It didn't take too long for us to come to the northwest of Lijiang, Yunnan Province.

We are now riding a high-headed horse, galloping in the open and empty Ganhaizi grassland, this is a very open meadow, it is about 4 kilometers long, 1.5 kilometers wide, about 3100 meters above sea level, come to Ganhaizi to give people a feeling, in front of the eastern slope of the towering Yulong Snow Mountain, there is such a big meadow, here look at the Yulong Snow Mountain, Fan steep and other peaks are vivid, at a glance, from the Ganhaizi meadow to the snow line of 4500 meters, we can also see all kinds of flowers and trees in full bloom, orchids, Wild peony, snow lotus, there are many varieties, tall trees have Yunnan pine, cedar, fir, prickly chestnut, hemp chestnut and so on.

Looking at it again, there is a deep valley between Ganhaizi and Spruce Ping, the forest in the valley is forested, the clear stream flows for a long time, and the river with a clear spring flowing at the bottom of the valley is called the Baishui River.

Because the riverbed and terrace are composed of white marble and carboniferous stone fragments, it is grayish-white, and the clear spring flows through the stone, which is also white, so it is named because of the color

"Whitewater River". The water of the Baishui River comes from the meltwater of the glacier and snow field at a height of four or five thousand meters, which is clear and cool, never polluted, and is a natural iced drink.

The water of the Baishui River will also change color because of the change of weather, the water of the Baishui River is milky white on a sunny day, and the water of the Baishui River turns sky blue again on a rainy day, and the valley is crescent-shaped, so it is also called the Blue Moon Valley.

We recycle our gaze again, look into the distance, see the front in the distance, it is an eye-opener, only to see a large piece of snow-capped snow-capped mountains standing impressively in front of us, towering majestically, towering between heaven and earth, it is in a north-south direction, about 13 kilometers wide from east to west, about 35 kilometers long from north to south, confronting the Haba Snow Mountain, surging, rushing endlessly, magnificent, day and night, the Jinsha River is raging and galloping through it.

The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is known as Boshi Oulu in the Naxi people, which means the silver mountain rock of white sand. The main peak is 5,596 meters above sea level, but the height that can be climbed is 4,680 meters.

Against the backdrop of the blue sky, it is like a silver jade dragon dancing eternally, hence the name Jade Dragon Mountain.

And because the lithology of Yulong Snow Mountain is mainly limestone and basalt, black and white are distinct, so it is also called black and white snow mountain.

The whole snow-capped mountain is composed of thirteen peaks, arranged longitudinally from north to south, stretching for nearly 50 kilometers, and about 13 kilometers wide from east to west.

I suddenly remembered the poet Zhi Sui's affectionate writing in "The Warm Pen at the Foot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the Love Girl Wenwa" - the famous mountain of the Jade Dragon, the snow and the sky all year round.

The clouds do not love the peak, the ridge is washed, and the rock is like a sword, and it is suspected that it is the wind splitting. is suffering for thousands of miles without life, not like the living land in the south.

The flow led me to the earth, and I woke up in shock, and was suddenly surprised—but there was dirt around me, and inadvertently, the grass was green.

Moreover, this Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is also famous in our modern society, women and children are well-known, but it is a national key scenic spot, the first peak south of the Yangtze River, and the nearest modern oceanic glacier to the equator in the northern hemisphere.

Xuanwei of the Yuan Dynasty made Li Jing call the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain the best in the world. Moreover, Yulong Mountain is the kingdom of animals and plants, with complete ecological types, it is the most concentrated area of alpine animals and plants in the Hengduan Mountains, and is known as the concentrated production area of Chinese plant specimens, and is known as the natural alpine botanical and botanical garden and the modern glacier museum.

Its special geological structure, rich paleontological fossils, and a wide variety of flora and fauna are inexhaustible treasures for scientific investigation and research.

Mu Zhengyuan, a scholar of the Naxi nationality in the Qing Dynasty, once vividly summarized the twelve scenes of the jade dragon, namely: the smoke cage of three springs, the cloud belt in June, the dawn before dawn, the sunset after dusk, the five colors of the clear glow, the double glow of the night moon, the green snow peak, the dazzling flame of the silver lamp, the reflection of the jade lake, the early birth of the dragon in the clouds, the golden water and the stream, and the white spring jade liquid.

The landscape of Yulong Snow Mountain can be roughly divided into alpine and snowy scenery, spring pool water scenery, forest scenery, meadow scenery, etc., and the main scenic spots are Jade Pillar Optimus, Spruce Ping, Snow Mountain Cableway, Heishui River, Baishui River, Blue Moon Valley and Baoshan Stone Town, etc., just listening to these wonderful names makes people fascinated and reverie.

