Came to Lhasa
--- Zodiac
Never thought that so soon have the opportunity to come to Lhasa, never thought in their favorite season - early fall to be eligible for this magic plateau had dreamed many times to see the beauty of Tibet.
The whereabouts of the aircraft in a river slowly, crawling, stop. This is Tibet, which is Gonggar Airport, this is the Brahmaputra! When everything is clear in front of us,
In addition to the 30% oxygen because of the lack of breathing caused by poor outside, really have a sense of Akira as Kate! Airport little of both Tibetan and Chinese, "Lhasa," the words that are not visible,
Staff face was all red, inbound and outbound access so simple as a small town on the mainland railway station.
From the airport to Lhasa, 93 km of asphalt roads, along the Brahmaputra and the Lhasa River upstream. Along the way, is not a desert wasteland greeted, nor is it barren stone,
But the lush fields and tall, imposing poplar! This is what I did not expect, that in September of the poplar stand tall on both sides of the road, half green half of the golden leaves seem to let me return to the Northeast home. This is the Tibet do? That mountain, that water, that tree, that cropland, everything is so familiar with everything around us seems to accompany a bar long, long time. The only difference is that sometimes occur highways or open walking tractor or riding a bike or walk to the Tibetan ethnic minority costumes, red faces and very ethnic characteristics of the clothing I had the first reading of Tibet. Them, in the living space of their own living a unique life. This is life, perhaps more than our so-called "modern civilization" behind a number of years, but they are happy, at least more than trendy "petty bourgeoisie"
"Middle class" is much more fun.
The first impression of Lhasa, in addition to "emancipated serfs to sing" and the childhood reading of the poem, "Xiao Qiang Pakistan", there is a secondary school geography textbooks on the "sun city" to say. There is no doubt that is the most abundant sunlight in Lhasa is the most strong, kind enough to change people's faces light the final freeze-frame of the whole city the color of the entire plateau. To direct sunlight without masking the body, just slightly cloudy but also because the feeling of cold and suddenly become a summer Zaore, you have to rush off his jacket put on T-shirt, suddenly seemed to understand why the Tibetans clothes are wide and a half around her hot, exposed half of the shoulder,
Cold weather can also be whole body wrapped in a Yanyanshishi.
Tibet is red, from the buildings of the temple to the lamas of the monks, from the people's face was to the hot sun. The Lhasa is not always old, even it costs a little more effort to the ancient need to look far into the past, this is my unexpected. Road from the airport into Lhasa, the first article to see is a clean wide streets, rows of brand-new modern high-rise buildings, as well as a family vehicle repair, hotels and restaurants and all kinds of local people with small shops. This is the Lhasa do? We stay in a newly renovated reportedly finished a three-star hotel, hotel facilities and services with the mainland goes for, of course, the price should be nearly more than doubled. Next to the hotel is two bronze cattle, copper, cattle appear to be dashed struggle where, while in the bronze cow at a crossroads where the four directions, almost all Han Chinese in this set up around the refreshment, mutton Paomo Shaanxi, Sichuan Dayi Bear remember duck, Xinjiang barbecue, Shenyang small potatoes
...... Seen and heard everywhere, the situation of the national great unity, but only that is rare to see authentic Tibetan's shadow. Looked at planning a new city, watching the flashing neon lights with modern, I can not help but have a kind of confusion: Tibet, Lhasa, it really must be in the so-called "modernization" lost true to yourself?
Find in the past in Tibet, we can only several famous buildings in Lhasa city began. Less than the Great Wall of non-hero, then do not see the Potala Palace, Tibet should be similar to the bar. This is a proximity to the mountains of the building, is said to be the year Songtsan to Princess Wen Cheng of the repair,
It should also be the case from the history of Sino-Tibetan unity and witness the bar. Potala Palace and the White House dividends, which is named from the color, while its unique charm also lies in the Red Palace is the ancient body of law Dalai Lama storage areas around the White House is now a place of monks daily life . The living and the dead were living a palace, and the time has elapsed in 1300! This is a kind of good fortune and piety, it is strange how deep the plateau culture! The Potala Palace square in front of large, square, five-star red flag fluttering, and the camera at a stall in a warm way to attract business, a group of pigeons in a leisurely stroll, a few carrying a shoe box of Tibetan children to recover the Visitors Shoe shining fountains rest in the sun ,"*** ceremony aiding Tibet "banner in the square in front of their swaying.
