This record records the tour process of D7___D9. Including from Linzhi's return to Lhasa on May 5th to Namtso on May 7th.
D7 Nyingchi back to Lhasa, Tibetan home visit
In the early morning at the accommodation site of the Grand Canyon Visitor Center in Pai Town, the light rain continued to fall, and the clouds and mist shrouded the nearby mountains, like a fairyland.
After taking care of my own breakfast, I set off with the bus. The green grass and white clouds outside the car window are very beautiful.
The sky gradually cleared up, and the eyes were full of magnificent scenery of blue sky and white clouds.
Got off the road and came to a village.
Tibetan home visit is an interactive activity to experience the original ecological Tibetan customs. In Tibetan homes, drink buttered tea, listen to their life stories, and feel the strongest Tibetan customs.
Our group was assigned by the village head to the home of a middle-aged woman. A very talkative and festive Dolma used Tibetan mandarin to praise the new life, the Communist Party, and the socialist family, talking about all kinds of bitterness in the past and sweetness in the present. I poured pure butter tea for everyone, it was a bit salty, and most of them just tasted it.
The village has aid-Tibet cadres, and it was built by the aid-Tibet unit in a unified manner. It is relatively neat, so that everyone has settled down from the nomadic life on the mountain to the foot of the mountain. The cows are free-range and are not afraid of people. They walk leisurely on the road, and the cow dung is piled up on the courtyard wall. Which family is richer? Well, look at the cow dung on the wall. If there are more cows, there will be more cow dung.
Tibetan people are very warm and hospitable, their religious beliefs are very pious, the houses are very unique, the inside is made of wood, and there are different numbers of flags on the roof of each house. One flag represents ordinary people's family, and two flags represent that this house has enshrined lamas. Yes, the three flags represent that there are living Buddhas in this family.
Afterwards, Zhuoma took us to the Tibetan silver jewelry store in their village. It is introduced that their products are very pure, with a silver content of three nines, almost no impurities, and many practical values such as removing fruit toxins. It seems that home visits are now commercialized.
There is a small square at the entrance of the village with fitness equipment. The two children are singing nursery rhymes and dancing the Guozhuang dance. It seems that they have been fascinated by their ears and eyes since they were young, and they don't need to be taught.
The beautiful beautiful Lhasa River.
Back in Lhasa again, the action became more cautious, because the altitude reached 3700 again. Rest early.
D8 Yamdrok Yongcuo
There is only one scenic spot today, and the other time guides are given to the seller of medicinal materials and the rubber mattress shop, so I won’t talk about it.
Yamdrok Tso (Yamdrok Tso), which means "jasper lake" in Tibetan, is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet, like coral branches, so it is also called "the coral lake above" in Tibetan.
Yamdrok Yongcuo is a plateau barrier lake located in Langkazi County, Shannan City, Tibet, about 70 kilometers southwest of Lhasa. It is also known as the three holy lakes in Tibet along with Namtso and Manasarovar, and it is the largest inland lake at the northern foot of the Himalayas. , the beauty of lakes and mountains is the best in southern Tibet. Yamdrok Yongcuo covers an area of 675km², and the lake is 4,441 meters above sea level. To get from Lhasa to Yanghu Lake, you need to cross the 5,030-meter Gangbala Pass. In June 2012, it was reported that a tourism project would be built, and Shannan City ordered Langkazi County to stop the project immediately. The surface of the lake is calm and emerald blue, like a sapphire on the Shannan plateau. Some people abbreviate Yamdrok Yongcuo as Yanghu, which is not an official name and cannot be replaced. Yanghu Lake is only marked on the map of Tibet as Yanghu Lake in the northern part of the Ngari region near Xinjiang, and there is the Yanghu Lake Basin.
I still like the name Yamdrok Yongcuo, which is very Tibetan and beautiful.
At dawn, everyone got up. After breakfast, embark on a sightseeing tour.
Along this beautiful river, there are water burial platforms and mysterious legends. There are many small white ladders painted on the roadside rocks, implying that they are used by the deceased to go to heaven. I was very touched when I saw it.
It's lunch time, and the restaurant is very lively. It turns out that a cute big-headed pure Tibetan Mastiff baby is taking a photo with everyone. This one is less than one year old, and it looks very reluctant. It is still very meaningful to take a group photo of the human mastiff with the blue sky and white clouds as the background.
The vehicle left the river and began to climb the mountain. The winding mountain road, the bare mountain, steep and majestic.