This jade dragon snow mountain in front of you is not only majestic and magnificent, but also with the change of four o'clock, the change of clouds and sunshine, showing strange and colorful, sometimes the clouds and mist are entangled, the snow mountain is faint at first glance, like a beautiful woman holding a pipa and half covering her face; sometimes the top of the mountain is cloud-sealed, it seems to be unfathomable; sometimes up and down are open, the white clouds are around the waist, and have another style; sometimes the blue sky is thousands of miles, the peaks are like washing, flashing with crystal silver light.

Even in the middle of the day, between different moments, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is also ever-changing, infinite changes, early in the morning, everywhere is quiet and peaceful, and the snow mountain has already welcomed the dawn, the peak is dyed with yellow-orange-orange morning light, the red morning glow reflects the snow peak, the red and beautiful glow and the sparkling white snow light complement each other, complement each other, in the evening, the golden sunset in the west, the afterglow of the mountain, the snow mountain is like a colorful silk dance, the colorful girl, the starlight is twinkling, the snow-capped mountain when the moonlight is soft and dissolves is even more beautiful, like a colorful and colorful oil painting。

And there are all kinds of beautiful flowers on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, it is a romantic flower, a hundred flowers are gorgeous, colorful, colorful, Ambilight, Yunnan eight famous flowers are all possessed, only rhododendron has more than 40 varieties, and all kinds of forests are lush, colorful, beautiful, from bottom to top in terms of pine, there are various pine trees such as Yunnan pine, Huashan pine, spruce, sequoia, fir, etc., and this Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is also the hometown of medicinal materials - there are cordyceps, snow tea, snow lotus, ephedra, three thirds, fritillary, Poria cocos, woody incense and other incomparably precious Chinese medicinal materials.

We did have a deep understanding after seeing the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and felt that it was very magnificent and open. The show is famous in the world, its momentum is magnificent, exquisitely beautiful and fascinating, it is unforgettable, and the jade dragon snow mountain is varied, the changes are different, the posture is thousands, like a chameleon, it is ever-changing, it makes people ponder, it is uncertain, sometimes the clouds are steaming, the clouds and mist are swirling, the white mist is misty, it is hidden from time to time; sometimes the rain is clear, the blue sky is like water, the mountains are wet, the peaks are crystal dazzling, sometimes the clouds are girdling, the snow peaks are bright, the blue is clear, the mountains are unobstructed, the hills are green; sometimes the red glow is covered with mountains, the glow is thousands, the red and white reflect each other, it is extremely gorgeous。

And our Jade Dragon Snow Mountain at this time is even more magnificent in the afterglow of the sunset, and it is clear at a glance.

In particular, the main peak of Yulong Mountain is steep, it is to make people forget the vulgarity, linger, remember vividly, never forget, it is located at the southern foot of Longshan, Naxi people called

"Tuosi-like full moving rock", which means Bu Song Mao Hexagram Peak, also known as White Snow Mountain. Looking at it from the plain, it looks like a silver ploughshare erected.

Climb up the White Snow Mountain to see it, it spreads out there like a white silk folding fan, so it has the name of Fan Steep and Snow Bucket Peak.

Looking up from the lawn of Jinxiang Valley, it looks like a white jade shell, radiating to the sky on three sides, shining in the blue sky and white clouds.

The whole snow-capped mountain integrates various natural landscapes of subtropical, temperate and cold zones, constituting a unique main landscape of spring and white snow.

After the rain and snow are clear, the snow is exceptionally white, and the pine is extraordinarily green, covering the ecology, moving and changing shape, very much like the white snow and green pine playing hide and seek.

Therefore, there are green snow peaks, the snow is not white but green, it is a wonder. And we can also have an unobstructed view, clearly see the long white glacier located in the main peak of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is directly below the steep fan, it is said that it stretches endlessly, and the long stretch is actually as long as 2.7 kilometers, it is really boundless, we look at it from the foot of the mountain, feel that these white glaciers are like a waterfall hanging in the sky, which makes us breathtaking, amazing, everyone is fascinated, dumbfounded, dumbfounded.

