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April 19 in Lhasa today, sunny cat decided not to Ali, and change to go to Golmud of Qinghai-Tibet Highway, and then detour to go to Beijing. Starting from Guangzhou to the present, just one month, in the middle we have undergone a lot of hardships and happiness, and now want to leave, and really a bit reluctant, but we respect everyone's decision, but to Meet in Beijing to say goodbye.
YUME is something to return to Guangzhou, Huang Feng-lei has today went to the Everest, Zhong-Ming Qian has spent finished, ready to return to Guangzhou, and no way to go with us, leaving only LC, Shan-shan, Big Brother and I have four.
Gesang said: "just a car, do not rent more than one, and even support saving cars."
I asked: "Go Ali Bicycles can it?"
Gesang of confidence, said: "No problem, cycling to Ali, I had more than once, but only this season, yet full of snow, the rainy season had not yet come. Go to Ali, no roads at all, relying on the experience of and the traces of the ground traversed by car, and if snow or heavy rain, the river will change the landscape and the traces of people unable to confirm the direction. "
Gesang reported out of 12000 car rental cost is split between the four of us each of 3000, Shanshan two siblings, of course, no problem, I and LC would have to plan carefully. I have gone through a month of Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, in many places, up to now only used 2670.50 yuan, but to the one Ali, the net fare would take 3000, we have to plan string of Vietnam arrived in Xinjiang-Tibet Highway, follow the Silk Road and other programs, which cost we have to plan well, but letting it reminds us of the truck ride to Ali idea.
Gesang said: "If you go, I can turn you to turn Hill Lake."
The allure of this proposal is indeed big, but think of lorry ride a lot of scenery might be flying one bite the turnover. Shanshan two siblings did not go to Ali's border cards, enabling the agency to be 150 yuan Gesang, but fortunately we are in Guangzhou to run, as long as 2 yuan on doing a good job.
Ngari is the lack of material, especially food. We purchased a number of the afternoon to bring food, and some fruit. Should pay attention to vitamin supplements in Tibet, where dry weather is really severe, I had cracked a left foot with 4 cm of the seam, but also deep, but not a little blood leaking from inside, the walls are dry cracks walking and there is a little pain, but it can not stop I went to Ali's determination.
Came back and found a message board posted 2 new release, you look closely, the French Embassy posted missing person notices, the bulk of the above there are two color photos, two years ago, two French people from here and take the Jin Ali and plans to Xinjiang, and then crossed the Pamirs into Pakistan and India. They Xigaze issued the final call after a peaceful earth is gone, nobody saw them, and now seek to provide clues to the embassy people.
Are for two years, died in Ali is certainly the way, and if they can go to the Shiquanhe, you can, where once again issued a safe phone. Them and us about the route, YUME, and cat enjoins us to be more careful, I still experience the first time to Ali's death threats.
cat's car the afternoon of walking, we bid farewell to the station, except LC do not know what the girls go looking for a. Hey, YUME tomorrow, but also left us, and parting is always sad, but fortunately there was no snow.
Tip:
Ali, the border card to best run at the local, and the Office of Shenzhen, Zhuhai border card, just a place to write Tibet camphor, Ali district on the line, and the subject of travel writing. A good start in the street police station consent to go to the PUC can immediately get, as long as 2 yuan fee. If you go to Lhasa and then to do, to 100-200 yuan in agency fees, may or may not run on time, I met in Lhasa on a Shanghai girl can go to Shigatse, 300 Tai Yuen out high prices can not be completed on time but to come to grief and back.
April 20 clear Lhasa - Qushui - Nagarze - Gyantse (62-104-96 km) total 4514 kilometers is not yet dawn, YUME would go to Ganden Monastery, and she came back when we have set out for Ali, and another one companions left, but we have Shan-shan and his brother were two new traveling companion.
Kelsang would be delighted today, on time, car has been replaced with a new tire, there is a large oil drum placed on a military vehicle Hou Xiang, there's no gas stations along the way呀. LC's burial, when the camera was looking scared to death, but unfortunately when you leave Lhasa bought a Phoenix, with up pretty good.
