Tibet, the third pole of the world, snow-capped mountains, blue sky, white clouds, colorful prayer flags, Potala Palace, lamas in cassocks, Tibetans holding prayer wheels, all of these are mysterious and beautiful, which makes me feel, This is a place that must be visited once in a lifetime. Since you are going, now, what are you waiting for? I don’t want to wait until the peak season of summer vacation when there are huge crowds of people, and I’m also afraid that the autumn and winter seasons will be too cold. The Nyingchi Peach Blossom Festival, known as the Little Jiangnan of Tibet, is a good opportunity.
About high anti
Although I knew a little about Gaofan before I went, I was still worried, but I believed that I could adapt slowly, so I didn't take preventive medicine. When I got off the plane at Lhasa Gonggar Airport, I felt a little unsteady when I walked, and told myself, I'm fine, don't worry, don't get emotional. After arriving at the hotel, I felt a little dizzy and couldn't walk steadily, so I didn't dare to go anywhere, and just lay on the bed to rest. I felt much better before I went to bed at night, but I woke up in the middle of the night with nausea and vomiting. I had a similar experience before because of insufficient blood supply to the heart after running at extreme speed, so I knew it might be altitude sickness caused by hypoxia , By lying down and taking deep breaths to increase the body's oxygen supply, it will be much better by dawn. In the days since, this has never happened again.
At the Mira Pass at an altitude of more than 5,000 points, the Sejila Pass at an altitude of more than 4,900 and the Lulang Linhai Observation Deck, you will feel a little dizzy, inflexible in response, and feel like walking fluttering. I would have to gasp for breath, but this didn’t prevent me from taking photos of snow mountains, blue sky, and forest sea from left to right. I just wanted to record these great scenes of mountains and rivers and bring them back for recollection. The whole itinerary in Nyingchi was basically fine because of the lower altitude and higher altitude, but when we returned to Lhasa, we still felt a little uncomfortable immediately. On the way out for dinner, we dragged our pace slowly, talking calmly and softly Talk slowly to minimize oxygen consumption and make yourself more comfortable. The next day, we felt that we were recovering well. Like everyone else, when we visited the Buda Palace, we climbed the long steps, and we had to stop for a breath after walking about a dozen steps.
In addition to the impact of changes in oxygen content on the human body, altitude differences and changes in air pressure should not be underestimated. I didn’t feel it at first, but one day the itinerary climbed from less than 3,000 altitude to nearly 5,000, and then went down to more than 3,000. Gradually, my ears felt blocked like when I took off by plane. This feeling is quite Strong, yawning, swallowing and other ways to relieve it are not very effective, and it lasts until the end of the day when I get off the car. Afterwards, I asked the driver, your 15-seater car feels like it’s driving out of an airplane, is the speed of the car over 100 yards? He told me how it’s possible to drive so fast on a mountainous road, and the tourist car has GPS monitoring speed. The speed of the car is only 70 or 80 yards. The only reason you have tinnitus is because of the change in air pressure.
The stamina of the high defense is very strong. After returning from six days and six nights in Tibet, it may be that I did not increase the rest time. I thought that it would be enough to follow the usual daily work and rest time. It turns out that in the next week, I will go to work for only one day. Feeling - tired, lazy, just want to close your eyes and sleep, especially in the first two or three days.
Generally speaking, there will definitely be high anti-rebellion, neither need to be too afraid nor underestimate it, this is a rare experience.
about the scenery
We arrived in Tibet in mid-April. At this time, the weather has gradually warmed up, but the turf has not yet turned green. In my impression, the colors of Tibet are white, blue, brown, and some dark green.
White is the color of snow-capped mountains, Hada, temple walls, the sky when there is no sun, and peach blossoms. The white wall of the Potala Palace is called the milk wall. It is painted with milk-containing paint every year. The exterior walls of many temples and even residential houses are painted white, which is the most holy color in the hearts of Tibetans.