Ice these glaciers like a shining sword piercing the sky, the weather is thousands, magnificent, majestic, in the sunset of the unscrupulous irradiation, reflecting a variety of luster, as if a piece of huge jade jasper inlaid in the strange rocks between the rugged, we also faintly hear the crisp sound of glass breaking, that is the glacier formed after the glacier melts, and occasionally hear the fan in front of the steep burst of loud noise, that is the sound of the avalanche, it is really the unpredictable snow mountain, it is really the beautiful scenery of the jade dragon snow mountain, let us have a clear view。

We watched it with fascination, with relish, and Duan Gongzi looked at it more affectionately and attentively than others, it is estimated that he has been away from his hometown for some time, and his homesickness is suddenly born, he is fascinated, dazzled, and relished, he looked at these beautiful scenery left and right, and began to introduce his hometown to us with enthusiasm: "This Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a sacred mountain in the minds of the Naxi people and all ethnic groups in Lijiang, and the protector of the Naxi people—— Sanduo is the embodiment of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and Lijiang still holds an annual grand Sanduo Festival. Therefore, this Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the sacred mountain of the Naxi people. And this Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is not only beautiful scenery, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is a treasure trove of all kinds of animals and plants, incomparably rare animals include Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkey, clouded leopard, golden cat, snow leopard, Tibetan horse chicken, green-tailed rainbow pheasant, pangolin, red panda, large and small civet, white-bellied golden pheasant, blood pheasant white pheasant and so on. There are 196 species of algae plants in 31 families, more than 20 species of lichen plants in 17 families, 45 species of bryophytes, 130 species of mosses, 220 species of ferns, and more than 3,200 species of seed plants in 145 families. And in our previous Tang Dynasty, the lord of the Nanzhao Kingdom was looking for Fengyue to worship the mountain, and once gave the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as the North Mountain. During the Zhenyuan period, the famous minister Wei Gao and Nanzhao attacked Tubo and drove Tubo to the west of Yulong Snow Mountain. Moreover, there is a magical and imaginative story that has been circulated among our Naxi people for a long time - it turns out that the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the Haba Snow Mountain are twin brothers, and they depend on each other to live in the Jinsha River for gold. One day, suddenly a vicious demon king came from the north, he occupied the Jinsha River, and people were not allowed to pan for gold. The two brothers Yulong and Haba were furious, wielding their swords to fight with the demon king, Haba's younger brother was exhausted and unfortunately was cut off by the demon, and the jade dragon brother fought with the demon king for three days and three nights, cutting off thirteen swords in a row, and finally drove the demon king away. Since then, Brother Haba has become a headless Haba Snow Mountain, and Brother Yulong has held thirteen swords high day and night in order to prevent the demons from invading again, and later it has also become thirteen snow peaks. And the sweat of his battle turned into black water, white water. The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is often regarded as the external symbol of the Naxi people, and this legendary Jade Dragon hero has become a symbol of the inner spirit of the Naxi people. Sanduo, the protector of the Naxi tribe, is the incarnation of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. By the way, in fact, there is another very moving legend, which is said to be the Jinsha River, the Nu River, the Lancang River, the Yulong Mountain, and the Haba Mountain, which were originally five brothers and sisters. When the three sisters grew up, they made an appointment to go out to choose a son-in-law, but their parents were anxious and angry, and ordered Yulong and Haba to catch up. The jade dragon carried thirteen swords, and Haba carried twelve bows, and came to Lijiang by the path, and sat face to face and took turns to wait, and made an appointment with the Dharma seal, and whoever spared the three sisters would be beheaded. When it was Haba's turn to guard, as soon as Yulong fell asleep, the Jinshajiang girl came. When she saw that the two brothers in front of her were blocking the way, she looked down and thought about it, and put her steps very lightly. Suddenly, her heart lit up, and she sang a gentle song, so that the guarding Haba was so enchanted that she gradually fell asleep. She sang and walked, and sang eighteen songs in a row, until at last she passed through the limbs of her two brothers, and as soon as she came out of the pass, she ran away laughing loudly and laughing with joy. When Yulong woke up and saw this scene, he was angry and sad, angry that the golden sand girl had gone away, and sad that the Haba brothers were going to be beheaded. He could not violate the covenant, and slowly drew his long sword and cut off the head of the sleeping Haba, and then turned his back and wept bitterly, and the two tears turned into white water and black water, and Haba's twelve bows turned into twenty-four bends on both sides of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and Haba's head fell into the river and became a tiger leaping stone. Legend has it that after the men and women of the Naxi tribe fall in love, if their families oppose each other, they will both go to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to be martyred, and the whole people will go to see them off when they are martyred. Legend has it that after the martyrdom, the place they went to was like paradise, and they rode tigers when they traveled, and they were fed and clothed. The largest martyrdom in the history of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is 12 couples, they found a place full of rhododendrons on the mountain, played together for three days and three nights, and then two people a tree, both martyrdom in the form of hanging, it is a pity, it is a pity, life is only once, can not be repeated, it is very precious, but they are in order to be together forever, give up the incomparably precious life, and the pursuit of death together, the pursuit of forever together, so it is really to ask what the world is like, so that people live and die together, the greatest love is just so, although not born together, but ask for a common death。

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