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Surrounded by a dark, I do not know exactly what their place, two constantly looking forward, but still see nothing. I dimly felt others solemn breathing sound and Tan Huasheng, worked hard to recover with their pace up the hill to climb. Debris constantly fall from my feet, rustling down the hill to go rolling. The strange thing is, my heart went so far as not the least bit afraid of the feeling is still groping in the dark. I Taikoudakou to panting, looking at those gas in the tip of the nose to become white efflorescence. Finally, in front of the crowd stopped coming. I have a butt sitting on the ground, feeling as if sitting in a flat, but the cold block of ice. Looked up days, only the stars, a mockery of a camel Zhazhuo Yan. Occasionally, a meteor across the sky, and my heart will give rise to a kind of unknown world of desire and admiration.
I do not know, "Sour Milk Drinking Festival," What sort of a festival, a devout Tibetans who do not understand why so obsessed with religion, many of the Tibetan people to sleep overnight on the mountain top, the roadside and waited. I would like to know, that the sacred, the mysterious plateau of school fields, the world's peak and edge, always belongs to the white and blue heart, spirit and wisdom of worship desire, no will not let me on her solemn and beautiful, full of infinite fantasies and expectations.
This is the fifth day came to Tibet, the Tibetan July 1, just happened to Tibet, one of the three traditional festivals - Sour Milk Drinking Festival. According to tour guide, also known as Sour Milk Drinking Festival Yogurt Festival. Very early time, every day, people will mention the yogurt delivered to the practice of the family in the mountains. Later, Tibetan Buddhism gradually became one of the major traditional festivals. On this day, to "show the Buddha," Tibetan opera dance, as well as a series of French events. The most important events - show the Buddha, on a very famous local temple - Drepung Monastery was held. Is divided into five sects of Tibetan Buddhism: yellow, red, white, flower, black. Wong, Tibet's largest religious sects, while the Drepung Monastery is the largest temple yellow sect. A day to burn incense to worship an endless stream of people.
Orient gradually dim the stars go on. The horizon began to slightly pale.
This way, I found myself sitting on a hill with boulders the head, stone shaky, my legs are hanging in the air. Down a look, at least tens of meters, no, there are several hundred meters. When climbing the mountain because of darkness can not see, so they do not fear. Now see, your heart is about on the "pound," manner Mengtiao together, and so scared I would not dare say out loud, feet Zhidou.
At this time, not far from the white smoke rises Yi Gu. This is the temple's monks to do breakfast smoke. As the first smoke of the rose, the days slowly lit up. Temples began to walk back and forth it was busy, and I seem to smell the past few days, accompanied day and night, and the familiar butter flavor. Days more and more light, so I saw the roof of the temple of the five-colored streamer hung (Tibetans believe that heaven and earth from the five kinds of elements. They are: Blue - blue sky; White - Baiyun; red - red-hot; Green -- green water; Yellow - loess).
Glow in the sky like a flame burning in general. The Lama temple, monks, nuns, together with some herbs Long burning, herbs will be issued by the choking smell was very pungent, but the hills were very happy under the faithful begin to grumble Lane uproar in chanting.
Then see the distance as the monks were lined up like a collection of emergency in an orderly manner to the opposite hill walking. All-red cassock, yellow hat. How many monks呀? I do not know. Then groups of teams, the neat line away from the foot of the mountain to the hill, stretches continuously, like a dressed Jin Lin, the whole body burning hot flame of the dragon. They carried a long, rolled up the Thangka (Thangka with beads, Tibetan medicine in Tibet and said Sambo. 33 on behalf of the king of the underworld Songtsan period, the Tang Princess Wen Cheng brought the textile, embroidery crafts and Nepal ruler Princess statue brought the painting process integrated to form a unique art of Tibetan Crafts - Thangka), in the monk's chanting the sound of slowly forward.
Many people would like a colored streamer with the same, written texts and a small square piece of paper, like paper money lavished on the air, like scattered. These small pieces of paper called the wind and horse flags. Tibetans are scattered wind and horse flags, indicating the coming year to pray for favorable weather to the Buddha, representing the aspirations of working people better.
