Someone once said, "For dream seekers, Tibet is the oldest dream; For the departed, Tibet is the ultimate memory; For aspirants, Tibet is the most constant secret; For walkers, Tibet will always be a magical holy land. " The great beauty of Tibet, whenever mentioned, makes people dream.
It is a vast territory with magnificent mountains and rivers. It is the "roof of the world" and "pure land on earth". In addition to world-class scenic spots that are famous at home and abroad, there are many small secret places hidden in boudoir, waiting to be unveiled. Perhaps it is a corner of the village and little-known landscape. Maybe it's a country with a strong Tibetan feeling ......
When I came to Tibet in March, everything revived, and the sacred lakes on the vast land melted with ice and snow, and "slowly woke up". "Cuo" means "lake" in Tibetan, and Tibet has recognized "three sacred lakes": Mabang Yongcuo, Namtso and Yangzhuo Yongcuo. Mabang Yongcuo means "eternal and unbeaten Jasper Lake" and enjoys a long-standing reputation all over the world. Namtso, which means "Tianhu" in Tibetan, shows its sacred status, while Yangzhuo Yongcuo has the reputation of "the most beautiful water in the world".
In addition to the three sacred lakes, there are countless lakes scattered like sapphires in Tibet. They have their own elegant demeanour, waiting to be seen. Basongcuo is one of the largest freshwater dammed lakes in eastern Tibet, with an area of more than 6,111 mu. The lake is fascinating emerald green, as the name suggests.
Basongcuo Lake is crystal clear, surrounded by snow-capped mountains. Sha Ou and Baihe float on the lake, and the lake is transparent and full of fun. Every spring, the flowers are blooming around the lake, and the snow peaks are arrayed and reflected in the lake. The scenery is extremely pleasant.
The most unique thing about Basongcuo is that there is an island named Tashi Island in the middle of the lake, and there is a temple named Cuozong Gongba Temple on the island, overlooking Tashi Island in the middle of the lake, and the lake scenery on both sides comes into view, as if you were in a fairyland on earth.
sijin lacuo is also a little-known niche. it is located in the southeast of riduo township, mozhugongka county, Lhasa city, Tibet. it means "a powerful god lake" in Tibetan, and the local residents call it "the god lake where the king of the rich white dragon lives". because of its topography, it is also called "the god of wealth lake".
The lake area is 51 square kilometers, located at an altitude of 4,511 meters. The lake is blue, with towering mountains and rich grassland water plants. During the period when cattle, sheep and all kinds of wild animals inhabit, there are peaks in the north shaped like tortoise kings and many meditation places. There are 16 peaks like arhats in the east for the world to worship.
There are more mysterious and hidden lakes in Tibet. Located in Renduo Township, Zhongba County, Shigatse City, Tibet, there is a "land of the sky", which is Zabuye Salt Lake, the largest lithium salt lake in China. The world knows Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai, but this salt lake is not only larger than Chaka Salt Lake, but also clearer.
Source: Tibet Tourism in China (the same below)
What's more special is that it is blessed by the "pink girl's heart" of nature, and its stunning is comparable to the Uyuni salt marsh in Bolivia and the pink Hutt lagoon in Australia. As a very small scenic spot in the north-central line of Ali, many "old drivers" who have come to Tibet several times may not have seen its beauty. There are almost no tourists here and very few people know it.
Zabuye Chaka is divided into South Lake and North Lake. When it is close to Zabuye Chaka, you will first see a vast expanse of salt land, just like a piece of white snow. When you walk down, you will see that it presents different colors. Sometimes it is light blue, and sometimes it turns pink or even deep red, just like a colorful gem.
Source: Shigatse Tourism Bureau (the same below)
From the high altitude, Zabuye tea card is even more amazing. It is divided into countless salt ponds, white, pink and brown ... Each grid has different colors, but it maintains a high degree of unity and harmony, which is better than the Emerald Lake in the northwest. Some people call it "the palette of nature", while others call it "the palette of nature".
Source: Tibet tourism in China
It's also beautiful and salty, and there is a thousand-year-old salt field in Mangkang Yanjing in the southeast of Tibet. There are more than 3,111 red clay salt fields stacked along the winding Lancang River. The best peach blossom salt in the whole Tibetan area comes from here, and the ancient salt drying technology has been passed down from generation to generation.
the output of white salt is small and the price is slightly expensive. White salt is generally edible salt. Red salt is commonly known as "peach blossom salt" because the peak of salt mining is mostly in March-May, and it is the season when peach blossoms are in full bloom. When the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the salt pans, the criss-crossing salt pans are like reflective glass, reflecting the crimson sunset glow. This artificial original salt-drying landscape is called "the work of sunshine and wind".
