Chapter 19 Movement seven to the west is another kind of arrival

Because I left a tear in the holy land of Gannan, my heart has always maintained the posture of the horse and the bow, waiting to start again.The call from Shambhala gradually seeps into every breath I take, touching the expectation in my heart. Only one month later, when I embarked on the journey again, my mood was peaceful and stable. Life is just a process of succession and transformation. There was thick fog outside the window.I remembered the inexplicable intimacy when I first came to Chengdu seven years ago.To me, Chengdu is like the hometown of the previous life, just to fill the void and paleness of this life.

At that time, I compared Chengdu to a woman who was born thousands of years ago and led me here. It was evening when the plane arrived at the "Land of Abundance", and the gray world was far from what you imagined.My heart suddenly surged, as if I had reached the tenderness of that woman.I am finally approaching, behind the gray cover, the rings of fate that have passed away are spinning.And where is she?I'm close, she might even be hiding right behind me, but I still can't see her. This is a date that has been waiting for thousands of reincarnations.I want to go up to her in person and tell her that this is destiny.A look back thousands of years ago will eventually guide me to come here, close to her.This is an unwarranted dependence.

This land exudes the taste of hometown.It is the spicy fragrance of plants and the unique taste of Chengdu.The twilight is a curtain of shame, in the night, it seems to have a real hug with me in the previous life. In the air, the familiar smell can be smelled everywhere. At that moment, I wanted to caress the ground under my feet with a five-body posture, as if touching the love from another life. And seven years later, I set foot again, not for this place, but for the nostalgia for the pure land of Shambhala Tibet. Some people regard wandering as a dream, while others are eager to encounter something on the road.

Walking is a temptation for most young people.The fledgling youth, full of lofty ambitions, longs to soar.If you can feel the pleasure of flying, listen to the whistling wind, caress the white clouds, sing to the birds, kiss the blue sky, how beautiful and pleasant! The young heart is fearless and rampages in every corner of the world. In the end, when the heart that was once full of tears can forgive all the injustices in the world, it suddenly discovers that every step is approaching the old. Xiaoya came from Ya'an to meet me.She is a friend I have known for ten years, but I have never met.We write on the same forums, fall in love with the same guys, and get dumped the same way.

The difference is that Xiaoya has never left Sichuan, and since I was eighteen, I have hardly stayed in my hometown for a full year. We found a tea house with floor-to-ceiling windows, and gently talked about the past and current situation. I said that the men who passed by in life seemed calm when talking about them many years later.Because of his immaturity at the time, he was beautiful because of his simplicity. Xiaoya said, what is maturity?It's just that the edges and corners have been worn away by customs and become sophisticated and practical.Maybe there was still a true self back then, but now, it is just a premature death of the spirit.

She said: "I'm always just what I think I am. Because of loneliness, I can see the appearance of life itself, but in daily life, I always play another person. I don't know who it is, anyway, it's not me." Xiaoya is a girl raised by Yucheng, her character is more delicate and sad. Speaking of Ya'an, everyone knows that it has the reputation of "Yayu, Yayu, Yanv". As everyone knows, in the place bordering the three ethnic autonomous prefectures of Ganzi, Aba, and Liangshan, under the influence of the subtropical monsoon, Ya'an People understand the meaning of tolerance better than residents elsewhere, and therefore know how to live indifferently.

For example, Xiaoya, who looks lonely and helpless to outsiders, is strong enough to support the burden of life.Her family suffered accidents in her early years, and her family was destroyed, but she did not lose her courage to live.In her view, what you think you don't have may be waiting for you ahead, and when you envy others, maybe others are also envious of you. No matter how you exist, it's just life. This trip does not plan to stop in Ya'an.I talked with Xiaoya about her hometown, and she said with a faint smile that her favorite is Hongdou Acacia Valley in her hometown.Whenever she encounters ups and downs or loses confidence in real life, she will drive to the quiet foothills.

There, there is a beautiful scenery unique to the south.When you put your hands together in front of Qianfoyan, your heart will be at peace.And when you look up at the thousand-year-old red bean tree, you will feel that life is so small, and there is nothing worth stopping. In Ya'an, this red bean tree is called the "fairy tree" by the local people. It is said that it can predict fortune and fortune, and predict good and bad luck.And Xiaoya went there just to forget the past and support the way forward. However, what cannot be forgotten is the history of Ya'an. The first snow mountain on the Red Army's Long March was Jiajin Mountain near Ya'an.There is a ballad describing it, "Jiajin Mountain, Jiajin Mountain, birds can't fly, people can't climb it. If you want to cross Jiajin Mountain, you have to go to the world."

