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Chapter 63 Namjagbarwa Peak

Cheng Jia and the others ate something briefly, Gao Zhan picked up some stones by the lake, and they went to the viewing platform to see the panorama, and made a khata to Shenhu Lake.

Gao Zhan jokingly said: "Everyone has to present the khata first and then watch the lake. Let's watch it first and then offer it!"

Cheng Jia stared at Shenhu, and said in a low voice: "Why would the goddess blame us? She was born on the top of the sky, and she has long since got rid of the emotions and desires of the world. In her eyes, we are just careless and pious children. She will help us. We found our way home!"

Then she stretched her arms against the cold wind and closed her eyes.

The wind gently caressed her hair, kissed her cheek, and the prayer flags in the distance whispered, and the past scenes flashed in her mind... Cheng Jia burst into tears unconsciously, and the sacred lake in front of her was surrounded by mountains , independent of the world, like an expert outside the world, watching everything with cold eyes.

The surrounding mountains are mountains, water is water, people are people, and prayer flags are prayer flags... He suddenly understood that everything in the world is actually distinct, and they all operate according to their own laws. They seem to be harmonious, but in fact they have nothing to do with each other. , is nothingness to oneself.I am just a drop in the ocean in the vast world, destined to come alone, and will eventually leave alone.

What can be left behind after a lifetime of life and an autumn of grass and trees?Also just memory!Past life, present life, and future life—the life is endless, the cycle is endless, and even the memory will be erased in the end!
Who remembers the previous life?Who can grasp this life?Everything in life is like a fantasy, imprisoned at the bottom of this blue lake.Even if you want to turn it over and reminisce, it will still be a passing cloud, a dream!
Her tears fell like broken beads, how small we are in front of fate?How many efforts have been made in vain after going all out?How much dejection after devotion?
Past and present lives are a lie, no matter whether it really exists or not, it is an ungraspable shadow...

"Cheng Jia!"

Gao Zhan came over, wiped her tears, held her in his arms, and said softly:

"Return to your soul! You are here with me! What are you thinking about? With me here, you don't have to think about anything, just think about the present moment! Leave the sadness in your heart to the goddess, and she will keep it for you. Return to the previous life, all entanglement karma is over!"

Gao Zhan looked down at Cheng Jia with a smile, "The little girl in our family is always sentimental, who made us sad again? I promise you, if there is an afterlife, I will meet you as soon as I was born, so that no one can get close, and you will be weaned就嫁给我！谁欺负你，我就揍她！我把好吃的都给你！”

Gao Zhan lay next to Cheng Jia's ear and continued, "Tourists are all looking at you!"

Cheng Jia rolled her eyes suddenly and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

Gao Zhan put his arms around Cheng Jia and laughed:

"it is good!"

……

That night, they stayed in JC County, and Gao Zhan booked the best suite here, and they needed a good rest.

The county town of JC County is very small, with only two or three streets, but the towering green hills, shady green grass, and Yarlung Zangbo River passing through the city have a unique charm.

Cheng Jia came here for the first time, she asked Gao Zhan:
"Have you been here before?"

"I've been here, before you came to XZ, I basically walked here once!"

"Then revisiting the old place, didn't you lose the freshness?"

"No! I used to come and leave in a hurry, so I was in a hurry! Now that I have you, I think it's very interesting!"

Cheng Jia smiled.

In the evening they went to eat fish from the Yarlung Zangbo River.

The water in the Yarlung Zangbo River is melted water from glaciers, and the water temperature is low. In addition, the temperature difference between day and night is large, so the fish in the river have thick skin and delicious meat.

Cheng Jia swept away the cloudy to sunny day, and the sunny to cloudy mood, feasted on it, and ate very happily. When they checked out, the price was much cheaper than they expected.

Gao Zhan walked out of the restaurant and said to Cheng Jia:
"Have you noticed? The folk customs here are very simple! Probably because there are relatively few tourists."

Cheng Jia nodded in agreement.

"In the past, in LS Sera Monastery, as soon as I went out, a group of children hugged my thigh and called me mother. They pointed out their fingers and said 'one dollar' to me. I gave one dollar, and a group of children came around and called me Mom. I thought at the time, if these children don’t go to school, what will they do in the future? Tourists are their source of income for a while, but how can they live like that for the rest of their lives?”

"So there are pros and cons to everything! People are attracted by these original ecological scenery and folk customs, and then gradually change their appearance! Cherish it! There will be fewer and fewer places like this in the future!"

Cheng Jia and the others didn't take a shower when they returned to the hotel. Gao Zhan said that the altitude has changed a lot and he was afraid of getting sick.

The next day, they set off early and drove to Nyingchi.

Cheng Jia said: "Linzhi, we have been there several times! Where will you take me this time? I won't go to the Grand Canyon, I'm afraid of getting tired!"

Gao Zhan said: "I'll take you to see the rhododendrons and show you the four seasons!"

Their destination is - Sejila National Park.

Sejila Mountain Pass is 4728 meters above sea level, and is known as "one mountain has four seasons, and ten miles have different skies".Cheng Jia and the others got off the car at the foot of the mountain, looking at the sea of ​​flowers all over the mountain, Gao Zhan said to Cheng Jia, "How is it? The sea of ​​flowers I gave you?"

Cheng Jia smiled silently, picked up the mobile phone to take pictures of the azaleas intently, five small pink horns protruded from the red stamens, very cute.Pieces of rhododendrons are like pink clouds, wrapped around the mountain, this dense one, that dense one.

