Chapter 728: The Last Habitat
"Hoh Xili, the last wasteland in China, with an average altitude of 4,700 meters......" Along the way, Zhang Meng saw many rare animals, as well as Tibetans who went to the Potala Palace for pilgrimage, and was very curious.
Seeing Zhang Meng's novelty, Zhang Shaotu also slowly talked about the story of Hoh Xili.
"Second uncle, how big is Ke Ke Xili?" Zhang Meng asked.
"It's hard to say." Zhang Shaotu shook his head and replied: "I haven't heard much of this place before, and I have only seen it in the Hong Kong newspaper in recent years. ”
The Zhang family has been away from the mainland for more than ten years, and they do not know much about Sichuan and Tibet, which have changed a lot in recent years.
"I know this fat man." The fat man smiled and showed off to Zhang Meng: "Actually, from the time we entered Golmud and Kunlun Mountain, we were already considered to have entered Hoh Xili......
"Huh?" Zhang Meng was stunned and asked, "In other words, the entire eastern part of Kunlun Mountain is counted as Hoh Xili?" ”
"So to speak." The fat man continued: "The span of Hoh Xil in the Tibetan population roughly refers to the south of the Kunlun Mountains, the north of the Ula Mountains, including Qinghai, Tibet, and Xinjiang, with a total area of 450,000 square kilometers. In fact, this place has not been officially divided yet, but a resource association was only established two years ago, and it is not a protected area! ”
"Isn't this a nature reserve?" Zhang Meng's eyes widened and asked.
"Nonsense, if it's a nature reserve, you think we'll be able to get in easily?" The fat man said angrily.
"But isn't there a resource meeting set up in this place?" Zhang Meng asked with some concern: "Will we have a conflict with them?" ”
"It's okay, as long as you don't poach, it shouldn't be a big problem." The fat man also said perfunctorily unclearly.
"We have Sister Lady's pass, Brother Meng, you can rest assured." As he spoke, Xiaolou took out a pass from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Meng, and said with a smile: "Look." ”
"Xiaolou, you are really good! With this pass, we are not afraid of trouble. Zhang Meng smiled at Xiaolou, but then saw the migrating fauna in the distance, sighed and said: "I can't imagine that this is not a nature reserve, this is not even a nature reserve, this is not even imagined abroad!" Look, what kind of animal is that, I haven't even seen it? Xiaolou, you see, is innocent blue. ”
"yes, it's so blue, it's beautiful." Xiao Lou held his cheeks with both hands and said attentively: "I have only read the introduction in the newspaper before, but I have never really been here." ”
"The great rivers and mountains of the motherland!" Zhang Meng was like a naughty child, pointing to the green that appeared everywhere on the plateau, and tirelessly asked the fat man and Zhang Shaotu: "Look, what is that?" That...... And that. ”
"Tsk, what is this, do you know what else is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?" The fat man smiled mysteriously.
"What's there?" Zhang Meng asked.
"Snow Lingzhi!" The fat man said proudly.
"Snow Lingzhi used to grow here?" Zhang Meng was taken aback.
Seeing that Zhang Meng didn't have much knowledge, the fat man simply told the story: "Legend has it that a long time ago, the Queen Mother of the West had a string of green jade beaded necklaces that were very beautiful, but when the Queen Mother of the West was dressing up, the silk threads of the jade beads were accidentally broken, and the green jadeite was scattered in the mortal world. After the queen mother saw it, she ordered the Taishang Laojun to go down to earth and ignite it, and since then this snow lingzhi has multiplied in the Himalayas......"
"What about such a legend?" Zhang Meng smacked her lips.
"It's nature." The fat man continued: "This snow lingzhi is called the fairy grass of the world by the Tibetans, and this fairy grass mostly grows near Kunlun Mountain, Bayan Kala Mountain and Qilian Mountain. Snow Lingzhi can not only nourish and reduce fever, cough and blood pressure, but also treat influenza, pneumonia, jaundice, gonorrhea, lymph node tuberculosis, musculoskeletal pain and other diseases. ”
"I still know the medicinal use of snow reishi." Zhang Meng nodded, but looked at the others beside him questioningly and said: "Actually, what I'm more curious about is why this native snow lingzhi is related to the legend of Taoist immortals, you must know that this is a Tibetan land." ”
"Ugh." Hearing Zhang Meng say this, the fat man also reacted.
"This reinforces our previous suspicions." Ye Jiu replied.
"Why didn't I think of that?" The fat man looked back at Zhang Meng and said, "I said that you are Zhang Lacking, you haven't read any books, and your head turns upside down quite quickly." ”
"You think my head is like your big belly?" Zhang Meng briefly forked the road, then turned his head again, looked at the large number of animals getting closer and closer in the distance, suddenly opened the carport, and shouted into the distance.
Looking at the novelty Zhang Meng, Zhang Shaotu shook his head with a smile.
"Xiaolou, look at it, there are so many sheep."
"It's a Tibetan antelope." Zhang Shaotu shook his head and explained knowingly: "They are all rare protected animals, and this is the last habitat of the Tibetan antelope...... As he spoke, Zhang Shaotu suddenly sighed, "Unfortunately, our next generation is likely not to see them." ”
"Why?" Zhang Meng asked puzzled.
"Poaching, because of the demand for Tibetan antelope wool in the European and American markets, more and more people have become poachers, plus ...... Alas! Zhang Shaotu shook his head and didn't say more. Because he knows that no matter what he says, there is nothing he can do to change the status quo.
Zhang Meng also realized Zhang Shaotu's lost tone, and changed the topic to the fat man: "Fat man, is it the season for Tibetan antelope migration?" ”
"Probably right?"
Listening to the fat man's uncertain tone, Zhang Meng smiled evilly and said, "Hey, don't you say that you know a lot?" Do you know why the Tibetan antelope migrates? ”
"Huh?" was asked by Zhang Meng like this, and the fat man was also stunned on the spot, and he was really hard at answering this question for a while.
"It must have something to do with the climate, right?" Zhang Shaotu looked at the blue sky on one side and the sky that seemed to be cloudy on the other, and said worriedly: "Although the altitude of Hoh Xil is very high, there are many lakes and a lot of vegetation, which is suitable for sheep production, while female antelopes prefer to live at a relatively low altitude, and the warm climate at the source of the three rivers is suitable for them to grow, so they will migrate along the river." ”
"I see." Zhang Meng nodded.
"I don't think the reason is quite valid here." The fat man shook his head, obviously disagreeing with Zhang Shaotu's statement, only to see him say: "The Tibetan antelope is a plateau animal, and it should have been used to the harsh climate of the plateau for a long time. If they had been able to cross the Kunlun Mountains and migrate to Sichuan and Tibet because of water and temperature. ”
"What do you think prompts them to migrate on a large scale every year, fat man?" Zhang Meng felt that what the fat man said was not unreasonable.
The reason is very simple, Tibetans often say that birds flying in the sky and rats running on the ground are all human. Animals have a keen sense of smell, and they must have sensed something that threatens the lives of their species, so they will migrate on a large scale, such as ......"
"Like what?" Zhang Meng frowned.
"Devil's Valley!" Speaking of this, the fat man's face darkened.