Journey to Tibet: Departure
The distance is just ahead.
I have left my job for more than two months, and I don't want to fall into the "mechanical cycle" of work as soon as I finish my driver's license test. It's been almost four years since I wanted to return to Changsha from the Imperial Capital, and I haven't left the province yet. Finally, I chose a person to go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and travel to Tibet once to change my mind and brush some films. There happened to be a "canvassing" gay friends in Lhasa, so he bought a direct train ticket to Lhasa, got his driver's license and got on the train the next day.
The surprise of the journey is all kinds of curiosity.
Because the hard sleeper in Lhasa was too hot, I only bought a hard seat for two days and nights, and I was in a bad mood at that time. But I think I went to the Imperial Capital once when I was in college, and the return trip was also a 24-hour hard seat. I think it's better to go to college again. Maybe I can meet a donkey friend who will go to Lhasa to lose weight together. Last sentence, a good gay friend in Lhasa advised me so.
But when you come to the train station and get on the bus, the scene is completely different. First, there are far more people in this car than I expected; Second, what a good friend said about an affair and meeting a sister paper is pure nonsense (a car is basically an aunt). However, I remembered a sentence from gay friends in Lhasa: "Since I'm here, no matter how happy and painful the journey is, consider it a valuable personal experience." So, thinking of this, I was still reading slowly in the brightly lit crowded carriage near three o'clock (you wouldn't expect the uncle next door to fall asleep in the aisle (T_T)).
On the road, look ahead.
Anyway, my first personal trip after leaving my job has just begun. As long as I set out, the distance will eventually become the front, because I know that I have been working hard on my life.
A trip to Tibet: along the way
Naked, yellow, violent
The train journey to Tibet has already passed halfway. Now I have officially entered the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau through Xining, and sat in a hard seat for a day and a night, and I saw the natural environment in the northwest for the first time. When the train passed through Zhengzhou and entered Shaanxi, I still felt that the vegetation was lush, but after entering Gansu, the situation became the above picture, which made me just want to "eat the soil".
For the first time, I had an intuitive impression on the high slope of loess in northwest China. I suddenly feel how happy my good friends from Shanxi to Changsha are. In his own words, they just stay on the bare land in their hometown, and it is estimated that they can only be village heads who eat soil.
Occasionally see green mountains and green waters.
Of course, there is still a bright side in the northwest. When passing through the Weihe River in Baoji, I met the green mountains and green waters like the one above, which can only be seen in the south. But careful observation of the river, there are still many unknown floating objects, affecting the overall sense. But it also confirms the advantages of natural environment in Guanzhong area, because after leaving Guanzhong area, all the way is bare "yellow land".
Seeing this barren and arid yellow land in the northwest, I thought, if I don't rush out of here, I have to rush out. No wonder my good friends in rural Shanxi are so desperate to stay in the south.
Please give me a Lanzhou one.
Only when one party has experienced it personally will he have his own true feelings. This time, I was deeply moved by the northwest. I see. It turns out that in such a difficult environment, there are still people who stubbornly survive here, they just survive. By comparing my growing environment, I feel how happy I am, and I know I should cherish the mountains and rivers around me more.
Mountains are spiritual and water is full of wisdom. Please give me a different scenery of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. I want to breathe your rhythm.
Journey to Tibet: Arrival
This is a magical road to heaven.
At six o'clock yesterday afternoon, I took a 456-hour train and finally arrived in Lhasa, the "Sunshine City". All the way through the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Central Plains, Guanzhong, Loess Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and finally reach the destination. This circle gave me the most intuitive understanding of "reading thousands of books and taking Wan Li Road". I learned about the three-step terrain of China in middle school geography books, especially the true features of the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the northwest. I finally saw it with my own eyes this time. I'm glad you're here.
Sunshine city
I was surprised when I got off the bus in Lhasa. I thought it was just a tourist seasonal city, but the train was full from beginning to end. It turns out that due to the rapid development of Lhasa and the high salary of foreigners, more and more migrant workers from nearby Sichuan and other places choose to come to Lhasa for "gold panning". Coupled with the charm of an international tourist city, there are even traffic jams on the streets of Lhasa.
