Travel Notes | Facing the place where the spiritual light disappears, looking towards Shambhala - Gannanchuan traveling north (Part 2)

Starting from Tangke and heading to Aba County, almost the entire day's journey was spent in the car. On the road, some friends shouted that they wanted to ride horses. In the vast Zoige grassland, you can see a herdsman running some horse riding business every 2-3 kilometers. Team leader Jian Ge found a spot.

I chose a horse myself and walked deeper into the grassland with two Tibetan children from the herdsmen’s family holding it.

Blue sky, white clouds, grass, it is the season where flowers are everywhere in Zoige at this time. If you are lucky, you can see marmots rolling on the grass.

The rustling wind blows on the grassland,

Breathe the scent of alpine meadows and streams

Or riding horses and whips as much as you want,

This is everyone's dream.

The whole process of horseback riding is that the herdsmen lead the horse and take you for a kilometer for a fee of 50 yuan. Later, it felt boring to walk slowly and leisurely, so he let the child let go of the reins and galloped the horse by himself for a while. The buttocks with felt felt hurt. In fact, it’s not that difficult, but I’ve seen people riding horses without saddles and bridles on TV before, so they must be real warriors!

In addition to horseback riding, I came up with a weird idea for myself during this trip - to take a set of graduation photos for myself. Due to the impact of the epidemic, I didn’t take a good graduation photo this year, so I simply left this opportunity here!

The bachelor's uniform looks particularly nice when paired with the blue sky and white clouds!

Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky!

Come, give you a tassel and congratulate you on your graduation!

The super pagoda group, Waqie Tallin, with 108 pagodas representing the 108 reincarnations, integrates faith into life and can satisfy everyone’s imagination of Tibet!

I had lunch in Hongyuan County, a bowl of Tibetan noodles, a portion of potatoes, and a few cups of sweet tea. I instantly felt like I was back in Tibet!

The tributaries of the Yellow River pass by here, turning out of an S shape, like two moons flowing quietly in the Zoige Grassland, graceful and peaceful!

Continue walking towards Aba County and pass by a meadow, which is a suitable spot for taking pictures.

"The carefree blue sky of my original self

The world where my original self had no sorrow

I've only seen it in children's pictures

Such a pure view

watch quietly

Time will no longer fly..."

Paradise is no longer a village or town, but the faith and love in people's hearts!

Lianbao Yeze Stone City Scenic Area is located in the southeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is a branch of the southern section of the Bayan Hara Mountains. It is located between Aba County in Sichuan and Jiuzhi County in Qinghai. It is also a famous sacred mountain in Tibetan areas!

Stories and legends are passed down by mouth among the people, and colors and sounds flow in the valleys and grasslands.

Many people know about the Nianbao Yuze in Qinghai, but few people know about the Lotus Yeze in Aba Prefecture. This is the ancient battlefield where King Gesar fought, and many stories about King Gesar are still spread to this day. Lotus Leaf is not only a world full of fantasy peaks, but also a masterpiece of nature that fills people with infinite reverie.

There are three routes in the scenic area, but currently there is only one Zhagarcuo route, and it requires a 1.5-kilometer plank road to reach it.

The seemingly short 1.5-kilometer road was actually very tiring to walk!

When I reached a resting point, I lay down to rest and let myself breathe easier. When I met this master lama, he asked me to walk slower to see if I was okay!

Glaciers, weathering, and the shaping of nature make the scenery more diverse and unique.

At an altitude of 4,200 meters, this is Zhagarcuo, the highest altitude lake in the scenic area, and the surrounding mountains. The lotus leaf is full of resolute and majestic and solemn and tragic temperament, and she adds a bit of mellowness, delicacy and femininity!

In the tradition of the Tibetan people, Mani stones with scriptures engraved on them are regarded as sacred objects and become bright decorations on mountains, rivers and grasslands. They are symbols of people's prayers for happiness and health!

Going around the lake clockwise is also a blessing to all living beings!