Blue is the color of the sky and the lake. In Tibet, which is the closest to the sky, in Lhasa, the city of sunshine, all the beautiful scenery is like painting on a piece of blue cloth, the blue of the sky. It is the background color exposed in the blank area of the canvas. This kind of blue is not a light light blue, nor a dignified dark blue. A very bright blue, so transparent and so intoxicating. Brown snow-capped mountains with white hats, brown grasslands, blue-green lakes, slightly turquoise fields, dark green pine forests, light pink and almost white peach blossoms, red and white temples, especially Buda La Palace. All of this will only appear so bright and vivid against the backdrop of the blue sky. I think blue is the most beautiful color in Tibet. The blue of the lake is different from the blue of the sky. From a distance, it is a kind of greenish blue. Its warmer tone is more in harmony with the color of the surrounding mountains, and it looks more vibrant than the sky.
Brown is the main color of this season in Lhasa, and it is also the first color that caught my eyes. Looking down from the plane, there are endless brown mountains and canyons, and the tops of the mountains are dotted with not much white snow. When I got off the plane and saw the towering brown mountains around the airport, there was only one feeling - desolation. In some places, this kind of brown is the color of clumps of small shrubs on the mountain, in some places it is the color of meadows that have not yet turned green, in some places it is purely the color of rocky soil on the mountain, and the brown color at low altitudes will be different. With the arrival of the rainy season, it slowly turns green, and places at high altitudes will be this color all year round. I don't like the color, it feels very lifeless.
Following the trail of peach blossoms, the closer you get to Nyingchi, the more green you can see, but the clusters of green trees are still covered by the main color of brown, until we come to the canyon next to the abandoned old National Highway 318. I found the familiar feeling of Qingshan. In Lulang, there are tall pine trees around, and the Usnea, which is a sign of good or bad air, hangs down for a long time. In front of my eyes, the dark green hillsides are covered with tall and straight pine trees dotted with white snow. This scene still shocked me a little.
We went to see the peach blossoms at the end of the Peach Blossom Festival. Although it was not a good time, we still saw a lot of peach blossoms. The peach blossoms here are different from the big red peach blossoms in the south. They are small and single-petaled. . The color is light pink almost like white, I think it can be called pink white. On the side of the Linzhi section of the Lalin Expressway, in the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, as far as the eye can see, the peach trees on the hillside and the beach are in full bloom. From a distance, it looks like clusters of pink and white, but when you look closely, the peach blossoms are very lively. The two colors of pink and white and black trunks are in sharp contrast. I think the flowers are not imposing enough to cover up the color of the trunk.
The scenery here has a great relationship with climate factors. Looking at the same mountain, there may be snow on one side and no snow on the other side, bushes on one side and baldness on the other side. The most peculiar thing is the Buddha's Palm Sand Dune. Every afternoon, strong winds started blowing in that place, blowing up the sand on the river beach and falling to the hillside by the river. Over the years, the sand piled up higher and higher along the hillside to form a huge sand dune, which was very impressive in this environment of mountains and rivers. There is scale. I don’t know if its shape looks like a palm when viewed from above, but that afternoon when we stopped at the viewing platform at the confluence of rivers, the strong wind blew sand and dust straight into our faces, which made southerners who had never seen a sandstorm feel bad. frightened
About customs
Prayer flags, prayer wheels, temples, thangkas, and white pagodas have long been synonymous with Tibetans and Tibet. On the streets of Lhasa, you can see pedestrians holding a string of thin rosary beads and speaking eloquently, no matter men or women, no matter how old or young, and regardless of whether they are wearing Tibetan clothes or not.
