Yunnan Tibet Journey Series - The Unparalleled Secret Land of Sapu Mountain

Tibet’s Sap Sacred Mountain is located in Yangxiu Township, Ru County, eastern Tibet.

Sapu Mountain is not a snow-capped mountain, but a series of peaks. There has been a rather magical legend circulating here. According to local legend, this series of peaks are the wives of Sapu in turn. , the illegitimate son of Sapp's wife, Sapp's younger son, eldest son, Sapp himself, Sapp's daughter, Sapp's personal doctor.

So this mountain group sounds like a somewhat chaotic Sapp family. [Face covering][Face covering]

As a local religion in Tibet and the sacred mountain of Bon religion, Sap is one of the four sacred mountains in Tibetan areas, with the highest peak altitude of 6,996 meters.

The peaks here are covered with snow all year round, forming the Sap Glacier. Transportation is inconvenient, the road is difficult to walk, and it is inaccessible. The accommodation conditions here are also relatively poor.

We started from Bianba County early in the morning and entered Biru County all the way. The road was quite easy and went smoothly. When we started to enter Sapu Mountain, tickets for Sapu Mountain had already begun to be sold. After buying the tickets and entering, the road started to become difficult.

The water here is fast, the stream is gurgling, and the scenery is particularly beautiful. It feels like the scenery in my favorite landscape album.

But it is Cannonball Road all the way. Ordinary cars are best not to drive on it, for fear that they will be unable to get out after driving in. This road is somewhat demanding for both the car and the driver. This is still The road has been repaired. I really can’t imagine what the road was like before it was not repaired? So when we drove to the tourist base camp after stumbling all the way, we breathed a sigh of relief.

Yes, you read that right, there are no hotels here, only B&Bs and tourist base camps. The accommodation conditions here are very difficult. There are rooms for five, six, seven or eight people, and there are also rooms for two people, which are as small as a container. When there are a lot of people and the room is full, there are many sofas outside where people can sleep. There are only two toilets in the dormitory for all men and women, and there are no lights in the toilets. There are only two faucets for washing in the dormitory, and there is only cold water but no hot water. If you want to drink water, you can ask the hotel. They have many thermos bottles filled with hot water. The altitude here is 4,600 meters. People with common sense should know that the water here cannot be boiled.

So I saw this sentence in the tourist base camp, take the most difficult road and see the most beautiful scenery, and I wholeheartedly agree.

Despite this, this is still the closest and warmest place for humans to face the harsh nature.

The base camp is managed by a few simple Tibetan compatriots. Our team leader Xiao Hai has been here several times and is very experienced. He knows that we are not used to the food cooked by Tibetan compatriots. One of the driver masters is Xiao Yan. He was a chef, and the ingredients were all ready-made. He cooked us a sumptuous dinner. This is the best meal we have had in the past few days, and our mouths are full of oil [cute][cute]

After eating, we set off again under the leadership of the team leader Xiaohai , getting ready to take pictures of the sunset in Sap.

We arrived at the main lake first. The water is green and quiet, and there are swarms of fish in the lake. It was probably getting late, so we didn't see the swarms of fish in the lake, but the quiet and empty space here was as shocking as being far away from the hustle and bustle. A little black dog was lying here quietly, probably used to the tranquility here. It didn't even bother to blink at our arrival.

We left here soon and the car continued to move forward. The road here was more difficult to walk. When we were approaching the foot of the Shenshan Mountain, there was a big downhill slope. A car with an average horsepower would probably not be able to get up if it went down. Coming.

The holy lake Samtso at the foot of the Sacred Mountain is a glacial lake, which was formed by the melting of thousands of years of ice and snow on the Sacred Mountain. The glaciers in the lake do not melt all year round. When you approach it at close range, you will see I was struck by her purity, quietness, and loneliness away from the world.

From time to time, you can see small groundhogs running around, and the grass is full of holes made by groundhogs.

There is such a pure land and a unique secret place in the world. No wonder the locals regard it as a sacred mountain, and at its feet, the heart of worship arises spontaneously.

As the sky gradually darkened, the locals came over and told us that bears would appear after dark, so we quickly packed up and headed back. Because the altitude was too high, most people in the team were somewhat hypersensitive. In addition, the weather was bad and there was no sunrise.

So we set out on the next leg of our trip early the next morning, and hurriedly ended our trip to Mount Sapu.