1. yak meat
Eating yak meat in Tibetan areas is really a pleasure. When you arrive in Shangri-La, you can see that there are places selling yak meat in every street. Dried yak meat, fried yak meat in hot pot, dried yak meat.
There are many ways to eat yak meat in Shangri-La. You can decide how to eat according to your own taste! It's not impossible to try.
2. Baba butter tea
Butter tea (called butter tea in Tibetan) is made of hot water, salt and butter. Put it into a slender barrel and stir vigorously with a stirring rod to make it into emulsion.
Another way is to put ghee and tea in a leather bag, tie the mouth of the bag tightly and beat it hard with a wooden stick. Therefore, the process of making butter tea is often called "beating butter tea".
In the past, the economy and transportation were extremely underdeveloped. In some scenes and seasons, butter tea is the only source of food and water for many Tibetans.
Bazin is one of the most important staple foods for Tibetan herdsmen. The method is very simple, that is, drying and frying highland barley, grinding it into fine powder and making Bazin. When eating, put Bazin in a bowl, add butter tea and Qula, then buckle the rim of the bowl with your thumb, and knead the remaining four fingers into a ball to eat. After dinner, the bowl is wiped clean like this. For Tibetans, if they don't eat a meal every morning, they will have no energy to work all day.
3. highland barley cake
Highland barley cake is a kind of food prepared and baked with highland barley flour, which is a favorite food of Tibetan people in Shangri-La. The taste is similar to the highland barley cake I usually eat, but different practices will have different tastes. Usually bought in Tibetan breakfast shops. 10 yuan, served with buttered tea, is a very good breakfast choice!
: hint
1. Shangri-La has an average altitude of 3,300 meters, which is not suitable for strenuous exercise and avoids high reflection.
2. Shangri-La has dry weather and strong ultraviolet rays. Remember to bring sunscreen products and try to replenish water;
3. Manidui is a signpost of God in the eyes of Tibetans, and Mani stone engraved with six-character mantra or Buddha statue is a sacred object of Tibetans. When encountering religious facilities such as monasteries, manidui and stupas. You must make a detour from left to right. Tibetans consider it a sin to do the opposite. Don't pick up Mani stone at will, let alone sit on Mani pile;
4. Don't cross musical instruments or braziers; The warp tube and the warp wheel should rotate clockwise and cannot be reversed;
5. For Tibetans, the top of the head is a gathering place for blessing, so it is taboo to touch the top of others' heads, especially children's; You can't point your feet at people when sitting.
Shangri-La is a place where cattle and sheep flock together, but the food sources here are not so rich that it is impossible to drink milk every day. For a time, some foods have become the source of physical strength, and the above foods are the special foods that Tibetans must taste.