Pangong Lake Zhang Baotong 2018.8.1

When the sun comes out, it always shines on the closest place to the sky first. When the sun shines on the desolate and quaint snowy plateau, the snow-capped mountains, hills, grasslands, and lakes present eternal tranquility and auspiciousness. In that distant sky, there is a pool of heavenly water with clear water like a mirror, called Pangong Lake. Pangong is a Hindi word meaning a meadow. The Tibetan word is Tso Mu Aung La Rinpo, which means "bright and narrow lake", but more people refer to it as "long-necked swan lake".

Pangong Lake is beautiful and charming, like a poetic picture, showing on the roof of the world at an altitude of 4,242 meters. It looks like a lake up close and a river from a distance, and the lake is shaped like a swan's long neck. The lake is about 155 kilometers long, about 15 kilometers wide from north to south, and only 5 meters at its narrowest point. The entire lake area covers an area of about 604 square kilometers, of which the eastern and western sections of the lake are about 12 kilometers northwest of Ritu County, Ali Prefecture, China, with an actual control area of 413 square kilometers and an area controlled by India of 191 square kilometers.

In the early morning, Pangong Lake is half reflected in the sun's colorful sunlight and half in the shadows of the mountains. At this time, the blue sky is high and deep, the white clouds are patchy, the lake is blue and calm, the waves are not alarmed, and the breeze blows coolness with the waves. Surrounded by mountains, the lake is crystal clear, and due to factors such as light, depth, and brightness, the lake takes on different colors such as dark green, light green, and deep blue. In the deep place of the lake, it is an unfathomable and lofty expanse, dreamily presenting the deep and blurry nature of the world and the vast blue water, so that people can not see the annual rings of the years and cannot hear the steps of time. In the shallow water, which is sandwiched between two mountains, the water is clear, whitebait swims, and the bottom of the lake is full of abundant green grass. Countless wild horses and antelopes tread the water and waves, walked into the aquatic plants, and ate the green grass leisurely.

Pangong Lake is one of the top ten most beautiful lakes in Tibet, there are more than 10 islands of different sizes in the lake, there is a paradise paradise for birds, there are more than 20 kinds of birds such as bar-headed goose, brown-headed gull, fish gull, crested duck, ruddy shelduck, etc., among which the number of bar-headed goose and brown-headed gull is the largest, and the number can reach tens of thousands at the most. They flock together, dancing and flying, sometimes flying, sometimes falling, covering the sky, covering the sky and the sun, emitting melodious and pleasant joys, breaking the depth and calm on the lake from time to time, becoming a great spectacle on the Ali Plateau.

There is a wonderful thing about Pangong Lake, it belongs to the same lake, but the water quality is brackish and distinct. From west to east, there are three types of water: brackish water, brackish water and fresh water. Ali's Ritu county occupies two-thirds of the lake area, and the water is sweet and luscious, with turquoise freshwater. In the freshwater area, the water is clear and the fish are beautiful, the blue waves are rippling, the trees on the shore are green, and the scenery is beautiful, just like a paradise. The other third is located in Ladakh, which was originally Chinese territory and was occupied by India for historical reasons. This third is brackish water. The water quality in the saltwater area is not only salty and bitter, but also smelly, not only cannot be drunk by humans and animals, but even fish are nowhere to be seen.

Compared with the soft and clear lake, the mountainous area around the lake is desolate and barren with no ancients before and no comers after it. The vast sky, the long wind gusts, the plateau is like the sea, the mountain peaks are like waves, the sun is sufficient, and the loneliness is empty. On this plateau at an altitude of 4,242 meters, there are no forest of trees and no pastures. Everywhere there are rocky mountains with no grass, and the mountains are covered with brown gravel. It's not that the land here is barren, but that the alpine climate is harsh, and the organic matter of the soil is not decomposed.

Standing on the edge of the lake and looking into the distance, the mountains are high and the road is far away, the mountains are desolate, and the afternoon time seems to have stopped, forever stuck in the ancient period. If it weren't for the 219 National Highway from Yecheng in Xinjiang to Latse County in Shigatse on the side of the road, it would be almost lonely and deserted as if it were on the moon. If you look farther away, you will see tall white snow-capped peaks far away in the sky, surrounding Pangong Lake far away, and under the reflection of the sun, there is a solemn and solemn ancient mystery, which makes people feel respect and fear for heaven and earth. This feeling does not arise in the heart, but it is a feeling in the heart, because this place itself is a huge aura that allows you to be in it and feel it. This feeling makes you feel pious and kind, and you don't dare to be bold.

This is a lonely and desolate plateau, because of the clear water of Pangong Lake, this lonely and ancient desolation has signs of life. Although the years are still vast here, the earth is barren, and there is still the coldness and majesty of the ancient legend everywhere, but the clear water of this lake is the source of life, like the tenacious flowers, so that the vast field is not old, fresh and beautiful. It is precisely because of Pangong Lake that time will sprinkle its fresh breath on this land every day, making it bright and brilliant like the rising sun in the early morning, like a lily on the edge of a mountain cliff, and as bright as a rhododendron in the spring rain.

Half of the year is winter, and the snow covers the lake like white silver felt. At this time, Pangong Lake is like a bride in a white wedding dress, the snow is shining silver, the clear water reflects the blue sky, no matter how you look at it, she is the latest and most beautiful posture. Even in the cold winter when the wind and snow are filled, the sun is obscured by the clouds, and the plateau is confused by the wind and snow, Pangong Lake is still beautiful and calm, and the waves are not alarmed. In the spring season, when the flowers are blooming and the sun is shining, Pangong Lake becomes charming and gorgeous, and the warmth is like water. With her beauty and tenderness to greet visitors from afar, to the guests who are tired of the journey to show her most beautiful charm and tenderness, so that the guests who love her are deeply intoxicated.

The more distant the dream, the more intoxicating, and the more remote the girl, the more charming. And Pangong Lake is a distant dream and a girl on the horizon. The lake water is clear, the scenery is wonderful, the snow-capped mountains are surrounded, mysterious and ancient, as long as you get there, you will definitely be intoxicated.