Back then, Jiajin Mountain was uninhabited and the air was thin. Today, as the throat of western Sichuan and the corridor of ethnic groups, those thorny trails have been replaced by spacious roads. Even so, this snow-capped mountain still reminds us to remember our revolutionary ancestors and cherish hard-won happiness. When I was 19 years old, I once wrote an essay titled "Westwards, Another Kind of Arrival": She loved the twilight sky deeply, and the translucent blue that turned into a hazy gray desire.Without him by his side, she did not guard by his side.The sound of the ancient watch is knocking and echoing, the woman is alone in the mountains, and so on.What is waiting is an indefinite contract.

She built a gorgeous tombstone for herself, with pale blue irises tied with purple ribbons beside her.She lit the cigarette between her fingers with a lingering longing, and the thin thread in her hand relaxed happily. The breeze took away the ancient kite, and the white dove spread its wings and began its wandering journey. At that time, it was for a ignorant love, but now, it is not for waiting, but for pursuing the spiritual paradise in my heart, that pure and great holy land. After bidding farewell to Xiaoya, I headed west along the Tea Horse Road. I remember that the first time I came into contact with the Ancient Tea Horse Road was in Lashihai, Yunnan.

The tour guide told us that this dates back to the marriage between Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo.Back then, they traveled westward from Chang'an, crossed Riyue Mountain, and approached Qinghai Lake, but at this moment, the Han people accompanying them became dizzy and their limbs were weak, and the doctors could not find out the reason. Take out the Mengshan tea, boil it with the water in the Datang River, mix it with Tibetan cheese, and let the entourage drink it.After a while, Suixing was full of energy.This is where tea entered Tibetan areas. For more than a thousand years, the Ancient Tea Horse Road has never stopped caravans.Tea has become a necessity of life for Tibetan compatriots.Therefore, there is also a saying that "the Han family is full of food, and the Tibetan family is full of tea". Walking on this road that has gone through thousands of years, I can't help feeling an indescribable feeling. Sitting on the bus bound for Xinduqiao, we passed through Tianquan, Luding and Kangding all the way. As far back as the Neolithic Age, Tianquan County was already a place where human beings lived in settlements. The ancient Di and Qiang people lived here in peace and called it the Migration Capital.Here, I experienced the first adventure of my westward journey - Erlang Mountain. It is said that the original ecological environment of Erlang Mountain Scenic Area is well protected, with rich vegetation and a wide variety of animals. Along with the steep winding road, it can be seen that there are continuous mountains and peaks.It is adjacent to Luding County and Kangding County. In ancient places, wonderful legends and stories are indispensable.There are two widely spread legends about Mount Erlang. One is that Yao Ji, the younger sister of the Jade Emperor, married a mortal Yang Tianyou privately and gave birth to a son named Yang Jian.His mother, Yaoji, was tortured under the peach mountain by the Jade Emperor for violating the rules of heaven.When Yang Jian was seventeen years old, he was brave and good at fighting, and wiped out eight monsters that endangered the world in Taoshan, so there was a saying of "killing the eight monsters with strength".He split the mountain with an ax and rescued his mother, but the mother had not seen the sun for more than ten years, and her body had grown white hair.So Erlang carried his mother to the top of the mountain to bask in the sun.Unexpectedly, the Jade Emperor was very annoyed when he learned of this, so he released nine suns while Yang Jian was looking for water for his mother, trying to sun Yao Ji to death.Erlang hated him so much that he captured the sun with one hand, and uprooted two mountains, suppressing the two suns at the bottom of the mountain.Then, pick up the pole and catch up with the rest of the sun.So there is the legend of "Erlang Danshan". The second is that after Hou Yi shot the sun, the sun was still scorching hot, which caused the people to live in dire straits.One day, when the gods from the upper world gathered, the Jade Emperor lamented how difficult the people's livelihood was, and wondered what to do with the scorching sun.At this time, Erlangshan Yang Jian, who has great powers, recommended himself, saying that he could carry the mountain and walk with the sun, cover the glare, and save the people.The next day, he took up the two mountains at the foot of Mount Tai and walked in sync with the sun, and the world was overjoyed.At noon, when I walked to the south of Caoji Village, Wugong Township, I felt that there was too much sand in the shoes, and I stopped and dumped them. There were two South and North Temple Mountains nine kilometers apart.This is the allusion of "Erlang's shoe soil poured into a mountain".At this time, the sun had surpassed Erlang, and in order to catch up, he quickened his pace, but unexpectedly, the pole eye of the mountain in front of him broke. Erlang was so anxious that he picked up a boulder and threw it at the sun, but it was useless. Then he picked up his