Daocheng is located at the southwestern opposite to each other north and south. Edge of Sichuan Province. Its ancient name is accounting for almost a third of the area of "Daoba."a Tibetan word meaning a wide stretch Daocheng. From these meandering ranges of open land at the mouth of a mountain gully. Emerge the three sacred mountains of Daocheng The Daocheng Plateau consists of the Gongga--
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| Xianuoduoji is the third of the three sacred mountains.In Buddhism it is the god of eliminating brutality. | Xiannari, Yangmaiyong and Xianuoduoji.
Since the ancient times, the three sacred mountains have been a sacred place for Tibetan Buddhism.
Xiannari(6, 032 meters), the main peak of the three sacred mountains, is first among Daochen9's high peaks. According to legend it is the incarnation of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy Guanyin or Avalokitesvara. Its slopes are vast, its gradient gentle, the mountain looks like Great Buddha sitting in peace, graceful and poised. Yangmaiyong(5, 958 meters), the southern peak, means the Bodhisattva Manjusri, dignified and stately, gentle, quiet, noble and impeccable. Xianuoduoji(5, 958 meters), the eastern peak, means Buddha with warriors' hands, resembling a young man of strong character. tall and handsome.
Within a thousand square kilometer range of the three mountains. rise dozens of peaks. 1ike a myriad of stars surrounding the moon. To Tibetan thinkin9, they represent Buddhist gods performing their role of protecting the three sacred mountains.
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| The famous sacred lake Wusehai, or "Five-color Lake," lies between Xianari and Yangmaiyong, 4,800 meters above sea level. | At their foot lie wide pasturelands, Crisscrossed by brooks and streams flowing gently into lakes. There are woods and bushes too, and waterfalls formed by melting ice and snow creating captivating scenes. Year after year, they have flowed in silence and this land of mystery had remained unknown to the world outside
In l 928, when the American botanist Dr. Joseph Rock advanced into the Gongga Ridge area. "the clouds suddenly cleared to reveal the true look of the Thunder and Lightning Guardian-a sharply defined pyramid."Stumbling upon this holy place by mistake, he shouted in surprise, thus bursting open the gate of the "garden preserved by God."
Many years later. the name of "Shangri-La"-the imaginary utopia described in James Hilton's novel Lost Horizon--was given to this place, a paradise sought by many people troubled by worldly life, and stirred up an unabating tide of "Returning to Nature." |
