Reunion in Spring｜Nanga Bawa, a feast of stars under the peach blossoms

The galactic center returns in March, and the Milky Way is bright. With peach blossoms as the foreground, the photos taken have a sense of story. First of all, Namjagbarwa has rich geographical structure and snow-capped mountains. It is easy to find the same frame point of the Milky Way Snow Mountain in all directions, which combines with rivers, forests and starry sky to form a perfect picture. Secondly, Namjagbarwa Peak itself is particularly beautiful, combined with the starry sky. It can better highlight the beauty of the main peak of the snow-capped mountains; in this last season, it is easy to snow in Namjagbarwa. After the snow, the sky is more transparent and the Milky Way is more brilliant.

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If you have no intention, if you are willing

If you have no intention, you are not willing to walk a kilometer; if you are willing, you are willing to trek a thousand kilometers , I am willing to travel thousands of miles to look up at the stars. The first time I went to Tibet to see peach blossoms was in 2016. Tibet not only has peach blossoms, but also snow-capped mountains, legends, starry sky, moonlit nights and the rising Milky Way.

Perhaps spring is the most courageous season, representing new power. All winter haze will disappear in the spring light. As winter passes and spring comes, peach blossoms will bloom in all places that welcome spring. Why do you have to go so far away to see them? There is only one answer to such a question. Do peach blossoms elsewhere include snowy mountains and starry skies?

During the stargazing season, you need to calculate the rising and setting times of the moon. In order to avoid the bright moonlight affecting stargazing, choose to set out at the end of March. For those who yearn for Tibet but are afraid of altitude sickness, it is recommended to drive the G318 all the way from Chengdu for the first time. Although the journey is long, we are moving towards the destination step by step. This little bit of expectation is the extended version of happiness. smell. Although we take different routes to see the peach blossoms in Tibet every year, I still recommend taking the G318. National Highway 318 is known as the most beautiful landscape avenue in China. It is well-deserved and the scenery is all along the way. If you walk through it, you will be nostalgic for every snow-capped mountain, every pass is amazing, and every lake is dazzling. It seems that the urban forest has opened the door to a different world and seen another world of life.

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The journey was non-stop, just for what was in my heart

We arrived in Tibet again in time for the peach blossom period and the Milky Way period, starting from Chengdu and passing through Ya'an, the gateway to Tibet, goes all the way to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Zheduoshan Pass is the first high mountain pass to be climbed on the Sichuan-Tibet Line. It passes through Xindu Bridge all the way to the west and reaches the Yajiang River. It passes by the winding mountain road of Shiba Bay of Tianlu. Before dawn, we passed through many pass tunnels and arrived at Kazila Mountain, just in time for the morning sun to shine and intersect with the mountains in the distance. Continuing to move forward, Manager Tang recalled the first time he took National Highway 318 many years ago. Passing through the pass, the afterglow of the sunset hit the grasslands, cattle, sheep, and houses. What was struck by that scene was the soul. From then on, the plateau became a kind of heart disease. It's also like an antidote, more like a second hometown.

Now passing by Litang, the world's tallest city, for those who are running towards Tibet, Litang is an archway. A poem by Tsangyang Gyatso created the concern. Walk under this archway and touch the pillars. The carvings on it are a bit lonely. We were traveling under the hot sun on the plateau. The sister lake had not yet thawed, and the ice surface showed a little green. Arrive at Rumei Town in the evening. It is like a refuge among the mountains, isolated and bustling.

Jueba Mountain is definitely the scariest winding mountain road on the Sichuan-Tibet line. The vegetation is sparse and the winding road on the bare mountain is winding. The winding road is narrow and there are no guardrails. My friend said that this was a wake-up call and talked about that year. He took a double-decker bus into Tibet. As he passed this road, there was an abyss beneath his feet, and there was a car coming from the other side. When he turned, the car seemed to be hanging in the air. Compared with the thrilling situation back then, the road conditions were much better now. When we arrived at Turn 72 of the Nujiang River, the sun was blocked by a cloud. Sometimes it snowed, and sometimes it turned sunny. This is the weather on the plateau. You never know if there will be a rainbow after the storm at the next moment.

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The stars pay no attention to travelers, and time pays off to those who are diligent

The original plan was to arrive in Bomi, but when I woke up in the morning, the surroundings were completely white. It rained last night Snow all night. It was the most beautiful snow scene I had ever seen in my life, and I decided not to leave. We first went to Xiaranwu. The lake is very big. Snowflakes bloomed on the dead branches beside the lake. The sand trees were covered with snow. The stones beside the lake were also covered with snow quilts. The lake water Clear as a mirror. I once dreamed of going to the north to see a heavy snowfall, but I never thought it would come true here.

From Ranwu Town to the ancient village, we have been walking along the shore of Ranwu Lake, known as the "Western Yaochi". The bushes on both sides of the lake are superimposed on the white clouds and blue sky, which are reflected in the lake water to form thick smears. Colorful picture.

