Reading guide: This is a 100-day self-driving tour of China D69 days, travel route: **Lhasa City - Nyingchi City, itinerary: 429 kilometers. Visit the Jokhang Temple, which has a history of more than 1,300 years and has the supreme position in Tibetan Buddhism, the most prosperous commercial street in Lhasa, Barkhor Street, which is built around the Jokhang Temple, experience the Linla high-grade highway from Lhasa, the "Sunshine City" to Nyingchi, the "Snowy Little Jiangnan", climb over the Mira Pass at an altitude of 5,013 meters, and enjoy mountains, rivers, villages, snow-capped mountains and canyons along the way.
After a rainy night in Lhasa, the sky is clear and the air is refreshing. While it's still early, you can go to the Jokhang Temple in the morning.
Some people say that if you haven't turned around Barkhor Street, you have never been to Lhasa, and the periphery of the Jokhang Temple is the ancient and lively Barkhor Street, and the original street of Barkhor Street is just a single turning road around the Jokhang Temple, and now it is gradually expanding into a large area of old-style old blocks around the Jokhang Temple.
At nine o'clock Barkhor Street has been very lively, more people pluck the Buddha beads in one hand, turn the prayer cylinder in one hand, with ** around the Jokhang Temple a circle, the circumference is about one kilometer, we naturally become a part of the **.
This prayer path that has been stepped on by pilgrims has never lost its popularity for thousands of years, and it has been polished to the brink of worship. Legend has it that the city of Lhasa was slowly formed by countless people who turned the scriptures, and for thousands of years, it has never stopped the sound of footsteps, and it carries the dreams of countless people.
Walking on the ancient Barkhor Street, on the north side of the solemn Jokhang Temple, two mighty stone lions squatting and guarding a three-storey Tibetan building with exquisite decoration, the plaque inscription "Qing ** Minister Yamen in Tibet" nine big characters, attracted many tourists to stop. The Yamen of the Qing Dynasty in Tibet has a history of nearly 300 years, from the formal establishment of the system of ministers in Tibet in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727) to the 185 years of the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, for the office and residence of the ministers in Tibet.
On both sides of Barkhor Street, shops, teahouses, inns, and workshops gather, and the goods they sell have distinctive Tibetan characteristics, such as handicrafts such as skins, horse harnesses, and thangka paintings, as well as ghee, barley wine, milk tea, and air-dried meat.
More than ten o'clock in the morning, the Jokhang Temple is already crowded, so lively, the worshippers are kowtowing their long heads, the scene is very touching, in fact, in **, at any time you will see all the way kowtowing to the pilgrims who are waiting for the long head, the five bodies throw themselves to the ground, and crawl on the ground, I can feel that although they are physically tired, their hearts are full and satisfied.
The Jokhang Temple, which has a history of more than 1,300 years, is the most glorious building of the Tibetan period and the earliest civil structure building, and is an outstanding representative of Pingchuan-style temple architecture. After entering the temple, follow the visit signs, follow the ** tour, rub other people's explanations, but you can't take pictures like the Potala Palace.
The Jokhang Temple is not as big as the Potala Palace, and it can only walk two floors, and if you don't look closely, a turn will soon be over. What impresses me more is that all corners of the Jokhang Temple are resplendent inside and out, and some of the architectural details are beautiful. This also explains the supremacy of Jokhang Temple in Tibetan Buddhism.
Jokhang Temple hall is four floors high, you can go up the stairs to the golden roof of the temple, the golden dome bucket arch is a typical Han style, the carved floor and carved beams are the first style, the whole building integrates the architectural style of Tibet, Tang, Nepal and India, and is worthy of being a model of Tibetan religious architecture through the ages. Inside and outside the temple are filled with incense all day long, and 10,000 butter lamps are always bright, leaving traces of time and pilgrims.
Tang Fan League Monument.
In front of the main gate of the Jokhang Temple, there is a monument of more than 3 meters high to the Tang Dynasty Alliance, which was erected in the third year of Changqing (823 AD) of Tang Muzong, expressing the long-standing intimate relationship between Han and Tibet.
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It's almost out of town. At 11:20 a.m., he left Lhasa, the "Sunshine City", and soon turned into the Linla High-grade Highway and went to Nyingchi, the "snowy little Jiangnan". The Linla High-Level Highway is 409 kilometers long, with a speed limit of 80, and it has many ramps in the middle and an open viewing platform.
