The car was speeding along the curved mountain road, and the Jinsha River's water flow became more and more turbulent as it went up. The water was a golden yellow, not a muddy yellow. We first went to the source of the three rivers, China's first bay, after the Tiger Leaping Gorge, unfortunately because of heavy rainfall landslides, did not see the Tiger Leaping Gorge style.
The scenery along the way: unpredictable clouds, occasional thunderstorms, fresh green meadows and relaxed yaks. In addition to this, at intervals you will find new houses under construction. They are usually two or three-story buildings, wooden structures, covering an area as large as half a basketball court. The tour guide said that Tibetans have two big events in their life, one is to build a house, to see a Tibetan family rich or not, just look at their house in the center of the pillar how thick. Every Tibetan roof are erected on the flag, this also has to pay attention to what color flag hanging what people, such as the home of the living Buddha or monks will have a special sign or number. (Can't remember) the second thing is to do a Tibetan robe, Tibetan robe will be with a variety of gems gold and silver, it is said that the most expensive one Tibetan robe is valued at tens of millions. Tibetans will spend their whole life doing these two things. Another, more important thing is to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Tibetans are divided into three regions: Weizang, Khamba and Amdo, with the Weizang area having the strongest religious atmosphere. Khamba Tibetans, on the other hand, are known as the Jews among Tibetans and are the best at doing business. Shangri-La Tibetans are indeed very rich, that a house is proof. The tour guide also told a paragraph, in 2008, the Tibetan independence is very serious, only the Tibetan people in Shangri-La did not make trouble, because they are living in affluence, who do not want nothing to find trouble.
Shangri-La is 3500 meters above sea level. After arriving at the hotel, my mom and I began to slight plateau reaction, very tired, heartbeat is a little fast, mom is more serious. I'm not sure if I've ever had a problem with it. Dinner time, very high Tibetan song and dance performance (handsome out of the universe new height of the Kamba Hanzi) distraction, can be tolerated. I had my first tsampa, barley flour with sugar and milk tea, kneaded into a small dough, which was easier for me to swallow than the undercooked roast yak meat.
At night, my mom's high altitude sickness got a little serious, and I hurriedly bought two bottles of oxygen. Originally I lay down and fell asleep, I did not expect to wake up at two o'clock in the middle of the night gasping for air, and immediately hugged a bottle of oxygen like a life preserver, but it is not. The only thing you can do is to open the window. It was still quite cold at night in the plateau, and the fresh, crisp air came in immediately. Mom immediately felt more comfortable and fell asleep quickly. I, however, kept listening to her even snoring and drifted off until morning.
The next morning, the guide began to introduce our upcoming trip to the Pudacuo National Park, the entire park described as need to hike 10 kilometers, between 3,500 meters and 3,900 meters above sea level, a lot of physically strong people end up hospitalized and so on ...... hindsight the focus is to sell oxygen! ...... mom would not have wanted to go, hard to go, and now I heard more do not want to go, and then heard the tour guide said that the lack of oxygen will make the brain cells die, affecting the IQ, even I do not allow to go, ready to let Dad go alone. On the one hand, I don't trust my mom alone, on the other hand, I don't trust my dad to go to such a big primitive forest park. (Really love worry life ah haha) At the beginning, do not want to go is the upper hand, because I still a little high reflex. Later, the guide arranged the mother to the visitor service center, I decided to accompany my father to the scenic spot!
Paved so much, is to show that into the Pudacuo is to do an incredibly correct decision, Pudacuo Forest Park is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.
Shangri-La information:
The origin and historical background of the word "Shangri-La":
The word "Shangri-La" comes from a novel written by the famous writer James Hilton in 1933, "The Vanishing Horizon". According to James Hilton's own words, the novel was inspired by the famous Chinese explorer, Joseph Rock, who published a book in the National Geographic magazine. According to James Hilton's own words, the novel was inspired by the famous Chinese explorer Joseph Rock's description of his adventures in the Tibetan region of southwestern China, centered on the Lijiang River, published in the National Geographic magazine. The Shangri-La in the novel is described as a paradise surrounded by snow-capped mountains on all sides, affluent and peaceful, where all kinds of religions coexist peacefully. Once the novel was released, it immediately attracted the attention and admiration of the Western world, which had been traumatized by the First World War, and the search for Shangri-La became the dream of several generations of Westerners. In the 1940s, The Disappearing Horizon was brought to the screen by Hollywood, and its influence expanded again, with the movie's theme song, "This Beautiful Shangri-La," soon being sung all over the world. Later, the word Shangri-La was registered as a hotel chain brand by the Kwok family in Hong Kong, and Shangri-La Hotels became one of the representatives of high-end hotels.
