Chapter Thirty-Six: The Last Piece of Pure Land
In a hidden place deep in the snow-capped mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there is a kingdom embraced by a double layer of snow-capped mountains, and this kingdom is called the Shambhala Kingdom, which is now Daocheng Aden.
Daocheng Aden, Ning Hao couldn't remember the first time he heard this name, and he had always thought that they were referring to the same place.
But in fact, the distance between Daocheng and Aden is more than 110 kilometers, and it takes at least three and a half hours to reach by car.
After getting up at half past seven the next morning, washing and eating, the two drove from Daocheng and drove in the direction of Aden Village.
Aden Scenic Area, a place known as the 'soul of Shangri-La' and 'the last Shangri-La', has even been featured in the "National Geographic Magazine", and has been praised by international friends as: the last pure land on the blue planet!
Here, you can see the snow peaks and glaciers, the forests and meadows, the rivers and lakes, the canyons and waterfalls, the purest natural scenery here, and the most intact and primitive alpine natural ecosystem in China.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the car finally came to Shangri-La Town, because private cars are not allowed to enter the scenic area, they can only temporarily park the car in Shangri-La Town, buy tickets and bus tickets for the scenic spot from here, and take the scenic bus into the scenic spot.
The whole Aden Scenic Area is mainly composed of the three sacred mountains of Xian Nairi, Yang Mai Yong and Xia Nuo Duoji and the surrounding rivers, lakes and alpine meadows, the area is very large, and many routes are mountain roads that cannot be reached by car.
Therefore, in order to allow tourists to better enjoy the whole picture of the scenic spot, the valid use period of the scenic spot ticket is three days.
However, in order to facilitate the management of the scenic spot, if you do not live in the scenic spot at night, you must first go to the special information desk to register with your ID card and tickets when buying tickets, and you only need to buy half-price bus tickets when you enter the scenic spot for the second time.
This is something to keep in mind, because if you don't register in advance, you'll have to buy another ticket the next day when you enter the attraction again.
After an hour's drive on the bus of the scenic spot, I finally came to the village of Aden located in the scenic spot.
Aden means "sunny place" in Tibetan, named because of the long sunshine hours, and the Aden Scenic Area is also named because of its proximity to the village of Aden.
The village of Aden is also like an isolated paradise, the whole village is located on a plateau between the mountains of the canyon, surrounded by rolling desolate mountains, giving people a sense of seclusion.
There are only 28 households in the entire Aden village, and many people will say that the Tibetan villages here seem to be placed randomly, but if you look closely, you will feel that they have been carefully designed by the master and are very harmonious with the surrounding natural scenery.
Ning Hao doesn't have such a high appreciative eye, and he can't understand the inconsistency, but the irregularly distributed Tibetan villages, as well as the green barley fields around the village, make him feel that this is a very beautiful Tibetan pastoral scenery.
After the car stopped in the village of Aden for a while, it started again and continued to move forward, passing through the Longtong Dam and finally reaching the end point.
You can only walk on foot from the car in Zha Guan Bang, all the way is a flat road, and you can walk about 15 minutes to reach the first scenic spot of the Aden scenic spot, Chonggu Temple.
Chonggu Temple occupies an excellent geographical location in the Aden Scenic Area, opposite the three sacred mountains of Xian Nairi, Yang Mai Yong, and Xia Nuo Duoji, below is the Chonggu Lawn like a natural bonsai, and behind it is the steep Aden Grand Canyon, which is the gate of heaven that guards the Shambhala Kingdom.
But when you actually come to this monastery, you will find that Chonggu Temple is not very big, it looks a little old, there is a big mani pile at the entrance, the piled stone slabs are written all over Tibetan, and the prayer flags around it are also fluttering in the wind.
Walking into the temple, a solemn atmosphere comes to the face, there are many bright patterns with Tibetan characteristics depicted on the door frame and walls, and the main hall is enshrined with Buddha statues and photos of living Buddhas, although the whole interior is a little dim, but it is very solemn.
When he came out of the main hall, Ning Hao also heard a low chanting sound coming from the right room of the temple.
Being in the midst of a solemn temple, with the smell of incense burning in your nose and the sound of chanting echoing in your ears, is an environment that can easily calm your heart.
Here at Okikoji Temple, free seating, parasols, and even hot water are provided.
Seeing that it was already noon, Ning Hao and Tang Xiaoxiao decisively decided to have lunch here, and when they came, they had already decided to bring their own lunch today.
Therefore, Ning Hao deliberately carried a backpack with some "supplies" they bought when they were in Shudu.
To be honest, it was the first time for Ning Hao to eat lunch in such an environment, with the blue sky overhead, the emerald green lawn under his feet, and the majestic mountain in the distance, such a beautiful scenery was really difficult for people to have the heart to enjoy the food.
It's a pity that the network situation here does not allow it, otherwise Ning Hao would definitely start the live broadcast immediately to share this visual feast with tourists.
Secretly regretting it in his heart, Ning Hao's thoughts about eating suddenly lightened a lot, and he immediately took out the SLR to find an angle and began to record this unforgettable beauty.
Even if his skills in playing SLR are only at the level of a rookie, but with such a beautiful auxiliary bonus, every photo taken looks not inferior to those professional-level masters.
After enjoying lunch in a hurry, the two said goodbye to Chonggu Temple and came to the Chonggu Lawn below Chonggu Temple.
The Okiko Lawn is low-lying and is mainly composed of meadows, forests, streams, etc.
Through the sign here, Ning Hao learned that Chonggu Lawn was originally a glacial dammed lake, because the glacial lake at the foot of Xian Nai Ri burst its embankment and washed away the lake here, making it a grass dam like today, and at the same time it became a large glacier U-shaped valley mouth.
Therefore, Chonggu Caoba is also known as 'natural bonsai'.
"There is a place called Daocheng, where am I going with my most beloved, to see the blue sky, to see the white snow-capped mountains, to see the golden meadows, to see an autumn fairy tale.
I will tell her that if she does not live in your heart, she will die in a foreign land;
I want to tell her that to love each other is to be together forever. ”
Standing on the Chonggu lawn, Tang Xiaoxiao looked at the nearby stream, looked at the two sacred mountains of Xian Nai Ri and Xia Nuo Duoji in the distance, and said these words softly.
This is a line from the actor Chen Mo in "Passing by Your World".
Listening to this line, Ning Hao couldn't help but recall the scene where Mao Shibai proposed to Lychee in his mind.
In front of Chonggu Temple, under the witness of three thousand-year-old sacred mountains, Mao Shibai knelt on one knee on the soft grass and said the sentence tremblingly: "Lychee, I love you, you can ...... Marry me...... Is it?", a simple marriage proposal vow!
It seems that the sound of Mao 18 coming out of the navigator at the end of the movie is also vaguely echoing in my ears.
"Lychee, have you come to Daocheng again? This is positioned as Chonggu Temple, where I propose to you!
When you arrive at this destination, I will say to you, because it is the bluest sky, therefore, you are an angel......"
Once, the love between Mao 18 and Lychee touched many men and women, making them determined not to be afraid of the hardships on the journey, and resolutely came to Daocheng, to Aden, and to Chonggu Temple to recall their love vows.