Later I found out that Yamdrok Yongcuo is on these mountains, in the mountains, and in the barrier lake.
The vehicle climbed higher and higher, and the white clouds got closer and closer. The valley below is unobstructed.
The mountain road is very narrow, and only two cars can pass slowly. There are sheep and yaks on the hillside. They are all good climbers. I am worried that they will fall down accidentally. There is a precious open space on the way, Tibetan mastiffs lie lazily on the shelf, and there are also some self-driving vehicles.
Getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain, I feel dizzy and dizzy, and the altitude is unstoppable.
Finally reached the top destination. After getting out of the car, the stunning blue lake is in front of you! ! !
The wind was very strong, the temperature was cold, and oxygen was scarce. A row of white khata flutters in the wind by the lake.
The tour guide asked everyone to take a look and get on the bus quickly, and gave out a few sticks of Rhodiola.
After taking pictures, everyone got in the car and left. On the way back to the village, I saw the Tibetan mastiff waiting to take pictures with the guests.
Back in Lhasa, the tour guide took us to the souvenir shop. All kinds of small objects full of Tibetan and exotic characteristics dazzled everyone’s eyes, and they bought them as gifts or as souvenirs.
Go back to the hotel to rest, watch the Lalu Wetland in the evening, and watch the night view of the Potala Palace in the evening.
Lalu Wetland National Nature Reserve
Lalu Wetland National Nature Reserve is located in the northwest of downtown Lhasa, distributed in an east-west belt. The total area of the reserve is 1220 hectares. Among them, the core area covers an area of 660 hectares, the buffer area covers an area of 339 hectares, and the experimental area covers an area of 221 hectares.
The main protection object of Lalu Wetland National Nature Reserve is the alpine wetland ecosystem, which is a typical wetland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and belongs to the reed peat swamp. known as. The first batch of national wetland tourism demonstration bases.
The Lalu Wetland in the online picture is so beautiful that people have to go and see it. After dinner, I went for a stroll. The wetland is closed and I can't get in. I can only walk around the periphery. The water in the ditch smelled bad, and almost no one took a walk.
I went to the Potala Palace Square again. The White Tower and the Cloth Palace under the night are another charm, and there are still many people playing around.
D9 Namtso
When traveling in Tibet, Namtso is an unmissable attraction.
Namtso is located in central Tibet, 240 kilometers north of Lhasa. "Cuo" means lake in Tibetan, "Nam Co" is Tibetan, and the Mongolian name of this lake is "Tengri Sea". Both names mean "heavenly lake".
Many people ridicule Namtso, if it is right, it is "that wood is wrong", and if it is wrong, it is "so wrong", because it may be because of the weather, you can't see it, so you made a trip in vain, or you may feel emotional after seeing it Go without regret.
Namtso If you search the website, it becomes Namtso, so you have no choice but to use the word "tso" very much.
Nam Co, located in the central part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is the second largest lake in Tibet and the third largest saltwater lake in China. Namtso is one of the "Three Sacred Lakes" in Tibet.
The altitude of Namtso Lake is 4,718 meters, more than 1,000 meters higher than that of Lhasa City, and about 1,500 meters higher than Qinghai Lake, the largest lake. It is the largest large lake with the highest altitude in the world, no wonder it is called Sky Lake.
Early scientific investigations believed that the maximum depth of Namtso was 33 meters, but re-measurement of the lake in the past two years found that the deepest part of Namtso exceeded 120 meters. The water storage capacity is 76.8 billion cubic meters.
Nam Co is a huge lake basin formed by the depression of the Himalayas at the end of the Tertiary and the beginning of the Quaternary. Later, due to the gradual drying of the climate on the Tibetan plateau, the area of Namtso was greatly reduced. There are 8 to 10 existing ancient lake rock lines, and the highest one is about 80 meters away from the current lake surface.
On the south and east of Namtso Lake are the high and steep Gangdise Mountains and the majestic Nyainqentanglha Mountains. On the north bank is the endless lakeside grassland and the hills of the northern Tibetan plateau with small undulations. The whole area forms a well-closed inflow area. . Tianhu Lake is like a huge mirror, inlaid on the grasslands of northern Tibet.
The grassland by the Namtso Lake is also a wonder, it will make people feel the magnificence and majesty of the sparsely populated northern Tibet. The grassland by the lake is like a huge green carpet, vast and endless.
