Chapter 33: On the way to Danba

At eight o'clock in the evening, we were all taking a bath and lying on the bed, and the man came to say that the roasted whole sheep was ready, and now we could go over and eat it. Let's get dressed and go.

The market was only a few hundred meters from the small hotel, so we dressed up and followed the men along the street. In front of a shop, several people are fiddling with the whole sheep on the barbecue grill, according to the rules, the whole sheep is eaten by the guests, and the offal is considered the artificial labor of the barbecue person. The man took us into the shop to sit, and each of us was given disposable gloves, and the mutton was cut and brought up one by one.

A few people at the door were holding sheep's heads and feet and gnawing. This roasted whole sheep is really delicious, the taste is just right, the outside is charred and the inside is tender, and it is spicy, which makes us eat all over the mouth. The fat man repeatedly said that it was too delicious. The man said, what is this, he has even eaten a national treasure. We were shocked that this national treasure is a protected animal.

The man said that when he was 17 years old, the national treasure killed a few sheep at the head of the village, and the village organized people to hunt them, and when they were finished, they were skinned and burned, and the meat was divided among the villagers. But the meat is really average, sour and firewood. I said it's illegal to eat national treasures.

He said that the national treasure had bitten the sheep in the village, and who knew if it would bite? So the people in the village were afraid, so they made a trap, and if they were caught, they were not afraid of hurting people, and no one cared. I said no one knows? He said that the skin was burned, and the meat was in the stomach, so who cares.

This Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan is also the production area of national treasures, and national treasures are often encountered on the mountains, and it is generally okay to avoid them. Even if the weather is bad, the national treasure can't find something to eat, so he will catch a sheep and eat it. Didn't I say it eats bamboo shoots? The man said that you don't look at it cute, in fact, it is an omnivorous animal, in addition to bamboo, small animals also eat.

The man's words refreshed our three views. The honest and lovely national treasure in the zoo will also catch sheep to eat? However, this national treasure is still the mount of Chiyou during the Yellow Emperor period.

According to the "Historical Records of the Five Emperors": "Xuanyuan is to cultivate virtue and revitalize the army, govern the five qi, five kinds of art, care for the people, degree the Quartet, teach the bear to Pixiu [] tiger, in order to fight with Emperor Yan in the field of Hanquan." Three wars and then got their will. Chi is especially chaotic, and there is no need for the emperor's order. It was the Yellow Emperor who was the prince of the army, and he fought with Chi You in the field of Zhuolu, so he attached himself to kill Chi You." At that time, Chiyou's mount was this national treasure.

Listening to the man swing the dragon gate to increase his appetite, but there are too many whole sheep, so he can't finish eating, so he packs it and goes back to sleep. The man put the packaged mutton on the roof of the car and froze, and he could continue to eat it tomorrow.

There are more than 100 kilometers of provincial highway from Yuanyang Dam to Danba, but it is along the upper reaches of the Dadu River, which is much easier to walk than the winding mountain road of Erlang Mountain. On both sides of the Dadu River are cliffs, and a few stones fall from the road dug halfway up the mountainside.

Occasionally, I see a few houses on the opposite hill, and there is no road to pass. The man pointed to the steel cable that crossed the Dadu River and said that the villagers all used the steel cable to swing over. It turns out that the steel cables that can often be seen are used to cross the river. The method is very good, but it is scary, and it is a hundred or dozens of meters deep.

After walking dozens of kilometers, the man stopped, pointed to the opposite side and said that this was the place where he used to transport white marble. White marble? We all opened the window to look out, this white marble has heard of it, and there is a block yard by the river in Tianquan County, and there are many huge stone lions carved. Across the river is a mine.

The man said that white marble is also a type of marble, but the white marble here is very delicate and looks very good when used to carve large ornaments. Nationally, the stone from this place is the best. He said that your Yunfu marble is very famous, but it does not produce marble, and the boss of Yunfu will also come here to pull the blocks back.

We were all looking over to see the excavators working, and the man said it was a stone from a silent blast. Unfortunately, a barrage dam will be built downstream, and the place will soon be flooded. A few kilometers ahead is a bridge across the river that leads to a place called Pan'an Township, and we all came down to stand on the bridge to let out the wind.

This bridge is a simple bridge across the opposite village and town, and there are no guardrails. We stretched our legs and waved our hands on the bridge, and we were tired enough to sit in the car for so many days, and our buttocks were numb. It seems to be almost ten days, which is about the same time as Jiang Ming's budget.

