It's the best season for a car again.
Recently, a super cost-effective highway has been swiped in the circle of travelers.
It cost $38 billion to build, and it's picturesque along the way, and most importantly, it's free.
It's the Larin Highway.
On April 26, 2019, the Mila Mountain Tunnel on the Lhasa-Nyingchi Highway in Tibet was officially opened to traffic in both directions.
This also marks the opening of the Lhasa-Nyingchi Highway to traffic, shortening the travel time between the two places from 8 hours to 5 hours.
It has been said that the phrase "the most beautiful scenery is on the road" is very appropriate for the Larin Highway.
Grasslands, rivers, forests, lakes, glaciers, mountains, villages...... Satisfy any fantasy you have about the beauty of the road.
Driving on the Larin Highway, there is an endless mobile blockbuster in front of you, a piece of romance that is not enough.
No wonder, it's also said to be a real beauty shuttle tunnel.
The Larin Highway allows you to shuttle through the grasslands and snowfields, switching between reality and dreams.
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Lhasa
In Lhasa, a solemn and holy city, it seems to give endless strength to everyone who comes here.
When the Potala Palace is at the end of sight, when strolling through Norbulingka, the "Summer Palace of Lhasa", when the bustling Tibetans on Barkhor Street are carrying out the sacred prayer turning ceremony, when the sheep Zhuo Yongcuo reflects different levels of blue, when the incense and butter lamps that linger all day long flow into the bones......
At that moment, I understood that Lhasa was unlike any other place I had ever been.
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Mira Pass
Mila Mountain is located in Lhasa City to Mozhu Gongka County and Nyingchi Prefecture Gongbu Jiangda County on the boundary, through the mountain pass over the Mila Pass, you will step into the Nyingchi Prefecture Gongbu Jiangda County.
Therefore, many people take the Lalin Highway and will check in here, like a milestone.
Standing on the Mira Pass overlooking the sky, it is as if you are in the sky, the pinnacles of the snow-capped mountains dance in the clouds, as if embracing the sky, and you can touch the clouds with your hand.
Looking down through the sometimes thick and sometimes thin clouds, the clear water surface is like a mirror, reflecting the surrounding mountains, and multicolored prayer flags fluttering and swaying between the earth and the sky.
At that moment, faith began to materialize.
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Sikinratso
Sijin Latso means "mighty sacred lake" in Tibetan.
Therefore, in the eyes of the locals, this is the sacred lake where the "rich man of the king of dragons" lives.
Every year on the 15th day of the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar, the Panchen Lama, the Dalai Lama and the Living Buddha of Drikung come to Sijin Latso to worship and pour gold and silver treasures into the lake to repay the gifts of the lake.
As a tourist, even if you can't empathize with that faith, you can taste the sacredness from the scenery here.
The empty field is often bursting with creatures, especially in the sunlight, the lake is full of mani piles, prayer flags fluttering in the wind, everything seems so calm.
I couldn't bear to speak loudly, for fear of destroying the peace.
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Niyang River
The Niyang River is one of the four major tributaries of the Brahmaputra River and is known as the mother river of the Gongbu people.
Soon after crossing the Mira Pass, the Niyang River has been accompanying the Lalin Highway, from west to east, along the way you can see the Niyang River from the small river to the turbulent river, clear and translucent, glowing blue.
Every spring, because of the addition of peach blossoms, it is also a little more lively and light.
Drifting on the river on a kayak, the scenery on both sides of the river unfolds like a surrealist and beautiful picture.
Scattered villages, green fields, green mountains and green rivers, cattle and horses, every moment of coming here is worth cherishing.
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Basuntso
Basongcuo means "green water" in Tibetan, and I have to say that the name is really suitable for the blue waters of this bay.
Some people praise this as the "Switzerland of the East", but in the eyes of the travel fungus, it is not synonymous with anyone, because it is even more amazing than Switzerland.
Basongcuo is a collection of snow-capped mountains, lakes, forests, waterfall pastures, cultural relics and historic sites, places of interest and ancient temples, and all Tibetan elements can be played here.
Therefore, even if Tibet has "one measure after another", it is said to be "the only grand scene that must not be missed" among the ten thousand measures.
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Midui Glacier
When you come to Nyingchi, you not only have to see the flowers, but also go to the Midui Glacier to feel the cold winter.
Midui Glacier has been rated as one of the six most beautiful glaciers in China by China National Geographic.
Although the main peak is about 6,800 meters above sea level, the snow line is only about 4,600 meters above sea level, and the end is 2,400 meters above sea level, making it the lowest glacier in the world.
Many people choose to hike here to see the water up close.
Surrounded by the white snow-capped mountains, the end of the line of sight is the snow-capped mountains and clouds and mist intertwined, as if a noble temperament that can only be viewed from a distance and cannot be blasphemed, giving life to this magnificent land.
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Lu Lang Linhai
There is such a sentence about Lu Lang Lin Hai: "When you arrive in Lu Lang, you will forget your hometown."
It is said that this is the place where the gods live, and as for why, you will understand when you come.
In the misty forest, the near view is a watercolor painting, and the distant view is a blue ink painting.
Looking through the clouds of fog, a completely different scene from the snowy plateau appeared in front of me.
The pine cedars all over the mountains, the small houses dotted among the green meadows, and the meandering and clear streams rushing by, I can't bear to breathe too hard to disturb this beauty.
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South Yigou
Nanyigou, which is 2,500 meters above sea level, is known as "the highest green secret place on the earth" because of its abundant animal and plant resources.
The traffic to Nanyigou will be a little troublesome, and it will take more than half an hour or so to go through a tortuous and bumpy road, but don't be distracted on the way, I don't know when your eyes will suddenly open up.
The grass is green, the white clouds are long, the distant mountains are heavy, the cattle and sheep are leisurely, the wild flowers are dotted, and a few huts are dotted, and not far away is the primeval forest that seems to lead to a fairy tale.
Walking into this primeval forest, many trees seem to have passed thousands of years of wind and rain, thick moss is spread on the thick black branches, and the ground is also covered with dry trees, a quiet natural scene.
All the troubles of the world are kept out, and it is easy to understand why the inhabitants of this place are reluctant to leave.
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Brahmaputra Grand Canyon
The Brahmaputra Grand Canyon is the deepest and longest river canyon in the world, the last secret place on the earth, and the most beautiful scar on the earth.
Its high, strong, deep, moist, secluded, long, dangerous, low, strange, and beautiful, all sighed!
The gentle and winding Brahmaputra River, flowing slowly at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, is full of greenery on the riverside, and it is a picture of appropriate shades.
Looking at the scattered villages in the mountains, it is inevitable to feel envious, if you live here for a while, I am afraid that even the oxygen you breathe is worth reminiscing for a lifetime.
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Nanga Bhava Peak
Nanga Bhava Peak is the highest mountain in Nyingchi region, the 15th highest peak in the world, and is also rated as "the most beautiful snow-capped mountain in China" by China National Geographic.
However, this is a very "shy" snow-capped mountain that often hides behind clouds.
In the words of the local Tibetans: "Seeing the true face of Nanga Bhava requires fate, luck and the favor of the gods!"
If you're lucky enough to see it, take a deep breath of cool air, and the majestic domineering aura instantly opens your pores.
But even if it can't clear the clouds and mist to see its true face, it won't affect its aura, and it can be said that no one can't fail to look at this place for ten thousand years.
In the most comfortable and romantic season, compose this southwest love poem.
If you're planning a road trip, don't miss the most beautiful road in Larin.
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