "Tianbian Ranch". The driver of the traffic vehicle said that the opposite Xuefeng is the current actual control line between China and India. When the weather is good, you can see the Indian outpost on the mountain, but today it is foggy and you can't see the outpost. He left everyone half an hour to let us enter the forest along the boardwalk by ourselves, and he drove to the end of the boardwalk alone to wait for us. "Tianbian Ranch" is the farthest end of the open area of Nanyigou, and further forward is the military restricted area. There is a large flat grassland in the middle of the ranch, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and dense forests, cows and horses graze on the grassland, and there are several shepherd's huts, the environment is very quiet.
The wooden plank road is about 1 kilometer long and is specially built for tourism, passing through the surrounding pastures and entering the depths of the dense forest. At the entrance of the plank road, there is a stall selling Lhoba specialty barbecue. The meat, fish, and potatoes are skewered and then grilled on large stone slabs. We bought two yak meat skewers and walked into the deep forest while eating. There are long pineapple hanging from the tall trees, and some of the trunks are covered with green and fuzzy unknown clumps. Although the altitude is 3000 meters, there is no lack of oxygen. The two of them strolled in the forest oxygen bar, really feeling refreshed .
When we came to a mossy place, it felt like a primeval forest. There was a big dog dormant nearby, which looked like a Tibetan mastiff, but it didn’t look like a Tibetan mastiff.
Because of taking pictures, we gradually distanced ourselves from the group members in the same car. X.J. was worried that we would exceed the 30-minute time limit given by the driver of the traffic car, but I judged that it should be fine, because I learned from the Internet in advance that the boardwalk here is generally sightseeing. They are all given for one hour. Our driver deliberately halved the time. 11:44 I came to a scenic spot called "Yin-Yang Tree". In fact, after a big tree fell down, the upturned roots of the tree unfolded into a tree. When the roots were underground, it was a "Yin-Yang Tree". When it is tilted up, it becomes a "yang tree". Other nearby trees also have strange shapes. One tree has silver-gray top branches and brown-yellow trunk, which is probably also caused by moss attachment.
At 11:53, we walked to the end of the boardwalk and found our traffic car, but the driver was not in a hurry, and there was no one in the car. There are many vendors here, and the group members are all shopping in the market. X.J. bought two skewers of grilled fish and two skewers of grilled Tibetan pork to share with me. The grilled fish is produced in the local river, and it tastes delicious. I once saw someone selling the freshly caught river fish at the "Qionglin Lhoba Folk Culture Square" at a price of 40 yuan per catty. As soon as I finished eating the fish and meat, the driver asked everyone to get in the car. I urged X.J. to hurry up, but he threw away the unfinished half of the fish, which made me feel very sorry. It doesn't matter.
At 12:49, I went back to the ticket office of the scenic spot and found Master Deng in the parking lot. Both X.J. and I had three barbecue skewers. We were not hungry at the moment, but Master Deng hadn’t eaten yet. The most urgent thing is to arrange lunch. I originally planned to find a restaurant with an elegant environment a little farther away, but Master Deng strongly recommended a restaurant outside the gate of the scenic spot. He said that this restaurant is the only one in Nanyigou that can be upscale. A small restaurant, so we adopted Master Deng's advice. This restaurant is indeed large enough to serve the entire tourist group, but at this moment it is only the three of us.
Depart after dinner, first change your ID card at the armed police post, then drive out of Nanyigou, turn left onto Provincial Highway S306, and head west along the Yarlung Zangbo River to Lang County and Jiacha. 13:41 Passing by an unknown village, I suddenly found peach blossoms everywhere on both sides of the road. X.J. and I got out of the car and walked along the road, asking Master Deng to stay where he was waiting.
It was noon, and there were no people on the road or inside or outside the village, except for a tethered dog barking alone. This is a small village full of peach blossoms, and colorful Tibetan-style houses are scattered in clusters. Among the pink peach blossoms, the small village is surrounded by pine forests and snow peaks. What I see reminds me of Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" in the Jin Dynasty.
Most of the peach trees in the village are "old", and some are even taller, which made us both marvel at how tall peach trees can grow. There are also some peach trees that seem low at first glance, but after careful observation, it can be found that although the flowering branches of these "dwarf trees" are all new branches, the stumps they rely on are thick and old, apparently escaped from felling The old trees are reborn again. There are still many willow trees in the village, which are also sprouting at the moment. "Peach red" and "willow green" are a scene full of spring.
The "Peach Blossom Spring" was completely silent, and during our stay of about 50 minutes, except for two passers-by who were walking, we never saw a single person. However, there are groups of cows and pigs on the road, no one is following them, and they are all walking in one direction. I guess they should go home for a lunch break after foraging outside the village. There are many cows and pigs gathered outside a closed gate. It may be that the owner has not returned, and the returned livestock can only wait outside the gate. "Encountering" peach blossoms in this small village was the most memorable experience of our seven-day chartered car. Not only were the peach blossoms blooming vigorously, but they seemed to only bloom for the two of us.
