In order to avoid the summer rush of Hangzhou, and go to the Dafa Tar Lunar June 6 will be, I am alone, pack up your things hit the road. Is very ambitious goal in mind, the intention by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Xining to Tibet from the Sichuan-Tibet line-out possession after. Take the train from Shanghai to Xining, Xining, just arrived in the morning, no mood to look for hotels, bent the law would, Xining, there are many bound for Tar stadium next to the CMB, an hour or so will be able to. But looking at waves of rain, and my heart there is a little worried, and indeed reach the temple inside the monk asked that the sun does not rain today, the Big Buddha. Have been held yesterday, jumped owed. Tar Dafa will be four a year, respectively, the first lunar month in the Lunar New Year 15, April 15, June VI October 25, the main content is the Buddha Statue and jump less drying. Sunning the Buddha is the normal volume on the Buddhist temple within the temple dedicated to the giant Buddha statues Duixiu carried to a fixed slope to start to see the sun, so that they pay their last respects Zhongseng and believers worship. Jump owed, also known as "sorcerer's dance will be" face was put on by the monks were dressed as deities in various capacities, wear costumes, dancing rhythm by drumming a religious dance. Law would not as, but is still in the Tar Monastery of Tibetan pilgrims were devout followers moved to a Leng Leng, the first time I saw was a believer in the way knock a few hundred meters into the temple worship and the second was in large Jing-tang, the person found to have three or four followers at the foot of a mattress, Portuguese prostrate knock endless worship, according to tour guides so that they have to knock heads until at least 1000 a day, eat the dry food to bring their own to about a week or so. Tar as the Yellow Sect, one of the six major monasteries of the monks has exceeded 600, in which several people living Buddha 20. The evening, I saw a few little monks, wandering in the temple, we implore them to take me to the Living Buddha's residence, as the Living Buddha lived in the North, "quadrangle" that kind of place, one inside, I presented a pre-bought hada, hada are two colors, yellow and white, the former to the Living Buddha of these respected people, which is for ordinary people. Then living Buddhas together a shadow, and let him give me to buy safety charms recited a verse, I think he finished later, it still top sprinkled with some rice. Tibetan Buddhism is dedicated to grains often expressed in peace. Then I took the amulets have been a safe and finished the Silk Road.
Prior to Qinghai Lake in Qinghai heard 7-8 month rolling rape, and indeed all the way left the United States is not income, yellow rape of a land held out clean with no trace of pollution in the murder of the blue sky made me a lot of film. Unfortunately, the bird Bird Island in July have been driven off, and my camera Riyue untimely bad. Was originally intended that the way to Golmud to enter, and then through the Tuotuohe, Nagqu, when the male entered Lhasa. This will only Road back to Xining in the evening to go Mo Street, a street snack to eat the famous horse in Niangpi and Mary casserole. Complete a camera exactly at noon the next day that the newly issued trips Xining - Lanzhou, the bullet train departure time, a very comfortable air-conditioned car, and two hours will be able to Lanzhou, the temptation will be under the legs, a soft set foot on the Silk Road the first step.
1 to Lanzhou feel right, a stream and Hangzhou, the same heat wave rushing toward us, not like I have been wearing long-sleeved in Xining. Is clearly contrary to the purpose of my summer. To the Yellow River in Lanzhou not to look on, and to the Great Wall in Beijing do not like, but in the Yellow River should really look at the Yellow River Quzuo old modes of transport - sheepskin raft, for fear of water and I am not trying to sit inside each wave to the boats still a little scared, obviously feel that boats sitting in the calm waters of the Thousand Island Lake is different.