The many glaciers surrounding Laigu Village have formed multiple glacial lakes in front of the village. Each glacial lake will reflect a different color. There are icebergs of various sizes floating on one of the glacial lakes. It really looks like you have reached the Antarctic. Feel. Between the end of the glacier and the glacier lake, the broken glacier exposed a 10-meter-high ice layer that exuded a faint blue air-conditioning, which surprised and delighted everyone.

At the end of the glacier, Laigu Village, a village born for the glacier, with more than 70 households, still maintains the most original style of a half-agricultural and half-pastoral Tibetan village. The houses in the village are relatively scattered, and are subdivided into several smaller villages and settlements such as Shatuna, Ranage, Qu'e, and Ranmu. The farthest ones are two or three kilometers apart, and there are blocks between small villages. Fields. Laigu Village is a purely Tibetan village. There are young people who can speak Chinese. Many people in the village have motorcycles at home, and some even have small generators. Every household prepares pure butter tea, highland barley glutinous rice cake and air-dried beef, and one or two even fry one or two simple Sichuan dishes. The village is surrounded by snow-capped mountains. The village lives and thrives between the glaciers and the snow-capped mountains, and has thrived for generations.

In the afternoon we went to check out the location to shoot the starry sky, but accidentally entered a villager’s yard. After communication, we were allowed to shoot the starry sky in his property.

The Milky Way rises in early April (late February or early March in the lunar calendar). It rises from the southeast and sets from the southwest. The Milky Way at this time is the brightest and most spectacular. In the middle of the night, we crawled out of our warm beds at minus ten degrees Celsius. A few street lights were dimly lit in the night. In order to avoid the influence of the lights, we drove to the family's yard and then walked through the fields. Shan Bo turned over. Looking for a camera spot over the wall, the starry sky is like countless blinking eyes, lively and lively. I couldn't climb over the wall, so I had to put my camera on the wall. At this time, the Milky Way has been exposed. With the snowy mountains as the foreground, I took a few pictures to test the adjustment parameters. I put down a machine and started shooting time-lapse to record the movement of the stars.

Shanbo set up his camera and came back. He called his friends who were traveling with him and asked them to come over and take pictures of the starry sky. After they finished taking pictures, they went back to rest. The two of us stayed in the car, waiting for a reincarnation of time from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. and enjoying a secret dialogue with the stars. The stars were closer than the "one can pick the stars in the morning" in Li Bai's poem. Looking up at the stars, Be amazed by the vastness of the stars. Until the sky begins to lighten slightly, waiting for a brand new sunrise and morning, and I have fallen asleep in the stars. If there are traces to follow in chasing the stars, then the camera tells the story of our never-ending pursuit of the stars.

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Thousands of miles away, peach blossoms reflect the snow

However, there are no regrets in Wuhu Lake, so we head west to Bomi, which is one of China's glaciers and snow mountains. The countryside is densely populated with snow-capped mountains and glaciers, and the best seasons to visit it are spring and autumn. The scenery in Bomi is special. There are countless snow-capped mountains on both sides of the road. Parong Zangbo winds through the forest, which is comparable to the forests of the Rocky Mountains. Hundred-year-old wild peach trees can be seen everywhere. New buds have sprouted on the peach trees all over the mountains and plains. The peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the pink, white and pink trees are scattered all over the place, decorating the spring that has not yet fully awakened.

We drove to Peach Blossom Valley. The peach trees in the ditch are relatively old, with majestic trunks, peach groves and luxuriant flowers. The flower branches are numerous and spread out, and the small pink and white flowers bloom all over the dead branches, and they are densely packed as if they were dyed with color. At the end of the canyon, in the virgin forest, there are three or five small villages. Behind the villages, there are towering snow-capped mountains and glaciers. For hundreds of miles, the sun is shining brightly, or the wind and snow are diffuse, and the clouds and sunshine change. But in an instant, under the sun, the snow-capped mountains suddenly appear, During the wind and snow, the white mist is vast... continue to search deeper, and find more - the deepest part of the peach blossom, there are no tourists, only local residents. Three or two branches of peach blossoms suddenly broke into our eyes from the depths of the dense forest, swaying in the sea of ??green. Under the peach blossom trees, one or two Tibetan-style wooden buildings were looming. A touch of pink jumps out from the green ocean, a little red among the greenery. This red is so dazzling and eye-catching. In the rain, the grass was dyed green, and the peach blossoms on the water were red. The nerves that were drunk in the green suddenly became sober, and they suddenly woke up.

This is a place of life. The peach blossoms are not attractions, but the partners who witness their inheritance from generation to generation. Peach trees grow among the fields, coupled with the greenness of highland barley and Tibetan habitat, it is a dream place to live in for the rest of your life. The peach blossoms are especially beautiful. Walking on the road, the world of red flowers and green willows is intoxicating. Only the snow-capped mountains stand above the forest, silent and white, so peaceful.

