This National Day, my wife and I took me to study in Zoige and Hongyuan in Aba for half a year, and went to the plateau to see the grassland in my heart, the long-lost blue sky and the starry moon.
Zoige grassland
It takes only half a day to drive from Chengdu to Songpan ancient city.
The first day, Chengdu-Songpan Zhuchuan Temple
Pan is located in the eastern edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, northeast of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and is the center of the golden tourist route in western Sichuan. Huanglong, Munigou, Songpan Ancient City and other famous scenic spots in China.
Songpan
On the way to Songpan, you can see the beautiful Diexi Haizi through Maoxian County.
When the weather is clear, Haizi, distant mountains and white clouds complement each other and outline a plateau landscape outside Pinghu.
Diehaizi is a dammed lake after the earthquake. Its deepest point is 98 meters, its average depth is 82 meters, its water storage capacity is 65.438+0.5 billion cubic meters, and its lake area is more than 3.5 million square meters.
Yunyun. Diexihaizi
The first night, I lived in Zhuchuan Temple. It happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon is especially bright at night.
The next day, Zoige, the main temple in Sichuan.
Start from Chuanzhusi and go all the way. Over the ridge of Galitai prairie at an altitude of 3600 meters. When the clouds haven't dispersed in the morning, it feels like walking in the clouds, like a fairyland.
Stroll through the clouds. Galitai
Through Balitai, you can see the snow on the top of the mountain from a distance.
forward
Along the way, there are flocks of cattle and sheep, galloping horses, like white pearls, scattered on the vast grassland.
Yak. Tibetans
Without yak, there would be no Tibetans. Where there are Tibetans, there are yaks.
For thousands of years, yak has been with the Tibetan people, doing whatever it takes, becoming the most important friend of Tibetan compatriots, and realizing the basic living guarantee of Tibetan people, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, burning wasteland and farming. It can be said that Tibetans domesticated yaks, and yaks raised Tibetans.
Grazing yaks is definitely inseparable from Tibetan mastiffs. It is a family member of Tibetans, and it is the right-hand man of the owner compared with the pet dog kept by city people.
A man, a mastiff.
I finally saw the Zoige grassland. The sky here is more lovely than other places. The air is particularly fresh and the sky is clear, blue and beautiful.
Grassland. Zoige
Although it is already October, the grassland has missed the most beautiful season, but it is very interesting. People often say that charm still exists. For grassland, it is sparse flowers and grass.
Beautiful flowers on cow dung
However, life is like enjoying the scenery, on the road. The wonderful thing is not the ending, but the process. Walk all the way, enjoy all the way, and when you get to your destination, you will be satisfied. I don't care which season I miss, every season has its own wonderful.
If you come to Zoige, you must visit Huahu Lake.
Zoige Flower Lake is located next to National Highway 2 13 between Zoige and langmusi. There are three adjacent Haizi on the Mongolian dam. The smallest one is called Tsuoergan, the largest one is called Tsuorha, and the middle one is called Huahu.
July is the most beautiful season in Huahu Lake, full of unspeakable mulberry blossoms. Just like the girl in Seeds of Love, she is ignorant and full of curiosity and hope for everything.
July. Huahu (picture from the Internet)
In October, the Huahu Lake was bustling and stood there, enjoying the tranquility and freshness of autumn. I like this very much.
Yue. Huahu
With water, there is aura and vitality. Huahu, the pearl of Zoige grassland, is a gift from nature, which has nurtured Tibetans and their cattle and sheep here.
Ling. water
Look, or don't look, Beijing, right there, no increase, no decrease. You go to Qiu Lai in spring, but I will die.
When walking, you can only feel the feeling that "people travel in the world of painting, and painting is more beautiful because of people" with the eyes that discover beauty.
Fun. Discover beauty
The next day, after swimming in Huahu Lake, I spent the night in Zoige, breathing the thin and fresh air on the plateau and washing away my thoughts in nature.
On the third day, Zoige-Hongyuan
Rest comfortably and drive to Hongyuan. After Tangke Town, go to the movies.
The first bay of the Yellow River winds to the horizon. The flowing Yellow River has given birth to a long Chinese civilization. From Sanjiangyuan to Tangke Town, Aba ruoergai county, it has brought abundant aquatic plants and magnificent scenery.
Jiuqu Yellow River Diyiwan
The scenery here is a little thicker than the charm of the mountains and rivers in Jiangnan, and a little simpler than the beauty of the mountains and rivers in Jiangnan. Just like Zhang Fei's embroidery, it is coarse and fine, smart and bold, and complement each other.