A clear night sky
I have slept for two days and didn't have a good rest. When I arrived in Lhasa, the reaction was somewhat high. When I got up the next day, rhinitis suddenly broke out. I have a headache. I have a cold. Therefore, the plan to visit the Potala Palace and other scenic spots in the city on the second day after arrival had to be cancelled temporarily, so I went to buy some medicine, took a bath and had a long rest. Until five or six o'clock, after I recovered, my classmates in Lhasa took me to the Tibetan restaurant Maggie Mia in Barkhor Street for dinner, and visited the night view of Lhasa by the way. The picture above shows Barkhor Street next to Jokhang Temple. The buildings in Lhasa are all Tibetan and rich in color. The night sky in Lhasa is transparent and clear, and the outline of clouds is clearly visible. With a slight cool breeze, walking in the street is very comfortable.
Ye ye bu da la palace
After dinner, because it is not too far from Potala Palace, we walked to Potala Qianping Square to enjoy the beautiful night view of Potala. The Potala Palace in the middle of the night is still magnificent and firmly located in the center of Lhasa. As a business card of Lhasa and even Tibet, Potala Palace is quiet, majestic, solemn and beautiful, as if showing people the power of faith and standing on the roof of the world. As Wang Zengqi said in his poem, "There is no road longer than feet, and there is no mountain higher than people".
Tour of Qinghai-Tibet: Potala, Norbulingka and Jokhang Temple.
The magnificent Potala Palace
In a blink of an eye, I have been back from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for nearly half a month. The blue and transparent sky, colorful prayer flags and wonderful scenery along the way still fascinate me. Go on, record the travel notes completely.
The first destination of the official Qinghai-Tibet tour is the main scenic spots in Lhasa: Potala Palace, Norbulingka and Jokhang Temple. Before I came to Lhasa, I actually only knew the Potala Palace. After I came, I found that there are basically temples not only in Lhasa, but also in places where Tibetans live. It can be seen that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is indeed a "highland of faith".
Around Potala Palace
The whole city of Lhasa is built with the Potala Palace as the center, from east to west and from north to south in turn. The buildings around the Potala Palace can't be taller than the Potala Palace, so the floors in the city center are basically around three or four floors. This highlights the grandeur and solemnity of the Potala Palace, as if it were a belief in guarding the plateau with the mountains around Lhasa.
Overlooking Lhasa from Potala Palace.
According to the tour guide, among the temples in Tibet, the Potala Palace is one of the two temples that were not destroyed (during the Cultural Revolution) (the Potala Palace was ordered by Premier Zhou not to be destroyed, and the other temple was protected by Nepalese businessmen). Later, I even heard the driver of the newspaper group say that the cultural relics of Potala Palace can even buy several Shanghai cities. Buying some Shanghai is of course a joke, but in fact I think faith is priceless. Potala Palace is a symbol of Lhasa, a treasure of Tibetan culture and a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism. Can't be measured by too secular eyes and values. Try to feel it. Faith needs awe, and people need to keep awe of faith and creator to go further. This may be the reason why Tibetan temples prohibit taking pictures.
Potala Palace entrance
After visiting Potala Palace for nearly two hours, I heard something in the explanations of various tour guides (it is not convenient for individual tourists to find a tour guide, so they can only listen and be more free. If you want to listen, you can follow that group. Then I went to the next destination, Norbulingka, the representative of the Tibetan Garden of the Dalai Lama's Summer Palace.
Norbulingka architecture
Norbulingka gives me the feeling of being like the Summer Palace in Tibet, except that there is no lake. The architectural style of Norbulingka is more elegant and exquisite than Potala Palace, and the trees in Norbulingka are also dense. Tibetans sitting on the floor can be seen everywhere, basking in the sun, chatting and drinking butter tea. My classmates told me that this place used to be the place where the Dalai Lama worked and rested, but now it has become a paradise for Tibetans.
