China's mountains and diversity are the most in the world. It can be said that there is no country in the world that has more mountains, height, wonder, danger, wonder, wonder, wonder, beauty, even Russia, which has a land area of more than 17 million square kilometers, sighs. Every province in China has a representative mountain, and even the island of Taiwan in the middle of the sea also has a jade mountain with an altitude of 3952 meters. Yushan is the southernmost snow mountain in China and the highest peak in the east.
The main peak of the Ganges Mountains, Kailash Peak
But when it comes to snowy mountains and snow peaks, it is still the western region of China, such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu and Xinjiang. Among them, Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang are famous, with snow-capped mountains and towering clouds, and their fame is as great as thunder. The Tibetan Plateau itself is the roof of the world, and there are countless snow-capped mountains above 5,000 meters above sea level. The world-famous Himalayas stretch for more than 2,500 kilometers, located on the border between the southwestern border of China and Nepal, in the shape of a northwest-southeast-northeast arc, and 10 of the world's 14 peaks with an altitude of more than 8,000 meters are accounted for here. The other four are also in the Karakoram Mountains on China's border with Pakistan and Kashmir. The Snow Peaks of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau stretch for thousands of miles and are extremely spectacular. Xinjiang has the Karakoram Mountains, the Tianshan Mountains, the Arjin Mountains, and the Altai Mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Qinghai, and the majestic Kunlun Mountains, the ancestor of the Ten Thousand Mountains, at the junction of Xinjiang and Qinghai.
The sacred mountain in the hearts of the believers, Kailash
Readers who often read maps of China should note that on the north side of the Himalayas, there is another mountain system called the Ganges Mountains, which border the Himalayas to the south and the Changtang Uninhabited Area to the north, parallel to the Himalayas. But all along, due to the fame of the Himalayas, the world's first peak Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas, so the Ganges Mountains are nameless and the aura has been taken away by the Himalayas. In fact, the Ganges are the ancestors of the Himalayas, which are much older than the Himalayas. The Himalayas are only about 30 million years old, while the Ganges are more than 80 million years old.
Kailash is more than 2,200 meters lower than Everest
The main peak of the Ganges Mountains is the ancestor of the sacred mountain that this article will talk about - Kailash Peak at 6656 meters above sea level! Kailash Peak is the main peak of the Ganges Mountains, but not the highest. The highest peak of the Ganges is The Lengbuganri Peak, which is 7095 meters above sea level, 439 meters higher than the Kailash Peak, but given the huge prestige of the Kailash Peak, it is still used as the main peak of the Ganges. In general, the main peak is the highest peak, the highest peak is the main peak, such as Mount Everest is the highest peak in the Himalayas, but also the main peak; Chogory Peak is the highest peak of the Karakoram Mountains, but also the main peak; Kawagbo Peak is the highest peak of the Merri Snow Mountain, but also the main peak, Gonggel Peak is the highest peak of the Kunlun Mountains, but also the main peak.
Kailash Peak
However, there are also "unusual" cases, such as: Tomur Peak is the highest peak of Tianshan Mountain, but it is not the main peak of Tianshan Mountain, and Bogda Peak, which is 5445 meters above sea level, is the main peak of Tianshan Mountain. The highest peak of Qinling is The 4995-meter-high Choumei Peak, but it is not the main peak of Qinling, and the main peak is the Taibai Mountain Baxiantai at an altitude of 3767 meters. Their dislocation has one reason or another, the "highest peak" is biased towards nature, while the "main peak" involves many factors, such as humanities, geographical location, fame, historical allusions, etc.
Kailash
But Kailash Peak, as the main peak of the Ganges Mountains, is obviously not the above reason, it has only two reasons, one is: Kailash Peak is a sacred mountain! It is a sacred mountain recognized by the religions of Asian countries. It is recognized as a sacred mountain by Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Bon, and ancient Jainism. Mount Kailash is the ashram of the Buddha Shakyamuni in Indian Buddhism and the temple of Lord Shiva. According to the Great Tibetan Sutra, there are nine mountains that have crossed from India to the north, and there is a snowy mountain, which is Kailash Peak. Kailash Peak is an irreplaceable sacred mountain in the minds of believers in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Thailand and other believers, every year in August and September, believers from all over the world gather at the foot of Mount Kailash and begin to measure this magical land with their bodies, which is "turning the mountain".
Kailash Peak attracts a large number of devout believers from home and abroad every day, but of course there are also explorers and outdoor hikers who come to hike and explore, especially in August and September. Those believers whose hearts have been purified prostrate themselves step by step, worship the Buddha, cultivate their hearts, and wash away their sins. It is said that if you turn one circle to wash away the sins of your life and turn 10 times, you will be free from the suffering of going to hell in five hundred reincarnations, and if you turn 100 times, you will ascend to heaven and become a Buddha.
Devout believers are turning the mountain
The second is that Kailash Peak is recognized as the center of the world and the center of the universe. This is not nonsense, it is supported by geographic data. Kailash Peak is 6666 km from British Stonehenge, 6666 km from the North Pole and 13332 km from the South Pole, which is exactly twice as much as the former. If you make a connection between the Pyramids of Mexico and the Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt on the world map, you will find that Kailash Peak is right on the extension line. Connecting Stonehenge with Easter Island, their intersection is at the location of Kailash Peak. What's even more amazing is that Kailash's distance to Easter Island is three times that of its distance to Stonehenge, and the distance from the Mexican Pyramid to Kailash is three times that of its distance to the Pyramid of Khufu.