The first county border from Lhasa is the Dazi District, the eastern gate of Lhasa, which is only 20 kilometers away from Lhasa City. Dazi District is sandwiched between the Chala Mountains and the Guogalari Mountains that traverse from east to west, and the terrain is high from north to south, and the middle low part is the Lhasa River valley with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters.
The 57-kilometer-long section of the Linla Highway from Lhasa to Mozhugongka runs through the U-shaped valley of the Lhasa River, where the beach is covered with sea buckthorn shrubs and artificial poplar forests. The Baga Snow Wetland Scenic Area in Dazi District is the core area of the Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, and there is a spacious viewing platform on the side of the Linla Highway.
From Lhasa to Mozhugongka, we pass through the Dazi No. 1 Tunnel, the Deqing Tunnel and the 1,681-meter-long Qunipat Bridge, under which the water of the Lhasa River flows quietly.
After crossing the Tuneipat Bridge and walking a short distance, you will enter Mozhugongka County in the middle and upper reaches of the Lhasa River and on the west side of Mila Mountain. Mozhu Gongka, which means "the middle white land where the Mozhu-colored Green Dragon King lives" in Tibetan, is part of the plain of the Lhasa River Valley.
The total length of the Mozhu Gongka viaduct is 1655 meters, there are many ramps, after the viaduct, the new and old county towns of Mozhu Gongka are in full view. Crossing the county border, from agricultural areas, semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas to pastoral areas, with the direction of mountains and rivers, the altitude is high, forming a rich vegetation structure.
Coming from Dazi County, the main areas along the way are semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas, highland barley, wheat, rape, yak, sheep, goats, highland barley is the staple food of Tibet, has grown lushly.
At half past one o'clock, we turned directly into the 318 national highway, 318 is much smoother than the 109 national road, the speed limit is 30 kilometers, and as the altitude gradually increases, we soon reach the pass of the Mira mountain.
The Mira Pass is 5,013 meters above sea level, standing in the mountain pass, the mountain wind blows strongly, the colorful prayer flags connect to the sky, fluttering and swaying, and the three black yaks carved in stone are lifelike. The stone monument has the altitude carved on it, and tourists line up to take pictures in turn.
Mount Mira is the mountain pass that divides Lhasa and Nyingchi regions, completely changing the landform, vegetation and climate on the east and west sides of the Brahmaputra River Valley. The climate on the Lhasa side is dry and cold, while the Nyingchi side is warm and humid with lush vegetation, and the view of the surrounding snow-capped mountains from the pass is endless. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon after crossing the Mira Pass, and after descending the mountain, it turned into the Linla Highway again.
Linla High-grade Highway has 9 interchanges and 3 service areas in places where the population gathers, large enterprises and famous tourist attractions along the route, which plays a role in driving the development of the surrounding economy. Every 2 to 3 kilometers, there is a temporary stop for vehicles, and there are many emergency stops.
After crossing the Mila Pass, you will step into the beautiful scenery of Gongbu Jiangda County in the Nyingchi area. The highway is built almost along the Niyang River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, the "mother river" of the Gongbu region, which means "tears of the goddess" in Tibetan.
The vegetation on both sides of the Niyang River is intact, and the two slopes of the valley are full of dense and lush spruce and fir and other primeval forests, shrouded in clouds and mist, and we can't help but stop and enjoy the beautiful scenery from the observation deck.
Gongbu Jiangda County is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral area. Agriculture and animal husbandry are the economic foundation of Gongbu Jiangda County. The famous Basongcuo is located in the territory of Cuogao Township, 83 kilometers away from the county seat, and is a famous sacred lake and holy place of the Red Sect.
Along the way, the beautiful scenery along the Linla Highway covers almost all of nature, mountains, rivers, villages, snow-capped mountains, and canyons. At half past five, I arrived at Nyingchi City, which is located in the southeast of **, in the middle and lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River, known as **Jiangnan, and the beautiful Linla Highway is actually free.
Nyingchi, Tibetan means "sun throne", with an average altitude of 3,100 meters, in addition to Basongcuo, which is known as an outdoor paradise, there are also the world's largest canyon - Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the most beautiful mountain in China - Nanga Bhava Peak, the most beautiful glacier - Midui Glacier, the most beautiful forest sea - Lulang Linhai and other natural landscapes, to visit in the next few days.
It rained as soon as I arrived in Nyingchi, and the proprietress of the restaurant said that the summer of Nyingchi is the rainy season, and it basically rains every day, and it will not last long, and it will rain after a while, which is conducive to the growth of matsutake mushrooms and Ganoderma lucidum in the mountains.
The city of Nyingchi is small and exquisite, clean and quiet.
To be continued-