"Shangri-La" controversy:
The search for Shangri-La has become the dream of several generations of Westerners, and the Tibetan areas of Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan, and other places, including even countries such as Nepal and India, have claimed to have discovered it in order to develop the local tourism industry. But according to James Hilton's description in "Vanishing Horizon", Shangri-La belongs to China's Tibetan region without a doubt. 1996, Yunnan Province, said Shangri-La in Zhongdian County, capital of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan, and cited a series of evidence: such as in the Diqing Zhongdian a variety of religions coexist, including Tibetan Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, East Pakistani and other religions coexist, and the same as the novel describes; Diqing Zhongdian The same as described in the novel is also a multi-ethnic settlement area dominated by Tibetans; the Jinsha River section of the Diqing gold and the same as described in the novel; described in the novel surrounded by snow-capped mountains on all sides, while the Diqing Zhongdian has 470 snow-capped mountains with an elevation of 4,000 meters above sea level, of which the Meili Snow Mountain is worshiped by the local Tibetans as a sacred mountain; described in the novel of the Tibetan Buddhist temples is the reality of the Songtsamling Monastery; the Shangri-La is the Tibetan word for "Shambhala". Shangri-La is the English translation of the Tibetan word "Shambhala"; "Shangri-La" means "the sun and moon in the heart", and "Duzongke", the county town of Zhongdian in Diqing, is also the sun and moon in the heart. "is also the heart of the meaning of the sun and the moon, the ancient city of Duzongke also known as the city of moonlight. 2001 December 17, the State Council approved the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Zhongdian County renamed Shangri-La County. However, this did not quell the dispute over Shangri-La. Sichuan Province, in order to develop the tourism industry of Yading in Inacheng, named Yading Township as Shangri-La Township again, and added a suffix - the last Shangri-La. Tibet also claims that the real Shangri-La is in the Chamdo region of Tibet. And Lijiang, as the home of Joseph? Rock's home base for his explorations in China, many regard Lijiang as the true Shangri-La. Finally, Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan Province, three provinces jointly held a coordination meeting, put forward the concept of "Greater Shangri-La", Greater Shangri-La, including Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan Province, Liangshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Diqing Prefecture, Dali Prefecture, Nujiang Prefecture, Lijiang City, Tibet, Chamdo, Linzhi and other areas, almost covering China's southwestern Tibetan areas. And one of the Yunnan state Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture state capital Zhongdian County due to favorable evidence and early renaming, invariably has become a representative of Shangri-La, which led to the bar Diqing's booming tourism industry.
The reality of Shangri-La:
Shangri-La County is located in northwestern Yunnan Province, Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, the Grand Triangle region, the Tibetan language called "Jiantang", according to legend, and Batang, Litang, the Tibetan king of the three sons of the fiefdom. Shangri-La north of Tibet, south of Lijiang, east of Sichuan Inacheng. The average altitude of 3280 meters. Within the territory of Shangri-La Duzongke Ancient City, Songzanlin Temple, Meili Snow Mountain, Yupeng Village, Mingyong Glacier, Tiger Leaping Gorge (bordering Lijiang), Bita Sea, genus Lake, Yila Grassland and other national ecological attractions, of which the Meili Snow Mountain is the representative attractions of the tour of Shangri-La, and the Yupeng Village is known as the essence of the Meili Snow Mountain. June to September every year is the rainy season in Shangri-La, the rainy season weather in Shangri-La is changeable, the road is muddy and many landslides, not conducive to travel. The winter season is from November to March every year, and it is very cold in Shangri-La, with the lowest temperature reaching minus ten degrees. The best time to visit Shangri-La is in April, May and October.
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