Driving route: the whole journey is about 1208.9 kilometers, via Hu Nie line, ? Yezhi Line
Get into Sun Island All the way, drive 410 meters
Turn right, get into Chaoyang Road, drive 260 meters
Turn left, get into Jinzhu East Road, drive 1.2 kilometers
Please go straight, get into Jinzhu Middle Road, drive 1.3 kilometers
Leave the right front, get into Ruding South Road, drive 1.8 kilometers
Turn right, enter Century Avenue, drive 2.9 kilometers
Please go straight, enter Airport Expressway, drive 37.4 kilometers
Keep driving on the right front, from Airport Expressway to Huanie Line, drive 2.5 kilometers
Please go straight, enter Huanie Line, drive 11.1 kilometers
Please go straight, enter Yanhe Road, drive 2.9 kilometers
Please go straight into Huanie Line, drive 156.4 km
Turn left into Rikaze Airport Highway, drive 40.4 km
Turn left into G318, drive 22.0 km
Please go straight into Huanie Line, drive 137.3 km
Take a right turn to enter Yezhi Line, drive 780.1 km
Lean right ahead, from the Yezi line to the peak of the Gang Rinpoche, driving 10.9 kilometers
Gang Rinpoche Peak
The whole journey can be a little farther if you travel all the way from Lhasa - Sheep Lake - Mount Everest - Xixia Bomba Peak - Peku Tso - Guge Dynasty - Gang Rinpoche, which is a little bit farther for the whole journey, about 1,500 kilometers or so.
A, Lhasa
Lhasa City is located in the southeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Yarlung Tsangpo River tributary of the Lhasa River on the north bank of the geographic coordinates for the east longitude 91 ° 06 ′, north latitude 29 ° 36 ′. The city's administrative area east-west spanning 277 kilometers, north-south spanning 202 kilometers, with a total area of 29,518 square kilometers.
Lhasa is located in the middle of the Tibetan Plateau, with an altitude of 3,650 meters, one of the highest cities in the world. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, tilting from east to west, with the middle valley plain of Lhasa River, a tributary of Yarlung Zangbo River, in the south-central part of the city, which is flat.
100 kilometers north of Lhasa, stands Nianqing Tangla Great Snow Mountain, the northern edge of the Namucuo, the peak of the highest point of 7117 meters above sea level.
The Nyenching Tanggula mountain range stands in the central Tibetan plateau, about 600 kilometers from west to east, it is connected to the Gangkukha pubic in the west, the southeast extends and the Hengduan mountain range of the Beshura Ridge, the central part of the slightly to the north protruding, it is the Yarlung Zangbo and Nujiang River, two large water system of the watershed, and at the same time will be divided into the Tibet Autonomous Region of the three major territories of northern Tibet, southern Tibet, southeastern Tibet.
The big Tanggula mountain pass is 5231 meters above sea level, is the natural demarcation line between the two provinces and regions of Qinghai and Tibet, and is also the highest point of the Qinghai-Tibet line 109 national highway. "Nianqing Tanggula", the Tibetan language meaning "Ling Ying prairie God", the four peaks and their surrounding areas have been subjected to strong Quaternary glaciation, the formation of today's steeper mountains, especially the northwest slope is unusually steep.
Climate of the plateau temperate semi-arid monsoon climate zone, the annual sunshine hours of 3,000 hours, more than the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, more than 1,800 hours, more than China's largest eastern city of Shanghai, more than 1,100 hours, in China's cities in the forefront, so it has the "sunshine city," known as.
Lhasa is located in the north side of the Himalayas, by the influence of sinking air currents, sunny weather throughout the year, rainfall is scarce, no cold in winter, no summer heat, is a plateau temperate semi-arid monsoon climate. The highest historical temperature is 29.6 degrees Celsius, the lowest temperature is minus 16.5 degrees Celsius, and the average annual temperature is 7.4 degrees Celsius. Rainfall is concentrated in June, July, August, September annual sunshine time of more than 3,000 hours, known as the "Sunshine City" reputation.
Annual precipitation is 200-510 millimeters, concentrated in June-September, more night rain, known as the rainy season. Solar radiation is strong, the air is thin, the temperature is low, the temperature difference between day and night is large, winter and spring are cold and dry and windy. The annual frost-free period is 100-120 days.
