I have been to Tibet countless times, but I am still fascinated by it
None other than Naqu
In my mind, I always think Nagqu is an underrated place.
The world only knows the phrase "No Ali, no Tibet"
As everyone knows, what Ali has, Naqu can give you, no matter the altitude or the beautiful scenery.
Mount Sap,
It seems that the recent popular Tibet Internet celebrity attractions are all in Nagqu.
Sapp is one of them. This place does not accept tickets yet, so you must go as soon as possible.
The northwest corner of Namtso,
In Bangor County in Nagqu, there is a place called the Holy Elephant Tianmen.
When you go here, you will find that the Tashi Peninsula is a fake Namtso.
The Holy Elephant Tianmen is a naturally formed stone elephant. It is still very spectacular to see it with your own eyes. Behind it is the Nianqing Tanglha Mountain.
Sapp Glacier, some people say that this is the small Iceland in China.
Indeed, the first time I went there, I felt that it was very similar to Iceland's "Ice and Lake" and Diamond Beach.
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my itinerary
D1 Chengdu -- Lhasa Accommodation: Downtown Lhasa (3700 meters above sea level)
D2 Lhasa -- Nagqu City Live: Nagqu urban area (4500 meters above sea level)
D3 Nagqu Horse Racing Festival Live in: Nagqu (4500 meters above sea level)
D4 Nagqu -- For example, the county where you live: For example, the county (3900 meters above sea level)
D5 For example --Yangxiu Township --Sap Shenshan -- For example, live in: For example County (3900 meters above sea level)
D6 For example, the county -- Nagqu -- Bangor County Live: Bangor County (4700 meters above sea level)
D7 Bangor County--Sacred Elephant Tianmen--Naqu Live in: Nagqu (4500 meters above sea level)
D8 Nagqu - Lhasa Live in: Lhasa
D9 Lhasa -- Chengdu
It can be seen that all the accommodations on this trip are actually quite high in altitude, but fortunately, except for the general accommodation conditions in Bangor County, the other accommodation conditions are not bad. If you feel uncomfortable at night, the rooms can provide oxygen supply. , so I didn't feel high anti the whole time.
Even at the 4,800-meter Sap Glacier and Namtso, running and jumping is no problem.
Oxygen generator at the hotel in Naqu (4,500 meters above sea level)
For example, the newly opened five-star hotel in the county is said to be the tallest building in the Tibetan area.
For example, Nujiang Yuan Hotel
However, I slept in Nagqu for 2 nights, and then came to sleep in For example, not to mention how comfortable it is.
Bangor County, at an altitude of 4,700 meters, should be the highest county I have ever been to.
The hotel conditions are relatively average, and it is estimated that no one here is willing to live at such a high altitude.
all the way north to Nagqu
From Lhasa to Nagchu,
The most convenient is the train, which only takes more than 3 hours, and sleepers are also easy to buy.
Just lie down and you will arrive at Nagqu.
You can also take the Qinghai-Tibet Line by car, which takes more than 6 hours, which is not very recommended.
Nagqu Railway Station is very small, and the flow of people is not large. The design is rather old.
The most unreasonable thing is that every time you enter the station, you will climb a very long slope. This slope should be used for cars to see off passengers.
But now the car is not allowed to go, so I can only pull the suitcase and climb by myself.
Considering that the altitude here is 4500, the suitcase is a bit heavier and can be pulled out directly from the height.
First time in Nagqu
In the car, I took a few photos of the urban area of Nagqu with my mobile phone.
The clouds are really low, as if you can reach out and touch them.
Nagqu Horse Racing Festival
Nagqu Horse Racing Festival, called "Daqiong" in Tibetan, is a grand traditional festival in northern Tibet.
Horse racing is an important and ancient tradition that has written and continued the legends of the Prairie. The ancient and prestigious Nagqu Horse Racing Festival is an irreplaceable tourism project in northern Tibet.