Water and sky are one color/water and sky are one color (referring to a large area of water)
On the way out of Tangke Town, I met devout "kowtowing" pilgrims, whose beliefs were so firm, admirable and moving. Their spiritual world should be far richer than ours.
Long kowtowing is a devout worship ceremony for believers and believers in areas where Tibetan Buddhism is prevalent.
A kowtowing pilgrim
On the way to Hongyuan, you often meet yaks in droves, either walking or eating. This time, I saw yak bathing and drinking water in the river. I wonder if they are afraid of the cold.
Washed yak
When we passed a prairie home, we stopped to ride a horse. I took my children to the depths of the grassland, which is a real ecological grassland full of vitality. It is really Jinshan Yinshan, and it is also a green mountain.
Cow dung, mushrooms and ecology
Simple Tibetan friends are always so hospitable. Less than an hour after we met, we exchanged WeChat and made an appointment to go camping and horseback riding together next year. I also hope you study hard, control your life, have the right to choose and live the life you want.
Warm and hospitable Tibetan friends
How can you not go to Moon Bay to watch the sunset when you get to Hongyuan?
The sunset at Moon Bay in Hongyuan is incomparable in other places. The mountains and rivers are winding and sparkling, like an oil painting, which is too thick to melt.
We caught the best day since the whole 1 1 holiday, and of course it was also the best day to watch the sunset.
Burning sunset
Since there is a burning sunset, there will be silent winter snow. Moon Bay in winter, wrapped in white, looks extraordinarily quiet and proud, as if thinking about one's own life.
It's snowing. Moon Bay (Photo courtesy of Wei Wei)
The night in Hongyuan is quiet and bright, with stars everywhere. On the plateau, is the moon bigger and rounder because it is closer to the sky?
Moon (Photo courtesy of Lao Zhou)
In such a plateau, let your mind wander 84,000 miles, spend nine days in September, raise your hand and pick the stars, and let the dancing soul be purified again.
Live in Hongyuan on the third day, go to Hongyuan vegetable market early to find a good store selling yak meat, and tell the boss to buy pure plateau grass to feed yak meat early tomorrow morning.
The fourth day, Hongyuan-Chengdu
This is how life goes on. Yak, which was lively and happy yesterday, has become fresh beef on the hook today. Don't doubt the purpose of its life, the purpose of its death, just because it has been integrated into the ecological cycle of nature. Everyone is a link in the cycle, interlocking.
What's the difference between me and it? Only by being grateful for nature and life can we make our life valuable and wonderful.
Yak meat
On my way home, I passed the Moon Bay, where the sunset was beautiful yesterday. After a night's rest, it glowed with new vitality and ushered in another bloom.
When you see it, you see the beautiful scenery. Just because it sees you doesn't mean you are more beautiful.
Prairie pearl
Life is a kind of practice.
Along the way, others think you are enjoying the scenery, but in fact, the scenery also appreciates you, because you are the scenery.
Ye Zhiqiu
The plains and grasslands seem to tell an old story. This reminds me of the movie Cloud Map, but is the story just a story? The awakening of nature, consciousness and self is like a cloud in the sky, with or without it, scattered or gathered. Who is the cloud and who is the graph?
cloud atlas
Along the way, I saw the towering snow-capped mountains, towering into the clouds. It is guarding this vibrant land and guarding the people on this land. For thousands of years, it quietly listened to their crying and laughing, sang the song of time with them, crossed the long river of time and headed for a more brilliant future together.
snowy mountain
This is the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and it is also a green mountain. I hope it stays green all the time.
Yellow River Basin
All the way back to the warm home, accompanied by elderly but energetic parents, singing and laughing one after another, this is a harmonious and happy family.
Suddenly, a little dog ran out. He is a new member of the family, just like other dogs in the past. Dogs in the countryside are not melodramatic, because freedom is happier.
new hand
Does a dog need a reason to like a person? All it needs is companionship.
Looking back on the four-day trip to western Sichuan, I walked on the plateau closer to the sky, away from the noisy city, integrated with the sky and scenery, released my thoughts, purified my soul and felt life.
Peace of mind is home. Geometry, we are struggling to pursue, but it is all in front of us. What we are grasping is your happiness.
Walking beautiful paintings
All your life's efforts are just to be who you want to be. Since everyone can't be satisfied, please satisfy yourself and live your life without regrets.
No regrets. This mountain is the peak.
Do not blindly follow, do not hesitate, have a direction, know what you want, and live clearly. Don't waste heaven's mercy, let me come to earth once.
armrest
cherish those who are with you right now
Happiness is like drinking water, which makes people feel cold and warm. Hold the people around you, help each other go on, go on, and grow old slowly.