In the early morning, the Barkhor Street outside the Jokhang Temple is full of people turning clockwise along the Barkhor Street. Some old people walk and turn with prayer wheels in their hands, and some people hold plastic bags in their hands, which contain dry or wet prayers. A kind of grass that I don't know came to the huge incense burner at the entrance of the temple and threw it in to burn thick smoke. Some people carried small thermos pots in their hands, which contained ghee offered to temples. In the worship area outside the wall of the Jokhang Temple, devout Tibetans kowtow to the ground. In Tibetan temples, there are relatively dim lights, golden Buddha statues, butter lamps, ritual utensils, and colorful murals that we can’t understand. Tibetan tables and chairs are neatly arranged in the scripture hall, and red monks are placed on the seats. Hat monk robes, these constitute the spiritual home of the Tibetans. It is said that some believers who traveled long distances or even kowtowed to the Jokhang Temple to worship, some died halfway, and his companions would bring his teeth to the Jokhang Temple, and then inlaid them on wooden pillars to complete his pilgrimage. wish. The prayer flags hanging on the houses of ordinary Tibetans are like our couplets, which are changed every year. Small ladders, villains and Tibetan characters are painted with white paint on the rocks passed by the Tibetans passing by. It is a wish for the souls of the deceased relatives to ascend to bliss. Tibetans' devout belief in Tibetan Buddhism is beyond our comprehension by outsiders. They have very little requirements for material life, and they can get by. They save up a little surplus and donate it to the temple. They don't want the glory and wealth in life, but the detachment after death. It may be true what the Tibetan girl said during our home visit. Their life is simple, peaceful and happy, unlike ours, which is full of competition and anxiety from birth. Although I can't understand it, I respect their beliefs and way of life.
Near the Jokhang Temple, apart from small shops selling tourist crafts, there are also many Tibetan teahouses with small fronts and thick curtains that are a little blackened, decorated with auspicious patterns. There are chairs, and occasionally there will be a sour smell wafting out, but I didn't have the courage to go in.
Lhasa's "City of Sunlight" is not for nothing. Although sunlight brings light and vitality, the ultraviolet rays in Tibet's sunlight cannot be underestimated at all. The skin of people who have lived on the plateau for a long time is much darker than that of people in the plains due to ultraviolet rays. Eye diseases caused by ultraviolet rays are also frequent diseases on the plateau. Hats, sunglasses, and masks are the standard equipment for ladies who love beauty on the streets of Lhasa. Sun umbrellas are not popular here, but almost everyone has a hat. Men's are all Tibetan-style top hats, and women have more patterns. In Hainan, where people are also exposed to the dark sun, there are not so many people wearing masks. Not only women wear masks, but men also wear them. I don’t think it’s for preventing smog. After all, the air here is still good. After the sun is in the sky, it's too harsh not to wear sunglasses. I saw a dog at close range and found that his eyes seemed to be dull. The tour guide told me that the dog probably had eye disease. On our way to Yamdrok Yongcuo Lake, some of the Tibetan mastiffs who took photos with tourists at the scenic spot wore sunglasses.
In Tibet, traces of construction aided by the Mainland can be seen everywhere. The Lalin Expressway was built with state investment. It is a toll-free expressway. From time to time, new houses built for Tibetans can be seen on both sides of the expressway. The entire new county town of Linzhi was built with aid from Guangdong, Fujian and other provinces. Brand new houses and wide streets There are not many cars on board, which shows how cared for it is here.
Summarize
The mountains and rivers in Tibet are majestic and majestic. That kind of beauty is magnificent. You can’t record that grand feeling with a camera. How awesome. While the people here change with the times, they still have to keep their unique things, which is what really fascinates outsiders. To appreciate the magic and beauty here, you need to see it with your eyes and feel it with your heart.
Journey Highlights
In addition to the scenery along the way, the things you pass and the people you meet, whether they are surprises or frights, are all unforgettable experiences, which are also the fun and charm of the journey.
Trivia 1 The Potala Palace is a place with very strict management. Not only do you have to go through strict security checks when you go in and visit it, but there is also a time limit for the tour guide leading the tourists to visit inside. Every time you arrive at a point, you need to sign a timetable, like Just like punching in, make sure you finish the tour within the specified time. But the tour guide we met that day was a very strange guy. He is estimated to be in his 40s, not tall, with dark skin, thin appearance, and relatively fast speech. He keeps telling us this and that, and he looks like an old bird at first glance. That day he brought 10 tourists alone, including a 40-50-year-old, simple-looking uncle who separated from us at the first check-in point, the Treasure Hall. He called the tour guide, and the tour guide told him that he didn't know the location for a long time, so he had to go out to pick him up. After he got him back, the tour guide reprimanded the uncle seriously in front of us: "How much did I say?" Follow me closely, follow me closely, don’t run around, you are so ugly, you still run around to take pictures, wasting everyone’s time..."We laughed so hard, I only saw awesome Tourists scolded young tour guides to tears. I have never seen such an awesome veteran tour guide scolding tourists for being ugly. Fortunately, this uncle has a good temper and humbly accepted the criticism.
