Travel guide for the best road trip route from Nyingchi to Lhasa

Driving to Linzhi and Lhasa still requires a certain amount of courage and courage. This journey is not very safe. You need to cross snowy plateaus, glaciers and snowy mountains. Facing many dangerous natural environments and geographical landforms, you must have good knowledge of geography and climatology. Here is the best route guide for road trip from Linzhi to Lhasa.

Departing from Linzhi in the morning, there was a short section of the road that was extremely dusty due to the construction of Lin Laxin Highway. It will be easy to go after passing this section. The asphalt road is very smooth and there are very few cars. There is basically no dust, but the speed is limited all the way.

The road was slow and slow, but there was no scenery to see and no description on this section of the road.

On the road from Linzhi to Yangni Valley, the mountains and forests on both sides of the road are sparse, with only one or two small faces occasionally exposed in the snow-capped mountains.

Have lunch at noon in Jiangda County, Ministry of Industry. As usual it's Sichuan food.

Taigu City is located on the left bank of the Yangni River. It is the intersection of the Sichuan-Tibet Ancient Road, the Middle Road and the East Road of the Qinghai-Tibet Ancient Road (so it is also called the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road Station). It has played an important role in history.

On the other side of the Yangni River is the famous ancient city of Taizhao.

The bridge site on the Yangni River is still well preserved. There are many low staggered old houses on the other side of the river. The ancient roads of Tang and Tibet are winding and winding, forming their own unique style. It is called the Ancient Tea Horse Road and is also one of the ancient roads with great historical value and significance. From here you can imagine the prosperity and liveliness here back then.

Taizhao Bridge over the Yangni River

After passing Jinda Town, we began to look for the 4,444-kilometer road piles of National Highway 318. After 4440 kilometers, we will count them one by one. There are 4440, 4441, 4442, and 4443, but there is no 4444. This section of road has just been repaired and the soil on the roadside is still new. I wonder where the road posts were thrown?

National Highway 38 is 4,555 kilometers long.

Later, we took commemorative photos and family photos at 5,000 meters.

Shortly after crossing 4448 kilometers, I started climbing Mount Mira.

Mila Mountain, 5013 meters, is the second highest peak on National Highway 318 of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. However, although the altitude is higher than Sejila Mountain, for some reason, there is almost no snow cover in the entire Mira Mountain and its surrounding mountains, with only a small amount of snow remaining in a few nests.

Mira Mountain

We analyzed the reason. Are there too many people coming to Mira Mountain? The mountains around Mira are not necessarily higher than Mount Sejila, except Mount Mira? Or is the wind guiding warm and moist air to Mira Mountain, causing the ice and snow to melt?

Mira Mountain View Rice

I am afraid that only meteorologists can thoroughly analyze the reasons.

There is no vegetation starting from Mira Mountain, and it completely enters the plateau meadow scenery. The grass has barely sprouted yet.

From the beginning of the mountain, there is a trickle leading us all the way down. The wider it becomes, the wider the valley becomes. After arriving in Tashigang Township, it was simply a narrow valley wetland.

After passing Mozhugongkar County, the valley wetland is wider, with clear water, rich water plants and lush trees. So we followed the road at the left foot of the mountain to reach the beautiful Lhasa.

This river is the Lhasa River, which originates from Mount Mira.

Lhasa River

The Birthplace of Songtsen Gampo

At the junction of Mozhugongkar County and Datse County, there is a famous scenic spot on the left side of the road, which is Songtsen Gampo. The birthplace of Zangampo.

The words "Birthplace of Songtsen Gampo" on the gate are strong and powerful. Outside the gate is a large cement flat dam. The life and achievements of Songtsen Gampo are introduced on the boulder on the left.

Birthplace of Songtsen Gampo

When I was in high school, I learned about Songtsen Gampo, who had outstanding achievements in ruling Tubo. At that time, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was in the prosperous age of Zhenguan, and his reputation spread far and wide, and thousands of people came to court.

Songganbu has always longed for the culture of the Tang Dynasty, hoping to marry a Tang Dynasty princess. After many engagements, Tang Taizong felt his sincerity and married the clan's daughter, Princess Wencheng.