Near, near. Fahao in bursts of sound, the crowd carrying Thangka of Lama walked toward the opposite hill. Nobuo pious good woman quickly approached the team, into the air scatter the wind horse flag, presented hada to the Thangka. That one by one faces on the excitement and intoxication, as if they have exposure to the Holy Land, into the eternal power of sight to behold. As if they are subjected to suffering, suffering no longer exist. Even if they still taste the flesh plaintive, desolate, sad, tragic, and doomed to ignorance, ignorance and suffering, but it seems that their souls have been the greatest satisfaction.
Long dragon-like team move up the hill, some of them monks are left in the foot of the mountains. Large forces continue to go up the hill, walked the Peak, they used a rope to a very big white cloth hanging on the steep slopes - slopes of the Tibetan people called it a "Buddha Exhibition Taiwan."
Whether Tibetans, or tourists, while we all cheered, while in the air and scatter with the wind horse flag. Wind-horse flags of color in general as the petals fall from the sky, the people are being wrapped in a colorful clouds. The hills is full of colorful paper, we chatted some, and some chanting, as if had been immersed in the festive atmosphere.
More than half of the days have been bright, herbal medicines have been distributed after the burning of smoke-filled rise. The sun soon came out.
"Ming -" just listen to the mysterious Fahao soon as dull sound, as if to indicate what is to remind what sentence what temple, the mountain top, all the people are beginning to jump for joy. Hills lamas to bolt on with the huge Thangka upward pull on the rope, down the mountain side of the Lama Thangka up to send the one hand and slowly expand it. It turned out that the huge Thangka painting is Sakyamuni Buddha. Tangka this stage in the show to you Buddha on display is called the "Buddha Exhibition." Sakyamuni Buddha paintings, benign countenance, face, handsome, life-like. It was said this Thangka is a natural ore as a pigment, five hundred years without fading. While I marvel at the great traditional arts of Tibet, the Thangka has been completely carried out. At this time, the morning's first ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds, the radiation in the Thangka, suddenly, Thangka vivid colors, exquisite weaver 11 show in people's eyes, Jin Guang Cancan. Peak mountain, together with all of the Fahao sounded; herbal medicine in general curl of smoke rose like clouds; lamas together, loudly chanting the hope that the Buddha could hear their views. The pious pilgrims who vie with each other to squeeze through the crowd, pushed him in, like the Buddha, with hands trembling slightly with excitement of Pick up a white hada, dedicate it to the Buddha. Then in that both puzzled eyes, begging for a camel looking at the Buddha, it seems that in the request the Buddha to save them from misery, as soon as possible become a Buddha. They hit in the forehead, like the Buddha, the mind silently praying ... ...
9:00 minutes or so, we are down the. Flocks of pilgrims who were dressed in festive costumes, such as the ebb and flow of coming to the mountains. Along the mountain roads filled with people asking for a handout, but they do not feel shame, but think that this is an honor. Because they have money is to help people to gain merit, so that they ascend to heaven as soon as possible. The people who give money does not mean that they themselves called "alms those." The money of the people are not beggars, they are helping people Jide's "was Busch who", which most of the people begging are the temple monks, nuns and so on. Tibetans are kept along the way Nazhao Qian, "donation", very pious.
We have down, but still vaguely hear the sound of chanting Fahao.
Tibet, people dreamed of the snow in this country, the nearest place from the days, always changing her beauty, Yitaiwanfang. Buddhist saying goes: "Magic is contaminated secular mind, the Buddha is a non-polluting light heart." So here is the most pure, most transparent place. People here are good, indifferent to fame and fortune, a sight to behold, but the same time, these pious King who converted three letters, and yet more frustration, helplessness, powerlessness, hopelessness and stupid people.
Tibet, your beauty and your regrets are so unforgettable, lingering. I leave, they take you deep memories. Let me look at you keep silent in his heart - you will never mysterious.
2001.8.19
