My trip to my Qinghai-Tibet Qinghai-Tibet Tour (1)
2001.6.13
Today, I have sat in Xining to Beijing-bound train, the train from 9:22 left Beijing, my heart seemed to have been flown to Tibet.
Playing on the train "into Tibet", rugged uninhibited. Tibet is a mysterious, so I have a sense of the unknown. Although I've been to many places for so many years, from Harbin to Hangzhou, but they are focused on moving the Department of coastal economically developed areas. It can be said of the beautiful south left me with more memories.
And this line is advancing to the northwest, is a vast plateau, and is highest in the world where, inevitably my mind was very excited.
Beijing to Xining, full 2090 kilometers, which is the longest I've ever one-way travel, Tibet trip will stay in my life very deep impression, I think.
Beijing to Xining berth: 430 yuan arrival along the route: Beijing - Shijiazhuang - Xingtai - Handan - Anyang (15:00) - Zhengzhou - Luoyang - Sanmenxia - Xi'an - Baoji - Tianshui -- Lanzhou - Xining
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2001.6.14 6:30
Days have been great light, the surrounding mountains are mountains, as Beijing's walk through the northern mountains in general. Car trip in the mountains, but also like a step up OK.
But here the mountains and Beijing have been different is the basic loess, hence the gully aspect, let me ring in my ears. I think there is perhaps the Loess Plateau. In fact been on the road in the Loess Plateau of.
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2001.6.14 Night 22:30
18:40 to Da Xining late to catch up with sand and dust weather, Xining not really beautiful, hillside, mountain, was a very unique, ravines aspect is the grass. Xining built in the valley, more than 2200 meters above sea level. Not much reaction, but the sealing of food due to the reasons for pressure up from the inside out, like the drums like a pig, very interesting. Kandelia water is also very amused, as if to remind you that the existence of the plateau.
We lived in railroad hotel, in very good condition, standard room 100 yuan / night. Yi Xin hand, we ate dinner Grilled lamb shops, where the sheep rib meat, sheep meat and sinew sheep tendons are the most distinctive to the future can not but try.
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2001.6.15
Early this morning, we drove to the Qinghai Lake. The first stop was Riyue. Here is said to be a sign of Princess Wen Cheng of Tibet where the more than 3500 meters above sea level, is a highland meadow, so the lower temperatures.
After that we went to Bird Island in Qinghai Lake. More than 300 km from Xining, Bird Island. As Riyue is the Xining region's agricultural areas and pastoral areas of the boundaries of Ridge, so out of Riyue, are looking at is the mountains, grasslands. At this point the sky gloomy, giving the impression was going to rain in general.
We will first go through daotanghe, this river flows from east to west in Qinghai Lake, due to terrain reasons, there appeared to be very strange. Gradually, we can see the Qinghai Lake, and the absence of the sun, so far looked, Shuitianyise simply can not tell Where is the lake, where the skies.
Qinghai Lake is really a great area of 4456 square kilometers, is China's largest inland saltwater lake. From our 7:00 departure to wait until 12:00 to Bird Island. To say is also strange to the Bird Island, days actually clear up, and But the sun is not very sinister.
Bird Island tickets 45. Here we see flocks of brown-headed gulls, Bar-headed Goose, as well as the island's cormorant cormorant. As the sun's sake, Qinghai Lake is really blue looks blue, but was very calm like a jasper. Here is full of birds singing. Because it is hatched area, so you can see the lake shore there are many eggs and incubates the eggs of seabirds.
This time we also eat an extremely valuable fish Huang River in Qinghai Lake. As the Qinghai Lake is a saltwater lake, high altitude and low temperature, fish without scales cut huang slow growth, said a couple of year before long, one centimeter. We eat the fish grown to listen to the fishermen said that at least fifty years, it is precious.
Afternoon we return journey, on the left is the endless, blue blue Qinghai Lake, lake clear, water color due to cloud cover, sunshine, water, and showed the depth of mixed green blue, dark green, green, etc., can be described as magnificent colorful, fascinating glory. The right are the mountains, white clouds, sheep. This scene is really fun to watch, and because here, sparsely populated, there is no competition for these people and you are beautiful, you can a person slowly, quietly appreciated.
Mongolian called Qinghai Lake as a "library Counord", meaning the sea was blue, so called Qinghai.
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2001.6.16
Today we will travel to the famous Tar tour. 9:00 am arrive Tar more, there have been a lot of people.
Tar, Tibetan as "Yan Ben-xian Bahrain", which means "hundreds of thousands of狮子吼Maitreya Buddha Temple" is a good regulation of Tibetan Buddhism in China to send (also known as "the Gelug Sect", commonly known as "Yellow Sect"), the six one of the largest monasteries (the other five of the Ganden Monastery in Tibet, Drepung, Sera, Tashilhunpo and the Labrang Monastery in Gansu). In addition to meeting other than Tar or Yellow Sect founder of the Ambassador were the birthplace of Aqaba. Has attracted tens of thousands of Tibetan, Mongolian, Turkish, Chinese and other people of all nationalities come to Temple pilgrims pay their last respects to become the center of Buddhist activities in Northwest.
Tar and the Mainland is very different pattern of monastic buildings, unlike the Mainland, square-shaped like a temple compound in general, but rather a complex, we can say there is no law at all, for out of Chad to the I, I really do not know how to go about to visit. I therefore have to follow the directors go, along with everyone away.
Visit the monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, any place for a statue should switch to the tour clockwise from left to right, this is the rule, if it were uncertain, they follow the Tibetan people better.
Tar is the most famous Daikin watts Temple 2 Temple Hall, and Xiao Jin-Watt Temple Hall, which enshrined the Buddha are very beautiful, and magnificent. Huge Buddha, serene face, devout Buddhist temple where Koubai coupled with dim lighting. The face of these circumstances, the hearts will always be some sighs, laments the Buddhist culture has a long history, lamented the fine statues and sigh, a devout Buddhist for their own faith ... ...
