Standing on the majestic high mountain, you can see all the small mountains at a glance. Crossing the torrential rivers, you can feel the power of water. However, facing the rare earth rift, it is a completely different kind of spiritual shock. Such landscapes are not seen everywhere. In Dingjie County, Shigatse, Tibet, there is a strange and spectacular Qilinxia Grand Canyon, which is worth seeing.
Qilinxia Grand Canyon is located in Dingjie County, Shigatse, Tibet, at the northern foot of the Himalayas, on the southeastern edge of Dingjie Wetland. It is unique in that it suddenly breaks from the originally flat ground, and inside the huge ditch are towering sandy soil pillars, arranged in groups, in various poses and with different expressions, magnificent and beautiful.
Drive from Shigatse, take G318 to Gangba County, and then follow the nearest border 219 line, the whole journey is nearly 3.5 hours and 200 kilometers, and you will arrive at a Tibetan village called Mu Village. This is the entrance of Qilin Gorge. After walking 10 kilometers on the winding mountain road, the originally flat ground suddenly sank. The canyon is about 15 kilometers long, 100-200 meters wide and 200 meters deep. In the canyon, the earth forests spring up like mushrooms after a rain, with rocks holding up to the sky and walls standing thousands of feet high, which can be called a wonder of nature.
Standing on the edge of the canyon, I really feel so small, and I can't help but sigh the power of time and flowing water. This spectacle located at the foot of the northern foot of the Himalayas has gone through tens of millions of years of glacial snow erosion, and its original appearance has disappeared. Groups of columnar terrain shaped by peculiar soil-like accumulations, in this unique form, are hidden deep in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is really difficult for people to find it if you don’t approach it. Although I can't get close to touch, but the existence of different styles is deeply imprinted in my mind.
This grand canyon that runs through the north and south is like a ground crack in the prehistoric era, tearing from the northern foot of the Himalayas to the Dingjie wetland. Its cause bears witness to the power of time and flowing water. The snow melted in the Himalayas in July and August every year converges into a river. Continuing to erode along these cracks, the Grand Canyon and various canyon soil forests are formed.
It is tightly wrapped by the Dingjie Wetland at the northern foot of the Himalayas, and has become a secret and mysterious place. The earth pillars standing in the canyon are the real legend here. They grow in a tangled pattern at the bottom of the valley, or stand in line, or stand alone, or stand in rows.
In my country, Yuanmou in Yunnan and Zanda in Tibet also have similar soil forest landscapes, but they are all developed in basins, while Qilin Gorge is in a river valley that has been washed by snow for hundreds of thousands of years on the plateau, which is rare in the world and rare. It is well known that it has only been accidentally discovered by self-driving enthusiasts in recent years.
The earth forest here is in various poses and with different expressions, which can be called the interest of heaven. Many earth pillars on the cliff of the canyon, like a craftsman's knife carving, form countless vivid arhats. It is also like a three-dimensional thangka, hidden under the snow-capped mountains, forming a secret place on the snow-covered plateau.
Everyone who comes here is amazed, the various earth forests seem to make people enter another planet. "This scene is only because of the existence of "alien", so how can it be heard in the world." Some of the soil forests here are like swords out of their sheaths, pointing directly at the sky; some are like mighty warriors, ready to go; Graceful girl, eagerly looking forward to; there is like a sacred elephant, reaching the sky in one step... It is colorful and amazing.
In Qilin Gorge, every soil forest is a story, and every soil forest is like a weather-beaten old man. They are like wise men with souls, telling us ancient stories. And this huge canyon is like a huge temple, spreading the unparalleled Sanskrit sound, saving every lost person.
Every July and August, a river flows at the bottom of the canyon, which is the melted snow of the Himalayas. We want to go deep into the bottom of the valley to find out, but there is no way out, so we have to give up. It can be seen from the aerial photography that this canyon extends from the northern foot of the Himalayas all the way to the north, from deep to shallow, and finally disappears without a trace on the Dingjie wetland grassland like a grass snake gray line.
In this inaccessible place, the locals say that a war once took place. This peak forest must be a natural barrier. It looks like a river from a distance, but it is a canyon when you look closely. It is a good place to hide. At the same time, the difficulty of starting a war in such a place can be imagined. It is said that someone once discovered ancient armor fragments here. Let your imagination run wild. What kind of people are fighting here?
When the canyon spread and disappeared in the Dingjie wetland, the melted water from the snow-capped mountains flowed down the valley bottom, forming an alluvial fan wetland, which also created an excellent place to live on the barren plateau. At this time, a typical Tibetan-style village appeared, which is Mu Village, surrounded by rapeseed flowers, forming a beautiful oil painting with the blue sky, white clouds and snow-capped mountains.
Mu Village is a Tibetan village. The villagers believe that Qilin Gorge has a mysterious power that can bring them peace and courage. Here the prayer flags are fluttering, the white clouds are flakes, quiet and peaceful. According to the locals, the scenic spot had inconvenient transportation a long time ago, and very few people could enjoy it. Later, a Jiangsu boss who was traveling in Tibet invested 20 million yuan to build roads and plank roads, which made this stunning landscape more known, and at the same time, it also increased the income of the villagers as a poverty alleviation project.
Tips: Qilin Gorge is located in Mu Village, Qiongzi Township, Dingjie County, Shigatse, Tibet, on the border of Nepal and India. Standing on the viewing platform of the scenic spot, you can get a close look at Kangchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world.
1. If you drive to the Qilinxia Scenic Area by yourself, you need to apply for a border defense certificate in the Shigatse area. If you are in a group, the travel agency will uniformly apply for the border defense certificate in Lhasa;
2. Because of environmental protection, self-driving cars are not allowed to enter the scenic spot. Take the scenic shuttle bus uniformly;
4. Ticket information: 80 yuan, 60 yuan for shuttle bus;
transportation:
It belongs to the Mt. Everest Reserve, 200 kilometers away from Shigatse, 3.5 hours by car, and 260 kilometers away from Mt. Everest Base Camp. It is 45 kilometers away from Gangba County and 85 kilometers away from Dingjie County.
There is a newly built poverty alleviation road 10 kilometers away from Mu Village to Qilin Gorge. However, in order to protect the environment, self-driving cars cannot enter the scenic spot, and need to transfer to the scenic area bus.
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