shoulder pole and hit the mountain that was in trouble.The mountain whose top has been cut off is called Pingshan, and the other one is called Jianshan because the top of the mountain is still sharp. The thrown shoulder pole evolved into Changling Mountain in the south of Pingshan Mountain, and the big stone that hit the sun fell far south of Changling Mountain, which is not connected with other mountains, so it is called Gushan. Continuing to the west of Tianquan County, it is Luding County with a history of more than 2,000 years.Most people know this place because of the historical deeds of the Red Army "flying to capture Luding Bridge".The Luding Bridge was first famous because it was inscribed by Emperor Kangxi himself, which means that the riots have been calmed down and the Luhe River has been stabilized. Because I had a fear of heights since I was a child, I didn't get out of the car, and I didn't go to see the legendary chain bridge that flew over the rolling river. The tourist attraction in this area is Hailuogou Glacier Forest Park.I was still on the bus, flipping through the travel brochure in my hand, passing through this famous virgin forest. National Highway 318 crosses the city, and I am getting closer and closer to the border of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. When a passenger on the bus yelled: "Kangding is in front of us", everyone in the bus became commotion.One of the bearded men took the lead in singing the well-known love song of Kangding. On the bus, the atmosphere was immediately harmonious, and everyone seemed to come here for the carnival by coincidence. I don't know much about modern Kangding.I always feel that this is a city with love, so it is famous all over the world because of a love song. In ancient times, it was called "Dajian Furnace".During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang conquered Menghuo in the south and sent his general Guo Da to make arrows here, hence the name "Dajian Furnace".It is said that General Guo Da made 3,000 arrows and left on a fairy sheep. Therefore, the mountain in the northeast of Kangding City is called Guo Da Mountain. It was later pointed out that this statement was wrong.Whether it is right or wrong, when you come to this city, you will be surrounded by Tibetan folk customs, which gives people a sense of novelty. In Kangding, there are two most popular folk festivals.The most grand is the Bathing Buddha Festival, also known as "Respecting the Mountain God".According to legend, the Buddha Sakyamuni was born into enlightenment and passed away on April 15th in the Tibetan calendar.Therefore, on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar every year, the Tibetan people commemorate the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha, and Kowloon sprays holy water to bathe him.On this day, all Buddhist temples in Kangding City will organize honor guards to go out from the east gate of Kangding, go up Paoma Mountain, go down through Gongzhu Bridge, turn to King Kong Temple and Nanwu Temple, and return along Ali Bugu Mountain to Zierpo.Believers also turned to the mountain (called "Bajiao" in Tibetan) to commemorate the birthday of Buddha. In addition, there is a round root lantern festival, also known as the "Lantern Festival".It is said that after Master Dangzong passed away, Tibetans were grateful for the boundless merits and kindness of Master Dangzong, so they hold the round root lantern festival every year from October 24th to 26th of the lunar calendar.The most important activity on the day of the puja is offering lamps.Tibetan Buddhism believes that all wonderful and pure things can be used as offerings to the Three Jewels, and lamps have a special meaning. Lamps represent light, which can eliminate our fears and illuminate our paths.The reason why it is called the "round root lantern festival" is because of the lack of supplies in Tibet at that time and the large number of lamp suppliers, they had to cut off the head of the kohlrabi, dig a hole in the middle, and then pour the lamp oil into it.The Han people didn't know the reason, so they took its form and called it "Yuangen Lantern Festival". In addition, the New Year in Kangding is also different from the customs of the Han people.It is said that every year on the 30th night of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar, every household will carry buckets and teapots to the well to fetch water and go home in an endless stream, praying for good luck in the new year.Because they believe that whoever gets the auspicious head water at the first time of the new year will surely have a good year. If you are lucky, it will be even more auspicious to meet the legendary golden duck playing in the water. Speaking of Kangding, one has to mention the Paomashan Mountain.It is located in the south of Kangding City. The local Tibetans call it "Lamze", which means "Fairy Mountain". It is said that this is the best place to recite poems and appreciate the snow, and it is also a peaceful place where romantic stories sprout.On the hill to the west of Shanping, there is an auspicious Buddhist monastery.Paoma Mountain absorbs the aura of the sun, moon and stars, which is somewhat mysterious and also somewhat intimate. I didn't have time to go to Kangding to meet a love, but I was lucky enough to visit Kangding's photography paradise - the picturesque Xindu Bridge.