In the Tar, anywhere can be seen wearing a red Seng Fu monks, This is from the Mainland, I was very fresh, some of them look similar to, and my age, there seems only a small lama 4,5 years old, so small children went to the temple come from? After asking a local Tibetan people, I learned that Tibetan people are very anxious to bring their children to the temple come. Because Lama status is relatively high, to send their children into the temple as if sent to schools, you can access to education. That a very small child and send them to enable them to study Buddhism, but also in all ages but also the conduct of examinations, can only return to secular life of elimination. Be able to stay in the temple to continue to practice Buddhism is to go through competition. I feel like temple, like our universities, enrollment, competitive selection, passed the examination of qualified personnel able to obtain a degree on Buddhism.
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2001.6.16 19:42
The train had been switched on, and I have 5701 times from Xining - Golmud in the train, sleeper fare is 117 yuan. Xining to Golmud more than 1,000 kilometers, to be driving 17 hours or so, this is the plateau railroad and also the last section of the railway leading to Tibet, I heard that we are middle of the night to pass a long 4 km, elevation 4,000 meters above the tunnel, it will be a test. Would like to think of Golmud, there are more than 3,000 kilometers away from Beijing, and my heart felt very proud. 10:00 pm more gradually feeling shortness breath, the train continued to climb, giving you a little common sense, now you must head towards the aisle to point booster pillow to sleep, which will help alleviate the lack of oxygen reaction, Otherwise, like me, due to lack of oxygen, purple lips have changed.
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2001.6.17
The Sishuifeishui daze last night, and always felt Biede panic, but that terrible tunnel finally passed, and opened his sleepy eyes looked Wang Chuangwai, everything changed, is the vast expanse of the Gobi Desert! There is no green, no signs of life, there is no blue sky, no clouds, only the shining of the sun in the endless expanses of the Gobi Desert, the look up maps, know that we have entered the Qaidam Basin.
The scenery outside the window is the first time I've ever seen the original this is the Gobi desert, is barren place, it seems that only those of us who train here are the only living things. The train to move forward slowly, listening to the WALKMAN, looking out the window, a station stop. After xitiesan (produced lead and zinc) shortly after, you can see the salt lake - the Chaerhan Salt Lake. A huge salt lake, white and shake for one, the train is on both sides of Salt Lake, opened a full 10 minutes, said Salt Lake Chaerhan salt mining around the world, if people eat food for thousands of years shows that their reserves are large. There are a lot of roads and bridges is the salt shell shop built. Therefore, there was the famed bottomless salt bridge.
More than 11:00 noon, we have finally reached Golmud, a small city, but clean, the climate here, some like in April in Beijing, at noon heat, sooner or later, cold, dry climate. I can meet here, more than 2700 meters above sea level, everything went off smoothly.
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2001.6.17 15:00
Automotive starting, and is the kind of two-tier sleeper coach, the car is still relatively clean, we slept in bunk beds, price is 220.
A blink of an eye the work in Golmud City, from my eyes disappeared. We started onto the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. At this point my heart is very excited, because I walk in the Qinghai-Tibet highway, one of the world's highest road, but also a road to Tibet, plus it runs through the Kunlun Mountains, Tanggula Mountains, after the Yangtze, the Yellow River source, the Hoh Xil wildlife protected areas, as well as the famous Tanggula pass. This series is not a place where ordinary people can set foot on, how proud I am not proud of? Of course, this is one pairs of the way I did the test of life and death, with an average altitude of 4,500 meters, 5231 meters above sea level Tanggula pass, year-round snowing, there are a lot of people are on this road ... ... but I think I can state as long as the increased attention to the timely Less clothes, do not cold on it. Now only a little bit sore head slightly, but the quiet lay still very uncomfortable.
As the road is better, so he drove had been quick. Outside scenery is not beautiful, but useful features, loess mountains, sand, the blue sky with little clouds. Look at the map, this place has been a quarry.
Suddenly greeted by neat rows of green tents, barracks, arranged in neat rows of military vehicles, artillery, tanks, and brightly colored flags to the Kunlun Mountains where seemingly lifeless added some anger, not far from a group of soldiers towards our Bus waved it! I waved at them the same. In less than 1 person per 100 square kilometers of no man's land, on the road in the past everyone used to each other beckoned, because there is too isolated, except for the mountains is desert, where troops can be really lonely.
After the Kunlun River after gradually you can see the green, but the main color is a gray sky will remain blue. Street on the river from the melting snow on the mountains, they will down the river into the sea, why not be able to float a drift to see go? I think.
After the Kunlun Pass, elevation increasingly high enough oxygen, the heart beat quickly, need to take a deep breath from time to time in order to increase oxygen uptake. Windows have been open, so that the mind can be more sober and look at the map, we should be approaching five beams, and at this time in my right side is the famous Bayan Har - the source of the Yellow River, the left is the famous Hoh Xil In this section of the road I saw a Suonandajie protection stations, is still far from seeing a few of the first Tibetan wild ass in the quiet of the grazing.
After a five-Yun Liang this place more and more far from the white snow-capped mountains, near the meadow is not turn green, the air is very fresh, but even worse the headache. Clouds float in the hills, as if a horizontal line and I feel as long as you can climb the summit met the clouds. I know there should have been close to an elevation of 5,000 meters. And then forward that is the source of the Yangtze River, the pull of Dandong, elevation 6621 meters, as well as Tuotuohe and Tongtianhe, but unfortunately the weather gradually dark, and I took two to the pain films, a stability and Tylenol, covered with quilts. Here the temperature is low, thus bar several times.
During this road due to altitude sickness, people will be headache, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, difficulty in breathing different symptoms, but in any case must eat a little something, like an egg or a ham or a piece of chocolate or something. But to Eat small meals often, there is to maintain adequate drinking water, one drink a small mouth, including the mouth, this can help you to better adapt to the highland climate.
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2001.6.18 3:00 am or so around a dark, nothing at all is unclear, the car has stopped, and I do not know that is not asleep.
Tanggula mouth, turned head feel more pain, it seems that before going to bed a little piece suits to the role of pain at all. Although non-stop doing deep breathing, but still leaves a breath. Feet touch the ground feeling of the moment seems to fall at this time of my top-heavy, elephant trampled under their feet is cotton. Cold outside, I stepped on the ice came from the boundary markers Tanggula pass, 5231 meters above sea level here, I hastily pressed the shutter, there will be no trace of the extra strength. I keep the Chuan Zhao, lack of enthusiasm to the other side of the highway to find another piece of stone, I just want to quickly lay down on his bunk, I could hear his heart pound, the jump in very quickly, very powerful, may jump out from the mouth. I know I'm certainly less cerebral circulation, and looked trance. I hasten to lay down their own stalls on the train, I look out the window, pretty lucky, pretty sunny days, so to see a sky full of the stars, and some very bright stars, but also was more apparent than in the mainland to see large, as the distance The street lights, the stars seemed at large should be close to the sky and I have more than 5000 meters of owes something, I think.