Silk Road from east to west into the Hexi Corridor is the first city of Wuwei. I am from Lanzhou by a four-hour long-distance truck into. Wuwei is called "the hometown of Copper Horse" as China's tourism bronze galloping horse logo is from mine here in the Taiwan Han Dynasty. From Wuwei by overnight train to Dunhuang on to the only train to Dunhuang station called liuyuan there more than 100 kilometers away from the city, but from liuyuan to Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert is a Mans Mans, if you are lucky will be able to catch up on the "mirage." I am also a life for the first time to see such a spectacle, I saw cars in front of a distant mountain side, there is an oasis of plants, on the other side there is the village resembles a castle. The two main attractions for the Dunhuang not to mention how much a good impression, can only sigh when people go to many tourist attractions, and only the thick of the commercial and cultural flavor does not taste. Back to Hangzhou, the time away from Xi'an, at least every attraction in Xi'an has a detailed description of the computer screen or VCD introduction, so that is not so much knowledge of history and culture of ordinary tourists can see straight. Mogao Grottoes 80 tickets can only see 497 caves inside the 10 caves, is almost the highest in the country, I have been to Longmen and Yungang Grottoes, feeling much better, in the well-known under the tired Mogao Grottoes only some of the weary weary tour guides talk of a mixed Wangdao Shi.
Yumenguan 90 km northwest of the Dunhuang Gobi Desert, is leading to Central Asia since the Han dynasty, the westernmost border crossing out of the Jade Gate is the Western Regions, it has long been that although the pictures are now nothing more than just a square of yumenguan earth walls , or driven by curiosity to go take a look at how a non-degree yumenguan spring. From Dunhuang about an hour's drive through, we stood in the ancient pack ring sound does not segment where there is a surprise, Wang Qingquan yumenguan side, in such vast Gobi Desert it is Is. Imagination of some ancient Do they need any visa to go abroad, those exiled officials are not very sentimental sort of, we proceed to search for another ancient ruins - Yang Guan. Here the Southern Silk Road has always been an essential barrier, is now ancient Yang Guan top of a sand dune is only slowly being destroyed part of the beacon.
Entry from Dunhuang, Hami, Xinjiang can take a car first and then to Turpan, you can also take the train directly after a night directly to Turpan, I chose the latter, I often choose the way that this can save by car at night room rate. After the Turpan, immediately, there will be a large group of taxi drivers to solicit business for the backpacker is a person who can not be a luxury hire car, I looked around if anyone could join me in car rental, and finally to I have found that there are four foreigners and a Uighur man who is obviously talking about the price. I Coushang ask how much money, foreigners say the ten-dollar per person, and they are obviously very familiar with this concept, regardless of whether we are out playing with friends, and all AA's very clear. I found that they were more than we would counter-offer of such country, they hesitate to eat regularly required. To the Turpan city, has felt the exotic, full of different looks and different languages. At the hotel saw that Uyghur men and Japanese speaking Japanese, from the conversation know that he will be very many languages devoted exclusively to the FIT business. He also introduced me to do the same trade are in Urumqi Uighur compatriots, I went to Urumqi was found to do this kinda FIT Uygurs business more than they can keep an eye is characterized by the passenger and another reported that out of the price than any travel agent will low.
Turpan attractions to go a lot, I have selected a number of interesting. In the first back to eating Grape Valley in Xinjiang's hand pilaf, feeling oily, and savory, and very good to eat. Grape Valley where almost every village all kinds of grapes, dry grapes and everyone has a drying room. I have a random knock on the farmhouse door, the door was a handsome Uygur girl, and she politely invited me into the sitting inside, and I Paoshang a pot of tea, her mother again for my profile control of the watermelon, that not the comfortable. Before I left, they again loaded for me on the full bag of grapes, I really do not know Thank you, puzzled.
From Turpan to Urumqi close, as long as two hours or so of the car to go. Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region capital, as apparently several tourist facilities than the previous multi-city must be in place to the vicinity of the Tianshan and Nanshan Pasture Tianchi attractions very convenient. Night I went to the famous snack street in Urumqi - "51" Starlight Night Market, where there is not simply the traditional kebabs Urumqi and Kaoquan Yang of the world, the whole street gathered from across a variety of snacks, abundant species you really hate your stomach is not big enough. In addition to the rich snack Let me mixed feelings, the next day visiting the the "erdaoqiao" Bazaar (Bazaar is the meaning of market) made me wander in endless. Uighur knives, hats, Xinjiang, as well as from Pakistan and India Sitan copper vase every thing that I wanted to move back home. I also went to the Turkish bazaar next to the monopoly of the supermarket to buy items a bit Turkish pastries and tea, ready to learn back to the hotel the afternoon of the British drink tea.
