Since James's novel "Lost Horizon," Since the introduction of the Shangri-La has become synonymous with paradise has caused countless people the world yearning for whom the number of explorers looking for a lifetime, leaving behind only regrets and sighs. However, after half a century, China's south-eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Yunnan's Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, it was claimed to find a Shangri-La. For a time, the southwest border of the original unknown land, into a hot spot for many visitors of their dreams.
Blue sky with white clouds, snow-capped mountains and lakes, meadow flowers simple and morals, God's unique culture and dense, laid-back quiet life - With a passion for many beautiful vision of Shangri-La, I am on June 30 came to the state Diqing House Zhongdian. Arrived the afternoon of Zhongdian, to lay down their luggage, and asked how to get to Napa lake and was told to take the car to the ira prairie. To the prairie, before we know Napa lake is a seasonal lake in the middle of grasslands, it is the dry season, can not see. Ira Prairie City is only eight kilometers away from Zhongdian, Zhongdian is the largest one meadow, The monastery is surrounded around, and the mountains surrounded by cattle and sheep flocks in the steppe, far from the only one by one black dots. But we went the wrong time, this time is the rainy season in Zhongdian, days are always gloomy, and do not see the blue sky and white clouds, do not see the black-necked cranes and other rare birds. The tourists and the local herdsmen rent horses mixed with the hustle and bustle and confusion a little more so that I can not find the hearts of Shangri-La feel.
Horse riding in the grasslands around the circle, we also see the "Little Potala Palace," said Gedan Songzanlinsi. Songzanlinsi built on mountains, large-scale, beautifully decorated ornate temple is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Yunnan is also one of the Tibetan 13 lin. Emperor Kangxi in 1679 the monastery was the approval of V, the Dalai Lama himself divination site built, although the county is located five kilometers north-west, but the peculiar terrain, is the first day, the whole town has been dawn-drenched areas.
Read ira grasslands and Songzanlinsi, peer companions disappointed at the decision not to Bita Lake of the next day. Bita Diqing plateau known as one of the most bright pearl, it is Shangri-La in my mind the expectations of the largest and last, I want to go anyway.
Bita tens of kilometers away from Zhongdian County, there is no direct bus, I took a lot of twists and turns only to catch a direct charter coaches. Vehicles from the county proceeding has been opened to the mountains. One road, one less talk break up the monotony of the object, but it can also pause to appreciate the scenery along the way. Outside the car, almost a symbol of a small meadow Zhongdian been greeted, especially after the rain of the meadow green, like a green carpet Zhang, carpet weaving has many unknown above the small flower, occasionally there are Several Strains purple and red flowers decorated them. Meadow on the hillside cattle pigs or small groups, or alone, strolled occasionally stare of a rise of those of us who do not bundle the passengers, then bow their heads from grazing Gu played out. Mountain meadows from time to time the bottom of the creek meanders through green, low-lying areas planted with barley and rape, when in full bloom season coincides with rape, golden rape and barley green and white cardigan cardigan also connected to a distance of several drink smoke curl of farm, 12 farmers are bow farming, nature is so brilliant gorgeous, colorful and, as a both simple and gorgeous, colorful and harmonious movement, and it actually not come from anywhere in the world wise artist and musician's hands. I suddenly started, in front of a picture that is not what I do mind Shangri-La!
Bita Lake is deep in the mountains about 4000 meters above sea level in a highland lake, there are islands surrounded by dense virgin forest, Tibetan Village Bita is "oak tree into the mat" means. Here inaccessible, large sunny days when the water is clear green, calm as a mirror, white clouds, blue sky, snow-capped mountains silhouetted in the water, such as the paradise on earth. Spring, the azaleas are blooming around the Bita Lake is another hill and dale flowers of the lake's fish after eating cuckoo Whispering Britain and Zuiwo lake, the mountains took the opportunity to bear down and eat fish, and emergence of the "cuckoo Drunken Fish" " Laoxionglaoyu "spectacle. Unfortunately, when I came Azalea has already met, and because the rain water has become very general. But I still like Bita of that in a quiet, clear Yau and original, boating lake, we saw dead trees grow wild lake, the shore Fangcaoqiqi, Grass the other side is a flat meadow, then pastoralists and sheep's paradise.
Over half a century, in order to attract tourists, many parts of the world, claiming the place is the Shangri-La. Zhongdian as "Lost Horizon," a book of the Shangri-La has been verified and spread deep into the widely recognized, but it really is not described in the book the Shangri-La, and we do not know, each one full of hope came Dreamer had found the heart of the Shangri-La that only you can tell. In fact, the search for Shangri-La is not a matter for nearly five decades, a thousand years ago a Chinese scholar has described his mind Shangri-La, which he called the Peach Blossom Spring, and since then countless Chinese people, especially writers Huaizhuo "Peach Blossom Spring" complex life around looking for Shangri-La in mind, how much Zhaoting minister of state, battlefield Reggie or old age, or frustrated career are seeking Hermitage Hul forest garden, looking for hearts never forget Shangri-La. However, 1000 years, the Utopia to the world's eyes no longer appear, because each one has a different Shangri-La and Shangri-La in reality simply does not exist.
Zhongdian tour, I did not find the beauty of those legendary Shangri-La, those unknown meadow, that curl of smoke is I can not imagine drinking in the Shangri-La, however, it is their mountain Shangri-La, I just It is just a passer, a passer-by. But the mountain people who do? They do not aspire to the mountains outside world? Maybe we want to escape from hustle and bustle of the city, it is in their minds Shangri-La!
Author: cgn12
