Balagdzong Scenic Spot is located in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province, is a very sacred Tibetan Buddhist shrine, the divine atmosphere here fills everyone with laughter, everyone expects to be able to get good wishes and blessings, it is a scenic spot is definitely worth the pilgrimage, the following to share with you a detailed guide.
Balagzong is located in the Sichuan-Yunnan border, deep Shangri-La, is an ancient and young scenic spot, where there are snowy mountains, lakes, canyons and villages. Said it is ancient because of the Bara
people's ancestors many years ago in this hermitage, said it is young because of the years and the outside world's natural transportation barriers, so that this place is isolated until 2007, Shangri-La
To the highway here is officially opened to traffic. And this ancient mysterious sanctuary, has not yet fully unveiled its own veil.
Shallow Abyss: Footprints in the Canyon
Transportation from home to Balagdzong is a bit complicated. There are no direct flights from Nanning, but there are direct flights from some cities directly to Shangri-La's Diqing Airport, while I need to take a flight from Nanning to Kunming
, and then transfer to Shangri-La's Diqing Airport from Kunming. It took about 1.5 hours to drive from the airport to the scenic spot, from morning to sunset, watching the early morning at home, going to the sunset in another country, the sun accompanied us for a day.
Balagdzong set of snow-capped mountains, canyons, glaciers, rivers, plateau lakes, primitive forests in one. The highest elevation in the area Baragdzong Snow Mountain is the first peak of Shangri-La city, the lowest point of elevation is the border with Sichuan
Province of Shuizhuang, the average elevation of the river valley is about 2,650 meters above sea level, with an average annual temperature of about 14.8 degrees Celsius, belonging to the northern subtropical climate - Baidu Encyclopedia
From the Shangri-La
There are special buses from Shangri-La
city to reach the city. p>The city has a special line of cars to reach the scenic area, you can also drive to the scenic area, the old city line of cars every day at 9:15 to send the car, only this class every day. After arriving at the scenic spot, there are special sightseeing buses to transport travelers to visit, travelers need to set up a good tour package in advance on some travel website platforms, the scenic spot
will be safe
rowed every day into a group (the Hornet's Nest has a product Oh) including sightseeing buses and scenic spot tickets, excursion projects, and so on. There are one-day tours and two-day tours, which can be purchased according to your needs. There are also forms of hiking, but this is an activity carried out by professional hiking donkeys, inexperienced tourists or do not easily try, I heard that hiking enthusiasts hiking routes and ordinary sightseeing routes are also different, coupled with the complexity of the terrain here, and is the plateau area, so it is not recommended that ordinary tourists unguided hiking.
Balagdzong scenic area is a large comprehensive scenic area, similar to Zhangjiajie, several large attractions constitute. There are five-star hotels at the important attractions, making it easy for tourists to visit comfortably. We, on the other hand, stayed in front of the scenic spot
Balagdzong Tibetan Eco Hotel. With the mountains at our back and the river in front of us.
The hotel is still decorated in Tibetan style.
Our room
I brought to the uncle to take a bath obscene teacups, but unfortunately when I came back to break.
After a long day of traveling, there's really nothing better than a cup of tea to ease the mental fatigue. I know that I have to go sightseeing early in the morning, but I still habitually go to bed late when I arrive at a new place. I sat for a long time drinking tea with the sound of the murmuring water outside the window.
The next day up to eat breakfast, the hotel provides breakfast is still very sumptuous, there is basically no taste is not right, eat not accustomed to the problem, coarse grain rice noodles porridge milk buns steamed buns are available.
The hotel is across the street from the hotel is not here before the road Bala people built the ancestral trestle, the past horse gangs rely on this narrow and treacherous road to communicate with the outside world and trade.
The trestle is halfway up the mountain, below is the newly repaired highway, flat and open, it is difficult to imagine how it was little by little to open up the mountain to build the road. Especially at such a high altitude.
Lunch
One of the main characteristics of Tibetan food is meat, which is suitable for me as a person who only eats meat but not vegetables.