The car and was looking for plastic bags and vomiting. , I do not feel like vomiting, that is, headache, drowsy, and heart cranky, when there were many soldiers to build the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is Tanggula, sleep on a nap the next day never woke up again, I would not have ... ... unwittingly I also passed in sleep.
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2001.6.18
Dawn, but cloudy day, not knowing a few points, but I know I've been in Tibet, and the terrible Tanggula pass over. I did not get up strength, so I changed a position (in fact, turn over body parts are tired of things, because the oxygen, so the first will be pain for a long time) to continue lying.
The time has re-opened his eyes more than 9:00, and the outside blue mountains has changed, and mist-shrouded peak can be seen here just rained. At this point I do not know where the Qinghai-Tibet highway pavement, and the car driving in the valley, at the foot of earth and stone road is still often flash floods washed off. After a Nagqu, down to 4,500 meters above sea level around here, often due to rain, so leave me the impression that the town of Nagqu like a mud lake in the town, there are several vehicles are moving in the water, the water depth is sufficient without the cars .
Due to poor road conditions, so the car in particular Britain, cars opened unhappy Shui to Guaiqu, but the scenery outside is also a good, green hills and dazzling grasslands, flocks of sheep, yak, it seems that people rarely see Apart from the occasional few more in the past vehicles.
Around noon, we are a small roadside shop for lunch. Said street, in fact, simply do not see any way. In this deserted grassland in northern Tibet to have such a fixed shops, really surprised me, as if to see this one on the road. Shopkeepers and owners are from Sichuan, could not help but let me sigh Sichuanese does business, but also really be able to endure hardship. Because there is still a very high altitude, so we had no stomach for a little food and no air force, had asked for a bowls pork noodles. Noodles is to use a pressure cooker cooking, also used for a very long time. There are a few pieces leaves noodles, pork is a little more than fertilizer, but added a lot of chili, a bowl of noodles this way but also 8 yuan, but to be here to eat hot soup is not easy. This is the Qinghai-Tibet line more than 30 hours away the only meal dinner. In fact, I do not want to eat something, the first was very painful, but in order to preserve their strength and I eat a bit of noodles, eating up a few leaves and drank some hot soup. Things did not dare eat, afraid to eat more and then spit it out, if not also bulging belly.
The sky is still gloomy, and now suddenly it began to rain to the outside, but the sheep on the distant mountains, Yak group does not seem so, and nature is still quiet eating their grass, and perhaps they are already accustomed to the.
On the train and continue to lie down, car has Britain come to Britain to go to move forward, the car began winding, and the distant snow-capped mountains recede into the distance, and unconsciously I fell asleep.
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2001.6.18 17:00
When I opened my eyes again when the sun was out, in fact, is that we sailed out of that piece of dark zone. Elevation seems to down some, the outside do not see snow-capped mountains, go and be replaced by the bright sunshine, dazzling mountain, Qingqing stream flowing in the side, but also to see flocks of sheep and yaks. Here they could see the neighborhood, a small village, Tibetan houses, from time to time Tibetans waved to our car. Although much is already 17:00, but the sun still Lao Gao, as if in Beijing 15:00 pm, after all, rely on the West Well here than Beijing. Here there is a very interesting scenario, that is, apart from everywhere on the cattle pasture ah, sheep, ah, do not run when you see a few of the pig, not fat nor stupid, very lean. They are not actually in captivity is also free, and unfettered grazing, very interesting. More than to see a scene like this one. I could not help but think, Tibetans apart from cattle, sheep, pig husbandry, hee hee, really interesting! Pig ~~~~^ C ^
Vehicles are still driving in the mountains, over a hill is one of the beams, Lhasa seems remotely out of reach. I have bumps in the car fast 30 hours, and in tiny shops where simmering really uncomfortable.
Sky gradually late. Finally learned that there is an hour can be reached at heart, can not help but ignite hope, finally coming to an end. When we arrived in Lhasa city, when the lanterns look at the table, has more 21:00. Out of the car, it seems that the feeling does not meet the plains, the first is still a bit dizzy. Lhasa, 3,700 meters above sea level, however, compared to the Tanggula pass, there have been more comfortable. The streets of Lhasa, straight, spacious and clean, much like the streets of Beijing, where the evening is brightly lit, very few minutes the taste of metropolis.
Golmud to Lhasa: 1110 kilometers, so far, from Beijing to Lhasa, I have gone through nearly 5,000 kilometers of road, can be said that Journey is no longer a dream.
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2001.6.19
After a night of rest, the body feels more comfortable, and how the first does not hurt. Today we visit the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka and Jokhang Temple.
Stands the Potala Palace in Lhasa city Hongshan protruding above the seat north to south. Abdallah that the Sanskrit word Putuo Luo sound change, which means holding Zhoushan. The Potala Palace is now the fifth Dalai Lama in the original site of the Tubo period spent in the 17th century built. Potala Palace, the 13-story main building is 115 meters high building area of 130,000 square meters, the main points the White House and the Red Palace, is the world's highest elevation of the ancient castle-style buildings, but also the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan驻锡to the center of political and religious rights.
In order to save strength, we are after the car up to the mountain, from behind the Potala Palace began to tour, that is, starting from the Red Palace. Red Palace's main building is a pagoda of the palace and various kinds of meditation, is the holding Buddhist place of retreat. V, VII to the Dalai Lama pagoda of the 13 are here. Pagoda in relatively dim light hall, but it also conceal the golden Buddha statues, as well as here, the pagoda of Whatever You Want. Among them, the pagoda of the Dalai Lama the highest, the largest, known as "the Fifth Dalai Lama the Department of the South Island only a solemn-looking Pagoda." Of its 12.6 meters-high, tower Gympie 3721 kilograms of gold consumption, tower more than 15,000 face inlaid stars valuables. Tap bottle placed fifth Dalai Lama body of law, buried there Kassapa Buddha and the Buddha's relic and all kinds of beads and other treasures countless rare treasures. Several other Dalai Lama, and V, although not tall pagoda, but are also similar, tower covered with gold, studded jewelry, where to stay for a long time, the eyes will look red.