There are many monuments and sites in Lhasa, with the Potala Palace, the Dazhao Monastery and the Lopblingka listed as World Heritage Sites. The main tourist attractions are Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Xiaozhaosi Monastery, Zongjiao Lukang, Tibetan King's Mausoleum, Chubu Monastery, Lhasa Mosque, Qugong Ruins, Tibet Museum, Medicine Mountain, Drikung Kagyu Sect Temple Group, etc. The main commercial areas are Barkhor Street, Yutuo Road Pedestrian Street, Lhasa Department Store Building and so on.
Geothermal hot springs with economic value and medical effects are all around, and the Qusang Hot Springs in Dulong Deqing County and the Dezhong Hot Springs in Mozhugongka County are renowned throughout the Tibetan region.
Lhasa's unique festivals are:
Niuwanghui: Niuwanghui begins on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, and generally extends for more than ten days, and sometimes even lasts for a month long. The number of people often reaches more than a thousand people. During the period of the Cow King Meeting, people invite the Black Ba chanting, blowing the yak horn, slaughter dozens of yaks or hundreds of sheep. Since the Cow King Festival costs a lot of money, this large-scale festival has been held only once in the past hundred years. The members who participate in the Cow King Festival are all related by blood, and it is also one of the cultural festivals of ancestor worship.
Transmission of the Zhao Dafa: Tibet's largest religious festival. At that time Lhasa drepung monastery, sera temple, gandan temple of the three major monks are concentrated in Lhasa dazhaosi. This puja is the founder of the Gelugpa master ZongKaBa in 1409 in Lhasa prayer assembly and the continuation of, since then, the scale of the continuous expansion and enrichment, so that the prayer assembly into a fixed religious festivals, the scale of its no less than when it was just founded.
Ghee Lantern Festival: the Tibetan New Year's Day 15 is the last day of the Chuanzhao Dafa, during the day, people to the temple prayers; night, Lhasa Barkhor Street ghee lanterns will be held, full of street set up all kinds of flower racks, filled with colorful gods and goddesses, characters, birds, animals and flowers and trees, and puppets performances. At night, the suburbs of farmers to sing and dance, song contest, sometimes extended for a few days to the end, which is the most lively Lhasa, the most lively festival.
Saga Dawa Festival: the 15th day of the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar is the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni's birth, into the Tao and the day of the passing of the Tibetan people's traditional festivals, every year on this day of the Tibetan calendar, Tibetan men and women dressed in festive costumes, in accordance with their traditional customs, gathered in groups in the majestic Potala Palace behind the Dragon King pool to hold the festival of this holy great.
Bathing Festival: Tibetan people have a traditional festival, bathing festival to carry out five or six days, during the festival, whether towns or villages, rural or pastoral areas, people carrying tents and butter tea, barley wine, tsampa and other food, have come to Lhasa River, Yarlung Zangbo River, to the Tibetan Plateau, thousands of lakes beside the rivers and lakes scramble to get into the water, enjoy the water to play, swimming.
Snowdon Festival: Snowdon Festival is one of the largest traditional festivals in Tibet, "Snowdon" means yogurt, Snowdon Festival in the seventeenth century is a purely religious festivals, according to the provisions of the Tibetan Buddhist Gelu, every year in June of the Tibetan calendar for the period of the ban, the whole of Tibet size of the monasteries of monks and nuns are not allowed to go out, so as to avoid stepping on the wounded bugs to the Tibetan July 1 days, they have to go down the mountain, this time farmers and herdsmen to take out the ready yogurt dedication. This is the origin of the Snowdon Festival.
During the festival, the Tibetan people in groups of three to five, men and women, young and old with each other, carrying a variety of colorful baggage, hand-held barley wine barrels, some also set up a tent, the ground on the card cushion, carpet, set up barley, dishes and other festive food influx of Lop Lamka, autonomous regions of the agencies and units of large-scale arts and cultural activities, academic seminars, economic and trade exchanges will be arranged in the Xuedun Festival during the scene to make it even more lively and extraordinary.
Horse Racing Festival: Horse racing is a very favorite activity of the Tibetan people, it is not only a collection of farming and animal husbandry leisure, exchange of experience in agricultural and animal husbandry production, and is a display of the spirit of the Tibetan people. Horse racing is not only in the form of the theme in the festival, more importantly, built on the horse strong faith in the Tibetan people, the formation of such a national tradition of "Horse Racing Festival", and this activity has a long history of you.