At 14:30, we walked out of Peach Blossom Village, called Master Deng to drive over, and we continued on our way. The Yarlung Zangbo River has always been on the north side of the road. As we drove westward against the current, the landscape gradually changed along the way. The forests on the mountains became sparser and sparser, and drought and withered yellow gradually became the main colors of the surrounding environment. The roads in Tibet have section speed measurement. If the speed is exceeded, the driver will be fined. At 15:36, Master Deng realized that the speed was too fast, so he had to stop on a high cliff beside the Yarlung Zangbo River, wasting time. X.J. and I got off the plane to see the scenery and take pictures. The Yarlung Zangbo River is actually very wide, but at the moment it is dry water, most of the riverbed is dry, exposing one piece after another of sandy beaches, the river water is also clear, green, and the flow is very gentle.
After taking time to move on, I saw a large area of sand accumulation on the roadside hillside. I was very surprised. They did not seem to be caused by a landslide, because the woods above the sand accumulation were still quite neat. Master Deng said that the sand actually came from the dry bed of the Yarlung Zangbo River next to it, and the strong wind blew the sand up the mountain. At 16:02, I saw a large sand dune along the river. Mr. Deng stopped the car and let us board the sand dune to play and take pictures. He said that this is a tourist attraction on the Shannan route. The landscape here is also quite peculiar. At a glance, the undulating sand dunes look like a desert, but when you look closely, they are pink and willow green, revealing a strong sense of spring.
Continue westward at 16:15, pass through Wolong Town in Milin County, and stop at a bend full of boulders by the Yarlung Zangbo River at 16:48. Master Deng said that this is also a tourist attraction on the Shannan line, called "Wolong Strange Stone" ". There is a large-scale wooden plank road viewing platform on the riverside. However, there is no one to manage it, and there is no need to buy tickets. Master Deng said that all the scenic spots on the Shannan route are free. However, in my opinion, this should be an unfinished scenic spot, more likely a bean curd dregs project, and the competent authority refuses to accept it, because some seemingly brand-new fences are already broken.
Leaving Jushitan at 16:58, walking a short distance means leaving Milin County and entering the boundary of "Lang County" which also belongs to Nyingchi City. The surrounding areas are becoming more and more desolate. Master Deng threatened that there is no section speed measurement on the roads in the Shannan area, so you can drive freely. However, he ignored that we have not yet driven out of Nyingchi City. At 17:54, there are barbed wire fences on both sides of a road (protect In the valley of the trees planted by the side of the road, I saw a section speed test sign that seemed to have just been set up recently. Master Deng knew that he had exceeded the speed limit, so he was so frightened that he stopped quickly. After spending more time, X.J. .
After running out of time, he continued on. When he was about to drive to Lang County, Master Deng still felt uneasy. At 18:19, he stopped on a high cliff by the Yarlung Zangbo River. There must be a camera device at the entrance of Lang County. If you are caught, you will not only be deducted points and fined, but he himself is not easy to explain to the company. Regular tourist vehicles like his have satellite positioning, and the company can Keep abreast of the traffic dynamics at any time, their company's requirements are even stricter than the traffic police. However, X.J. and I got off the bus again, took a chance to see the scenery, and took pictures. The hillside here has less soil and more rocks, but there are many thick and old cypresses growing. I learned afterwards that this place is actually a scenic spot. It is called "giant cypress along the river". These cypresses belong to the same species as Nyingchi's "World King of Cypresses", called "Tibet Yarlung Zangbo Jiangcypress".
18:29 Crossing Lang County, we didn't stop. After leaving the city, we crossed the bridge and changed from the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River to driving along the north side of the river. At 18:35, passing by the construction site of the "Linla Railway" bridge, the bridge piers stand tall, and it is estimated that the day when the railway will be opened to traffic will not be too far away. At 18:44, Master Deng stopped on the side of the road again. There is a "sacred spring" under the cliff here, which is said to be safe and healthy. Master Deng said that if he was carrying other guests, he would usually not stop here, because he was very close to us, so he wanted to keep us safe. We both tasted a few sips, and each took a bottle to drink on the way Light.
19:04 Pass by the birthplace of the 13th Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933), stop for a while, it is already under the jurisdiction of Jiacha County of Shannan City. Tudeng Gyatso was originally a child of an ordinary peasant family. After becoming the 13th Dalai Lama, his family was named "Duke". Therefore, the building in front of him is actually the Duke's manor in old Tibet. We arrived too late, the scenic area was closed, we just took pictures outside the gate and continued on the road.
Enter Jiacha County at the time of sunset and stay in the Ramlacuo Hotel. The three-person room is 150 yuan/night. The area is quite large, but the facilities are simple, the toilet is a pit, and there is no air conditioner. The open space in the middle of the rectangular courtyard is the parking lot, surrounded by three-story buildings. The inner side of each floor is a corridor, and the outer side is a guest room. Open the sliding windows and you will directly be in the corridor. Therefore, the windows must be locked at night, which should be specially for large truck drivers. , belongs to the type of "big car shop". In fact, this hotel is divided into two parts, the front and the back. The "big car shop" we stayed in belongs to the back half, and the front half faces the street. order.
After settling down, it was already dark, and the restaurant for dinner was still recommended by Master Deng: Kung Pao Chicken, Braised Yak Beef, Stir-fried Green Bamboo Shoots, and a Crock Pot Soup. After eating, it was after 21:00, and we went straight back to the hotel. I will go to "Shannan (Zedang)" tomorrow, so I asked Master Deng to contact the hotel for help, and booked a double room with air conditioning, 200 yuan/night, and free accommodation for the driver.
