And when I saw a pair of Italian young men and women who had just come up from the bunk opposite, they took out the chain lock and wanted to lock the luggage, and laughed that Xueluo and Liu Jingshu also locked their luggage in the first week of coming to India, but now it is the fourth week, and they don't lock their luggage and don't worry about losing it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe two babes hesitated, but still locked their bags on their sleeper legs.

Then he said timidly in a low voice: Xueluo and Liu Jingshu This is the first week. Xueluo couldn't help but want to laugh. What's even more ridiculous is that a fat Indian woman on the bunk opposite the snow fell actually moved one of her huge suitcases to the middle of the bunk against the wall, and a large handbag was stacked on it, leaving only about 20 centimeters empty on the side.

Then he fell asleep in the shape of a shrimp and hugged his suitcase. It was so joyful. Xueluo smiled at Xueluo, who was on the lower bunk, and said: That person's box must be full of gold and silver treasures, so he hugged it all the way, for fear of flying. Xueluo asked Xueluo to take a picture of the woman's vivid sleeping position, but Xueluo didn't dare, afraid that if she found out and stared at Xueluo all the way, she would be born.

Train tickets booked from Khajuraho to Varanasi: Train number: 21107/Car class: 33 3rd class air-conditioned sleeper cabins: 1 side berth, 1 libre, 1 libth, 1 libth. Spent on the train to Varanasi and waking up in the morning with light up, it was the best night of rest on the train after the snow fell to India.

It seems that he is getting more and more accustomed to the Indian environment, but Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's trip is nearing the end. At about seven o'clock in the morning, the train passed through a very wide river, which was muddy and turbulent. This is the Ganges, the mother river of India. Then, a large city flashed in front of me, and the name of the city was displayed on the stop board.

Allahabad. Then, all the way along the Ganges, which means that the holy city of Varanasi, located on the banks of the Ganges, is about to arrive. I heard that there is a morning bath on the Ganges, a night festival on the Ganges, and a boat ride on the Ganges, which is the place where Indians are most looking forward to the end of their lives, and they are about to embark on a three-day trip there.

Xueluo and Liu Jingshu are full of curiosity and anticipation. The largest historical city along the Ganges River in Varanasi, the holy city of Varanasi, India, was formerly known as "Benares", and historically there is also the name of "Gasi", which means the place where the light of the gods shines, because the city is located between the Varana River and the Asi River, it was changed to its current name, and the names of the two rivers are combined.

Located on the left bank of the Ganges River, 780 kilometers southeast of New Delhi, there is at least more than 2,000 years of history and is said to have been built by Lord Shiva as one of the main gods of Brahmanism and Hinduism 6,000 years ago.

Today, it is not only a holy city that Indians yearn for to bring happiness and a final destination, but also a world-renowned tourist distribution center, known as the "Light of India". Varanasi became a religious shrine in India as early as the 4th-6th centuries BC. In the 5th century BC, the Buddha Shakyamuni once came here.

He preached and preached for the first time at Sarnath, located 10 kilometers northwest of the city. In the 7th century, Xuanzang, a high-ranking monk of the Tang Dynasty of the Dragon Kingdom, made a pilgrimage here, and he described in detail the ancient buildings, residents' lives, market prosperity, religious conditions and customs of the city in the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". In the 12th century, the ancient dynasties of India established their capital here.

Hindus generally believe that dying in Varanasi will be able to escape the cycle of birth and death, and they also believe that bathing on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi will cleanse the unclean soul and bring happiness and good luck to themselves and their families. Varanasi still retains more than 2,000 temples built in different styles and styles of different eras, some of which are magnificent and magnificent.

Some are small and chic, giving the city a strong religious atmosphere. Famous among them are the Aulunge Zeb Mosque, which was built during the Mughal Dynasty, the Vishwanatjin Temple, which is dedicated to Lord Shiva, and the ancient Durga Temple, which is inhabited by a large number of monkeys. There are more than 400 religious festivals in Varanasi each year, sometimes even twice a day.

Almost all of these religious festivals are held in temples. The alleys crisscross the ancient city to the banks of the Ganges, and are lined with shops, hostels and temples. On the shores of the crescent-shaped bay of Varanasi, successive dynasties built 64 piers of different sizes for people to bathe and worship.

