Musitang

Musitang

Mustang is a county in rajili District of Nepal national highway, with an area of 3571 square kilometers, a population of about 15000, and an average altitude of more than 2500 meters. The climate type is plateau mountain climate, bordering on Zhongba County of Tibet Autonomous Region.

brief introduction

The average altitude of musitang is more than 2500 meters. Musitang means fertile plain in Tibetan. Musitang is more than 80 kilometers long from north to South and 45 kilometers wide from east to west. The climate in this area is relatively dry, with annual precipitation between 250 and 400 mm. The precipitation in musitang is more in the South than in the north. The average altitude is more than 2500 meters. In the north, it borders on Zhongba county and saga County in Tibet.

Musitang is the last autonomous kingdom in Nepal, and it is also the only area that completely retains the original appearance of traditional Tibetan culture. Musitan is hidden in the hidden place of the Himalayas, known as the "gem of the Himalayas". Its capital, Lo Mantang, has been certified as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO and is one of the best preserved medieval cities in the world. It was not until 1992 that musitang was opened to the outside world, but foreign tourists need to get a license to enter. So far, only 30 Chinese have been to musitang. There is no tourist strategy to look up.

history

In ancient times, musitang was an independent kingdom, which was very close to Tibet in language and culture. It was annexed by Nepal in the 18th century. The scope of the kingdom was reduced to the area around Luocheng at the northern end of musitang, which was once the only autonomous kingdom in Nepal. On October 7, 2008, the government of the Republic of Nepal ordered the kingdom to cease to exist. On October 7, 2008, the Nepalese government ordered the abolition of the king's throne in lomantang, the capital of the northern region of musitang, stopping the existence of the kingdom of musitang. The last king of musitang was Jigme palbar Bista, who was born in 1930. His family can be traced back to amepal, who is said to be a hero of the Mustang tribe. He established the monarchy of Mustang in 1350.

Most of the residents in musitang are Tibetan. It still retains the traditional culture and religion of Tibet. It is said that it is the birthplace of Tibetan culture.

People here need the Internet and Western medicine, and children have begun to leave their homes for "better" education in government run schools that refuse to teach in their mother tongue. What worries the old people in musitang is that their traditional and cultural heritages are beginning to disappear and will eventually die out.

A pair of local brothers from a Tibetan medicine family founded a school to teach Tibetan medicine in anatomy, chemistry and pharmacology, hoping to continue the inheritance of Tibetan medicine through their own efforts. Some secular monks also began to use their own national language to tell stories taught by their parents, hoping to publicize their culture in this way. Every Wednesday night, they sit around and talk to each other, telling each other what they know about the life of the Loba people. It was only opened to foreign tourists in 1992, so the local people's living habits still remain a few hundred years ago. On the way to mostan, visitors will walk through the deepest canyon in the world to kag. Romandan, the capital of mostan, is rich in culture. Due to its desert like geographical environment, it can only grow some crops that are easy to survive.

nation

the zang or tibetan people

Most of the residents in musitang are Tibetan. It still retains the traditional culture and religion of Tibet. It is said that it is the birthplace of Tibetan culture.

Tingtan nationality

He lives in the village of TiNi in Mustang County, Nepal. They are similar to the takali in appearance, but they are close to the chimtan in language and culture. Although converted to Buddhism, many old people still believe in bon. The people of tingtan have long been accustomed to business and engaged in farming and gardening in their spare time.

Chimtan nationality

The chimtan nationality is a resident of chimada village, Mustang County, Nepal. They call themselves takali, and have close relationship with them in language and culture.

Related works

The lonely road has no end: sleepwalking in musitang, which takes the whole process of the author's traveling in musitang as a clue, truly records the scenery, humanities and local people's living conditions of musitang. The book also contains the story of traveling with a couple.

The place people flock to is not necessarily the imaginary paradise. Unlike most hedonists, the author chooses musitang, a forbidden place hidden deep in the clouds and rain of the Himalayas, where few people visit. Musitang is located in the north of Nepal, adjacent to China's Tibet. It was not opened to foreigners until the 1990s. It is the most well preserved area of Tibetan civilization in the world, and also the most original sample of Tibetan life in the world.

When you step on this land full of taboos and mysteries, everything becomes interesting and incredible. The meeting in the dark, the erosion in the forbidden place, the silence under the snow mountain, the shock of the rare beauty, the simplicity of the food in the lonely place. These fragments are just like freeze frame movie pictures, simple and meaningful. During the journey, there are the stimulation of space, time and soul, as well as the cognitive gratitude and contentment after the danger. These mixed feelings awaken the soul and faith.

The author measures every inch of strange land with his feet, feels the customs of the world with pious feelings, and embraces the sky and earth with the ultimate experience. The wild and uninhibited journey will stop and the wandering travelers will return. No matter how far they go, only returning to their heart is paradise.

catalog

Start like everything else

A grand meeting of Jomsom

Kagbeni talking about the sea to the snow mountain

More unknown than known

Wrong and missed

There is no romance in the world

Riding to the border: farther than the distance

Exploring the border again: the migration of memory

Speechless scenery

Love is a self-education

I'm on two roads

in my song

Address: rajili section of Nepal National Highway

Longitude: 109.069989

Latitude: 34.256009

Chinese PinYin : Mu Si Tang