【The
Eastern Fairy Tales】
The precipitous Sichuan-Xizang road runs so zigzag that it looks
as if strung a line of sparkling magnificent pearls and jeweler, and
a beautiful fairy land as well. Driving east along the road, even
though having a thrilling experience on the way, you can still have
a marvelous view of the eastern Tibet, which in every possible way
presents an appearance of charms and fascination by contrast with
the plateau of thinoxygen and bitter coldness. On tops of the mountains
there exists white snow still, but the rest of the mountains are covered
with green and luxuriant forests, and at foot of the mountains are
running happily streams and rivers. In a certain ravine, there may
be a deep and quiet blue lake hidden. Here at the moment, you can
know of the world and sense the four seasons.
Especially among the Hengduan mountains, where the Nu river, the
Jinsha river and the Lancang river flow across, somewhere there is
a thousand meters high peak and somewhere there is a ten-thousand
meters abyss. Looking up you can see the snowy and icy peaks; looking
down you can see the tropical forests. In such a place, you will surely
feel soul-stirred, and feel pleased to your eyes and mind. With a
change of terrain, climate and seasons, the views of eastern Tibet
valley are really a riot of color and you can not take them all in. |