Before the horse racing festival, herdsmen from all over the townships with a radius of hundreds of kilometers brought tents, dressed in gorgeous national costumes, and wore their most flamboyant jewelry, singing all the way in the grassland like a sea of flowers.
Tents filled the surroundings of the Nagqu horse racing venue overnight, until they became a spectacular "city".
The Nagqu Horse Racing Festival is held on August 10 every year at the Nagqu Gesar Racecourse.
At this time of year, Nagqu City is the busiest time.
Tourists from all over the country can also enter the horse racing festival for free to experience the most authentic herdsman culture.
Our discovery of the polar region Nagqu, the self-driving departure ceremony for the journey to the sky was also held in Nagqu.
Looking for the paradise in my heart, Sapu Mountain
From e.g. County to Sapp Glacier, it takes about 4 hours to drive
Compared with the road I went to Sap 2 years ago, the road conditions are really much better now.
The worst road conditions should be, for example, the road between the county seat and the Sap Glacier.
It's strange, as soon as I leave the county, the road conditions immediately improve.
This is when we just came out of the county seat and browsed through a 5072-meter Shala Mountain.
We were lucky today, and we saw the sea of clouds and the light of Buddha on the road.
Through the clouds and mists, the Buddha's light reappears.
Before we knew it, we were already above the sea of clouds, on top of the mountains.
I took a 360-degree panorama, and it can be clearly seen that there is no cloud at all after crossing the pass.
In addition to the small Buddha's light, when I came back to look through the photos when it was magical, I found that there was also a big Buddha's light like a rainbow.
The pass at an altitude of 5072 meters is covered with prayer flags.
The specific location of Sap Shenshan cannot be found on the map now. If you want to navigate, you can navigate "Sap" and drive about 71 kilometers from the county seat, for example. It takes about 2 hours.
But the end point is not the real end point, you need to continue to drive until you reach a road sign that says Sapp God Mountain, then turn left and cross a small iron bridge to enter the dirt road. There is a temple called Sangda Temple, which is quite obvious. From here, there are dozens of kilometers of dirt roads, and finally four-wheel drive off-road and then come in. There are many wading roads, and the slope returning from the Sapu Glacier is very steep. All the offroaders were stuck there waiting for someone to pull them.
road to sap
Sapu Mountain:
Sapu Mountain is located in Puzonggou, Yangxiu Township, Ruxian County, Naqu, Tibet. It is one of the holy mountains of Bon religion in Tibetan Buddhism.
Sapu is the highest peak in the mountains, with an altitude of 6956 meters.
According to the local legend, this group of mountains is a big family: from left to right are Sapp's wife, his wife's illegitimate son, second son, eldest son, Sapp, daughter, doctor, and roc.
Due to the high altitude, inconvenient transportation, and poor road conditions, this breathtaking and mysterious glacier has been standing here quietly for thousands of years, hidden in the depths of the boudoir, and it is completely a virgin land waiting to be developed. It was not until two years ago that it began to be publicized on the Internet and became known to people.
The top of the mountain is still covered with snow and clouds, but the holy lake at the foot of the snow mountain is crystal clear with a turquoise-like luster.
There are still some unmelted ice on the holy lake. Compared with the holy lake covered by ice in other seasons, this should be the most gentle time of the year on Mount Sap!
Sapu Holy Lake is formed by the melting of snow and ice in Shenshan Mountain for thousands of years. It extends from the foot of Shenshan Mountain and is divided into two parts.
The glacier lake near the foot of the mountain does not melt all year round.
The other part is the main lake with clear and clean water.
Therefore, on May 15 every year, a grand religious activity of turning around the lake to pray for blessings will be held near the Sap God Lake.
According to legend, the main lake will thaw overnight on May 15 every year.
And on September 15th it will all freeze overnight,
This phenomenon is incomparably wonderful, and it is an excellent place for people to travel and go sightseeing.