The grass is long and the orioles are flying, the sky is high and the clouds are clear. Time goes by. Everything is changing, but everything seems to have never changed. Because this is a dream, a place of swaying flowers, a calm lake, and a place that will never change in my heart!

On the penultimate day of the trip, we headed to Langmusi. The combination of meadows and temples, the blending of nature and religion, set off the beauty imagined in people's hearts!

Qingganchuan is at the junction of three provinces, with the Yellow River in the distance.

The largest electric prayer wheel in this place, I forgot the location.

Passing by the Awancang Wetland, an important birthplace of Hequ horses.

Rats and rabbits are everywhere on the grass. They are rabbits that look like mice. They are a sign of good grassland ecology!

At noon, we arrived at Langmusi, rested for a while, and started browsing this small town. Langmusi is not a temple, but a small town.

This small town straddles the two provinces of Sichuan and Gansu. There is a Gelugpa temple of Tibetan Buddhism on each side, one in Sichuan and one in Gansu. What we visited was the one in Gansu - Saichi Temple.

At this time, it is the summer vacation of the college, and the monks are all on vacation, but you can still see some believers wandering here. They wander around the mountains and rivers, praying for everything. There are also some monks, big, small, or adults. Let the kids play here! Everything is so out of place, yet so harmonious!

Keep walking along the stream, and there is a small cave under the mountain pass. Maybe tourists pass by here and glance away, but when they lean into the cave, they will see the prayer lamps lit again by the believers.

We meet again in the past life and this life!

There is a passage in the cave. It is said that if a person has done a lot of good things, no matter how fat he is, he can still pass through this passage. If a person has done a lot of bad things, no matter how thin he is, he will still be in the passage.

After wading across the stream, you can see the source of Bailongjiang River

In the six paths of reincarnation, greed, anger, and ignorance are poisons, and separation from love is suffering!

They don't care about the length of time, the passage of time is not obvious here, and they don't care about the amount of investment. The sky is high and the earth is vast, and everything they need is right beside them. They will ignore many things and only pay attention to the one thing they care about most.

Climb up the nearby hillside and quietly admire this small town called "Little Switzerland of the East".

Walk to a water-poor place and sit down to watch the clouds rise!

The land itself is as unparalleled as its entire horizon. The sky in Tibetan areas does have its own unique interest. In the distance, at the junction between the earth and the sky, pale and dark drifting snow outlines the horizon.

Everything the mind thinks about is what the eyes see. When you have very, very pure and very beautiful wishes, the world you see and the sacred mountains you see are also beautiful and full of hope!

Beautiful Tibetan Buddhist architecture

Today’s dinner – hand-caught lamb

On the last day of the trip, we went from Langmusi to Milarepa Pagoda, then had lunch in Hehe Town, and finally took the expressway back to Lanzhou.

The main saint enshrined in the Buddhist pavilion is Milarepa. There are nine floors in total. Among the many people enshrined in the Buddhist halls from the first to the ninth floors are the famous sects of Tibetan Buddhism, mainly the Venerable Milarepa and his disciples - Kagyu Sect, Gelug Sect (Yellow Sect), Ningxia Sect. Ma Sect (Red Sect), Sakya Sect, Kadam Sect, etc. It can be said that a Buddhist pavilion is the epitome of Tibetan Buddhism.

From the first floor to the ninth floor, from the ninth floor back to the first floor, all things in life are unified. Everyone has a feeling of being separated from another world, as if they have personally experienced Buddhism in various periods. Listen carefully and imagine, and you will have a deeper understanding of Tibetan Buddhism.

After the visit and the trip was coming to an end, I suddenly remembered a lyric: There is a pure heart in the pure sky. There is no need to worry about tomorrow or today. Recalling that piece of grassland, this lyric sings about the blue sky, white clouds, all things, and the beautiful wishes that people place on them!

Facing the place where the spiritual light disappears, look towards Shambhala! Gannan, a dream paradise in reality!