Along the narrow wooden staircase step by step as we boarded the Potala Palace, the Golden, where is the bright sunshine, blue sky overhead, and you can climb the distance, a small list of Lhasa. In the distance are the mountains, the Peak misty, the sun shines on the Lhasa River, the projected out of a quick cloud shadow. Front of you is the Potala Palace Square, Tiananmen Square, the flavor is a bit small.
The White House is located in front of the Red Palace, the Dalai Lama is a living, prayers, and dealing with administrative matters of the place, but also the seat of government of Tibet before liberation, so there did not like the Red Palace dim light, very strong religious atmosphere. Visit them naturally a lot easier. Is limited, down to the foot of the mountain came to the Potala Palace Square, looking at the Potala Palace, really beautiful. People say that less than the Great Wall of non-hero, I do not see Abdallah as the non-hero. It is the symbol of Tibet, no matter from which angle you look at it, has a different view. Its vigorous beauty there is no one building can be compared. It is both the Meridian Gate of the momentum, but also more distinctive than the Meridian Gate, grade levels are high, built according to the mountain to the summit, the next wide on the narrow, mighty, red and white wall, the gilded palace roof, in the blue sky white clouds The against the background, look especially spectacular. With regard to the beauty of Abdallah, please look at photo-sharing years later the picture.
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2001.6.19
At noon a little rest, we came to Norbulingka, Tibetan means "precious garden", is the Dalai Lama's summer palace. People's Park has now been opened up. Here palace pavilions lined trees and flowers and lush, a Jiangnan garden scenery. In the Chinese Room beside, listening to the trickling sluggishly flowing water, watching the ducks swim in the water, breathe the air with fragrance earth, bathed in sunshine, blue sky overhead, feeling really good, really have some sense of Xanadu. Ah! And then hope that the distance towering mountains, false peak in early spring there is white snow, and you are in them so, how?
Norbulingka within the Titan out quite long chapter (also called New Palace) was in 1954, when 14-year-old Dalai Lama, 0 under construction, which lasted two years, the completion of a Tibetan two-story flat-topped buildings. Here office, reception room, the ante-room, lounge, bathroom, bathroom, bedroom, preaching hall, small halls, amending the law behind closed doors, and Jacuzzis, indoor furnishings, living appliances, interior decoration shop in the luxurious era of swing trace breath, be called modern architecture typical of the residence in Tibet. Dalai Lama, then 14 lived here only two years, they defected to foreign countries, so there are a lot of decorations, or what it was.
Walking inside is a piece in the Norbulingka very nice things, the environment is good, fine spring day, people are less well suited to their love yo. Of course, the Sour Milk Drinking Festival, when, where crowded again, this time you can see a grand Tibetan opera, a taste of Tibetan arts and culture.
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2001.6.19
Norbulingka is not large, combined with our car is opened into, so the afternoon on time, and we then went to the Jokhang Temple.
Jokhang Temple in the hearts of followers of Tibetan Buddhism with a unparalleled sacred status. Ershiyinian its built in Tang Dynasty, is said to plague throughout the year Tubo constant times of hardship, familiar with astrology and the Tao of yin and yang of Princess Wen Cheng, through the concept of astronomical phenomena, exploration and to Yu, was found because the shape of Tibetan areas of the Rakshasa woman sit (Witch), while the Hongshan lying southeast of the pond where the heart is a Rakshasa woman, swamp water is Raksasa blood woman. She demarcation Temple site is proposed to construct a temple at this filling the before being the town volt demons,避灾evil. So ordered Songtsan flocks of white goats with the soil filling the pack, followed by the Jokhang Temple built on top of this.
Temple of the Buddha Hall is the main body of the Jokhang Temple, a second floor of the Tang Dynasty architecture, floor tiles, wooden pillars and lintels, wood carvings, mostly seven-century original, front of the hall is a row of ever-burning butter lamps, candles little bit, it is is spectacular. Zhu Gong in Buddhist temple hall is a Princess Wen Cheng brought from Tibet by the Buddha is said to be too light of his own life-sized 12-year-old Ting customized bronze, is the town of Temple treasures, is said to worship the Buddha is very efficacious. We are catching up with this Buddhist temple monks powder brush, so Temple drawing huge crowds, to worship the people waiting in a long team.
Jokhang Temple where people feel is that magnificent, so looked very under the sun shine is dazzling. Around the main Buddhist temple is hundreds of Mani wheels, commonly known as turning the barrel, a side by side, circumferential distribution, which is opposed to the "eight contour" (the middle by turning the Road) "capsule profiles" (Temple by turning the Road ), you can see the pious Tibetans to switch to this one next to a Mani wheel, looking at a long yellow gold spinning through the wheel, also very spectacular scenery. In here, you should definitely have to remember that there are clockwise from left to right to visit yo.
Jokhang Monastery to climb the dome, you can see a notable feature of the Jokhang Temple is the central plains of classical Tibetan architectural art and architecture integration, and with some mud Borneo, Tianzhu artistic styles. Danyanxieshan hall-style architecture, the Temple of the top decorated with brilliant technique elaborate gilded gold tile, gold end, Deer, Falun, Sheng buildings, Capricorn fish, flame Pao-chu, a total of bird life and so on. Follow the example of the Central Plains and there are subtle changes in beams, brackets, caisson, embossed or painted. This can also be from a different perspective to the Yuan Wang Abdallah, combined with distant mountains, blue sky, white clouds, it is estimated will press the shutter in your hands non-stop, anyway I have a roll has been reimbursed.
The main entrance to the Jokhang Temple, Tibetans in this call-in shows a lot of long head of the stone on the road have been smooth as a mirror of them raw. Is hard to admire such devotion. In the hearts of Tibetans, they would rather clothed and inadequately, hungry, and they make the best of donated monasteries, for reference by the Buddha, perhaps you would think ridiculous, then you personally look see, they are devout will impress you.