Roblinka corridor
The forest of Robinka
After sunbathing in Norbulingka, I came to the last stop: Jokhang Temple. Jokhang Temple is in the city center, and Barkhor Street is around Jokhang Temple. Tibetans worship at the entrance of Jokhang Temple every day and turn clockwise around Jokhang Temple to Barkhor Street (whether visiting temples or walking around mountains or studying Buddhist scriptures in Tibet, they turn clockwise). Jokhang Temple also has many Buddha statues, which are basically heard by tour guides all the way. What's more, on the day of the visit, it happened that the Buddha statue in the temple was painted with gold, and many lamas and Tibetans chanted and worshipped.
Jokhang temple gate
People worship in front of Jokhang Temple.
Jokhang Temple.
When you come to Tibet and stay for a long time, you may gradually feel that here, faith is not only in your heart and mouth, but also in your daily life, such as the prayer wheel in 1354, countless temples, prayer flags and Manidui, as well as your reverence for mountains, rivers, lakes and even trees. When faith becomes a ubiquitous way of life, how peaceful and peaceful life should be.
the Potala Palace
Recently, I talked to a friend about Lhasa, a pure land at the westernmost end, and a devout believer.
A dime
White clouds are within reach; The blue sky is visible; Floating over the Milky Way; Friends come and go quickly; You are thinking with your head down; Or raise your head; what are you reading?
Potala Palace in Lhasa
eaves
This is a friend who met his fans many years ago. He saw it once. Recently, he traveled all the way from Xi- Lanzhou-Xining to Lhasa, and he expressed his feelings.
Gongyijiao
20 14 met a friend in Shenzhen. In 20 13, I backpacked through five provinces and crossed Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet. She said that what impressed her most during the three-month long-haired trip was that when she was about to enter Tibet, she suddenly caught a cold and developed symptoms such as high fever. Entering Tibet is a very dangerous act, but if she doesn't go here, it will ruin the whole journey, leave regrets, and can't draw a satisfactory end to this journey. The donkey friends who accompanied her all the way advised her not to go to Tibet. She said that she felt better in all aspects. She didn't listen to the advice of her friends, but went to Tibet with them. After she went to Tibet, she got over her cold and other diseases. She did not have the expected altitude sickness. She didn't get worse because of a cold, but recovered naturally. This is a sacred place.
snowy mountain
20 15, I came to Shanghai, and my best friend went with other friends, Chengdu-Lanzhou-Lhasa. Go to the pub to drink in the evening and listen to friends from all over the world telling their feelings.
buttered tea
Drinking a cup of hot butter tea, salty and sweet, is a precious ceremony for Tibetans to entertain guests.
pray
Sitting quietly in front of Jokhang Temple, watching the burning butter lamp, and feeling the power of faith in the shocking scene of worshipping God and Buddha.
believer
At dawn, the entrance of Jokhang Temple was crowded with kowtowing believers. They crossed their hands over their heads, raised their heads from top to bottom in three directions: forehead, chest and arch, then knelt on the ground, threw themselves on the ground with their hands outstretched, and repeated the same action over and over again.
believer
Most of these believers come from thousands of miles away. They camped in the wind and kowtowed step by step, just to go to Jokhang Temple, kowtow to Buddha Sakyamuni and pray for their wishes.
believer
Friends share; When I first saw many believers holding prayer wheels, reciting six-character mantra and worshiping Jokhang Temple, the shock was beyond words. That kind of scene is enough for everyone who comes to visit to feel the Buddhist atmosphere of the Tibetan people who have passed down for thousands of years.
Their faces are full of pious, vicissitudes and open-minded faces, only on the roof of the world.
Yanghu
I want to take advantage of this youth to go to the west alone. Cross the sea of clouds to another country, a place with history and stories, a place to wash the soul, and take the soul all the way west.
The snow-capped mountains are spectacular.