Qinghai Kamiyama Animaqing pilgrimage trip (Photos)

Anima, Ma Qing snow mountains or Ma Qing Gang, Jishishan. Be locatedQinghaiGolog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Maqin County in the northwest, East Kunlun Mountains is the branch, Ma Qing Kangri peak 6282 meters above sea level, located at longitude 99.4 degrees, 34.8 degrees north latitude. "Animaqing" means the highest Buddha before the waiter in the finance instruments, by the Tibetan as Koyama, every year a large number of pilgrims travel over land and water, brave the wind and dew to religious worship (around the mountain take seven days to read 1300000000 times six syllable mantra).

Plateau scenery

Hill starting point is Cangni candole, here are three forks in the road leading to the mountain, is the side of town, one side is along the clockwise mountain route. Cliff hung Tibetan flags, guides were turned in front of the incense ceremony here with large simmer sang in front of the stage, playing mist AI smoke with pine branches to burn, and pine branches, in has rekindled the Weisang heap Myricaria, sang (cake) and other objects, with mulberry smoke rises, a holy atmosphere thick is rising. Everyone around the table sprinkled Weisang dragon, side shouting "ah Jia Luo", to pray, pray to the mountain successfully. This is our trip to take half a half drive form.

-- "you have a husband? Several?"

-- "no one."

"I have a wife -- two."

Tibetan wizard and I ride a horse, chatting all the way along a muddy road. We have a group of yak driven into the camp. The rain turned the horse's mane played moisture, Ma state seems more high-spirited and some in the rain. Most of the yak very conscious, only a few stragglers or go to the mountains to expel need side, some to the people of cattle need to use small stones hit their butt, and blending on the clear whistle sound.

Circle

The camp on the river bank after another cliff, here with low shrubs, full of ericaceous purple flowers, horses and yaks were scattered in the flowers. The wizard who put up the colorful Tibetan account, this is their night camp and all cooking big account, and we are in the bushes looking slightly flat place up 2-3 outdoor gratuity. The camp where the cliff below in the valleys, meandering river, from afar and cutting Valley, the mountains are lined up in the direction of our upcoming pilgrimage.

Ceremony

The mountain wall on the other side of the camp on the growth of a cypress tree alone, is said to be the first cypress here, by passing the Tibetan worship, prayer flags hung around. We helped the wizard then hang several long prayer flags, together with a small horse. Rouzi horse rightfully took first, his hair was yellow brown, body symmetry, the value of about two hundred thousand. In Qinghai Tibetan areas, horse tradition has faded over time, motorcycle replaced the horse role, many families would not horse, lead us to the mountain for the horse has become a difficult task, but also very expensive. Rouzi home is an exception, his grandfather told him that he must keep the horse tradition, keep a good horse don't come to see him. Rouzi Cordyceps business is big, the family also would not need to obtain economic value through the horse, but he still had ten horses, said the family tradition can not be lost.

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