There are two things in front of the Jokhang Monastery, a Tang and Fan, Monument to the league, one Tang Liu (Princess Wen Cheng Chuan-pro-planting), Unfortunately, you see the re-planted after the Cultural Revolution, because ... ... I do not say bar. I do not have these two things are also long-winded, right? To go looking through your history book bar, where to leave a shadow just fine.
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2001.6.19
Come out from the Jokhang Temple, one will naturally turn to the street was, of course, from left to right clockwise turn, is surrounded by the Jokhang Temple since the street was the turning path. Initially, it was only with the Jokhang Monastery, the street was, and with street was finally formed the ancient city of Lhasa. The history of street was the center of a city, so here is Tibet's largest trade center and commercial street filled with stalls, a great variety of small-Cang Shi, handicrafts, Bodhidharma incense, gold and silver ornaments, Thangka, wool carpets, knives, Tibetan clothing, indeed everything sculptures. There are India, Nepal, Burma, Kashmir and other places was removed shipped colored items. If the girls come here, will all walk the walk. All of these commodities in Tibetan style, touch your purse, consider the weight of luggage you go home, Oh, Hen Buneng to buy pieces of every kind of back.
表针Although pointing to 18:00, and 15:00 may be the same here also, and bright, and slowly read, and slowly election, after this village, no it can store the.
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2001.6.20
If we say that flies in Lhasa, fairly comfortable, today's somewhat difficult the journey there. 8:00 We Zuoshang Che set off again, this trip destination is Shigatse, en route will pass through Sheep Lake, Gyantse, will be more than 4000 meters above sea level.
Lhasa, is taking the car out of the airport, Airport Road, so comfortable flat, you can view the Lhasa River scenery. Lhasa River is a tributary of the Brahmaputra into Qushui territory, the river becomes wide, roads are built along a river. Subgrade is not high, almost flat river, watching the rolling river, I always feared that if the water rose a road would it not disappear?
Qushui Bridge is a fortress, is connected Maekura and post-possession of the throat, Shigatse Tibet belongs to the latter. There are armed police guards, not allowed to take photographs, we almost get into trouble downtown. Qushui bridge across the broad Brahmaputra on the north-south. Qiaobei west of the river you can go straight Shigatse highway. Bridge to the east is the gateway to Gonggar Airport, west to go is the gateway to Gyantse, we naturally go west.
After a Qushui bridge, roads, flew into a gravel road, car Guozhi Chu Bi is the dust. We began a winding mountain road is very narrow, only Xu a car passed along the way do not hit the car coming the opposite direction. There are really very dangerous, the road narrow street that is the abyss and in some places there is danger, roadbed has been destroyed by floods, the car barely passed, in this winding gravel road on the driver's skill if it is not perfect, one accurate entered the cliff to go on.
To say that Yamashita can still see farmland and villages, the mountain can only see the goats, yaks these cold, legs and feet a good guy again. The more the higher the car plate, a look back is already turned into a river Brahmaputra, we now how much altitude, I do not know, in addition to vehicles is Britain, Britain my head hurts, there is no other adverse reactions. Approaching the Peak, and saw above, there is a Mani Dui, but also stopped a few more coaches, mostly foreign tourists. Tibetans normally accustomed to pass at the heap Mani Dui - a mountainous pile of stone, the top winding of the printed texts filled with stone pestle hada is a Tibetan Wishing, begging the gods bless the sacred place. You can not get me wrong into the garbage heap ah, Hehe.
I was wondering, our cars parked on the hilltop, Could that be want us to get off easy? With a question I got out.
My trip to Tibet (17)
2001.6.20 11:00 left out of the car, looking back is not real small, the Brahmaputra has been looking forward to go there a lot of tourists holding cameras, I went ahead curious.
Immediately greeted by some beautiful, ah! Yes Yangzhuoyong Lake, calm like a jasper, blue lake is not flawless, in the mountains among the snow-capped mountains in the distance and looked relieved against patches of clouds, as serene and beautiful. This time to see beauty, I have silly, and his chin has been estimated to fall to the ground, and He He. In particular, the color of the lake is really Words can not express, blue and green, blue color, dark green, which is the depth of the lake, the sun's radiation and cloud the relationship between the amount of both. In a word, looked really comfortable, no wonder the Tibetans to Yangzhuoyong Lake as three "holy lake" one. (The other two is that when hung, Namco, and Ali Manasarovar).
Sheep Lake is a local legend down to earth fairy, rather than the north gambara mountain is a husband and wife. Yang Lake area of 638 square kilometers, the lake elevation of 4441 meters, thus the projected top of the hill we live there should be nearly 5,000 meters, but I felt okay, except a little tired. May have come to adapt to the highland climate of the.
Sheep Lake is snow melt water to form a low concentration of salt lake, with an average water depth of 20-40 m, maximum depth of 60 meters. As was long and narrow shape, so our body from down the mountain, the lake has been along time on the topical, open for nearly an hour later, sheep and Lake power plant We are seeing here is the world's highest pumped storage power station, using sheep lakes and the Brahmaputra of a gap is the use of electricity for southern Tibet.
Noon to Nagarze County, where a simple a meal, then we had embarked on the train to Gyantse. Quwang road conditions Gyangze is worse, Britain straight hurt my brains. The way we pass by a wide mountain plains, where luxuriant plants, cows and sheep everywhere, more often we are in the mountains, walk through. If you listen to a similar "Deep Forest" style of music, looking out the window of the snow-capped mountains, mountain snow water into Sun City, in the bumps more than a car, you will feel that they are small, between heaven and earth as a small ant, only end in a life and death seem to read, your mind will be a kind of purification, a kind of sublimation can not help but Yankuangshirun really a traumatic feeling. Jier right so devout Tibetan Buddhist devotees also have deeper insights. Really, if I've lived here a long time, I have to believe Kamiyama's God, the holy lake of the Saint. The forces of nature are really great people here in the role seems to only be heard by the luck for enrollment. Looking at the distant snow-capped mountains, I am reminded of a person who had been to Mount Everest said to me, standing looking at the foot of Everest Everest, you will immediately understand what is meant by boss. Boss is the boss, not mouth blown, and it kind of momentum enough to shock you, shook everything, so you have nothing to say!