Tibetans "turning mountains"
In addition, Kailash's geographical location is very mysterious, it is located in the Village of Ganga, Baga Township, Pulan County, Ali Region, Tibet, located near the border between China, Nepal and India, with Wanbao Mountain to the east, Tara Mountain to the west, Wisdom Goddess Peak to the south, and Dashan dalai Lama in the north. Kailash's snow has bred more than 250 glaciers, and it, along with the sacred lake at the foot of the mountain, Lake Mayoncuo, is the birthplace of four famous rivers in Asia. Among them, the Shiquan River is the source of the Indus River, the Xiangquan River is the source of the Ganges, the Maquan River is the birthplace of the Brahmaputra River, and the Peacock River is the upper reaches of the Gogra River, a tributary of the Ganges. These four famous rivers in Asia, all originating in Kailash, turn in different directions, travel tens of thousands of miles and then come together to flow into the Indian Ocean.
Snow-capped Kailash Peak
Kailash Peak is a famous sacred mountain in Asia and even in the world, and is the first sacred mountain recognized by the four major religions, not to mention the summit, even if few people dare to climb it. So far, there are only two accurate climbs recorded, one is the Sino-South Korean joint mountaineering team in 1996, and the other is the Russian scientific expedition in 1999, both of which are only halfway up the mountainside and finally ended without any problems. On that occasion in 1996, the mountaineer found a mysterious trail of footprints, said to be of Chemo (savages), halfway up the mountain, and the local Tibetans were convinced of this. Raba, a Member of the Mountaineering Team, said that the wildlings in the area around Kailash Peak are frequent, and once more than a dozen herders were attacked by wildlings when they slept at night, and the roots of their ears were torn apart, and they were pulled all the way to the mouth, and they are still crooked at the mouth. Local herders say they should not be active in the fall, often sneaking in front of their tents at night and sometimes attacking humans.
Aerial topographic map of Kailash
In August 1999, the Russian scientist Professor Murdashev led a scientific expedition to Mount Kailash, intending to conduct a detailed scientific expedition, which did not matter, and found a shocking secret, it turned out that the upper part of Mount Kailash was actually a large hollow pyramid, and there were more than a hundred small pyramids and monuments around it, which was a huge pyramid group, far larger than the Egyptian pyramids. These pyramids, all between 100 and 1800 meters in height, are numerous and surround Kailash Peak like stars and moons. Murdashev said that this was built by advanced civilizations in ancient times, at least tens of millions of years ago. However, his statement has been questioned and opposed by Chinese scientists.
However, the Russian expedition team only reached the halfway point of Kailash Peak and withdrew to the base camp. Murdashev heeded the admonitions of the local Tibetans and did not continue climbing. Even so, four of the players died within a year. It is said that around Kailash Peak, time will pass quickly, and one day there is equivalent to 14 days elsewhere. The team's hair and nails grow particularly fast, people will inexplicably accelerate aging, human cells will accelerate division, and Kailash seems to have a kind of dark energy manipulating time and space. Believers in most countries in the world believe that there is a gate of hell under Mount Kailash, and below it is not only a ladder to heaven, but also the axis of the earth, and there is a master key that can turn time and space around and make time start all over again. Hitler, the fascist leader at the end of World War II, sent people to Kailash Peak twice before his imminent defeat, trying to find a mysterious cave called Shambala, which leads to the axis of the earth, where you can find the master key of the earth, and using this key, you can turn back time, from the beginning of the war, Hitler tried to reverse the decline of the war and start a second world war from the beginning. Of course, this wish of his was not fulfilled in the end, and he did not find the axis of the earth. However, the pattern on the Nazi party flag is similar to the pattern on the top of the southern slope of Kailash Peak, and it is not known whether it is a coincidence or Hitler's ulterior motives
Kailash Turning Mountain Route Map
In fact, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, Kailash Peak is not unattainable, it is only 6656 meters, senior mountaineers or authoritative mountaineers to climb it is not difficult, after all, it is only a 6000 meters level snow mountain. In the international mountaineering community, peaks below 7 km are generally not considered. Reaching the summit of Mount Kailash is technically not difficult. However, the biggest problem is the problem of religious belief, Kailash Peak is recognized as the first sacred mountain in the world, and there are many mysterious phenomena that science cannot explain, who dares to climb it? Kailash is a religious holy place, countless legends have coated it with layers of mysterious colors, a large number of miracles all over the mountain, although the beliefs of each religion are different, but everyone recognizes Kailash as the center of the world, the temple of the gods, the Jerusalem of the East. The sects that were originally incompatible with each other could get along harmoniously in front of Kailash and shake hands and talk happily. Kailash has also become a sacred mountain that is very rare in the world across borders, religions, races and cultures.
Kailash is the center of the world
Some people say that the state explicitly prohibits climbing Kailash, in fact, this is not right, it is a rumor, the state has never explicitly stipulated that climbing Kailash Peak is prohibited, but with such a religious belief force and religious believers in many Asian countries, who dares to climb it? Unless it is a fatality, as for the difficulty of climbing itself, it is not a matter, not called difficulty. After all, Kailash Peak is more than 2,000 meters shorter than Everest, more than 2,000 meters shorter than Chogolli Peak, and it is not yet the king of Shu Mountain, Gongga Mountain (nearly a kilometer lower), nor the peak of Tomur, Gonggel Peak, and Muztag, how difficult can it be? Professional mountaineers or powerful mountaineers, want to climb to the top it is still safe.
Kailash's night to see the brilliant starry sky
Therefore, the sacred mountain can only be used to worship, worship, and awe, how dare you step on it!