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Animaqing Snow Mountain, also known as Maji Snow Mountain or Maqing Gangri, is located in the northwest of Maqin County, Golok Prefecture. Animaqing Mountain is the largest mountain at the source of the Yellow River, about 28 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide. The Yellow River makes a 180-degree turn at Maji Snow Mountain and then flows southeast. The main peak, Maqing Gangri, is 6,282 meters above sea level. .



Animaqing Mountain is majestic and majestic. The mountain is composed of sandstone, limestone and granite, and consists of 13 peaks. The Halong Glacier located on the northeast slope is 7.7 kilometers long and has a vertical height difference of 1,800 meters. It is the largest and longest glacier in the Yellow River Basin. The strange glacier world is dazzling in various poses and with different expressions. The rich ice and snow melt water has gathered into countless trickling streams, meandering and crisscrossing, and the big and small lakes are shining.


Legend has it that there are many mountain gods in Anima Snow Mountain, and they live in the magnificent nine-story white jade pavilion. Among them, Animaqing Peak is the largest mountain god. Tibetan compatriots believe in the legend of Animaqing Mountain. . During the season of pilgrimage, believers flock in an endless stream, especially in the "year of the horse" in the Tibetan calendar, there are hundreds of thousands of people walking around the mountain, because one circle around the mountain in the year of the horse is equal to the usual twelve circles.


When turning around the mountain, pilgrims carry simple luggage, stoves and food, brave the wind and rain, trek through mountains and rivers, eat and sleep in the open air, and worship around the mountain with tenacious perseverance. It usually takes seven or eight days to walk around the mountain, five days to ride a horse, and more than 60 days to kowtow and walk. During the pilgrimage, pilgrims will encounter many strange natural phenomena, such as strange landforms, jagged rocks, unpredictable weather, the sound of clear streams, waterfalls falling from the Milky Way, various wild animals, etc. , all these seem to be gifts from gods, Anima Qing is a dreamlike world.