My trip to the Qinghai-Tibet (18)
2001.6.20 14:30 left when I was passing away as a distant magnificent snow-capped mountains, and our car has to stop and let us take pictures but sorry, the car stopped, and from my sitting at a table looking out only see the towering mountains, However, this view can be seen everywhere. I took my doubts to go off. Ah! Good glare found that we are located at the foot of a glacier.
Here is the card if it heard that La glaciation area, surrounded by two peaks, the card Lu Xuefeng (elevation 6629 meters), and Ning Jin-gang sang Xuefeng (elevation 7194 meters). Glaciers in the Earth's gravity, not of years of ice and snow moving slowly along the valley formed. Everywhere you looked, a white, hard to tell where is the white clouds, Where is the glacier. I feel glacier near us, as if in our heads, can see the snow slowly down from the hills, but I do not feel cold, but very cool, this is definitely a good place for a summer. Why not come to a bar? Ice wine and directly from the glacier and took a certain great!
我不知道我所处的海拔高度，能在这里看到冰川，我真的很兴奋！
我的青藏之旅（19）
2001.6.20 16：00左右又经过了几个小时的颠簸，我们终于到达江孜县城了，车子有多起来了（不过是能看见对面开过来车了），也可以看见人了。 （途中基本见不到行人）
在县城远远就可以看见江孜宗山堡，巍然屹立在陡峭的宗山上，显得庄严凝重。大家一定看过《红河谷》，那里讲述的故事就是以江孜宗山保卫战为时代背景的。此时天空阴云密布，更增添了几分悲壮的气氛。
由于时间原因我们没有上宗山堡一览，而是来到距此不远的白居寺。白居寺位于宗山脚下一小山坳内，三面环山，建于明代，有江孜法王和一世班禅共同策划修建，该寺之著名在于数教派共存于一寺，分别是萨迦、噶举、格鲁教派（通常是不同教派单独于不同的寺院），为白居寺一大特色，在藏传佛教届并不多见，因而有一定影响。还有就是寺内有一白塔，俗称十万佛塔。塔高42.4米，14层，开108门，内有大大小小佛像10万尊，因此得名。在塔的上部四面绘有巨大慧眼，非常有意思，据说可以洞察凡间一切。
整个建筑宏伟壮丽，寺中有塔，与寺院大殿两相呼应，相得益彰，是寺塔相互辉映的典范建筑。其风格融合了印度、尼泊尔等外来佛教艺术，也吸取了汉族的一些特点，形成独特的艺术风格，至今保存完整，在中国独一无二。
在寺院内你还可随处可见藏狗，或躺或卧或来回走动，一幅逍遥自在的样子。听别人讲这是因为当年佛祖释迦牟尼一次遇难，幸而一只狗叼食衔水救了释迦牟尼一命，佛祖为报恩视狗为神物，所以藏民是绝不吃狗肉的。寺院内的狗绝大多数都是野生的，但也许是受了佛法的点悟，个个都异常温顺，目光善良，不叫也不追人讨食，好似自生自灭，怕狗之人大可放心，说实话，我觉得这里的狗都温顺的如同小猫一样可爱。要不是路途遥远，真的也好想抱一只回家。
我的青藏之旅（20）
2001.6.20 19：00左右天色已渐渐晚了，可是太阳还没有下山。从白居寺出发后，我们观着楚河两岸那一望无垠的金黄色油菜花田，欣赏着道路两旁的藏居，看着远山的红霞，这里是美丽的楚河河谷平原，是西藏比较富足的地方，也难怪当初英国侵略者要攻入江孜了。
眼前这赏心悦目的景色顿时让你忘却了旅途的劳累，宽阔的河谷平原，使这里有肥沃的土地，善良的人民。最美的还是远山的云，时而多时而少，有絮状的，有条状的，东边是蓝天白云，而西边则是阴云密布。这就是西藏，东边晴日西边雨，这就是日喀则地区，富饶而美丽，言语是无法描述这里的美景的。
终于晚19：00多，来到西藏第二大城市——日喀则市，这里同样是美丽的，现代化的，住宿于客运公司的宾馆，很舒适，价格也便宜。 20：00多出去吃晚饭，路灯还没亮起，这里四川人很多，因此川菜馆也很多，想必饭菜还是可口的。 IC 卡电话很多，打电话很方便，上网，歌舞娱乐的地方也不少，且到了22：00多，很多店铺还营业，物价也比北京贵不了多少，很方便的。
日喀则的夜晚，小城市的夜晚，安静而甜美。
我的青藏之旅（21）
2001.6.21
今天早上起来，外面还下着小雨，淅淅沥沥。我们将要前往扎什伦布寺。时间不多，也将几分钟的路程便到了。
扎什伦布寺同样依山而建，一片建筑群以四座金顶大殿并立最为显眼。我们随着拜佛的人群从这一群建筑的左边开始转起。今天也不知是什么日子，哦，好象是藏历月末，所以持酥油灯来拜佛转经的人格外的多，我们也夹杂其中，参观这雄伟、神秘的佛教殿堂。虽说是9：00多了，但位置靠西，所以这里如同清晨7：00一般。山上云雾缭绕，雾气弥漫在寺院之中，前来拜佛的藏民虽然人数众多，但个个都表情严肃，没有人讲话，都低头匆匆赶往下一个佛堂，除了雨点滴落声和脚步声以及远处传来的颂经声，显得格外安静。
佛院内同样有很多藏狗，同样温顺可爱，目光慈祥，它们或在雨中漫步，像是在寻找食物；或是在屋檐下目视着一群群虔诚的教徒；或是躺在一块干燥的地方闭目养神，好不自在。
当我刚迈出一座小院的大门，只见一个年轻的喇嘛招呼我，我不知他要做什么，对他报以微笑，好奇的走过去，一间黑黑的屋子，象是厨房，在灶台上有一座塔式的黑黑的象是锅的东西，顶上还压着一块大石头。我问他这是什么？他说是锅，煮米饭用的，供给寺院僧侣食用的。他汉话虽然不太好，但大意我已明白了，原来这是一藏式土高压锅，是有三、四个如同笼屉的大锅摞在一起，用好似胶布的东西把接缝缠上密封，再在锅盖上压上石头。由于高原气压低，所以熔点低，这样的锅就不用担心再吃夹生饭了。
我感慨于藏民用虽然比较原始的方法发明了这样的土高压锅，同时也感到这里的喇嘛是那样友善，虽然他皮肤黑黑，但一笑起来就露出洁白的牙齿（并不像传言的那样凶恶）。我提出要拍照，他很乐意的让开，所以我只能遗憾的拍了这口怪怪的锅而没有留下他的身影。我的举动又招来了同行的几个人，他们呢也喀嚓喀嚓的拍了几张。临别时，由于身上已没有多余的糖果和笔了（一路上基本发放空空），所以也没有留给他什么做纪念。他似乎也并不介意这些，似乎根本就没有这个念头，报以我们的还是友善的，充满热情的目光和微笑。因此我建议你下次去一定要多带些笔和小玩艺，同时真诚微笑和善良的举动都有助于和藏民的交流。
我的青藏之旅（22）
2001.6.21
日喀则海拔4000米左右，再加上扎什伦布寺院落众多，且听说为了验证你的心是否真诚，要转遍所有的经堂需要九上九下。这对于从低海拔地区来的我说，确实有几分吃力。尤其是有的殿堂还有二层、三层，楼梯很窄也很陡，如同上海阁楼的楼梯，要爬上爬下实在是一种耐力考验啊！ 哈哈.
