CCTV *** News Network): Today (February 14) of "New Year Walks to the Grassroots", we turned our attention to the front-line officers and soldiers guarding the borders of the motherland. At the foot of the Himalayas, in **Yadong County, there is a post at an altitude of 5,318 meters - Chagora. During the Spring Festival, reporters came here to record the loyalty and responsibility of the officers and men in the border areas to protect their homes and defend the country.
After nearly seven hours of bumpy travel from Lhasa to the west, the team finally arrived at the destination of the trip, the Chagola outpost. As soon as he got out of the car, the strong wind on the plateau gave the reporter a "dismount".
Chagola means "place where flowers bloom" in Tibetan, but in reality, it is a veritable "forbidden area of life" with uninhabited people and snow-capped mountains in all seasons. The officers and men are responsible for patrolling and performing duties around the outpost all year round, keeping company with the snow-capped mountains and being accompanied by loneliness.
Li Cundong took the initiative to apply to come to the Chagora outpost in 2018, and it has been 6 years, and this year he has just been promoted to the first sergeant of the army.
The hardships of the plateau conditions are unforgettable, but Li Cundong is willing to stay, in his own words, this is like his home, the place where he fought, there is too much reluctance and nostalgia.
This is the most sincere and simple emotion of the border guards. The oxygen content of the air in Chagora is only 35% of that in the mainland, and the average annual temperature is more than -10 degrees Celsius. Since the establishment of the post in 1962, the officers and men of the outpost have relied on the belief that "man will conquer the sky" to repair fortifications, dig trenches, engage in production, and build barracks, overcoming many difficulties such as high cold, lack of oxygen, lack of water and electricity, and taking root in this "forbidden area of life."
*: CCTV).