From Bomi to Suosong Village, we marched through the lush forest. Spruces, firs, pine trees, and green trees. Every tree stood upright and tried hard toward the sky. There were blue skies and white clouds there. , there is a breeze... A winding road winds in this forest, not impatient, not rushed, the air in the forest after the rain is so fresh, with the unique fragrance of plants floating around, the whole forest is like a green ocean, in Among the dark green, there is an occasional flash of goose yellow, which is the new buds coming out of the treetops; occasionally there is a flash of light green, which is the usnea floating on the branches. The stream flows in the forest, and occasionally a body peeks out, either snow-white, dark green, or blue... Through the forest, through natural dangers, through the cold winter, from the south of the Yangtze River back to the wilderness, from low altitude back to the high altitude pass, Everything is worth it when you see the true beauty of Namjagbarwa Peak. ?

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To love someone, to chase a star

On the banks of the Niyang River, there are colorful fallen flowers, and the spring water of the river, when it is vast and majestic, After twists and turns, I met the peach blossom and understood its tranquility and tenderness. The peach blossoms in Suosong Village are different from Bomi. If Bomi is compared to Xiaojiabiyu, then Suosong Village is majestic. Walking through the peach blossom forest, looking up at the snow-capped mountains towering into the clouds, the peach blossoms set off the snow-capped mountains, and the snow-capped mountains turn into rivers, which nourish them. This land.

Suosong, this small village surrounded by wild peach blossoms, is quietly hidden in the folds of the mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is peaceful and comfortable, free from competition with the world, surrounded by Namjagbarwa, and surrounded by Yalu. Zangbu hugs and kisses, the gods protect and nature favors. From any angle in Suosong, you can see the mist-shrouded Namjagbarwa Peak. The snow-capped mountains, peach blossoms and the Grand Canyon are integrated into one, just like a paradise wrapped in snow-capped mountains and peach blossoms. Large areas of peach blossoms are in full bloom along the Brahmaputra River. The pink peach blossoms, turquoise river water and pure snow-capped mountains form a beautiful picture. The clouds gradually dispersed, and the majestic Namjagbarwa towered in front of us.

We will check out the spots in the afternoon. This is something we need to do in advance every time we take photos of the Milky Way. From Suosong Village, walk a few kilometers north to reach Dalin Village. The northwest side of Namjagbarwa Peak is the place where we can take photos of the Milky Way and Namjagbarwa Peak in the same frame. All that's left is to wait, for the sun to set and the moon to rise, for the stars to change. In April, the Milky Way rises relatively early. As night falls, the villages at the foot of Namjagbarwa also light up some lights. At the end of the night, the lights are extinguished, but it is the time to appreciate the stars. The clean sky, the Milky Way is obvious, Namjagbarwa is probably a snow-capped mountain that I fell in love with once I saw it, a Milky Way that I can never see enough, a peach blossom blooming in my heart, in this spring, I got my wish.

When the brightest stars "rise" on the snow-capped mountains, I miraculously remembered that the chocolate candy in the box can only be truly known when it "rises" or "opens" After the moon sets, approaching midnight, the world gradually becomes quiet, the stars are bright, and the snow-capped mountains are quiet. The snow-capped mountains and forests are silent, the night and spring are cold and warm, and the nebulae and star clusters in the deep sky are red and blue.

In the deep blue night sky, the stars illuminated the snow-capped mountains slightly, and the bright lights in the cabin illuminated the surrounding emerald green woods, creating a sudden warmth in the cold night. The light seems to dispel the darkness and illuminate everything in the world. Maybe this is the reason why I am obsessed with the starry sky! When the Milky Way gradually moves and rises into the sky, it will be another "chocolate candy" in the starry sky and Duoxiongla Snow Mountain.

“Look, shooting stars!”

“Make a wish!”

The starry sky is like a fairy tale, a fairy tale that we are willing to believe at any age. The light in the darkness seems like a greeting from afar, soothing the soul. In this short life of a person, everything will be lost eventually. It is better to be bolder and braver, to follow a wish, to love someone, to chase a star.

Itinerary: Depart from Chengdu and enter Tibet via G318, passing through Ya'an, Zheduoshan, Xinduqiao, Yajiang, Litang, Batang, Mangkang, Zuogong, Bangda, Basu, and Bomi , Lulang, Bayi to Suosong Village, the total journey is more than 1,800 kilometers. You can choose to stop and shoot the starry sky according to the time point when passing many scenic spots, such as Xindu Bridge, Haizi Mountain, Ranwu Lake, Laigu Glacier, Midui Glacier, Bomi Taohuagou, Bomigang spruce forest, Lulang and other places.

Photography track: D1 Bomi Peach Blossom Valley, Qingduo Town, shoot the peach blossom starry sky in Qingduo at night; D2 Bomi hiking hill spruce forest, shoot the snow mountain starry sky at 24K Galongla at night; D3 Bomi arrives Bayi Town, Sejila Mountain Pass to take pictures of the sunset on Namjagbarwa Peak, Bayi Town Gala Peach Blossom Village at night to take pictures of the peach blossom starry sky; D4 Bayi Town to Suosong Village, Dalin Village at night to take pictures of Namjagbarwa Peak Milky Way in the same frame, Sou Songcun can also take photos of the Milky Way in the Duoxiongla Snow Mountain and the Milky Way in the Yarlung Zangbo River.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.