10:00 We are proceeding south from Lhasa across the Brahmaputra Qushui Bridge, the road is very beautiful, and continue along the winding road is a dirt road in the southbound. The rainy season have not yet reached, the grass is yellow, but the 13 o'clock boarded more than 4794 meters above sea level, the gamba la Pass, the shape, is another. Station in Yamaguchi monastery is surrounded by Yuan Wang, Qing Bi Rosen saw a lake, with blue sky the same color, the winding shore, vertical distance. This is what is known as the Tibetan people in Tibet, one of the four holy lakes Yangzhuoyong Lake.
Yamdrok Lake, Tibetan means jasper lake. Lake elevation of 4441 meters, an area of 638 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains and hills, close to another card Yala glacier, water depth 20-40 meters, supplies are abundant, so the lake salinity is not high, the amount of 1.7 grams per liter of water salinity is about is a micro-lagoon. Lake water plants and more bait prosper, plateau special Schizothorax whether the scales of fish and fish reserves as high as 2-300000000 kg, known as "Tibet Fish Library," said.
The lake more than 20 islands, of which a temple on the island in red to teach, "pro-small temple," perennial Incense smoke, Drum and bell a voice quartet, all this makes Yamdrok Lake is even more beautiful and full of mystery. As long as the shore lit a fire, when the smoke off when the temple cow skin raft will be drawn to you, come there are not many monks boatman will bring you to Temple Island, similar to the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese vassal state war to contact each other when the word "growing and becoming more."
We are walking down the mountains along the brown, deep blue color of a winding lake with us on the forward, lakeshore plants lush, rain again abundant, natural pastures in Tibet, groups of sheep on the shore a leisurely grazing.
Lake and mountain sheep is only separated by the Brahmaputra, the recent distance of only 6 km along the road down the mountain one can see the sheep, the world's highest lake hydropower station.
2:00 arrived Nagarze, Nagarze Tibetan language means "white nose", elevation 4454 meters, an area of 1.5 square kilometers, population more than a thousand people, some banks, shops, post and telecommunications, hotels and other facilities, which can be considered a big town. We also do not waste our supplies, and in this to find a small restaurant to eat lunch, the price it too badly. 2:50 We have also embarked on the road to Gyantse.
In a plain, tall Gyangze far you can see the castle, the ancient city under the sun even more majestic. Gyangze Tibetan means "victory of the peak; legal palace-top", elevation 4040 meters, because Nianchu River flows through here, the history of Gyangze area called "year."
5:20 arrived at Gyantse, and we checked into the national garment factories Gyangze Guest House, just opposite the Gyantse Castle and enjoy the castle without shelter, you can also see the end of the road climbed to the roof of the baiqoi monastery, the location is very Yes, but very crude. Gesang, and Lydia, pour precious, and live in hotels, Yes, we have money to give them cars, they more than we have money.
Sunset along the guidelines, we have a very structured along the stone street toward baiqoi monastery, just returned from grazing sheep, and the groups of sheep stroll along Sunset Boulevard in Tibet, such as the setting sun slanting in the road, Hui trees dyed a golden yellow. Do not see the shepherd, but the sheep are still in an orderly manner toward the front of the baiqoi monastery, everything was quiet, slow down the natural rhythm, I find more like sheep towards baiqoi monastery of pilgrims.
Gyangze Zongshan Castle, located in the city central, peak high road risk. Founded in more than 1,000 years ago, is now preserved temples, through the Church, involving a Government conference room and a complete Anti-British fort. In 1904 the Tibetan people to defend the motherland's territorial integrity, and the British invaders in the mountains were carried out bloody battles. The movie "Red River Valley" is about history. Too late now closed, had to come back tomorrow.
April 21 Gyangze clear early in the morning sun at the castle walls painted a white line of bold, and erect the walls of the straight lines showing a strong America. Watched the sun slowly rises, castles are also changing with the sun's rays which showed a different beauty, white walls the color of the sun shines, from the beginning of the blue into orange and yellow, golden yellow , and then change back to white, constantly changing as if people are saying that he had to the Millennium and marshes.
Walking on the road leading to baiqoi monastery, right next to the pick up towards the houses, you can go after cases of Hill, Hill, orderly villages, the villagers amiable, villagers along the way are active and play according to our first meeting, call as if we know the long-time friend, even here, the dog is also on our Yaotoubaiwei. One of them also continued to put in different positions so that we take pictures, and its strong sense of the lens can be continuously listen to our call and look at all the lens and have no worse than the star.