Watch the fruit festival: "watch the fruit" festival is the Tibetan people once a year to agricultural harvest festival. Every year on this day, the Tibetan people are dressed in festive attire, some with colorful flags, some carrying barley, wheat ears tied into the harvest tower, harvest tower tied on the white "Hada", people carry tents, barley wine, while talking about the ancient and modern, while drinking wildly, and some also organized the traditional horse racing, archery, yak race, horseback riding and picking up the Hada and song and dance, Tibetan opera competitions.
Second, the Gonzales
Gonzales and the Meili Snow Mountain, Animaqing Mountains, Yushu, Qinghai, Ga Duo Juewo and known as the four sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism.? The Gangdisê Mountain Range crosses between the Kunlun Mountain Range in the north and the Himalayas in the south, like a huge dragon lying on the vast plateau of Ali in western Tibet.
Its head raised high, like a large pyramid, towering over the plateau of Ali Pulan, which is the main peak of 6656 meters above sea level, Gonzales.? The peak of Gonzaga is a sacred mountain in several religions. Known in Sanskrit as Mt. Jirasa, the northern foot of the peak of Gunungpozi is the birthplace of the upper reaches of the Indus River, the Shiquan River.
Benzism is said to have originated on this mountain; Hinduism considers this mountain to be the abode of Shiva, the center of the world; Jainism considers this mountain to be the place where its ancestor, Rishabha Nakshatra, attained enlightenment, and Tibetan Buddhism considers this mountain to be the abode of the Vajra of Shengle, which represents immeasurable bliss, and also the place where Milarepa triumphed over the Benjamins. It is also the place where Milarepa won the victory over the Benjaminists. There is a constant stream of domestic and foreign devotees who visit this place all year round.
Gon Rinpoche means "Mountain of the Gods" in Tibetan, "Shiva's Paradise" in Sanskrit (Shiva is the main god of Hinduism), and Benzoism originated here. From the Indian epic "Ramayana" and Tibetan historical books "Gandhi Shanhai Zhi", "the book of the past" and other writings in the speculation, people for the worship of the sacred mountain of the Gonzaga can be traced back to about 1000 BC.
According to the description of the Benjaminist classics, a river descends from Gangrenpoqi and empties into the unconquerable lake, Lake Mabunyong. There are four great rivers originating from it, flowing in four directions: east, south, west and north.
Flowing to the east is the Dangchatzangpu Maquan River (downstream of the Brahmaputra River), rich in emeralds, and the people who drink this water are as strong as Langma.
Flowing to the south is the Makha Zangpo Peacock River (downstream is the Ganges River), rich in silver sand, and the people who drink this water are as lovely as peacocks.
Flowing to the west is the Rangchendzangpo Elephant Spring River (downstream is the Sutlej River), rich in gold, and the people who drink this water are as strong as elephants.
Flowing to the north is the Senge Zangpo Lion Spring River (downstream from the Indus River), rich in diamond deposits, and the people who drink this water are as brave as lions.
Every year there is a steady stream of pilgrimages from India, Bhutan, Nepal and the major Tibetan settlements in China, making this place sacred for thousands of years.
It is also said to be the most famous Mount Sumeru in Buddhism. According to the Buddhist Dictionary: Sumeru, the name of the mountain, the center of a small world. Pre-Buddhist era of Xiangxiong Bengtiao period, Gangrenboqi is known as the "nine heavy (Wan) word mountain", according to legend, there are 360 Bengtiao deities living in this. The mountain was the landing place for the ancestor of B?n Buddhism, Dumba Sinwang, who descended from the sky.
In Jainism, which emerged in the 5th and 6th centuries B.C., Gang Rinpoche was known as Ashtapada, the highest mountain, and was the place where Rishabhanaksha, the founder of Jainism, attained liberation.
References:
Lhasa to Gang Rinpoche Peak: Driving Directions from Lhasa to Gang Rinpoche - Baidu Maps
Lhasa: Lhasa-... Sogou Wikipedia
Gangrenpoqi: Gangrenpoqi (Tibetan mountain range) - Sogou Wikipedia