In addition to the minority and beautiful scenery, there are many beautiful villages in Tibet that are even unknown. They are usually hidden in the mountains, which are like "lost paradise" and like a paradise. Only when you really go deep into them can you feel their beauty. Someone once said, "There are many villages in Tibet, but the most beautiful ones are ancient villages.".
On the way to Tibet, many people knew about Ranwu Lake and Laigu Glacier, but few people knew about it. There is also a little-known small village-Laigu Village. Laigu Village is located in Ranwu Town, basu county, Tibet. "Laigu" means "hidden" in Tibetan, perhaps because the village is hidden in rolling mountains, so it is named.
This small village, surrounded by several glaciers, is littered with houses and farmland on the basin impacted by glacial meltwater along the lake. White snow-capped mountains, blue glaciers and blue sacred lakes; Yuan Ye with green grass, golden haystacks and blue roofs is like a paradise, so that chinese national geography once praised it as "the most beautiful village".
The village is inhabited by more than 91 Tibetan farmers and herdsmen, and more than 511 Tibetan aborigines. So far, they have maintained a primitive Tibetan life of semi-farming and semi-herding. The magnificent Laigu Glacier, the towering Gangri Gabu Snow Mountain, the vast mountainous fields echo the scattered Tibetan dwellings from a distance, cattle and sheep go out, chickens and dogs sing each other, the traffic in the buildings, and the stupa mulberry smoke form a glacier mountain pastoral sacred land.
Zhaxigang village, a picturesque village on the Sichuan-Tibet line, is also a paradise of "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and enjoying the reputation of" the first village in Lulang ".
Zhaxigang village is called an ancient and desolate "auspicious slope" by Tibetans. It is said that when Princess XX passed by, she was amazed at its auspicious treasure, so she named it "auspicious slope", which is called Zhaxigang in Tibetan.
In these quiet villages, there are no bustling tourists, no shutter that keeps ringing all the time, only a simple life of sunrise and sunset every day, and the purest Tibetan customs. Tui Village is located on the east bank of Pumu Yongcuo Lake in Luozha County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet. It is the highest village in the world with an average elevation of 5,171 meters. Some people even say that Tui Wa Village is the entrance to heaven.
This lakeside village with over 31 households and 151 people has snow-capped mountains, blue sky, white clouds, meadows, lakes, yaks, temples and prayer flags. Because it is inaccessible and the air is thin, it is said that no more than 111 people have been there so far.
Every year in the middle of winter, the village will carry out an activity that has lasted for thousands of years-herding sheep. In winter, the pasture is barren, but the grass on the island in the middle of Pumu Yongcuo Lake is still fresh and tender. At this time, the villagers in Tui Village will drive the sheep from the frozen lake to the island in the middle of the lake and enjoy the fertile tender grass for a month. A month later, before the ice melted, the villagers took the sheep back to the village. The documentary "roof of the world" also introduced pushing the village to catch sheep in winter.
Travel around Yanghu and ride horses in Lulang Town
Great beauty Tibet is a must-see in this life. This spring, we will follow the 7-day and 6-night trip to Linzhi, Lhasa, Tibet, and set out together. Explore the roof of the world, roam the city of sunshine, climb Mount Sejila, and travel around Yanghu Lake, one of the "three sacred lakes", enjoying the four seasons and enjoying different charms.
Lhasa, also known as Sunlight City, is the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, with an altitude of 3,651 meters. It is sunny all year round, with little rainfall, no severe cold in winter, no intense heat in summer and pleasant climate.
In the paradise-like Lhasa, you will unconsciously slow down your pace and pace, follow the local Tibetans on the turning road in Barkhor Street, or sit down and have a cup of sweet tea, while listening to the chanting of the turning people, while staring blankly.
Choose Zan Fan from the luxurious and distinguished hotel, and Xiaozan will arrange to stay at Songzan Laslinka Hotel. The hotel is located at the edge of an old Linka garden. It is a castle composed of 11 Tibetan-style buildings. It draws lessons from the architectural form of the new palace in Norbulingka, a classic architectural model in Tibet. It collectively turns 25 degrees to the west and slowly rises from north to south, as if crossing back to the ancient Barkhor Street.