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"Namtso" means Tianhu, Linghu or Shenhu. Every year, local Tibetans and believers from Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan are attracted to go all the way to complete the arduous journey and seek the transcendence of the soul.
Generally, it takes five hours to drive from Lhasa to Namtso. Going around from the east side of Nyainqentanglha Peak to the north side via National Highway 109, after passing through Damxung County, it is not far from Namtso Nature Reserve. Namtso Nature Reserve is a national 4a-level scenic spot. The shape of the whole lake of Namtso is similar to a rectangle, about 70 kilometers long from east to west, about 30 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of more than 1920 square kilometers.
Get up early, according to the arrangement of the travel agency, we will wait for the group on the west side of the road in Bugong. The group in the early stage did not have the attraction of Namtso, so we were combined together. This is a one-day tour group, regardless of food, we didn't know at the time, we thought that we had arranged board and lodging after we got off the train and picked up the station as promised by the travel agency. Then there is Lulang Linhai, which was originally arranged on the road, but we haven't gone there yet, because the group has this scenic spot, so we will be yellow. From this point of view, the services of travel agencies in Tibet are still not in place and not standardized enough!
We bought it ourselves and ate it early. The good thing is that there are Tibetan jewelry bracelets sold in the morning market. They are very beautiful, so I couldn't resist buying a few more.
Finally got on the temporary regiment's vehicle, a small bread.
High altitude and cold, so go to Namtso with full preparations, cotton clothes, oxygen cylinders. Before leaving Lhasa, some people in the car went to an equipment store on the side of the road to rent military coats, down jackets and oxygen cylinders. There is a parking spot on the road, which is also to rent or buy these things.
Along the way, there are continuous snow mountains. Most sections of this highway run parallel to the Beijing-Tibet Railway.
Houses, cattle and sheep appeared in the wilderness, and the cow dung was piled up into neat black walls. Where there are people, there is water and grass. The water flows gently on the ground, and cattle and sheep graze on the grass.
There are mani piles on the ground. The cow is slowly crossing the road. This is the scenery, no one is rushing to hurry.
Behind the snow-capped mountains is the lake of Namtso, but our vehicle has to go all the way to the northeast for a long time, and we have to go around a long way before we can cross the mountain pass to the other side of the mountain and reach the lake.
Passing through Yangbajing, it is rich in geothermal resources and famous for its hot springs.
Arriving at Damxung County, this is the only large concentration of residential buildings passed by on the way. There was no parking here. The vehicle drove off the road and entered the bumpy mountain climbing road, heading towards the mountain pass. Not far ahead is the gate of Namtso Reserve.
I feel that the household below is a local tyrant, and the cow dung is arranged like a dragon gate, okay!
Finally arrived at the entrance of the scenic spot. But this door is still far away from the lake.
There are many food stalls at the entrance, which are actually Tibetan fried dough sticks, 10 yuan with stuffing, 8 yuan without. We who haven't eaten pasta for several days, saw the warm pancakes and fritters, so kind! ! !
Continue on the road when you are full. Bypassing this mountain, you can see that Namu is wrong.
As the car climbed uphill, glaciers appeared. The higher the altitude, the colder and hypoxic the car feels. Arriving at Nagenla Pass, 5190 meters above sea level, is the highest altitude point today, and it is also the most serious place for altitude sickness.
This stone, Naganla Mountain Pass, is 5190 meters above sea level, and it is a place where everyone leaves after taking pictures as a souvenir. Windy, cold, lack of oxygen. Looking from here to the lake, Namtso is right in front of you. However, it is still far to reach the water's edge.
There is a road on the grassland in the lake area, continue to drive for half an hour, and then arrive at the parking point.
In the morning, I was worried that the lake was freezing or the weather was bad, but now I saw that some areas were still frozen, and the main water body had already opened the lake. Fortunately, we could see Namtso.
There is also thick ice sand gushing from the shore.
The blue, clean, clear and transparent vast lake, against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains, is unparalleled in beauty.
Ever since I set foot in Tibet, I have been warned again and again not to jump or shout excitedly, because of lack of oxygen, you may faint and suffocate. Therefore, no one jumped up and shouted, and everyone watched quietly, taking pictures over and over again.
When you are in Namtso, your soul will be thoroughly washed by the pure lake water in front of you. The highest and most beautiful lake in the world will shock you standing beside her, as if you are in a blue world, and your eyes are full of holiness. Blue-black, dark blue, Baolan, gray blue and sky-like light blue, from deep to light blue, the blue is clear, plump and charming. It contains all the sorrows and troubles in people's hearts, and makes them peaceful together and indifferent.