Every morning, a large number of Hindus, men and women, young and old, both local and foreign, come to the Ganges along the cobweb-like streets and alleys, and enter the Ganges River with a pious mood to bathe in order to wash away the dirt or sins of their bodies with holy water, and to achieve the desire to live beyond the mortal world and to live forever in heaven after death.

They see it as a great comfort and honor to "wash away their faults" with the water of the Ganges. Hindus believe that cremation on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi and scattering ashes into the river also transcends the pain of life. There are also many people who are boating in the river, or admiring or worshipping the holy scenery of the city and the Ganges. Every evening, the streets leading to the ancient city are overcrowded.

A steady stream of people flock to the river to enjoy the sacred Ganges Night Festival. Varanasi Varanasi Map Copyright Varanasi Varanasi Railway Station is more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and the train arrives more than two hours late. The 453-kilometer walk took almost 14 hours. Low efficiency is a characteristic of Indian trains. It is said that India is developing rapidly and is catching up with the Dragon Kingdom.

However, Xueluo thinks that India's transportation environment, especially railway conditions, will not improve as soon as possible, and it will develop rapidly. Varanasivaranasi Railway StationThe railway station in the holy city of India and the tourist distribution center is more than one or two levels behind compared to the Dragon Kingdom. The facilities are too basic. Varanasi, Varanasi Railway Station, Station Flyover.

Railway stations in India are completely open, with free access and no ticket checks. Out of the station, a group of tuk tuk drivers gathered around. A driver said 100 to the hotel. Xueluo asked if it was 4 people 100 or one person, and replied: One person. Play alone! Turn around and go. The driver caught up again, and the suicide price was half as much, 200.

But Xueluo and Liu Jingshu plus so much luggage, 200 is 200. Get in the car and leave. Varanasi Varanasi Railway Station is a tourist city, and the station is also larger. The road out of the railway station in Varanasi was blocked by tricycles, tuk-tuks, cars and pedestrians, and it took a long time to get to the side road with fewer cars.

Finally, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu were placed at the intersection next to the yellow church, saying that further on the road near the river in the old city, the tuk-tuk would not let them pass. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu went to find a place to stay, and the remaining two looked at their luggage on the side of the road. Varanasi Deva Inn From the data, Varanasi is a tourist city, and there are many hotels and inns.

In addition, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu arrived in the morning, and the time was relatively abundant, so they did not book a hotel, and planned to find a cost-effective accommodation in a good location after arriving in the local area. It's hard to find the place you want to live here. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu went deep into the alleys along both sides of the main road leading to the main river altar Daswaswameido, and there were many residences close to the river altar.

Basically, they are inn-level, and the people from a tourist information office took Xueluo and Liu Jingshu to find three places that he thought were good, and Xueluo and Liu Jingshu were not satisfied, the room was small and unclean, and the sheets were dirty. There is a room that is ok, but the room price is too expensive and the value for money is not good. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu hid the cow dung in the alley until they were exhausted and did not find a satisfactory one.

Finally returned to the main street to find this small inn, looked at the room, relatively small but the health is acceptable, the main street is noisy, although not very satisfied but still barely made do with the stay, mainly because I really don't have the physical strength to go to other places to find. The room rate is 1400 per night. The waiter has an expressionless face. Stayed one night and thought it was too noisy.

Seriously affect the rest, negotiate with the front desk and ask to change the room to avoid a quieter room facing the street. The waiter said that there was no room to change; the snow fell back: if you didn't change it, you would leave; the other party immediately said that there was a room and a room. Changed to a small window room upstairs and it was much quieter at night. Street View: This road is the main road that leads through the old town to the main river altar of Varanasi, Saswamedo.

This is a daytime street scene, and many people go to the river altar to watch the night festival in the evening, and sometimes the flow of people will block the road. Street view of the procession of worshippers heading to the river altar. The street scene in front of me is a guard who maintains social order on the street. There are a lot of guards on this street, and they carry all kinds of guns, and the old guard in front of him is carrying a very old gun.

A veritable old gun. There are also newer styles of guns on their backs, and there are also guards who carry sticks without carrying guns. Street view of the street security booth. The gun on the guard's back was relatively new. The fact that the weapons are so inconsistent suggests that the guard force is not a regular soldier or police officer, but rather a local militia-like organization.