Sapp's second son, under certain angles, is a standard equilateral triangle.
This is the perfect pyramid!
And it's an isosceles triangle, at a certain angle, it's even an equilateral triangle,
How can nature create such perfect geometric patterns!
Many people may not know that there is actually a small temple under the iceberg without looking carefully.
Does it look like the temple in the movie "2012".
In the evening, wait for the sunset by the lake.
Many prayer flags by the lake
Local people respect Samutuo as a holy lake
Every year, many Tibetans come here to visit the lake.
Nujiang Grand Canyon
For example, counties - Nagchu County - Bangor County
One day the world crosses from the east to the west of Nagqu.
The scenery along the way is also infinite.
The first thing that catches the eye is the Nujiang Grand Canyon.
village in the canyon
Villagers cleaning the roadside sanitation
sky Road
After Nagqu, the weather is not good, the road to Bangor
Holy Elephant Gate
From Bangor County to Sacred Elephant Tianmen, the whole journey is 167 kilometers and takes 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Finally, when we got to the scenic spot, there was a 50-kilometer washboard road to go.
There will be a beautiful lake on the road, because there are too many lakes here, so it is called "one measure in one measure".
Ahead is "one measure at a time".
The Holy Elephant Tianmen is located in Village 5, Qinglong Township, Bange County, Nagchu, Tibet, on Chadurangka Island in the north of the holy lake Namtso.
This is the most beautiful place in Namtso.
On the way to the Holy Elephant Tianmen, there is a small slope by the lake, and most people seldom notice it.
So few people will park here, but the photos are really beautiful, and you can take pictures of the feeling of a secret place without people.
At the Holy Elephant Tianmen, only people follow the crowd...
Legends about the Holy Elephant Tianmen:
Legend has it that in the eighth century A.D., Master Rinpoche, who was invited by Tibetan King Chisong Dezan to promote Buddhism in Tibet, surrendered Nyenchen Tanglha, betrothed Namtso to Nyenchen Tanglha, and became a couple. A grand wedding ceremony was held in Kadao. On the night before the wedding, 108 gods spent one night to build the stone gate. The stone gate is shaped like a holy elephant from northeast to southwest. People call this stone gate the Holy Elephant Heavenly Gate.
The Holy Elephant Tianmen, as the name suggests, is a huge natural stone elephant standing on the shore of the vast Namtso, with its trunk just deep into the lake, as if it is drawing the sacred water from the snowy area. Between the body and the trunk of the stone elephant is like a huge door, the holy door leading to heaven.
For the Namtso that many people are familiar with, the focus is on the Tashi Peninsula area. And this seems like a drop in the bucket for this vast sky lake. As everyone knows, there are many wonderful scenery around the holy lake.
In 2015, the year of the sheep in the Tibetan calendar, according to the Tibetan tradition of "turning to the mountains in the year of the horse and turning to the lake in the year of the sheep", Namtso has become a destination for believers to worship. For the convenience of believers, the government built a road around the lake to make it easier to worship the holy lake. And this also made the "Holy Elephant Tianmen" hidden on the north bank of the holy lake rise and sink. After standing quietly for thousands of years, it finally came to the secular world.
When you stand on the high cliff and the goshawk hovers between the sky and the earth, you can no longer distinguish the same color of the water and the sky in front of you. When you stand on the shore of the holy lake and let the waves beat against the natural bay, you will have the illusion that you are standing in front of the vast sea.
When you look into the distance, the tall Nyenchen Tangla sacred mountain stands between the sky and the earth, and you turn around in a trance, so you are still on the beautiful snow-covered plateau.
After staying in Tibet for so many days, I have never seen a sunset.
On our way back to Nagqu from the Holy Elephant Tianmen, after the storm, lightning and thunder all the way
The rearview mirror actually turned red. When we looked back, it was the most beautiful sunset.
This is also the perfect end to our trip.