Followed the car to travel the Tianshan Tianchi, a car people are from all parts of the FIT, and even two foreigners, one from Malaysia, one from the United Kingdom. The British just sitting next to me, foreigners backpack experience really admire people, he told me that he had gone two months alone, flying from London to Bangkok, Thailand, and then no longer travel by plane, all the way by train or car from Thailand to Laos, Laos to Vietnam, Vietnam went to China's Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, and finally Xinjiang, the next exit from Kashgar to Pakistan, India, then return home. He said he returned home to go to test the British Embassy can do after the ambassadors. This evening, he said to live in the Tianchi Kazakh tent, I think how I did not expect it to live in the Tianchi. By Tianchi later, He does have the Kazak herdsmen to pull the night stay at the same time I can ride on the temptation to Bogda Peak of Tianshan. I know that of course can not be won on the pull of the Bogda Peak 5800 meters, but the heart still be able to ride the wishes of traction close to snow-capped mountains. When I told the guide I would like to go into the mountains alone with the Kazak herdsmen without attendant back to the news, she was the safety of my repeated reminders. Most important thing is I am a girl, along with their Kazakh herders in mind the overall neighborhood is not too safe. I remember in Xining, when I once read a self-help book on travel writing as a self-help tourists need to possess the following qualities are: people's full confidence in (and need to have the ability to be able to distinguish between good people and bad), good psychological capacity, timely response, can be hard-working and so on. With the first, I would not hesitate to follow the call "leaf Falcon" compatriots hit the road, and later the facts will prove that my full confidence in greatly shortened the distance between the Han and minority nationalities. I was the first time to go mountain riding, so although this is a trained riding horses for visitors, I always scream at once. Because the mountain is too steep, and I do not fear life or were not careful horse kicked Takong would go on. Until an hour later I began to slowly adapt to the road then becomes a good walk up, and gradually see are flat grasslands and Kazakh herdsmen accountant. Some Japanese people walk a horse, leaves Milken is often said that there are some foreign climbers to mountain climbing, as these Japanese obviously amateur, they hire more of them on the pastoralists for the wizard to 2000 meters on the downhill of the stronghold. Professional climbers would not need them, and also need to prepare a number of professional equipment Rubing hook like, because the 2,000 meters all over the ice, and most people simply do not increase, so far in the world can not have any climbers reach the summit . We reached the snow-capped mountains from the nearest residential area is already herdsmen 20:00, but still very bright days of the Tian Shan, Xinjiang, and the mainland, there have been a two-hour time difference, not to mention here, near the peaks. I appreciate a sunset, when the distance and near Tianchi of Bogda Peak, as well as sheep herders on the grasslands and backyard horses, like those who come from all over the country are in fact look at Tianchi did not find his true beauty. Are in fact not the real America is so easy to get, and I took nearly five hours before I arrived here. Visited the Kazakh herders accountant about the discovery and down the mountain for the tourists who specifically accountant living in a clean or a great degree of difference. I certainly can not live this evening at the foot of the mountain itself will then require the leaf Falcon down the mountain, never thought that we went to the foot of the mountain is actually two points of the middle of the night. Because of the mountain at night to go bad, but the way Bashansheshui, some parts of the waterfall when the water come urgent than a lot, there should be washed once a horse was almost the untenable. In order to embolden me and leaves Falcon all the way and I say the words Douzhe laugh. He said he also runs a winter ski resort, his family Pan raises thousands of head of sheep, usually a further point of tourists riding, meals, lodging business, one year down and earn 6, 70000 is not a problem. I think his life is clearly much better than the mountains are pastoralists, get ready to make some money and asked him Why, he said he would return to his hometown of Kazakhstan, had they have been in their hearts to themselves as a foreign land passengers. Later he asked me to sing with him in the moonlight, we sing the song all the way to the foot of the mountains to the plains, leaves Falcon flew all the way up and let the horse. I have many times across the country riding a horse, but has never been so cool this time not a long ride for almost 12 hours. The consequence is that when I went back to Urumqi, whole body aches, feeling no more strength to go down, and had also prepared to go to Kashi in southern Xinjiang, as the saying goes "less than Kashi, it means not to Xinjiang." I think next time I'm sure will find time for a special trip to Xinjiang. Northern Xinjiang Kanas Lake Mogui Cheng, Xi Jiang Ili guozigou Sailimu Lake, southern Xinjiang desert style Xiangfei Mu, all of which makes me fascinating.