And most of the meat here is from their own livestock, free-range, the flavor is particularly good
Today's arrangement is the tour of the Baragdzong Grand Canyon, first to the meeting place to take the sightseeing bus, to the entrance of the attraction you can see the trestle, along the trestle all the way to the right.
Because of the days of rain, the canyon of the water has become muddy yellow, a few days will be able to return to the green, I think that time will be better to see
Deep mountain ranges and rolling river, coupled with clearing the sun out of the weather, which is the landscape of the plateau
To the upper reaches of the valley, you can choose to rafting program in kayak to return to the original location (this project is not included in the package, see clearly before purchasing oh), the river is not included. (This project is not included in some packages, see clearly and then buy Oh) If you do not choose this project, then you need to return to the original way, that is, the road you have traveled to retrace your steps, this road is not a short distance, and is the plateau area (plateau area will be easy to carry out strenuous exercise hypoxia, and more than the plains easier to get tired)
We went to the previous consecutive rain for a few days in late August and early September, it seems to be all the country is raining, and this place is no exception. The days we arrived were beautiful, instead it was continuously sunny, there is a big difference in temperature here, the weather is so cloudy that you even need to bring enough clothes for all seasons at once. I brought quite a lot anyway, though I couldn't wear all of them. Meanwhile, the ultraviolet rays of the plateau are also very strong, so be careful to protect yourself from the sun. When the sun is out, although the weather forecast says the temperature is not high, but the body temperature is much higher than the weather forecast. And the sun's rays are also more white and harsh, it is best to wear sunglasses.
The source of the canyon is a blue sapphire pool of water
At the source of the canyon you need to take a kayak to turn back, of course, you can also be a long way back on foot
Natural stone wall of the Guanyin statue, I do not know if the audience can not see this statue?
Passing by when devoutly worshipped, not for the Buddha's fate, just for the wall of cool dripping emerald, the beauty of the tourists.
Split is a trickle, together is a torrent of water. Along the way to see the water flow of a thousand gestures
Tour after this attraction and then drive back, dinner
Tonight is still the same meat meat meat, but shot to the half of the resistance to the appetite, threw down the camera and ate it
Eight o'clock in the evening in the scenic area will be the Tibetan cultural performances, starring the local Khamber Hanzi and the beautiful Drolma, jumping potshuang, singing songs. I have to say that their face value is very high ah
Song and dance party after the end of the walk out, the lights outside the river lit up the dark night, I can not use the light reducing lens to shoot the slow gate of flowing water ah
Walking to the square and the bonfire party, tourists and Tibetans can dance together with the merry
still a slow door, the tourists participate in the degree of very high, probably watching the party are more than a couple of barley wine
Watch the evening of the party to see the barley wine
The tourists are very high, the tourists will be able to see the evening of the party.
Top of the mountain: turn the mountain to turn the water to turn the stupa
The end of the first day of the canyon tour, today to go to a number of attractions are different styles of different projects in the place. Still taking the tour bus, we arrived at the first attraction, "Stupa".
The mountains here are steep, has been repaired although the mountain road is smooth to look at but dangerous, all because the mountains are too high, the altitude difference is too big, the mountain road is heavy and heavy, has been in the turn, walking has felt complicated, not to mention the exploration before the road repair, not to mention is the real time to build the road, I heard that the road, repaired for many years.
The scenery along the way, the shutter has been held down on the right.
A viewing platform halfway up the mountain, the view is still relatively open, the foot is surrounded by the mountain road, behind the towering mountains. Here to take pictures is really cool, in order to shoot the effect of dashing atmosphere turn around and shake up the skirt, did not turn around two circles have begun to gasp. Our trip is all the way to the high place, all the way to the heart of the Bara people sacred "stupa". So the altitude will get higher and higher.
The car stopped at an altitude of 4250 meters in front of a meadow. This is the first attraction of the day "stupa.
Infinite open landscape and infinite plateau sky, people want to run into the wind as soon as they get out of the car, but the plateau area is not really able to accomplish such action.