Street scene of a woman selling flowers on a street stall. Streetscape human tricycles can send guests to the river, and motorized tuk-tuks are not allowed to enter. In the afternoon, after resting at the hotel, after dinner, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu went to the river altar to watch the Ganges night festival performance. At this time, the flow of people on the street is basically going in one direction - the direction of the river.

The road leading from Varanasi Street to the main river altar is very noisy and crowded, and you have to pay attention to dodging the tuk-tuks passing by from time to time when walking on the narrow road. Most of the pedestrians on the streets look like outsiders, and there are not many tourists among them. I saw a few dragon tourists in Varanasi, but there weren't many dragon tourists along the way.

It indirectly reflects the cautious attitude of most dragon people towards visiting India. Indians are very busy, and in the morning, as soon as it is dawn, there are people lining up to beat drums and sing songs and walk through the streets, and they are not at peace until late, and the noise makes people's scalps tight. They all came to the Hajj to the Mother River, and they understand. The streets near the main river altar are lined with brightly lit shops.

One after the other, most of them are cloth shops and tourist commodity stores, and there are some small restaurants and inns in between. The alleys are a little dirty, with sewage, garbage, and cow dung everywhere, but it seems to be slightly better than the sanitation seen in cities such as Delhi and Amritsar, which are even dirtier. Street view on the way to the river altar.

In the evening, there are more people on the streets than during the day. Street view street side food stalls. I saw this kind of fried bun again, and I didn't dare to eat it. The most sacred religious activity - the Ganges Night Sacrifice The ancient Ganges night sacrifice ceremony, located in Varanasi, takes place every day, rain or shine.

In winter, it starts at 5:30 to 6 p.m., and in summer it is as late as 7:30 p.m., and lasts for about 1 hour. Every night before dark, the priests began to prepare for the washing of the river altar, the arrangement of the sacrificial platform, the arrangement of the various ritual utensils and objects, and then the bathing and changing clothes.

There are two groups of night altars in Varanasi, a group of five altars side by side, and a group of seven altars. The lamp stands were lit by wooden poles, and brass bells were hung from the lampstands, which were pulled and shaken by the priests who sat under the poles. After nightfall, the altar is illuminated by lights and many worshippers.

People and tourists gather in the surrounding viewing area, find their own positions, sit or stand, and participate in the viewing. You can also rent a boat for 100 people to float on the Ganges River, but it is a little far away from the altar and cannot be seen clearly. The priest selected one spectator from each of the crowd to light the candle and the beacon on the altar. Then, with the sound of chanting with musical rhythm coming from the loudspeaker.

The sacrificial ceremony officially began. First, the priests stood in a row facing the Ganges and chanted and high-fived. They then returned to their respective altars and, to the sound of tinkling bells, chanted while picking up lighted incense, candle beacons, cobra torch stands, smoke cans, brass bells, conch shells, and peacock fans.

Oxtail dusters and other ritual instruments dance in four directions, east, west, north and south, and are sprinkled with holy water and rose petals. At the end of the ceremony, the atmosphere was brought to a climax, and everyone stood up, waved their arms in front of the Ganges and shouted in praise of the great Ganges. Even the tourists were infected by the warm and sacred atmosphere.

I couldn't help but raise my arms and shout. Follow the path to the river altar. The so-called "river altar" is a platform on the bank of the river, with steps to go down to the river, like a small wharf, which is convenient for people to go to the water's edge to worship, bathe, fetch water, wash clothes, and get on the boat. This river altar is called.

It is the main river altar in Varanasi, and it is famous for the night festival of the Ganges River held here every year. The bright area covered by the umbrella in the picture is the Ganges Night Festival site, located in the middle of the altar of the Saswametor River. Divided into two groups, the stage on the left has seven seats, corresponding to seven priests wearing beige satin sacrificial robes.

The scene is slightly larger, but the costumes are not as beautiful as the one on the right, and the altar on the right has five priests wearing maroon tunics and golden-yellow satin shawls at the base of the cage. Although there were two fewer people in their group, their costumes were gorgeously colored and they seemed more spiritual. The movements of the two sets of performances are basically the same, starting at the same time.

End at the same time. The reason why Xueluo conjecture is divided into two groups of sacrifices, one gorgeous and one solemn, is related to the wishes of the believers who come to participate in the sacrifice. Looking behind through the altar, the gray patch is the Ganges. Early tomorrow morning, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu will come here to watch the "Ganges Morning Bath".