"O white crane,
Lend me a pair of white wings,
I'm not going to go far away,
Fly to Litang and return."
- Cangyang Gyatso
Litang West City Gate
On the necessary road of the G318 Sichuan-Tibet Line
There is such a place
It is located in the western part of Sichuan Province and the southwest of Ganzi Prefecture
It is known as the "Pearl of the Prairie"
"City in the Sky", "City in the World"
"Horse Racing Town", "Snowy Land", "Prairie Pearl"
There is no shortage of praise labels here
It is Litang!
01 "Here, it's Litang!" 」
Litang County, known as the "World High City"
The altitude is 4014 meters
The county seat is more than 300 meters higher than Lhasa in Tibet
It is one of the highest cities in the world
Here since the ancient tea horse mutual market, merchants gathered
It is the main traffic route between Tibet and China
It is also one of the most nomadic areas in Kham
National Highway 318 South crosses the county seat
From here, you can take the provincial road 217 south to Daocheng Aden
North to Ganzi and intersect with National Highway 317
It is a must-visit place for many Sichuan-Tibet self-driving enthusiasts
The county is inhabited by Tibetan, Han, Hui, and Yi
Tujia, Naxi, Miao, Qiang and other ethnic groups
The Tibetan population is the majority
It is a settlement of the Tibetan people of Kham
Unique location and long history and culture
Make Li tang a
A collection of regional features
It also preserves the Kham Tibetans themselves intact
A treasure trove of cultural connotations
People always use sacred and pure to describe Litang
In fact, Litang is more like a hidden paradise
Here you can feel the magnificent grassland
You can worship the sacred mountain Ge Nie
You can quietly listen to the whispers of the sister lake
You want poetry and far away
Push open the door and you'll have a complete view
02 "The county closest to the sky"
Not like the tenderness of Jiangnan Water Town
The scenery of Litang is like the people of Litang
Full of wildness
There are deep valleys and mountains, and there are also cliffs and cliffs
There are also countless snow-capped mountains that do not melt in all seasons
Along with the grasslands are all barbaric growth
Endless
Grass can grow as you please
Overshadowed by the figure of a herder galloping across the grassland
Over here
Look up and you can see
Towering snow-capped mountains, soaring eagles
There was also the praying old man who sprinkled Ronda into the sky
Look down and you can see
An endless savannah of woolly savannah
Horses galloping on the prairie, yaks galloping
And the teenager with Udo
Let's go
Go and see this hidden paradise~
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Maoya Prairie
China Geography magazine once rated it as
One of the 6 most beautiful grasslands in China
The grasslands lie on the top of the hill in Shaluri
Get close to green mountains, snow peaks, white clouds, and blue skies
Smart and unworldly
The four seasons change in spring, summer, autumn and winter
It also gives the savannah boundless charm and style
Ge Nie Shen Shan
Ge Nie Shen Shan can be described as the "soul of Li Tang"
This is "the sacred place of pure meditation"
It's the "Heart of Transgression"
The highest peak of the Shaluri Mountains is one of the sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism
The Eye of Ge Nie
The Eye of Ge Nie is actually a small, rounded alpine haizi
Small circles are formed due to the depth of the lake's bottom
It's like the pupils in your eyeballs
The eye is also named after it
After getting off National Highway 318, you will also pass through a section of dirt roads and small roads
So it is recommended to drive an off-road vehicle to go
03 "Ten Thousand Styles of The World's HighEst Cities"
Pond on horseback
Litang Tibetan means flat as a copper mirror grass dam
On such a flat grass dam
Derived from the horse racing culture of Litang
The pond on horseback got its name
August 1 of each year
"Litang Bayi International Horse Racing Festival" was held grandly
Competitions include endurance races, walking races, equestrian races, etc
Among them, the equestrian race is the most exciting
Horse belly hiding, horseback upside down, flying horse shooting, picking up hada
And other superb riding skills have been unveiled
furthermore
Tibetan performances, Tibetan opera dances, singing mountain songs
Jump strings, jump pot village
Various exciting events such as this will also be staged here
Li Tang Tibetan drama
Tibetan opera requires a mask to perform
Different mask colors
Represents different characters and personalities
The roles in Tibetan opera are all male
They don't have a stage
You can perform a Tibetan drama on the spot
A Tibetan drama sometimes takes three days and three nights
Tibetan cuisine
Tibetan diet with
Rice dumplings, butter tea, yak beef and yak milk are the mainstays
Litang chefs constantly learn from different regional cooking methods
Combine local specialties (yak, cordyceps, life fruit, matsutake mushrooms, etc.)
Developed a new era of Litang Tibetan cuisine
Li Tang seems to have pinned down
Countless people's beautiful imaginations of poetry and distant places
Not only is there a beautiful scenery here
There are also beautiful Khampas
There are many simple and beautiful like Ding Zhen
Smile from the world's highest cities
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