Princess Wen brought the advanced craftsmanship and technology of the Central People's Government in the fields of agriculture, handicrafts, culture and science to ancient Tibet

It can be seen that the future "high-level" Linla Although highways are not fully closed like expressways, they are wide and straight. The roadbed is close to old roads, such as expressways, cross-river bridges, and mountain tunnels. The straight-line distance is much closer.

A neat row of bridge piers has just been repaired, and a big sign on the roadside reads "Trinipa Bridge". This Trinipa Bridge makes a big bend.

(Lin-La "high-grade" highway should have been opened to traffic now, right?)

On the left side of the road about 20 kilometers away from Lhasa, there is a mountain called Tunmiling . A national cultural industry base "Tunmiling Tibetan Art and Culture Park" will be built at the foot of the mountain, but construction has not yet started and the fencing has just begun.

Tun Milin

This Tibetan Art and Culture Park will be a national traditional arts and crafts expo park integrating art, tourism, culture, shopping, learning and visiting. It is the future of Tibet Another great place to travel.

"Fireworks descend on Yangzhou in March" in the south of the Yangtze River, where catkins have already flown over. Only in June in Lhasa, the white poplars are charming, and groups of catkins fly around like snowballs.

We headed west, chasing the sun.

Since arriving on the plateau, at seven or eight o'clock every afternoon, the sun shines directly on the faces of the driver and co-pilot from the front or right side of the car window. The sun in Lhasa is even worse. When people start to bask in the sun at Lower Mira Mountain, their legs, chest, neck, and face will hurt. When we arrived in Lhasa, it was already past 8 o'clock. It is still high up in the sky, no less powerful than our summer noon sun!

When we entered Lhasa, we washed our car at the "Langzhong Sifang Youyou Car Wash".

Wash the "horse" into Lhasa

From the time we left the house until now, our car has passed through hilly plains, high mountains and plateaus, snow-capped mountains and glaciers, and we can't tell the difference between our noses and eye sockets. Let it take a good bath and take us to beautiful Lhasa.

The hotel we stayed in that night was a three-star room for 180 yuan, with plenty of hot and cold water, and the bedding was clean and dry.

For dinner, we tasted special Tibetan snacks at the Sweet Teahouse on Zangre Road, which are cheap and good.

Tibetan noodles (highland barley noodles and yak bone soup) 4 yuan; Tibetan dumplings (yak meat stuffing) 15 yuan a bowl; fried noodles 12 yuan; a plate of fried potatoes, 5 yuan; butter tea 3 15 yuan per catty; 10 yuan for a bowl of yogurt.

Tibetan Snacks

People say that beauty requires beautiful food, but beauty does not require beautiful food. We have enough "beauties" on this trip, there are 12 people in our group, 8 "beauties".

It’s delicious, you must try it. No matter where you go to enjoy the beautiful scenery, you have to taste the local specialties before you come all the way.

"Special cuisine" does not necessarily mean a sumptuous meal in a hotel. There are local specialties. For example, our Sichuan cuisine, whether meat or vegetable, is a specialty. The famous fish-flavored braised pork, bacon, and shredded pork can be eaten in big hotels and small shops on the street, that is, in the canteens of the workplace. This is their minimum essential food. Every family, regardless of gender, has been eating it since childhood and watching adults fry it, so it is also the most delicious dish for them.

There are also local snacks, such as Chengdu's Xiaolongbao, Longshou, Husband and wife's lung slices, Mianyang's jelly, the famous Zitong Xiang Bowl, Xuzhou jelly, sliced ??noodles, Jiangyou fat intestines, etc.

Even our kimchi is famous. Authentic Sichuan people, after a meal, a small plate of burgundy or pure white or light yellow pickles can be eaten naked, or you can add some red oil and peppercorn oil. Sour and crispy, it tastes better than the dessert of a French meal. It can relieve greasiness and hangover. Hey, that’s a cool thing, it’s just not on display!

The special delicacies of Lhasa are of course Tibetan food and the snacks just mentioned.

Tibetan folk houses

Mila store, where I bought yak yogurt made by Tibetans themselves. It's plain, very sour, and needs a lot of sugar.

Mira’s mountain dog. All dogs in Tibet are a bit like Tibetan mastiffs, but they are very docile and quiet, as if they have seen the world and are indifferent to everything.

Introduction to Daze County

Mianyang Hotel in Jinda Town, where we had lunch last time.

Mozhu Gongka