Cheng Jia is taking pictures of flowers, and Gao Zhan is taking pictures of her.When Cheng Jia was concentrating, her eyes were particularly clear, and there was a surge of light in them, which always gave people a sense of innocence without knowing the world, and Gao Zhan was fascinated by it.

They lingered for a long time before heading to the heart of Sejila, where there is the Lulang Linhai Observation Deck at an altitude of about 4300 meters. It is an excellent location for building two snow peaks.

Gao Zhan told Cheng Jia about the legend of Nanga Bawa Peak:

According to legend, a long time ago, God sent Nanga Bawa and Jiala Bailei to guard the southeast.The younger brother Jiala Bailei is diligent and eager to learn martial arts, and he is getting taller and taller. The older brother Nanga Bawa is very jealous.So when the wind was dark and the moon was high, he chopped off his younger brother's head and threw it into Ml County, turning it into Dela Mountain.In order to punish Nanga Bawa for his crimes, God punished him to stay on the bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River forever to accompany his brother Jiala Bailei who was killed by him.Probably knowing the seriousness of his sins, Namjag Bawa shrouded himself in mist all year round and was ashamed to see others.

Standing on the viewing platform, Cheng Jia overlooked Namjagbarwa. The triangular peak was covered with snow and surrounded by clouds and mist.The tour guide next to it said that only those who are very destined can see its true face. ——It is indeed ashamed to see people!

Cheng Jia and the others were not reconciled. After waiting for a long time, it only showed a small part of the pipa half-hidden.

Chen Jia was a little disappointed. She no longer looked at Namjagbarwa Peak, but looked back at the mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a sea of ​​flowers, in the middle was a tall forest, further up there were dwarf shrubs, and on the top was the perennial cape. white snow.

Gao Zhan said that he took her to experience the four seasons, and what he said was true.

Gao Zhan was discussing Cordyceps with several herdsmen on the side of the road at this time. The herdsmen brought their Cordyceps to Gao Zhan. He picked a small piece and chewed it carefully, then took out a small handful and weighed it in his hand.

In the end he picked and bought some.

"You're going to be fooled!" Cheng Jia gloated a little.

"Why? I think it's good!" Gao Zhan replied.

"I also bought it from a herdsman. He sold me a few as thick as a small finger. I had never seen such a big one. I was very excited at the time, but after drying it turned out to be pitifully small. My price is expensive. Thanks to the fact that I didn’t buy many, otherwise I would regret it!”

Gao Zhan laughed: "Let's bet, I won't be fooled, because I have weighed the water content, I think I won't miss it!"

Cheng Jia dismissed it, "I won't bet with you! Wouldn't it be better if I didn't get fooled?"

"Then if you're worried, why didn't you stop me just now?"

"Although I am worried, I also believe in you! If you are really fooled, it doesn't matter, you are doing what you want to do!"

Gao Zhan took a good look and sat on a chair to rest.

Several people in the chair were discussing what to eat, Cheng Jia interrupted:
"The fish in the Yarlung Zangbo River tastes very good. The skin is thick and the meat is delicious. It is probably the most unique. You may wish to try it!"

Just as one of them was about to speak, the Tibetan tour guide next to him said something.

"We locals generally don't eat fish from the Yajiang River!"

Cheng Jia and the others looked up at the same time: "Why?"

The tour guide hesitated to speak, Cheng Jia and the others kept asking curiously.

Finally the tour guide said hesitantly, "Because we were buried in the Ya River."

Cheng Jia immediately didn't want to say a word.

Tibetans believe that water is the source of life, and people should return to its source after death.Especially in the LZD area, a large number of Tibetans live high in the mountains and valleys, unable to carry out sky burials, and lack the basic fuel for cremation, and practice burials. It is the most common way to choose it to deal with the dead bodies of the surging rivers.

Cheng Jia immediately stood up and said to Gao Zhan who was also in a daze beside him:

"We should go down the mountain!"

On the way back to the city, Cheng Jia was unhappy, and after a long time, she popped out a few words: "Gao Zhan, I feel like I have a finger in my stomach, and my mind is full of scenes of a fish swimming with a finger in its mouth. "

Gao Zhan smiled slightly: "The fish we eat may not be wild fish, it is probably raised in farms!"

"That's the water of a river!"

"Water burials always have a fixed place, not near the breeding farm!"

"Anyway, I feel like there are fingers scratching me!" Cheng Jia resentfully said.

In fact, Gao Zhan also had some obstacles in his heart. He was not afraid of cow dung or ghee, but he always felt uncomfortable when he thought of human corpses.

He stretched out his finger and scratched Cheng Jia's waist.

"Is it scratched like this?"

Cheng Jia jumped up: "Oh! I hate it! I have goosebumps!"

Seeing Cheng Jia's appearance, Gao Zhan suddenly became playful.

"If I want to scratch you, I will scratch you. I will count how much you ate that day. Be careful when you come to ask for your fingers at night. That's what I call you..."

Gao Zhan stretched out his finger, touched Cheng Jia's face lightly, and let out a ghostly cry:

"Cheng Jia, give me back my finger! Give me back my finger!"

Cheng Jia couldn't help shivering.

"Gao Zhan, you've gone too far. If I can't sleep at night, I won't let you go!"

……

On the night of returning to Linzhi, Cheng Jia ate very little. Gao Zhan had not eaten much since he came to XZ. Cheng Jia thought he was stressed, and later thought he had altitude sickness. Now he has no appetite like her.

As everyone knows, a bigger test is waiting for them.

(End of this chapter)