Zhongdian Shangri-La, located at the junction of Yunnan, Sichuan provinces, an area of 11,613 square kilometers, population 120,000. Kawasaki Snow Song territory, vast grasslands, valley vertical and horizontal, lakes, clouds, national number, can be described as “mountains Yun Po, are the current gold.” There are world-famous Grand Canyon, Yunnan’s largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries Songzanlin temple ldan, Yunnan’s largest forest and pastures as well as the distinctive Tibetan houses, the pastoral song resounding loud and clear.
The county seat of Zhongdian, drive 5 kilometers north direction can be seen as the castle-shapedSongzanlin temple ldan. Also a unique way to see the Tibetan residential areas and fields baita rows of tall wooden laundry wheat barley.
LdanS ongzanlin temple Yunnan’s largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, built in 1679, completed in 1681. The whole temple covers an area of more than 500 acres for the Culture Area “Jindaiji Shisanling” one. Temple history and scriptures of many works of art treasures, its architecture, sculpture and painting style, exquisite technology, it is fascinated.
April 1934, the Red Army Regiment 26 Long way to Zhongdian, He Long, Xiao Ke, General Songzanlin temple person to visit the Living Buddha, a monk, and questions presented “fan communities thrive,” hanging scroll Kam. Songzanlin temple opening of the Red Army to raise forage for more than 20,000 kg, was so smooth the north of the Red Army.
The hospitality of the Lama Temple, the author sketches in the temple a few days have been warm Lama for two days at the invitation of its drink butter tea. Butter tea can be cold, refreshing, it is necessary for possession of the family food, butter tea to the guests is also a possession of King’s day-to-day etiquette. is an almost deserted , indoor shabby old gloom, only ray of sunshine shooting from the outside in, inside a timber of Health , their smoke continuously, with the exception of the traditional family has possession of the aluminum tea pot, the appliances, such as the production of butter tea, there are used to crush the new milk small electric grinder. Here, the author’s enthusiasm for the monks, moved hospitality, drinking butter tea just cooked, taste the BaZI and white, understand the story of monks and monasteries. In addition to the lamas of the monastery to study Buddhist scriptures, the are not allowed to read newspapers, listen to the radio, watching TV, are not allowed to smoke, drink and get married, but unlike the Han Chinese monks can eat meat. The cost of living in the main supply from family, Lama can return to secular life, to return to secular life after marriage. Many lamas more able to speak fluent Chinese, but it will not write Chinese characters. Author to the camera after a number of monks left the address of its name, these monks would only say: “I say, you write.”
Time, respectively, the hospitality of the monks in a wooden box made from a heavy bag of (like asking , rubbing together like peanut bran, there was a sour smell) said to me: “This is our Tibetan Area specialty, you go back! “” Thank you, I go back to things with a lot of inconvenient to go back to these things anymore. “I am refused a (that is, which I have not used the food taste very difficult to hear, I to eat on the day before yesterday a little nausea, but refrained, but also embarrassed that unpalatable, ailing with nausea and forcibly in the population in the pharynx down). Lama to live up to their good, to throw away the way back not as good as the lamas left to enjoy. This matter has been separated for nearly a year still fresh in my memory, but the hospitality of the monks so that I was moved, if the monks have the opportunity to Shenzhen, I will be warmly received him.
Zhongdian magic charming, but also attract a number of specific long-lived stranger. The author in a monastery outside the Tibetan store, to see an American western cowboy dress up, wear hat, wear jeans, the two arms to wear silver jewelry over the approximately 30-year-old Han people of strong build, helping to sell her things Tibetan . By the conversation, he was Shanghai, and had to study in Japan, returned home after a month working in Shanghai, longing to escape from the plateau of life, on the resignation of Zhongdian, to help people come to work, live and eat in the owners home, for half a year more than a hundred dollars a month to make 4,5, have also prepared two months in Tibet have been wandering life, which life does not intend to get married. According to the travelers that their fellow traces of the stranger in the plateau.
In six kilometers northwest of Zhongdian County, is the largest most beautiful Diqing according to Shangri-La la Prairie. July 31, the author and several of his paintings came with in accordance with La Prairie.
Latin America in July according to the prairie, like a rippling blue waves of the ocean, floating over the top of the countless flowers, wild red peony roses, colorful, and Chrysanthemum flowers of different colors can not say the name of weeds, and the charming beauty of the Napa Lake, according to the beautiful ancient village together to form one days, land, water, person-one of the beautiful picture.
Here, clean air, smoke Madadayo, Benz Horse, cattle and sheep flocks, pastoral music resounding, ringing sound of cattle, birds , people relaxed and happy, favorite linger.
In accordance with La Prairie, we braved the rain and rode , painting, all human problems have been around like.
Zhongdian - “the hearts of the sun”, which was eternal, peace, quiet, Like the Pure Land, deeply attracted us is that we visit most of the painting is in a place where most gains, especially in the Songzanlin temple, we feel that here is very picturesque, blue sky, temple, monks have become very good painting material. We spare any day, under the hot sun scorching plateau portrayed in silence. A few days down, faces and hands black while tan rough, but compared with the harvest, we think are worth. Early August, we have fruitful, holding a thick version of the painting, said good-bye to Zhongdian.


