This is two years to Tibet Spiritual yearning more and more people, but the real action is much less than the Heart of the probable reasons are mainly transportation and altitude sickness. But there is now a not so well-known scenic spots, both easily accessible not have altitude sickness, but can also enjoy the scenery of southern Tibet, Tibetans can also be approached by the customs, that is, Xiahe County, Gansu Province.
Last summer me and my son arrived in Lanzhou by train, the same day the Western Bus Station to catch in Lanzhou to Xiahe of the CMB. More than four hours away, a small town surrounded by hills from the mountains behind the sudden jump out.
Xiahe County is small, but "there are spiritual temple." Yellow Sect (one of the major schools of Tibetan religion) is a famous temple - Labrang monastery complex in the northwestern town of scattered distribution of the tape, a piece Jinding red walls, a magnificent palaces, imposing grand, magnificent.
Every day early morning when the large and small, first dial temple lit incense, twilight among the earliest believers to worship the temple began to turn from outside the rows of a huge turning cylinders, their eight-character meditation texts, at the foot, such as riding the wind rotation speed of flight. Knock long head of the faithful have begun a cycle of servant-volt knock worship, with their own bodies measured the black earth, the stone paved smooth and shiny by turning the raw Road. And when the sun sets golden dome illuminate the jagged temple, the golden dome above, like copper Fachuang as flame burning, as the torch-line vault of heaven. As a result, a symbol of heaven, earth, water, fire, clouds colored streamer flag flying up, these printed texts or patterns piece of cloth is sewn to the Nagaami, the suit of armor in the temple of high walls, flagpoles, on, as if been given a life free flap in the wind. Staring at the twilight gradually become a silhouette of the monastery complex to listen to the beat of the wind noise and streamer, you may sincerely wonder: these Songtsan children and grandchildren, even the interpretation of religious ceremony, was so shocking! When the continuation of the ritual for thousands of years to become an integral way of life, when they actually become a subtle influence on the security, the security of the their own spiritual home, guarding with the soul of a pure land.
Xiahe town is only a street connecting the Labrang Monastery and the city commercial district, residential areas. This street very much like the Barkhor in Lhasa, the big street shops selling religious artifacts are, jewelry, and Tibetan antiques, beef or mutton. 3322 walk the streets dressed in red cassocks, Lama, Tibetans turn round the Mani, there is a Bo Bo Chinese and foreign tourists. Because a small town located in the plateau, even if the summer cold no match for the tourists who mostly bought it in-place quality robes wrapped themselves seem nondescript, very funny. We pick at the shop where souvenirs, knives, Fahao, Hada ... ... a real pick-up could not bear to put down. Not so much is colorful gadgets to attract, might as well be said to be mysterious Tibetan culture and religion are deeply temptation.
The end of the street is a highway, 15 kilometers boarded came endless Sangkecaoyuan.
July's Sangkecaoyuan is a magical land. This piece of prairie on the northwest plateau although the visitors had already begun, especially foreign tourists frequently visit, but still far from the intrusion of modern civilization, showing a charming paradise-like scenery. Here, the season two months later than the south, in July is the grasslands in the spring. Looked up looked, was a transparent blue vault of heaven is endless, under the vast grasslands and white clouds floating like a flock of sheep; walk on it, knee-grass Rourou passing of your feet, colorful wildflowers is affectionately Accompanied Your skirts; put troops on horses, some after the mad rush to greet you or sentimental grasslands and scattered them Zuozuo hidden room. Possession of the living room, extremely simple. In addition to heatable adobe sleeping platform, stoves and a minimum of cooking utensils, can be said that nothing else, which in our eyes of southerners simply incredible, but their lives still free, and colorful.
Tibetan special beauty, especially like the bright colors. Both men and women, their robes are Gunzhuo side breasted beautiful lace; both young and old, who had hung colorful ornaments. Grazing on the road, those pastoralists, especially women herders, often can not help but bent down to pick the wild flowers feet. A moment later, a brighter, you put a wreath on his head, so that you and her smile still on the flowers than the vivid, beautiful ... ...
In particular, exposure to the Tibetans love of nature. Tianyi clear up, they gather in small groups out of Tibet room, sitting on the grass to drink tea, talk and laugh. In a facial color in a sudden, a pair of Tibetan mother and son caught my eye. That young mother is far from the crowd to carry the blanket with a shop on a slope, the long time to sit with, far from the winding undulating hills, the foot is stretched into the horizon of the prairie. She was ecstatic to stare forward, listening, as if forgetting everything around, and even forget the children around them are playing ... ... she was motionless for a long time left me a long time quietly backs. Gradually, all things inclusive of her, that is also integrated into the long back of the green.
Koki I used a long lens leaving the back of. Xuanza of city life while, I will pick up the "she", so once again into the soul between heaven and earth. So they think we are urban people who, though living in a "concrete jungle", long-term lack of closeness with nature, hee-hee nang nang, hurried footsteps, and even can not remember what time to have had such a moment, to stare that gave us birth earth mother, to experience both the calm again if the scheduled operation is always flooded with natural things. Our material life is definitely better than they are rich and abundant, but the fetters of the material has enabled us missing out on something. Looking at the back of this quiet, the poet Rabindranath Tagore's voice sounded from the depths of the earth: "Happiness is a wait and see nature, and nature of language."
Xiahe unforgettable journey of discovery into the past, but remain in the memory of every one "lens" are surging moisture for my life. My son and I have always thought that live up to this line, also take part to this piece of Tibet in the "purdah" as an attraction dedicated to everyone. Oh, almost forgot also a strange thing: Xiahe tourist scenic spots, 90% of overseas visitors from around the world, these foreigners like what documents had been received notification of mine, coincidentally in this piece of land lingers. They really have insight! To say considered as a "worshiper of foreign things"? Xiahe you to stop off on the know.
Lvci

Author: luci99