Tibetan-Chinese Transitional Zone on 3 18 My hometown, tianquan county, is a small county town on National Highway 3 18, which is under the jurisdiction of Ya 'an City and borders Luding County of Ganzi Prefecture, and can be regarded as a transitional zone between China and Tibet. Erlang Mountain is the dividing line between Tianquan and Luding. Once I drove to Kangding with my family and passed Erlang Mountain. The tunnel was still shaded by trees. 10 minutes later, the tunnel entrance is a scene of dead vines and old trees. The blending of Chinese and Tibetan cultures can best be reflected in tianquan county Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Our traditional Chinese medicine hospital was founded by Chen Huaijiong, one of the top ten traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in China, and it is very famous in western Sichuan. The most people in the hospital are not Han people, but Tibetans. "Plateau Red" wearing Tibetan robes, crutches and gauze can be seen everywhere in the inpatient department of the outpatient department, both men, women and children. Tianquan loves and hates Tibetans. On the one hand, they have brought huge economic effects to Chinese medicine hospitals and their surrounding industries, but more importantly, their fierce folk customs make us daunting. I have seen the "wild" of Tibetans.
Once in a Chinese medicine hospital, I heard a Tibetan who had just amputated his leg from the attending doctor. He said to buy a pot and cook his legs. The doctor and I were shocked at the time. He explained to us in blunt Chinese to the effect that this is their custom, and his legs are a part of his body and cannot be separated from his body and soul. Of course, amputation belongs to medical waste and must be burned. The doctor finally refused to give it back to him. At that time, I was scared because I was still young, but now I can understand. After cycling became a popular tourism mode, 3 18 was occupied by various cycling teams, especially during the National Day holiday and winter and summer vacations. You can see young people wearing colorful jackets along the road, which has almost become a landscape. Nine times out of ten, anyone riding 3 18 will go to Lhasa. Tian Quan has to go west100km to get to Luding County, and it is a steep uphill road, so they usually rest in Tian Quan. This has brought a lot of fixed income to the catering and accommodation in Tian Quan. However, due to the influence of the rainy city Ya 'an, it is rainy in four seasons and rainy in summer, which has caused a lot of trouble to cyclists.