Early in the morning went to the printing house, first see the picture is the hundreds of Tibetans around the hospital in a hurry to switch classics, kowtow, kneeling, said the case every day throughout the year, turning the Tibetans from the Tibetan throughout.
Printing house tickets 25 yuan / person. Into India by the hospital, only hear intermittent smell of incense from Mexico, on the ground floor of the workers were cleaning plate, on the first floor of the workers in the printing by the book, I looked at, printing operations generally include: cut paper, ink transfer, transport, edition, printing, drying books, Qi Shu, washing version, version, etc. 8 also processes, these processes are all manual. The most tired I am afraid to be the number of printing processes, a group of two people in a relatively short bench sat a man pushed on the ink printing, paper feed one person turned, one of a turn, an Indian-1 two human body with the push of paper printing and reproduction of rhythmic movements is extremely backward bend forward to meet the very understanding. By the second and third floors are Tengyur Kanjur version of library and library by version, version of orderly shelves filled with plates. Is maintained throughout the printing house has printed version of more than 217000 pieces. Indian court paintings by hospital size of the column by the proliferation of painting a wall, Guanyin, and the Buddha Sakyamuni Buddha mural is pure natural minerals, pure gold for the production of raw materials, meticulous re-color, Creative design depicted made. The hospital's Basilica and the Tibetan Thangka paintings are more than 270-year history, the more valuable.
In 1996, the State Council's approval, Dege Sutra Printing House which was listed as national key cultural relics protection units.
Dege out from the color qu eastbound along more than an hour, we began to climb prominent cho la.
Cho la is located in Dege County, is the Sichuan-Tibet Highway north line of the most dangerous of the lot. As noted in historical records: cho la elevation of 6168 meters, over mountain roads Yakou at 4916 meters above sea level, is the highest point of the Sichuan-Tibet line, roads, rugged hard, Peak snow. Mountains Pass about 10 km section of two accident-prone points, these incidents have a common name-prone spots: the "old one file", "Second Brother file" - cars through here, can only use a file, second gear driving, "Swallow nest "," Lao Huzui "," dead threshold "," Ghost beckons "incidents, the names are very image of the point. This is a cho la Corniche Road, the scope of management of the Fifth Avenue classes. I have watched on television the cho la, Sichuan Road, the Fifth Avenue classes deeds of heroes and models of special report, I have been cho la Fifth Avenue classes deeply moved by stories of heroes and models, I have the impression of the cho la also "dangerous, mountains, ice and snow, car accidents, "these words linked to the cho la filled with awe. Pre-trip along the road we are most concerned about are also the most importance to the first few cho la, for this road, "rugged hard", fully prepared mentally ready.
Go cho la highway, we are very excited and feel very exciting. The park roads are all gravel road - to prevent icing, highway loose soil, dust is relatively large. Fairly smooth surface, it is not narrow. Curve rather hastily, but it is also relatively gentle slope, not very steep. The mountain is indeed dangerous - because the mountain is too high! Altitude is too high! Lao Bantian go up the mountain, elevation 5,000 meters near the altimeter display faster, and even highways are still climbing! Yakou mountain roads and mountains no snow! I feel that we have traversed Chang Taishan ratio, cho la corners, gradient, width, and the road must be better. After all, national highway, maintenance is not bad! Walking in the mountains, I am constantly sighed with emotion: cho la altitude so high, the air so thin, the mountain-inch grass will not grow, if God does not rain, drinking water is difficult! In the living environment as extreme cases, five classes of road maintenance worker was able to stick here for many years, also maintenance of road conditions as good! It was no easy matter how! Thank five classes of road maintenance workers! They are worthy of the title of model workers, they are my hero! Cho la road maintenance is a god! Went Mountains Pass five classes near the track maintenance workers and the resident can not help but awe! At that time much dust on the road, we still stop their cars full of gratitude and respect the feelings and photographed the five classes of workers resident in makeshift King. The picture not only stay in our pictures, it is more to stay in our hearts forever!
Go cho la Yakou people, which did not exciting: without exception, must stop, are pictured in the photo. I see several Tibetans also took out a long colorful prepared by the paper, threw the sky, but also heads of state, the wind blown to the ground, to make people feel a deep religious atmosphere! The entire mountain, and indeed magnificent mountain scenery: mountains on our feet, snow-capped mountains, meadows, lakes and sweeping views. After the conquest of the natural barrier, the feeling is really unmatched!
In the Mountains Pass through the fan next to the mouth, there is a very special eye-catching square mark, white red, poster reads: (left) "Sichuan-Tibet first high", (right) "Sichuan-Tibet first risk", (the middle ) "cho la - 6168 meters above sea level here for 5050 Mi Dege county government system."
October's cho la is the best season to go, there is no fog, no snow, roads are not muddy, cars can pass.
The east from the cho la at 4040 meters above sea level down to the road side, that is, the famous mountain Ganzi glacial lake - a new way the sea. Tibetan new road, called the sea "Yulong Raco," the new road name is said to be the year the sea construction of the Sichuan-Tibet line, starting army of railroad workers. Clear, cold water, with an average depth of 10 meters from the cho la glaciers and snow melt water formed the lake outflow end of headwater streams are one of the measures songs. Here eco-original, high altitude lake surrounded by spruce, fir, cypress, azaleas trees and meadow surrounded by the lake there are many inscribed with the sixth mantra of Mani stones, wind and water break on the shore, as waves. Scenery is very beautiful!
Maniganggo new road 16 km away from the sea, 110 km away from Dege. Scenic tickets 20 yuan / person.
Mani to resort to arms is an important transport hub of the Sichuan-Tibet line, but it is a very humble little town, only a few row of houses and shops. Because of its unique geographical location the traffic here has become almost the additional fuel for the past, drivers, and provide meals, lodging places.
New road to Ganzi sea about 100 km on the road, beautiful natural scenery is very beautiful, this area of grassland is basically green, roads on both sides of the mountain forest was already showing color: red, yellow, purple green, high and low scattered, blue sky, white clouds, snow-capped mountains , cattle and sheep, plus get a good 3 to maintain the oil surface, line the road, as if exposure to the natural garden, relaxed and happy!
Ganzi road in the territory, we met a few knock heads and other body length Tibetan girl, they are a family of relatives and sisters, from the distant home of the beginning, hands and knees, wearing myself a simple sheath, the predecessor of hanging a Wai cloth, a knock three steps towards Lhasa road, has been out three months. They used a flat board on the most simple food, moving a year or so will never give up. People along the route usually give them alms. Head length is a knock and so expression of faith, the Tibetan people believe that it is not so can not express the most sincere deepest feelings and aspirations. In Tibet, nibbling long head to Lhasa is the most glorious thing.
Driving through Ganzi, the scenery along the flat, grassland turned into pale yellow, color-lin, a little, and the road somewhat less certain.
Luhuo arrived around 18:00, we did not into the city. Highway outside the edge of the "healthy restaurant", there is a large parking lot, the boss surnamed Jiang, is called Fa-li Jiang, treat people very enthusiastic, talkative, in his warm to retain, we decided to stay there on this. Double room, floor, the bedding clean, environmentally safe, no toilet. Accommodation charge 8 yuan a person, free parking car wash.
(93 # gasoline prices yuan / l: Ganzi 2.85)
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