The original castle is said to be people to Gyantse to Lhasa, the Potala Palace, the grand and solemn was impressed and decided to build a palace but also in the ground, but was unable to re-design engineers have come to be comparable with the Potala Palace, the construction, then put the Potala Palace, the appearance of the carved turnip, and then ran back to Gyantse horse so that kind of construction by local craftsmen can dry quickly put the turnip plateau climate became dry flat, Gyangze craftsmen is completed by pressing dried carrot Zongshan Castle. Therefore castle as "Little Potala Palace," said.
Climbed the mountain road were very steep, castle is also very strategically located and difficult to build, standing near the castle can be seen all over the place, the front is a large green pastures, the rear is a stretching of the baiqoi monastery buildings. To see such a beautiful scenery, how would have thought that there had been fighting a bloody battle here.
We are down to the foot of the baiqoi monastery, which is a pagoda with a typical Tibetan Buddhist temple architecture, the temple has tower, tower, there Temple, Temple of natural muddy as complement each other, it can fully represent the 13 century building to 15 by mid-century Tibetan areas after the typical style of temple architecture is the only one in which Temple is well preserved, with a large building complex nature of the monument. Baiqoi monastery tower known as the Tibetan king.
Baiqoi monastery in Tibetan referred to as "class profile Deqing", meaning "auspicious round of the great amusement of Temple." Baiqoi monastery built in the Ming Emperor Xuanzong Xuande two years before (1427), which lasted for 10 years for completion. Some say that by 1418 grams of Dan Zhu Jie and Yan Sampa two hot co-constructed.
Baiqoi monastery in Tibet, the religious rival, rivaling established in the case. Therefore, it can allow Bon, Yellow Sect, the Red Sect, white education, teaching of flowers such as its various sects co-exist in a temple founder. Each has existed in this temple have 56 "Zhacang" (palace). Thus the history of Tibetan Buddhism has a special status and influence. The existing 16 Zhacang monastery. The main temple has three floors with a hall covered with a variety of styles, "Thangka," there is a nearly 8-meter-high seated Buddha. According to historical records, casting the Buddha statues, 14 tons of spent brass. Basilica of the second floor East Room hall, for there is Manjusri Bodhisattva, and a total of more than 20 clay Rohan respect for the Ming Dynasty art treasures.
Baiqoi monastery tower was built in 1427, a unique architectural style. The tower from Tazuo, bottles and tower tower composed of three parts, the whole appearance of 9-storey tower containing 13 floors, a total of 146, c.. 32.5 meters high tower. Wood and stone convergence, layer stack up, and gradually shrink. In vitro tower painted red and white two-color, form a contrast decency. Tazuo covers an area of 2,200 square meters, divided into five layers. 5-layer below, surrounded by star anise (actually 20 angle); six or more layers, then rounded. Bottle diameter and 20 m tower, which consists of four Buddhist temple. There are four eight tower, the door is decorated with dragon, running lions, walking like a relief. The building has absorbed Myanmar, Nepal, India, and architectural features of religion in China, forming their own unique style, but also a unique treasure in the history of Chinese architecture.
Tower with 108 doors, 77 Buddhist temple, shrines, and through the Church, known as the "tower in the Temple," there are more than ten thousand Buddhist temple containing a large number of Thangka, more than a thousand respect mud, copper, gold plastic Buddha statues, of these statues, there are Buddha, King Kong, Tara, king Jeseoksa like, as well as Songtsan, tshe, red hot bar towel, as well as religious founder of the Zunxiang be called Buddha museum, so called white-living tower "hundreds of thousands of pagodas."
Accommodation: Gyantse ethnic garment factory hostels, 10 per hour.
Just opposite the Gyantse Castle and enjoy the castle without shelter, you can also see the end of the road climbed to the roof of the baiqoi monastery, the location is pretty good. However, it is simple, there is no solar water heater, there is no hot water bath will depend on luck, and guest houses, sub-odd and even days boil water. Of course, if you are willing to give money, then we can give you the specialized burn 5-7 yuan per person.
If you are too precious, can not live in such a humble guest houses, the county seat there are many hotels and restaurants. Wu Zi Hotel on one side at the crossroads, and very convenient, 40. A separate toilet.
Zongshan Castle Admission: 10 yuan
Baiqoi monastery Admission: Free Tibetans and tourists tickets 30 yuan.
Transport: baiqoi monastery in Gyantse County, the 5-minute walk along Sunset Boulevard on its way.
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