Theoretically,
A plateau reaction occurs when the elevation is above 4,000 meters. But relatively speaking, the situation is relatively mild, the emergence of the situation is to do strenuous exercise is very easy to gasp and dizziness, basically do not walk too fast or running on the okay, anyway, we traveled to this is no one appeared to be obvious plateau, I heard that the previous tourists have not been.
This is a sacred secret place in the hearts of the Bala people, thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Bala people migrated here to escape the war, when the wife of the tribal leader saved a blind monk, the blind monk got the Buddha dream, he led the whole tribe, looking for the oracle in the said fairyland. Until they found this place, there are rich meadows, a long river, a dense jungle, and a natural "stupa".
The high mountain on the left in the picture below, shaped like a white pagoda in Tibetan Buddhism, has been regarded as a sacred mountain by the Bala people for generations, and the sacred mountain has blessed the Bala people from generation to generation with a self-sufficient life here. A small wooden house on the grass is very cute, super suitable for taking pictures
The plateau temperature is low, the sun is big, the wind is also big, you can't figure out whether you are cold or hot, but go up to such a high place, it's best to do a good job of cold work, try to bring a coat, I warm baby have brought, and finally did not use
Balagdzong has a deep canyon, there is a lofty mountain, and natural The stupa, which is the real scene of the opening lyrics of the song, "turn the mountain to turn the water to turn the stupa"
After visiting the stupa, then take a sightseeing bus to the next attraction
Today's mountain road is also a nine-turn eighteen-turns.
The clouds: the plateau has the highest glass stack in China
Today's second attraction, after getting off the bus, you need to walk an ordinary stack to reach the final glass stack viewing platform. On the way to the ropeway is a new development project, is still in the debugging, we went to the time is not yet officially open, but it should be soon, I thought about feeling that I probably do not dare to play.
Experiencing this zip line at such a high altitude is probably what it feels like to leap over clouds and mountain tops. It's just that you don't always have the guts to do it even if you want to.
The weather is so good, the sky is mint blue
The trail takes about 40 minutes to walk and rest and adjust, and there is a lot of climbing, but not much, so you can enjoy the scenery along the way, which is very enjoyable
You can see the canyon and river that we visited yesterday from the top
The color of the river is a lot greener today than it was yesterday.
The platform in the distance is the glass viewing platform, is not exciting and spectacular it
As usual, walking the glass walkway or need shoe covers, to go to a lot of fear of heights of tourists still do not dare to try, it is really a pity
In fact, as long as you do not stare at a separate piece of glass to see the appalling height of the following, but a whole piece of the look, it is a reverse sky clouds, clear blue sky and white clouds complete reflection of the sky. The blue sky and white clouds are reflected in the glass in their entirety, which is beautiful and romantic.
It's a bed made of white clouds
Deep down: the dream home of the Bara people
The third stop of the day, and it's time for my favorite lunch. I forgot to remind friends who did not eat to watch this article with caution
Take the car down the mountain, you will arrive at the home of the Bala people have lived for generations - Bala village, today's lunch will be solved in the village, or a hearty meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat meat - Tibetan hot pot and It is especially fresh, especially fragrant and tender all kinds of local livestock, yak ah, fragrant pig these, another good day
one person a pot, simmering over a small fire, quite a style
After eating and drinking a lot of food and stepping out of the restaurant, only to be able to carefully watch the village of Bala. For thousands of years the Bala people have lived here in isolation, with only horse gangs coming in and out to bring in things from the outside world, so it can be said to be a real paradise. However, with the changes in the outside world, this place is also eager to communicate with the outside world, people also want to see the outside world. Some people strive to explore the colorful new world outside, some people also want to live a more modern and more affluent life and left the home, to this day, the village is only left with more than thirty families.
When the natural barrier to the outside world was opened, the rift valley was opened to the outside world, the people here went out, and the outside things came in. The development of tourism in the village of Bala, in all aspects of the outside world to try to keep up, such as this ultra-wide balcony, the distant mountains and flower fields of the scenery as far as the eye can see, drinking afternoon tea, looking at the beautiful scenery, the heart of the infinite excitement ultimately returned to calm
The dining room below the door of a Tibetan style, I think it's very beautiful, seize all the opportunity to take pictures
The chair is really strong, just want to rely on not to go!
