Balagezong Grand Canyon

Balagezong Grand Canyon

Balagezong Grand Canyon, located in the northwest of Shangri La in Yunnan Province, is connected with the Sun Valley in Derong County, Sichuan Province in the west, and the bitun Canyon in GEZAN Township in the East. It is adjacent to deqinmeili snow mountain from shangqiaotou to the north through Dongzhulin temple and Baimang snow mountain. It is located in the center of Yunnan Tibet Sichuan triangle region. The canyon and bitun Canyon together form Shangri La Grand Canyon .

There are many scenic spots, including snow mountains, canyons, glaciers, rivers, plateau lakes and primeval forests. In addition, there are also holy village Bala, Millennium Phoenix bodhi tree, Xiangbala pagoda, and Tibetan customs.

Balagzong snow mountain, with the highest altitude of 5545 meters, is the highest peak in Shangri La County. The lowest altitude is shuizhuang, which borders Sichuan Province. The average altitude of the valley is about 2650 meters, and the annual average temperature is about 14.8 degrees Celsius. It is a north subtropical climate.

Scenic spots

1. Gezong snow mountain

Altitude: 5545m

Gezong snow mountain is located at the junction of Shangri La city in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province and Derong County in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, with the highest altitude of 5545 meters. It is the highest peak in Shangri La city and the largest holy mountain in the scenic area. Due to the steep slope and the protection of the holy mountain by the Tibetan people, there is no climbing record by 2018.

2. Bala Village

Altitude: 2900m

Suggested duration: 30 minutes

The word "Bala" comes from the transliteration of Tibetan, which means a Tibetan village migrated from Batang. Bala village is located at the bottom of gezongxue mountain in the middle of Shangri La Grand Canyon, on the mountainside at an altitude of 2900 meters, and about 700 meters up the Gangqu valley.

It is said that more than 1300 years ago, a powerful Tibetan tribal leader, sinadoji, in order to pursue his wife renchengram, who left home with the old Lama because he was tired of the war, he gave up his wealth, power and Guangmao territory, just to find a holy land far away from the war, so sinadoji and his tribe followed renchengram's steps From the distant Batang all the way south, came to Bala and settled down. Since then, Bala village has become an ideal home for the sinadoji family and became an indigenous resident after generations.

3. Shangri la Grand Canyon

Altitude: 2200m

Suggested duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

Shangri la Grand Canyon is one of the deep canyons in Yunnan and even in China, with a total length of 154 km.

The gorge is famous for its "high, deep, dangerous, magnificent and beautiful". The biggest feature of Shangri La Grand Canyon is "gorge in the gorge, gorge on the gorge, crisscross, gorge connected". On both sides of the main gorge, there are hundreds of branch gorge side valleys, and most of these valleys belong to typical glacial water Gorges. Glacial water Gorges are mainly distributed on the snow mountains with higher altitude, because of its unique geographical location The low altitude glacial water gorge is formed by karst landform.

4. Shambhala pagoda

Altitude: 4050m

Recommended travel time: 30 minutes (unconventional route)

Shambhala pagoda is located in the northeast of gezong snow mountain. It is a natural pyramid shaped peak covered with white snow and towering under the sky. Beside it are "Lama squatting and sitting statue" and "scripture statue". These three pagodas, also known as the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma and monk, are the Tianbian pagodas predicted by Buddha Shakyamuni after he became a Buddha.

At the same time, Shambhala pagoda is a mysterious, holy and natural Pagoda in the world recorded in the Tibetan scriptures. Its pass is 4250 meters above sea level, attracting countless devout people to worship and pray for their long cherished wishes.

5. Millennium Bodhi Tree

Altitude: 2050m

Suggested duration: 15 minutes

This is a 3000 year old bodhi tree, which is very different from the bodhi tree I have seen before. Most bodhi trees stand alone, and their branches and leaves extend in all directions. However, this bodhi tree stands on the mountain. Its whole branches seem to cling to the cliff. All its branches and leaves stretch out on the whole half of the cliff! Because of this, it was named "Phoenix bodhi tree".

According to the local people, this millennium bodhi tree only took a short night a few years ago. It was amazing that a Buddha's left hand grew on its trunk.

