People on the journey, the picture says what they have seen and heard, recently the author has just returned from a trip to Western Sichuan, will use the serial form to tell the story of the journey, welcome to pay attention. The first article, first of all, let's talk about the most commonly seen cattle on the plateau road, the yak. This cow is very expensive and can be driven away from it.
Yaks are characterized by black hair or chestnut brown, short limbs, and people in the city who have never seen it think it is a goat at a glance, in fact, this is the most precious cattle raised by highland herders, and it is also the main source of life for herders' families.
Why yaks can only be seen in highland areas, this is because it is the highest mammal in the world, mainly distributed in the alpine areas of 3000 meters to 5000 meters above sea level, and it can climb glaciers at an altitude of 6400 meters, which is very powerful. It is not only resistant to high altitude, but also hardy, and can live in the cold of minus 30 ° C to 40 ° C. 85% of the world's yaks live in China, mainly in the Himalayas and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The yak does not look majestic on the outside, but because it is suitable for high altitude and high cold, it has become a major animal raised by herders on the plateau. People who live on the plateau have been feeding or breeding it for generations.
In the plateau, herders said that a yak is not much like a sheep after birth, it takes about 5 years to grow into adulthood, and its weight is generally only half of a plain ordinary cow, so a large yak is very precious, and it will cost at least 20,000 yuan to sell after adulthood, and the big one will be more expensive. So, if you see someone grazing on the plateau with herds of yaks, he is the invisible rich man on the plateau.
Driving in the high mountains above 4,000 meters above sea level in the western Sichuan region, you will often see herders riding horses or driving motorcycles, there are 10 8, and there are dozens of heads.
However, on one side of the journey, seeing someone driving a red cart grazing, the car following a group of yaks driving slowly, and several yaks walking forward on the road ahead, really let tourists feel that the current herders are also keeping pace with the times.
The car I am riding in is a 40-year-old brother in Chuanxi with more than ten years of driving experience, he said that he has been driving a tourist car for many years, and he is most afraid of encountering yaks on the road, if you accidentally hit the yak, it can be miserable, but tens of thousands of dollars in compensation, the insurance company can not help you. So he warned the driver of the self-driving plateau that when he saw yaks on the road, he must be careful to pass.
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