Climbing this layer of home is still quite tired, but no way this stone Tibetan-style architecture village really look good
This courtyard with some sunflowers, very moody. This courtyard is the old family ancestral house of Mr. Snadinzhu, the developer of Balagdzong scenic spot, who was born and grew up here. It is also the hero of Balagdzong today.
Thousands of years ago, the hero of the Bara people, the tribe's leader with his people migrated here, opened up a calm and productive home, creating a Bara people a bloodline of a thousand years of peace. Thousands of years later, Mr. Snadinzhu spontaneously funded for his hometown to build a highway to the city of Shangri-La, this repair is more than ten years, invested a lot of financial resources, manpower and energy.
When Mr. Snadinzhu was young, he injured his eye in an accident, and his father carried him on his back for five days and five nights to Shangri-La to seek medical treatment, but because of the long delay in treatment, Mr. Snadinzhu lost his sight in one eye. Seeing the ever-changing world outside and his hometown left behind in a long time, Mr. Snadinzhu decided to go out into the world at the age of 13. After experiencing the trials and tribulations of the outside world, Mr. Zhu has become a multi-millionaire who is the envy of everyone after decades of hard work. His eyes are not only the world of flowers and greenery, but also the hometown of a little lonely figure. There are people who have never stepped out of their hometowns, and people who are struggling to make a living. So he decided to dissipate his family's wealth to help his hometown to build a highway. More than a decade later, the rugged mountain road that originally took five days to get out has become a straight road that takes more than an hour to drive.
The sunflower symbolizes prosperity and self-improvement. This road to the outside world, in fact, is also outside the road to this place, from the beginning of the only hope that the hometown of the road, and now hope that compatriots of all ethnic groups to see his hidden hometown called
Balagzong, like a thousand years of buried treasure, flashing a low-key luster.
Now the road is open, hotels and scenic spots have been built, the hometown people do not need to flee the ancestral village again, today many residents of the village of Balagzong are engaged in the construction of tourism and service work, and the poor single life is not the same as in those days, they have a better tomorrow.
Sna Dingzhu once home, the traditional Tibetan style, everywhere highlighting the Tibetan people's pious heart.
Who used to turn the wheel of scripture here without stopping, whispering the six words of truth.
The simple yet beautiful village looks lovely in the embrace of the mountains
Pure Land: Sumeru in the mountains
The last stop of today's attractions, a former temple converted into a museum of Tibetan culture.
In front of the gate you can look out over the village not far away
Many years ago it was a temple, and today it has been converted into the Tibetan Culture Museum, which is actually still in the nature of a temple as well, with its solemn treasures and oil lamps that are always lit. Tibetan decorative fabrics are handmade with gold threads and mineral pigments, worn with devotion
Out of reverence, I won't take a picture of the bodhisattva statue, Zahidlal.
These are Tibetan cultural collections, written in their own language and in Sanskrit, with the Buddha's teachings inside them, which are infinite and invaluable.
End: Outside the Dust
The end of the last attraction, there is still free time, went to another hotel in the mountains, the same five-star hotels, this hotel is in the mountains and forests, far away from the distant view of the village of Bala, outside the courtyard is the scenery.
Push open the window, and the village of Bala
The hotel has a yoga room, the yoga room terrace is an excellent viewing platform
Finally, it's my favorite dinner time again, today's chicken soup is the most rich chicken soup I've ever had, several chickens stewed in a pot of chicken soup, full of a pot of meat, ladling the soup need to hide the chicken meat, tasty and fragrant, but not oily, because of the use of chickens, no excessive fat, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup, the chicken soup. It's not greasy, because it's made with small chickens, and it doesn't have too much fat. After drinking the night you can sleep beautifully.
The Shangri-La beer, which is fragrant but not too strong, is very distinctive. After enjoying this dinner, you can sleep on the pillow of the rushing river, and this journey to the secret land is over.