The yaks were pushed into the water to take pictures with tourists, the poor and beautiful calves.
The blue sky above Namtso is so far away, reflecting each other with the pure lake water, it is completely natural. The broad and vast lake is rippling in the breeze, seagulls are flying, and the majestic snow peaks in the distance are like gods coming down to earth, shining in the noon sun.
Surrounding the water is a vast grassland. These beach areas, long ago, were the bottom of the lake. At that time, Nam Co was the second largest saltwater lake.
No matter how beautiful the scenery is, you can't stay long in this cold and oxygen-deficient place. It was cold and high, so I hurried back to the car to rest.
Gather up the people, everyone hurry back.
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived in Dangxiong and had lunch at a restaurant.
On the way back, we followed Nyainqentanglha Mountain all the way. The Nyainqentanglha Mountains area is controlled by the east-west Nujiang fault zone and the Yarlung Zangbo River fault zone. The extrusion fault folds form a tall mountain system with an average altitude of more than 6,000 meters. Its ridge line is located in the west of Damxung-Yangbajing. It is 1,400 kilometers long, 80 kilometers wide on average, and 5,000-6,000 meters above sea level. The main peak, Nyainqentanglha Peak, is 7,111 meters above sea level and is covered with snow all year round.
According to the materials of Yongzhong Bon religion: Nyainchen Tangla is one of the three major sacred mountains in Tibet (Gangdise, Nyainqentanglha, and Maji Snow Mountain), one of the nine sacred mountains, and even the thirteen sacred mountains. the first. Legend has it that Namtso and Nyainqentangla were once a loving couple. According to the records of the Bon religion scriptures, family history, and sacred mountain sacrificial texts of the Yongzhong Bon religion: Tangla is one of the sacred mountains of the Yongzhong Bon religion, Longdu Tangla, the four family members of the mother and child guardians, and is also a historical record of ancient Tibetan culture. The most influential and famous holy mountain in China. And Namtso is the sacred place of the five-riding sheep guardian mother and son of Yongzhongben religion, and also the Ming concubine of Tangla Mountain. It and Namtso are the main holy places for practitioners.
The Nyainqentanglha Mountains are also the largest glacier area in the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The western section is the boundary between the inner flow area and the outer flow area, and the eastern section is the watershed between the Yarlung Zangbo River and the Nujiang River. The northwestern side is the Great Lakes of Northern Tibet, the largest of which is Namtso Lake. [2]
Just as I was looking at the snowy peak of Nyainqentanglha Mountain, the backpack on the luggage rack suddenly fell and hit my head. Fortunately, there were only clothes in the bag. For this reason, apart from a false alarm, I am grateful for the blessings of the gods.
Arrived at the Yangpajain checkpoint, Yangpajain Town, Yangpajain Basin. It is more than 90 kilometers away from Lhasa.
Another checkpoint, in Deqing District. This shows the importance of Lhasa.
Near the urban area, I saw green trees. Cows and dogs surrounded the car door, and I happened to have an apple in my hand for them.
The weather is so good, the blue sky and white clouds are picturesque everywhere, whether it is a snow mountain or not, it is very beautiful.
Get off at Bugong West. Strolled to the west side of the vegetable market for a while, in this place full of smoke and fire, learned about fruits and vegetables, they are one to several times that of the mainland, and bought some fruit snacks by the way.
Went to the foot of the Potala Palace.
The Baita viewing platform is Yaowang Mountain, and there is a small road marked Puluyan Temple. Walking tens of meters away, I saw some colorful small murals and some red stone flakes.
The Potala Palace in the setting sun, the slanting sunlight shines on the ground, and the clouds gradually turn yellow and red. All these make people feel peaceful, peaceful and warm. Thinking that we are already on our way back to Beijing tomorrow, we can’t help but feel even more reluctant to part.
The warm Potala Palace in the sunset, dreaming with tourists~~~
D10 Return at Zakisi Railway Station on 5.8~5.10
There are too many pictures, and the editing page is almost unchanged, so I have to record the following day (D10) separately (Tibet trip~~~The road to heaven, looking back like a dream (2-3) Itinerary beauty (D10).
Tibet, the ancestor of thousands of mountains and the source of hundreds of rivers, where you will re-examine the meaning of life! ! !