When Zhang Shan came here, she always looked out the window and didn't watch much TV, so she seemed a little uneasy.

The man said that most of the people on the road we came from behind were inhabited by the Han people, and the front went all the way to Danba County, which is a place inhabited by ethnic minorities. When you see the dress or behavior of ethnic minorities, you should not point fingers and respect the living habits of others. We all nodded yes.

After walking a few kilometers, I encountered the construction of a barrage dam, which dug up the road. The man said that he originally drove a truck to deliver cement, and it was delivered here, twice a day. The construction of the barrage dam here will flood part of the original provincial road upstream, so a tunnel was opened, and the tunnel is still under construction.

Driving into the cave, the air in the cave is very turbid, and it smells of gunsmoke. The inside of the cave is very dark, there are many forks, and the ground is also full of potholes, and there are no road signs to guide it. Everywhere in the cave, you can encounter construction trucks pulling concrete, and you have to pull over and give way, but the man turned on the headlights and drilled around in it, and it took more than 20 minutes to drive out.

A few kilometres further on, on the left side of the road and across the river is a large village, built along the gentle slopes of the high mountains. You can see a large area of pear blossoms on the opposite side, which should be pear blossoms, white, and particularly beautiful. The pear blossoms are hidden in the rain and fog, hazy, and when I see those scattered stone houses, the man said that the Qiang people live, not the Tibetan houses, but just like them.

If you fall in love with a girl in the village, you can climb the window at night to try to get married. All three of us men turned around and stared at him with their mouths wide open, and the fat man said, hurry up, stop! The car stopped with a creak. The man turned around and said that he liked a flower in the village back then, and climbed the window to have a tryst at night, but was caught by her father, and then became a son-in-law.

So? Forget it! The fat man shrugged his shoulders and said that this place was too remote, just go to the door. Hahaha, we all laughed. The man said that the love of the ethnic minorities in Tibet is relatively simple, looking at the strong people, the limbs are sound, and the labor force is one more, and they don't pay attention to money. Without those fancy intestines in the south, it is a house, a car, and you have to have an education.

The life in Tibet is really different from ours, most of them are Buddhists and very religious. The coastal ones pay more attention to money, but money comes first. Therefore, people in each environment pay different attention to different things, different values, and universal views, and cannot be grouped together.

I saw a small stone tower at the edge of the village, with a lot of ropes tied to the top of the tower, which were stretched out in all directions, and many colored flags were hung. I said what kind of building is this? The man said that this is a lama temple, and every village has a lama, and the villagers provide for it, take care of the sick and heal the wounded, pray and sacrifice, take care of the delivery, and give names to the children. This is more respected than the village doctor.

However, the people of the village do not call them lamas, but call them living Buddhas, and add their names in front of them. This living Buddha is not registered.

When Zhang Shan heard it, she stopped watching the TV, so she leaned on the window and looked at the towers and the fluttering colored flags. I guess she also knows that she can be cured here. The man said that the first seven or eight kilometers is your destination, Danba County.

Danba is a small county town where two provincial highways meet. If you look at the number of buildings, it is a small town in western Guangdong. There is an old street on the side of this provincial highway that goes down to the river, and there is a small market in the old street, and across the bridge is the county seat of Danba. The entire county hall is a four-story building that includes all the necessary departments.

They don't have a TV station, they don't have a broadcast, they just have a school, a primary school and a middle school together. The only bank is a postal savings bank on the side of the provincial road. There are a few roadside shops around the savings bank that sell folk ornaments.

The man opened slowly, we opened the window and looked outside, Zhang Shan was also very curious, not to mention that she was curious, we were all curious. It's thousands of miles away from our hometown, and it's different from ours in every way. Their houses don't have anti-theft nets because Buddhists don't steal.

The car was parked in front of a hotel, and the man went in to greet the boss, not knowing how long we stayed, and asked the boss to be as cheap as possible. We followed up in the lobby and the owner was a slightly chubby, bald, smiling and glasses-wearing. We found that there were bookcases in the lobby, so we looked through them, there were many maps, and there were also biographies.

The boss said welcome to Danba County, the book you are holding in your hand is a tourist introduction to Danba, and the beauty on the paper is a flower of Kangba. I turned a page and looked, the boss said that this was the three sisters of Danba, and I turned another page, and he said that this was Jiaju Tibetan Village. Yo, where are the treasures?