6. Dejinka (Tongtian gorge)

Altitude: 2100m

Suggested duration: 45 minutes

Tongtian gorge is a major branch of Shangri La Grand Canyon. It is about 4000 meters long from the bottom to the top of the gorge. The gorge is U-shaped, and the distance between the two opposite mountains is close. The cliffs on both sides are curtain like, up to 1000 meters high, towering over the sky. Because the canyon is too deep and narrow, the bottom of the valley appears gloomy and gloomy, just like walking in the evil path of underground purgatory, shouting in it, with constant echo. Looking up from the bottom of the valley, the cliffs on both sides support a line of blue sky, forming a spectacle of "dividing the sky in a line to make a moat and two gorges with steep rocks as the door".

7. Be a ranch

Altitude: above 3500m

Suggested duration: 30 minutes

It means Pingzi with residence, and it is the "summer resort" of Bala village people.

Naidang ranch is the nearest ranch in ligezong snow mountain. It is surrounded by mountains, green grass, abundant rain, fat cattle and sheep, beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Here, almost every family in Bala village has a small blockhouse style building made of three or four meters high stone, which is divided into two floors. The lower floor is cattle stables, the upper floor is occupied by people, and a wooden ladder is built between the two floors. The stone houses connect with the stone houses, one by one, forming a stone house lane of alpine pasture. After years of development, in the subalpine meadow by a stone blockhouse type small buildings constitute the ranch village also formed.

8. Bantanram holy mountain

Altitude: 2400m

Suggested duration: 15 minutes

The road from the canyon to Bala village is a heavenly road worthy of the name. On the way, you will pass the bandamram viewing platform. On the viewing platform, you can have a panoramic view of the whole Canyon, and the bandamram holy mountain stands towering.

Bandanram, also known as "auspicious Heavenly Mother", "auspicious heavenly daughter" and "Queen of glory", is the chief Tantric female Dharma protector in the pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism. Originally the main god of Indian Brahmanism, she was later absorbed by Tibetan Buddhism as Dharma protector, Dharma protector and the Lord of the world's wishes.

The quiet village described by James Hilton in the lost horizon is surrounded by eight sacred mountains, just like eight petals of lotus blooming. Among the eight sacred mountains around Bala village, bandanram is one of them. Balagezong is also the most consistent place of the landscape described in the lost horizon, which is the trace and secret place of Shangri La.

9. Balada pagoda

Altitude: 2700m

Suggested duration: 15 minutes

Dayong pagoda is a group of eight holy white pagodas, which respectively worship the most representative of Tibetan Buddhism: "Buddha Sakyamuni, master lianhuasheng, longevity Buddha, four arm Avalokitesvara, Manjusri Bodhisattva, God of wealth, Zunsheng Buddha mother and Tara". The eight pagodas represent the eight auspicious treasures in Tibet and give the bala people good weather and prosperity.

Eight kinds of pagodas are built to commemorate the different deeds of the Buddha in different periods of her life!

10. Tibetan Culture Exhibition Center (balazhuo malakang)

Altitude: 2700m

Suggested duration: 30 minutes

Zhuomalacan is a Guanyin temple built by the chieftain of sinadoji more than 1300 years ago after Dayong mansion. Because of its long service life, it was rebuilt on the original 21 Tara Sutra hall. A total of 21 Taras are displayed in the temple. They are not only the goddess of Tuotuo and saving all living beings in distress, but also the female deities worshipped by various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. Therefore, 21 Tara is widely worshipped by the majority of believers and people in Tibetan Buddhist areas, which has great regional influence. It is the site of the Pala people's gate to pay homage to Buddha on major festivals or the 15th day of the first lunar month. According to the site, it is divided into two floors. The first floor is the hall of Thousand Buddhas. The master is the Buddha of limitless light or Amitabha. He is the leader of the Western Paradise.

11. Echo wall

The echo wall is the first petal in the east of the eight petaled lotus in Tibetan. Different from the lush forests of other sacred mountains, the mountain is sparsely vegetated and stands on a thousand ridges. When you shout at this unique cliff, the sound waves are reflected back by the stone wall, and will reverberate in your ears.

Walking on the glass plank road with a vertical drop of 700 meters, looking up at the sky and snow mountain is the view, overlooking the green water and blue waves is the view, and the 1106 meter plank road has reserved four viewing platforms for tourists at the best photo taking point.

Itinerary

Canyon Gallery ecological sightseeing tour + Bala village cultural experience + magic bergamot and Bodhi tree (ticket + sightseeing fare = 160 yuan). It takes about 4 hours to visit the above scenic spots.

Take a bus to Bala Village (16.5km, about 40 minutes), experience the Millennium tribe Bala Village (about 1 hour), take a bus to Yazan (about 20 minutes) and visit Shangri La Grand Canyon (5km plank road, about 1 hour for the whole journey). You can choose the same way to return to the destination of plank road

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