I intend to finish my last stop on the Silk Road, usually people's first stop upon return to Hangzhou, Xi'an. To west by a thick felt Yi Gu urban flavor, several major heavy traffic on both streets. The evening to go shopping, northwest of the capital cities of all the heart of all call Grand Cross, which means the east, south, west, north 4 the street as the center. East Street, Xi'an, more lively, full of many of the numerous buildings, clothing, bar. Since two weeks as a city person, I have been the ancient Silk Road cultural atmosphere surrounded by, when anxious to go to experience a return to a modern style. In a nail shop in the United States has just made, I was again a teaching arts and crafts stores do FIMO attracted by wearing a necklace I made themselves into the Xi'an's most avant-garde disco - "Garuda" to bounce a return to Di.
In addition to the regular attractions the next day Terracotta Army and Huaqing Pool, the feeling there are more interesting attractions in the city of Xi'an Forest of Stone Tablets, and Jue Temple Great Mosque. China's existing Forest of Stone Tablets in Xi'an Forest of Stone Tablets can be said to be the most representative; it meets the handwriting of each generation of masters such as Wang Xizhi, Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Chu Sui-liang, Yen Chen-ching, Mi Fu, Zhang Xu, Huai Su and Dong Qichang and so on, is to study the evolution of Chinese calligraphy art a valuable asset. Forest of Stone Tablets within the college bookstore and the outside doors are sold on a street of the famous book of rubbings. I happen to find that workers within the Forest of Stone Tablets in the Rio Mi Fu of the monument and asked them about an extension to be long, and the answers about two hours. College Gate 1 on the street are selling antique calligraphy and painting, somewhat similar to Beijing's Liulichang, it has a culture. The feel of the back next to Temple Square, the Great Mosque is also worth a stroll, and where inhabited by 300,000 Muslims, the Muslims brought together a variety of affordable snacks, such as lamb bubble ??, Huanggui persimmon cake, honey cake and so on roses . Of perception in the alley, and everyone are arrayed in front of stalls selling a wide variety of antiques, handicrafts, paintings and even the farmers in Shaanxi, old windows, old embroidery, each piece is very Chinese characteristics, are thus attracted foreigners from various countries come to Xi'an to come here to be a stroll. I was going in the evening the Grand Mosque, which is northwest of the mosque, one of the four, just lucky to catch up with the times Muslims pray, they worship five times daily time in worship before the need to shower before changing into the post - Temple, so inside the mosque there is a bathhouse for believers to use, I think they put on a white, young and old alike into the temple, in the week when everyone is facing the West, the direction of Mecca from the imams receive chant. Followers of Islam said in the family, if conditions permit, the person will need a lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca once. In some backward and poor areas, pilgrims returned often to be the greatest respect, such as entrance to the village were carried back to the village residents. Islam is a sect opposed to idol worship, and therefore inside the mosque do not see any statues and murals, in the Turpan Sugong Tower and here I see the main hall are empty, at most Jigen columns, unlike the Buddhist retained a large number of valuable works of art, they even teach rationale for the spread of such Muslim person other than the holding defensive attitude, I would like to buy a contrast to the Koran in Arabic, the salesperson asked me whether it is first of all Muslim people, when I answered is not, she how has refused to sell.
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