Yangzhuoyongcuo, also known as Yangzhuoyong Lake (local people usually refer to it as Yanghu for short), because Tibetan misrefers to the lake. Geographically speaking, Langkazi County belongs to Shannan region, but many tourists choose to take this route when traveling to Shigatse region.

There are two roads from Lhasa to Shigatse, of which South Road is the old road to Shigatse, and you can pass by Yangzhuoyong Lake and Gyangze County from here. Depart from Lhasa, cross Qushui Bridge, turn left to Gongga Airport, and turn right to Yangzhuoyong Lake. You can see Yanghu Power Station on the right side of the road. Yanghu Lake and Yarlung Zangbo River are separated by a mountain, and the nearest place is only 6 kilometers wide, but the water level difference between them is more than 800 meters, and the water resources are very rich. Yanghu Power Station, the highest pumped storage power station in the world, is located here. Yanghu Power Station has been put into operation and is an important energy supply center in southern Tibet. This road has been climbing on the Panshan Highway. This is completely dirt road. Although it is bumpy, it is not difficult to walk. After driving for 30 kilometers, you need to cross the 5030-meter gambara Pass to reach Yangzhuoyong Lake. After crossing the pass, you can see the distant Yangzhuoyong Lake and the steep Ningjin Kangsha Peak.

Yangzhuoyongcuo, which means Swan Lake in Tibetan, is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. The altitude is 444 1 m, the east-west 130 km, the north-south 70 km, the total length of the coastline is 250 km, the total area is 638 square kilometers, and the water depth is 20-40 m. It is the largest inland lake at the northern foot of the Himalayas. There are many branches of Yanghu Lake, such as coral branches, so it is also called Coral Lake in Tibetan. There are more than 10 islands in the lake, the big one can live in five or six households, and the small one is only 100 square meters. Yanghu Lake is a low-concentration saltwater lake, which is frozen in mid-June165438+1October every year, and the ice thickness can reach 0.5m ... The lake is rich in leptospirosis, Schizothorax in Tibet, naked carp in plateau and so on. The estimated reserves are 200-300 million kilograms. Now the aquaculture industry here has formed a large scale, and the fish produced are not only supplied to the Lhasa market, but also exported to the mainland. It is also the largest waterfowl habitat in southern Tibet. Every winter, flocks of birds migrate to the south. Along the shore and islands in the lake, there are many swans, water pigeons, yellow ducks, osprey and spotted geese. It takes about 30 minutes from Shankou to Yang Zhuo Lake, and then you can always enjoy the scenery of Yang Zhuoyong Lake along the lakeside road. This beautiful mirror will gradually disappear from your sight until you walk 60 kilometers closer to Langkazi County. Take this route, pass through Langkazi County, and you can see Ningjin's resistance to Sha Feng for about 40 kilometers.

Yarlung Zangbo River and Yangzhuoyong Lake are separated by a mountain range that stretches for more than 360 kilometers. Tibetans call it Laguigangri Mountain. Kangsha Peak in Ningjin is the main peak of Laguigangri Mountain, leisurely above the holy lake. Therefore, Tibetans call it Ningjin Kangsha, which means that Hag God lives on a noble snow-capped mountain, with an altitude of 7206 meters, located at 90. 1 degree east longitude and 28.9 degrees north latitude, at the junction of Gyangze County and Langkazi County. There are more than 10 peaks around, with a height of over 6000m. It is one of the four snow-capped mountains in central Tibet.

Sha Feng in Ningjin is magnificent, with a steep cone of dangerous rocks on the top. Glaciers develop in the snow between hillsides and gullies all the year round, and ice and snow often collapse. Only April-May or September-65438+10 is the best time for mountaineering activities. On April 28th, 1986, Sangzhu, Bianba, Jiabu and other China Tibetan mountaineering teams 12 people climbed to the peak from the south slope of the peak for the first time along the southwest ridge route.

The end of the Carola Glacier at the southern foot of Sha Feng in Ningjin extends less than 300 meters away from the expressway, so few tourists here can resist the temptation of such a wonderful iceberg landscape. Many travelers will stop here to take photos with yaks nearby.

There are many famous peaks on the west side of Yangzhuoyong Lake, such as Jiangsanglan Peak and Jiegang Susong Peak, which are good places for tourism, mountaineering and exploration. Around 200 1 National Day, Tibet Mountaineering Festival was held in Jiangsang Lanfeng, which was no less than the primary snow mountain climbing training base of Emerald Everest.

In the north of Langkazi County 10 km, on the south bank west of Yangzhuoyong Lake, there is the famous Sundin Temple. Sundin Temple has a history of more than 300 years, and its reincarnation system of living Buddha has continued to12nd century. Shambagaju tribe belonging to Karma Kagyu Sect (that is, Bai Sect). It is worth mentioning that it is the only temple in Tibet hosted by a living female Buddha, and all the temples are male monks except the host.