扎什伦布寺是格鲁派在后藏地区最大的寺庙，也是历代班禅的驻锡地。在藏语里，“扎什伦布”意为“吉祥须弥”，“班禅”是指“精通五明的大学者”，“额尔德尼”系满语音译，意为“珍宝”。除此之外，扎什伦布寺最出名的还因为拥有世界上最大的铜佛坐象——强巴佛。 “强巴”即弥勒佛，总高26.7米，它的鼻孔甚至可以容纳一个人。据说造这座佛像时，用紫铜23万多斤，黄金6700余两，钻石32颗。其他各种宝石千余颗。仅佛像的眉间，就镶嵌有核桃大小的钻石1颗，蚕豆大的钻石30 颗。
扎什伦布寺内还有五世至九世班禅合葬灵塔殿和十世班禅灵塔殿，无不珠光宝气，金碧辉煌。就十世班禅的灵塔和祈殿就用黄金614公斤，白银275公斤，各种宝石10000多颗，耗资6400多万元人民币。虽然这些数字会令你咋舌，但身在其中，你只觉一切的一切都是极精美的艺术品，况且见的多了，也有些麻木，它的价值更看重于他的艺术价值而不是使用价值了。
我的青藏之旅（23）
2001.6.21
其实，如果时间充裕，真应该在扎什伦布寺呆上一天，这里建筑群布局紧凑，殿堂参差，错落有致，宛若一山城。而且这里壁画众多，历史文物丰富，藏传佛教艺术的精美之作比比皆是，况且这里民风淳朴，给人以更贴近自然的感觉。建议你来西藏应该在日喀则地区多住几天。
同行的队伍里除了我是个闲人以外，其他人都要赶回去上班，所以我们要今天赶回拉萨，虽意犹未尽，但也略览一二了。
我们于中午出发行驶在日喀则通往拉萨的路上，此段公路一直沿着雅鲁藏布江修建。刚出日喀则的时候可以看到宽阔的河谷，河滩长满了青草，蓝蓝的天空条条白云头顶飘过，还有那远处的雪山映衬在蓝天白云之下，景色非常美丽。渐渐的车驶入山区，雅鲁藏布江也变得狭窄起来，车在半山行，滚滚江水在两山之间的峡谷里汹涌澎湃，拍击在岩石上打起层层浪花，不时还可见滚滚漩涡。峡谷两边不时冒出几座雪山，只见那融化雪水由一线渐渐变成条条小河汇入雅江，不断奔涌向东流去。
随着车往东行，我们行驶在大山之中，叠叠大山挡住了我们的视线。日喀则远去了，只有滚滚雅江伴我左右，假想要是在此漂流一定是凶多吉少。
时间飞逝，不知不觉已下午4点，我们已渐渐驶离群山环抱之中，雅鲁藏布江也渐渐宽阔起来，公路边可以看到成片成片的油菜花，在蓝天白云的渲染下显得格外的鲜艳。宽阔的江水，富饶的土地，充足的阳光给予这里博博生机，也给予这里如同“香格里拉”般的景色。你手中的相机记忆下着精彩的一瞬，足以让你回味一生。
又可以见到曲水大桥了，离拉萨越来越近了，飘荡在山中的白云形态各异，有浓如棉絮，有薄如轻纱，你尽可发挥你的想象力把它生动化，或许没有其他地方可以见到如此之美、如此多变的云了。它赋予蓝天以活力，赋予你以丰富的想象力……
驶入拉萨市区了，18：00多吧。现在的交通实在快捷，半天的时间，我们已从日喀则回到拉萨了。
我的青藏之旅（24）
2001.6.22
今天白天要去两个地方，一个是哲蚌寺，一个色拉寺，都为格鲁派六大寺之一，拉萨三大寺之第一，第三。
同样，此两座寺庙也都依山而建，如同扎什伦布寺一样，建筑群一片，宛如小小山城，一个在拉萨市西侧，一个在拉萨市东侧。
哲蚌寺是西藏规模最大的寺院，历代达赖喇嘛的母寺，驻寺人数最多曾超过1万人，与色拉寺，甘丹寺并称“拉萨三大寺”。
该寺有格鲁派创始人宗喀巴的著名弟子绛央渠杰创建于明永乐十四年（1416）。主要有措钦大殿，四大扎仓，甘丹颇章几部分组成。
来此游览的游人不多，所以你尽可与僧侣擦肩而过，细细品味藏传佛教寺院的建筑风格，各种精美的佛像，唐卡，壁画以及此处美丽的风景，好好感悟一下神灵，静静的净化自己的身心和灵魂。
色拉寺传说因为山下长满一种叫做色拉的野玫瑰而得名，藏语全名为色拉大乘洲。
这里有措钦大殿、三个扎仓及30个康村组成，规模比哲蚌寺小了很多。在这里可以看到附有永乐皇帝御笔经赞的明印版《甘珠尔》大藏经和明永乐皇帝所赠的一轴缂丝唐卡，虽历经500多年，但色泽鲜亮如新。
但这里更吸引我的是下午3：00的僧侣辩经。在一个绿树成荫的小院里，有上百个身披红色僧服的喇嘛，他们三五成群的围坐一堆，两两一对，一个站着，一个坐着在辩经。他们大声说着经文，时而表情严肃，时而面带笑容，时而睁大眼睛，不知道的人以为他们在聊天或在争吵。刚开始你还有几分紧张几分拘束，但看到他们旁若无人的大声辩论着，也渐渐融入其中，你尽可放心的给他们照相，有的外国游客甚至和他们坐在一起听着他们辩经。
我也大胆的坐到他们中间，看着他们击打着手掌，滔滔不绝的说着经文，虽然我听不懂，但这种感觉好极了，好似我也在接受佛的教诲，去感受这令人新鲜的、有些神秘的佛事活动。
我的青藏之旅（25）
2001.6.23