The ancient Potala Palace attracted people around the world come to visit the pilgrimage, and it along with the tide of market economy, the pace of development of tourism resources is also a lot to surprise. Ticket prices range from
45 yuan rose to 70 yuan / person were not enough, during a visit to the process of precious cultural relics but also the showroom and Jinding actually pay 10 yuan / person. Recitation of the monks who looked at the face of a sentence, Miss guides, "Commodity Prices you can set to sue" and disdain, I do not know how this will admire the palace with its all-pervasive concept of money together. Heritage need money for food, the Potala Palace have to modernize, perhaps only the most reasonable interpretation of this bar.
Walk a few hundred meters away from the Potala Palace, after a busy commercial street, in the Tibet Autonomous Region government where the other side of the road is well-known people in the Jokhang Temple. Nowhere to be seen,
It does not look like a temple, in the crowded Bajiao Street under siege, here is more like a free market, and the Jokhang Temple on the management of the market. Come near to, they find different here. 3322 believers in and out, and some kowtow ceremony in front of the line, and some pious mouth mutter prayers to turn the wheel, here for the Tibetans are free, but visitors can get 35 yuan Qu Huan was a visiting Tickets. Into the dark of the hospital, even a sudden can not find a direction, in addition to those monks and believers in their own entertainment or in a sitting or lying, they can only follow a group of Tibetan believers before the trip, they are just turning around the Falun monastery. Stretching under the eaves of the Falun rotation, one touch then a hand with the above, this implies the number of pairs of people's belief in pursuit, it witnessed the vicissitudes of the number of things. Around the Jokhang Temple is the famous Barkhor Street, a dazzling display of national characteristics and those of goods along the street line Changgui kowtow ceremony of leather wrapped around one knee, his arm wrapped in a layer due to frequent friction on the ground and the shiny metal, they are In the worship do? Marveling I found a stretch to me come from a hand. It is obvious that in the begging ah, or are alms? This is a unique landscape, maybe they are really sincere, to belief in the minds of people to do good things, there are those sitting in the street while wearing a cassock of the monks chanting the way they use the money obtained incense. "I know why so many Tibetan lamas do?"
Colleagues have cold-called to ask me. "Maybe it is a faith tradition of it." "There For this reason,
But you see they can make money more easily. "I would prefer to colleagues ridiculed as a joke, because of this plateau and the nation, I have always been Huaizhuo admiration and expectations.
Modern and ancient, it is so off each other, in our country, in our world. Beijing is also split or not split the middle of a quarrel do? The same is true in Lhasa. Along the ancient Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple, that I could unwittingly come to the old city. Tricycle master said, according to the city's roads last year, has just been repaired, so a new horse is a bit worn but street full of Tibetan ethnic characteristics pavilion. Walks into an alley, saw per capita is one of the Tibetan clothing robes, what they hear and do not know the words are a Tibetan, a Tibetan women accompanied their children to play in their own front door, a small market In addition to selling goods butter, Tibetan medicine, the surprise, there Diaopai soap, Wahaha mineral water, sell tapes VCD of the speaker played the tune "of the pacemaker in the past and lead us into a new era."
Poster in a hotel bar, plastered with notices seeking travel enthusiasts to Ali, to Nyingchi, and to no man's land expedition, and groups of twinning of the foreigners playing what talking.
This is Lhasa, encroachment of modern civilization, despite its stubborn resistance to Lhasa. Development of tourism resources in comparison to those attractions alone, I prefer the traditional Tibetan life, honest and without losing flavor, vicissitudes of life and full of culture.
Lhasa is a movement of cities, large aid-Tibet cadres, small tricycle, high into the new buildings, low to various places of the snacks, numerous visitors come here for sightseeing countless strangers so staying as a guest of this, 300,000 resident population of Tibetan half and half is proof. Enthusiastic Tibetans, perhaps you did not know, but they make you embarrassed to refuse hospitality.
Left Lhasa, when put up at the airport before boarding the hungry, I suddenly smelt the fragrant taste. 2 Tibetan side of the old mother holding a thermos flask in the inverted butter tea. "How much is a bowl?" For the elderly did not say prices are just saying is "Drink Drink, taste good go again." Originally they do not want money to send his son to the mainland university deliberately taken to the airport to let her son a drink of. With gratitude just drank a few mouthfuls of tea, Aunt Tim again, following the mainland's used to me greeting with "Do not the" Tibetan-old mother says, "must be Tim, and this is our custom." What a passion for the elderly, what a nice and warm hospitality habits!
"Back to Lhasa and return to the Potala Palace." Zheng Jun rough voice echoed over the plateau, the blue sky, white clouds warm sunlight on people's heads hovering silently beside the Lhasa River in the city Department of the Brahmaputra. This is a plateau on the city,
This is a group of diligent and intelligent people are kind-hearted enthusiasm, which is in Lhasa!
(Zodiac 2001.9.2 10:00 left in Tibet, 20:40 am written in Chengdu)
Author: XIAODE