From the lobby, dining room, book bar and room balcony, you can quietly enjoy the majestic posture of Potala Palace, and nearly 111 pieces of ancient fine Tibetan and Chinese textile art are displayed in various areas of the hotel, making it a veritable fine Tibetan and Chinese textile art park.
There are 45 rooms here, including 16 superior garden rooms, with an area of 81 square meters. The room is ingeniously integrated with modern aesthetics in Tibetan style, with wooden floors, Tibetan carpets and handmade bronzes. Moreover, each room provides diffuse oxygen supply from the living room to the bedroom, which can solve your concerns at high altitude.
after leaving Lhasa, this trip will go to Linzhi, which means "the throne of the sun" in Tibetan in the southeast of Tibet, with an average elevation of 3,111 meters, just like a green gem set on the banks of the Yarlung Zangbo River. It is a tourist paradise with the lowest altitude, the highest oxygen content, the best climate and the best ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Linzhi in spring and summer is a world of flowers and seas. Alpine pastures keep the flowering period at high altitude, making Linzhi an encyclopedia of flowers.
Enjoy the charming scenery along the way from the Grand Canyon Scenic Area via the Niyang River Scenic Belt, and enter the Sejila Mountain along the 318 National Road. In the Sejila Mountain, you can enjoy the dense vegetation, bamboo pruning and exotic grass in the Sejila Mountain. Cross the Sejila Pass (4721 meters above sea level), where you can watch the most beautiful mountain in China-Nangabawa Peak in fine weather.
In spring, the water of Yanghu Lake is extremely blue, thorough and deep. The snow-capped mountains and cattle and sheep on the grassland in the distance are peaceful and quiet, just like an intoxicating oil painting. As the largest inland lake at the northern foot of the Himalayas, its lakes and mountains are the most beautiful in southern Tibet.
In spring in Tibet, when you come to ride a horse in Lulang town, you are looking forward to it. Lulang town is known as "a little Switzerland in Tibet", which is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of 3,711 meters. It not only enjoys the reputation of "the 318 most beautiful town", but also enjoys the praise of "when you arrive in Brouland, you will forget your hometown".
When you arrive in the town of Lulang, you will have the illusion of straying into the south of the Yangtze River, and feel like you are in Switzerland. Pastoral, snow-capped mountains, lakes, forests ... Colorful buildings built near the lake have outlined a quiet and beautiful "Shan Jutu".
the scenery here is different in four seasons. In spring and summer, the streams are winding, the grass is lush, cattle and sheep flock, all kinds of wild flowers are everywhere, and wooden fences, wooden houses, wooden bridges and villages are dotted around, just like a fairyland on earth.
Crossing the Secret Land and Encountering the Spring Ranch
You can also visit Yunnan and Tibet in the spring. Zandu especially recommends a "must-visit in your life" trip to Yunnan and Tibet for 11 days and 9 nights, taking you to stay in Songzan Rumei Mountain, enjoying the elegance of Shangri-La Spring Ranch, enjoying an outdoor picnic in Baima Snow Mountain, praying at the entrance of Sejila Mountain and being a Lhasa person for a moment.
I have heard of "Cordyceps sinensis". Have you ever heard of "Winter Sea and Summer Plain"? There is a secret place in Shangri-La-Napahai, a seasonal lake on the plateau, which is mostly grassland in spring and winter and a lake in summer and autumn.
Napahai is called "Napachuo" in Tibetan, which means "the lake behind the forest". With a total area of 31.25 square kilometers, flocks of cattle and sheep rise and fall with the grass sea, such as ups and downs in the sea, and the vast Yuan Ye is surrounded by grassland beauty of "seeing cattle and sheep in the wind and grass".
With the coming of spring and summer, the rain gradually goes away, and Napahai has ushered in its dry season. At this time, the water area of Napahai is shrinking and the surrounding meadows are gradually exposed. At this time, Napahai, known as Yila Grassland, is the largest spring pasture in Shangri-La.
22km west of Zhamu Town, bomi county, there is a virgin forest with a forest coverage rate of over 61%. Here, the mountains are high, the trees are dense, the ancient trees are towering, the activities of rare wild animals are frequent, and all kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines are rich. This is the Gangspruce Forest, which was rated as one of the top ten most beautiful forests in China by chinese national geography.