Trivia 2 In the morning of the last day in Lhasa, I wanted to go to the Potala Palace Square again. I was walking alone on the Beijing Road near the Potala Palace Square. The explosion-proof equipment came to me, and when I was excited, I picked up my mobile phone and took a photo of the PLA soldiers. As a result, one of the PLA soldiers walked up to me and ordered, "Hello, did you take a picture just now?" Please delete it.” Immediately afterwards, I ordered five or six PLA soldiers to stop by my side. I immediately entered the camera function of my mobile phone and deleted the photo I just took in front of him. I thought the process was over, but it turned out He said that he would go to the deleted document to completely delete the photo. I didn't even know there was a complete deletion, let alone where to delete it. Finally, after trying many times, I found the "Recently Deleted Photos" folder and completely deleted the photos I just deleted again. Then, the little buddies of the People's Liberation Army lined up to move on. This wave of operations made me a little frightened. I never thought that a law-abiding citizen like me would be interrogated by the PLA brother, just like a top student who was questioned by the teacher about whether he studied hard. Think about them afterwards There must be some people in the middle of the division of labor to pay attention to whether anyone takes pictures, but what kind of adverse consequences can there be in taking pictures, and they are so strictly controlled. Soldiers are not easy to mess with, it is better to stay away.
Trivia 3 One day, the dinner was arranged with stone pot chicken. In the middle of a table of 10 people was the famous Motuo stone pot, in which a whole chicken was stewed, with several side dishes on the side. Stone pot, like an authentic stone pot, the chicken is also a whole chicken without missing wings or legs, but the few side dishes look like they have been placed for a long time, and they seem to have no washing water During the eating process, some people found caterpillars in the dish. Everyone joked that it was high in protein anyway. I ate some soup with rice for this meal. Thinking about it, there are probably a lot of things cooked in the soup. I stayed in a hot spring hotel for one night. Although the exterior was beautifully decorated, the facilities were very simple, and there were still three rooms sharing a bathroom. The travel agency offered a public bath to soak in the hot springs. I wasn't interested, so I didn't go. When we were about to take a break, I heard someone who went outside to take a hot spring came back. Someone said, I want to scold my mother. What kind of hot spring is it? There is a feeling of gloating in my heart. It seems that this special thing, if it is done well, it is called special feature, and if it is not done well, it is called fading.
Trivia 4 On the highest viewing platform of Yamdrok Yongcuo, there is a big stone tablet facing Yamdrok Yongcuo Lake, with the words "Yamdrok Yongcuo, mountain pass altitude 4998" written on it. Below this stone tablet is a The base is about thirty to forty centimeters high. This base is just a circle larger than the stone tablet, and it can accommodate a person to step on it. I heard a circle of people around the stele making a lot of noise. I went to have a look, and it turned out that a group of uncles and aunts wanted to stand on the base and take a group photo next to the stele alone. One of the aunts, who is very powerful, stood up and hugged the stone tablet and asked her companions below to take pictures of her. At this time, an uncle also wanted to stand up forcibly to take pictures. Uncle pushed it down. After the uncle was thrown down, he could only stand by the side with a helpless face, watching the aunt taking pictures to her heart's content. I can't help but sigh, this fighting spirit is not enough. I dare not walk fast at such a high altitude. This way of doing things, we can forget about our own family in China. If we go abroad, we must pay attention to the influence. Are many Chinese people used to competition since childhood? We don't need to reflect it here when we are old and strong.
