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Chapter 95 Zherepu Temple
The altitude is so high, but there are many small animals on the road.

There are red-billed gulls that walk strangely, and groundhogs that are not afraid of people at all.

Groundhogs look cute.

Generally speaking, they will not come to the right road, but play chasing games with their companions on the grass on one side. If tourists go up to feed them with biscuits, they will not run, and they will stand up and wait very well. Feeding, this operation is as proficient as domestic animals.

Some tourists even touch it with their hands, but the groundhog ignores it.

If it is confirmed that the tourists do not have any food in their hands, they will leave the place where the humans are and continue to play with their companions.

It's also realistic.

There are exceptions. Two groundhogs ran up to Chen Xing and looked at him. The distance was very close, making Chen Xing feel like he could easily touch them if he wanted to. The camera snapped a picture of them and moved on.

No matter how close wild animals are to humans, don't touch them unless necessary.

This is also for your own safety.

Wild animals carry germs. Those germs may not pose any threat to themselves, but once they reach humans, they will be very serious. Isn't that how AIDS and plague come from?
Besides, humans are not easy to get along with creatures, moody.

If you encounter an unreasonable person, it's not uncommon to kick them away.

After taking two close-ups of the little creature in front of him, Chen Xing continued to move forward.

He walked very smoothly. This kind of gentle road was much easier than walking on the snow mountain. At noon, he walked under the extremely powerful west wall of Gang Rinpoche ahead of schedule.

Here is a gravel beach with a large area, where groups of tourists take selfies or take photos of Gang Rinpoche with details visible to the naked eye.

I heard that there are white clouds all year round, and the local people always think that anyone who can see the peak is a lucky person.

Today, everyone on the scene is a blessed person.

These two days in Kailash were sunny, and the white clouds were far away, so the peak of Kailash was not covered by white clouds, showing its true face to those who turned the mountain.

Looking up at Gang Rinpoche from the west wall, the mountain is no longer a triangular white snow wall, but slightly arc-shaped. The whole mountain looks more like a sitting Buddha. At this moment, He is sitting on the In the sky, the majesty of the treasure is indescribable.

When you suddenly wake up and want to pick up the camera to take pictures, you can never go back to the previous scene.

Chen Xing snapped a few photos.

The picture is very ordinary, or simple, Gang Rinpoche is still the same Gang Rinpoche, not the sitting cross-legged giant Buddha that Chen Xing saw.

He smiled wryly.

He has countless imaginations, but photography is a real art, and Chen Xing has no way to restore his imagination to the photos.

keep going.

After another hour of walking, we arrived at the Jerepu Monastery.

You can stay here. I heard that it is the highest temple in the world, with an altitude of 5210 meters. At this time, Chen Xing had already walked 22 kilometers. When he came here from Taqin, the altitude rose by 545 meters.Although the previous road was not difficult, due to the altitude, Chen Xing still consumed a lot of energy, so he decided to take a rest here and eat something.

There are many supply points on this mountain road, with hot water for making instant noodles and even sweet tea.

Chen Xing bought a bottle to eat with bread.

The structure of the restaurant at the supply point is similar to that of the teahouse at the foot of the mountain. They are both in the same room, and the wall next to it has been changed into floor-to-ceiling windows, from which you can see the vast world outside.

After eating and resting for a while, he walked out of the supply point and saw two people he knew who lived opposite him last night.

These are two college students who graduated this year. After several months of searching, they couldn't find a job. They were very depressed, so they made an appointment to travel to Tibet together. By the way, they came to Mount Kailash.However, due to financial problems, they did not find a self-driving car, but took the North Line bus directly.

Of course, there is no way to see those scenery by bus.

They are helping an aunt who is over 50 years old to walk forward slowly.

Chen Xing went up to say hello, "Li Xiaobo, Li Yan, didn't you two leave at six o'clock? Why did you get here?"

The two turned their heads and looked at Chen Xing with surprised expressions.

"Chen Xing, what time did you leave?"

"Around nine o'clock."

"Why are you walking so fast? We also just stopped to eat something and are about to continue walking."

While talking, Chen Xing had already walked to them. He glanced at the aunt Li Yan was supporting, and asked Li Xiaobo in a low voice, "Who is this aunt?"

"do not know."

"I don't know you took her away? Did she come alone?"

"I heard that she got separated from her companions. Let's help her to the supply point ahead. Someone will pick her up then."

Chen Xing looked at the road ahead and asked again, "Where are you staying tonight?"

"The big tent in Nepal. I overestimated us. I thought I could finish the trip in one day, but now it seems that it is very difficult to get to the big tent in Nepal."

Chen Xing motioned them to look at the Zherepu Temple behind him and said, "Why don't you stay here for one night, and then go over the mountain pass tomorrow after recovering your energy."

Li Xiaobo did not agree.

If it is an ordinary two-day journey, staying at Zherepu Temple at night is definitely the best choice, but Li Xiaobo and Li Yan are the first few batches of trekkers who set off in the morning. Pusi, where do they put their faces?

Even Chen Xing, who was the last to set off in the hotel, caught up with them.

Seeing that they disagreed with his suggestion, Chen Xing did not persuade them much, and said, "Then I will wait for you in the big tent in Nepal."

The next step is the real challenge of today. It is a total of eight kilometers from Zherepu Temple to Zhuomala Mountain Pass. It is all uphill. Not only did the two people not have a good rest, but they also brought a person who seemed to have no strength to walk. , how to go up?

Shaking his head, he bid farewell to these two friends he just met last night, and continued on his way.

Stopping and stopping, it took Chen Xing two hours to arrive at the sky burial ground.

Coming here is like coming to a desolate cemetery. The whole hillside is full of clothes, hats, and shoes left by the people who turned the mountain. I heard that every time you take off a piece of clothing on the way to the mountain, it means that you have passed through a death. , and avoid the suffering of reincarnation once in a lifetime.

Tibetans believe that everyone has to suffer from the six realms of reincarnation.

There are two ways to solve this suffering. One is to become a Living Buddha, which is not practical for 90.00% of people.Another way is to turn around the mountain. They believe that turning around the mountain can wash away the sins of a lifetime and avoid entering hell.

The habit of throwing clothes is probably also a legend in a certain place.

Here Chen Xing saw the oldest Tibetan mountain-turner, who must be at least 80 years old by appearance, but he still walked forward in a pilgrimage, three steps at a time, and his movements were slow, which made people worry.

He followed worriedly for a while, but finally passed him and walked forward.

(End of this chapter)