明天就要回家了，所以这两天是自由活动。首先我去了宗角禄康公园，俗称龙王潭。这里水清林幽，古柳蟠生，碧波清澈。在藏语中，“宗角”的意思是：（布达拉）宫堡后面，所以你也知道了这个公园就在布达拉宫后面；“禄康”意为禄神，禄神是藏传佛教和西藏苯教对居于地下和水中的一类神灵的统称。因此“龙王潭”这个俗称由此出现。
公园中的水潭是由17世纪布达拉宫扩建过程中，在此大量取土，遂积水成潭，后历代达赖喇嘛又对此整治维修，栽树建亭，形成一独特的小园林，只供少数僧侣贵族游玩。如今辟为公园，且由北京市政府援助5000万整修成现在的面貌。在此小歇，看看潭中金鱼，野鸭荡漾潭中，再看看雄伟的布达拉宫，也很是惬意。
随后又参观了西藏博物馆，可以纵览西藏的历史，文化与艺术，让你对西藏的民俗、文化有了更深层次的理解，尤其是精美的佛教艺术、唐卡艺术和藏医学及民俗风情给我留下更深刻的印象。自然还有一些稀世珍宝，不得不看。
下午的时间自然要去八廓街购物了，这里有各式各样的小藏饰，价格基本都在30元之下，还有各式各样的藏银饰，当然一定要去银店买了。另外还有唐卡、转经桶、从印度传入的香料以及一些藏服，100元以下基本都能买到。如果你要准备买好的东西，一些质量好的唐卡、纯羊毛地毯、佛像、宝石如天珠石、天眼石什么的同样也有，只是价格你要好好和卖主商量商量了，但是最终成交的价格肯定要比内地便宜了，甚至内地都见不到有卖。还有藏刀，一般都不会摆出来，最低最低也不会低于100元的，所以你要真心想买，可要多转转看看了。
我的青藏之旅（26）
2001.6.24 15：00
很快，飞机就要起飞了。从拉萨——成都——北京，很幸运挨着窗户，而且机型是空客A340——300型。
拉萨似乎永远是晴空万里，日光充足，飞机渐渐起飞了，望着窗外的群山渐渐变小，白云与你同飘，雪山渐渐模糊，这12天的所见所闻在脑海中匆匆掠过。
人说但凡去过西藏的人都会有西藏情结的，我也渐渐体会到了这一点，我暗暗下决心五年之后还要来。窗外已是蓝天一片，白云在脚下飘荡。马上要回到家了，心中又是另外一份激动。
快21：00的时候，飞机降落在首都机场。一下飞机，一股潮湿、闷热的空气迎面吹来。坐在大巴上，又见高楼林立，又见灯火辉煌，但我心仍停留在西藏，许久，许久……
我的青藏之旅（27） 特别提示游西藏最佳季节是6—9月。我是6月中旬去的，故衣服带春秋所穿2—3套即可，如不去登雪山，不用带过厚衣物。
一般食品不用带多，拉萨及日喀则均可买到，可以带些榨菜及话梅等小零食调节胃口。还有可多带糖果和笔给牧民小孩及僧侣发放布施。
如果喜欢照相，多带胶卷（至少10卷，ISO100足矣）及备用电池（1—2块），一般殿堂内不许照相，除非缴纳50—150元不等费用才可，且只限于一个殿堂，故注意避免引起纷争。
购物方面，便宜的小藏饰可多买，很受女生欢迎，此外香料也很有特色，其他东西酌情考虑。市内交通近处以三轮为主，6元以内；远处出租车，市内10元。
我的青藏之旅（28） 青藏之最
1.青藏高原是世界上地势最高的大高原，平均海拔达四千五百米，号称“世界屋脊”。
2.青海湖是我国第一大咸水湖和最大内陆湖。
3.纳木错是世界上地势最高的湖泊，海拔5718米，面积1940平方公里。
4.柴达木盆地的察尔汗盐池是我国最大的盐湖，储量达四百三十亿吨，也是世界上最大的陆地盐湖。
5.柴达木盆地是我国地势最高的盆地。
我的青藏之旅（29）
西藏地理西藏自治区位于祖国的西南边陲，平均海拔4000米以上，境内海拔7000米以上高峰有50多座，其中8000米以上有11座。气候寒冷、气压低，空气稀薄，素有“世界屋脊”和地球“第三级”之称。西藏东面、北面分别与四川、云南、青海、新疆接壤，南面同印度、尼泊尔、锡金、不丹、缅甸等国毗邻，西与克什米尔地区接壤，面积120多万平方公里，是一个以藏族为主的有200多万人口的自治区。
我的青藏之旅（30）
青海简介青海省位于我国的西部，由境内青海湖得名。面积72万平方公里，大部分地区海拔3000—5000米之间，人口502万，省会西宁市。
青海省地势高拔，河流纵横，湖泊众多，隆冬季节，往往雪冠群山，冰封大地；而到气候宜人的夏秋之际，则河湟两岸，景色秀美，茫茫草原，风光秀丽，龙羊峡的宏伟气势，青海湖的万顷碧波，阿尼玛卿山的凌宵雪峰，江河源头的奇妙景色，无一不是大自然夺人心魄的杰作。
我的青藏之旅尾南极北极可念不可及潇洒神游地球第三级不游西藏，岂知高原博大寥寂不游西藏，莫谈雪山之巍峨雄奇西藏的风情文化风格独具西藏之旅，摄人心魄之旅西藏之旅，感悟人生之旅西藏之旅，净化心灵之旅西藏之旅，魅力无穷之旅
作者：menlee
