Ashu grassland

Ashu grassland

Along the provincial highway 216 to the north, over 4800 meters above sea level Haizi mountain, you will set foot on the boundary of a Xu grassland. ASU grassland is located in the northeast of dege County, 206 kilometers away from dege county and 120 kilometers away from manigango, with an altitude of about 4000 meters. It connects Zhuqing, langduo, ASU and other places, with a total area of more than 85000 hectares. The whole grassland is beautiful with mountains and clear waters, the surface is broad, surrounded by mountains in the distance, and the famous Yalong River flows through it. Ashi grassland is the main area where King Gesar was born, raised and fought all his life. He was brilliant, resourceful and brave. He fought against the evil and helped the poor and the weak all his life. He unified more than 150 tribes and settled in senzhou dazezong, the former capital of Russia in the northwest of Ashi grassland.

Zhuqing Temple

On the way through Zhuqing, under the snow mountain and white clouds, lies the magnificent Zhuqing temple, which is the birthplace of Gesar Tibetan opera. It's about 2 kilometers up Zhuqing, and there's a platform between Chongling. It's said that King Gesar went back and forth to the place where he offered sacrifices to the gods. Up to now, prayer flags have been flying. After Zhuqing, you can walk for several kilometers to the fork called "Sanchahe", which is the junction with Shiqu County. On the right, you can enter the hinterland of Ashi grassland. Along the SAN'A highway, you can see the Xieqing Temple of Ningma sect and the ChongTong temple in langduo. After many waves, we head up against the Yalong River. With the surging water, we can travel about 14 kilometers to Ashu Township, the birthplace of King Gesar and the place of King Gesar Memorial Hall.

Folk customs

Ashu township is far away from the noisy city. The rich and simple folk customs are like the mellow highland barley wine and fresh cheese. The magnanimous atmosphere makes every visitor feel long. The magnificent Chacha temple is located in the northwest of the residential market town of Ashu Township, echoing the majestic Gesar Memorial Hall less than 2 kilometers away. Chacha temple is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Kaju sect, which was founded by master Ganzhu. Not far away, the Gesar memorial hall is located on the open grassland with charming scenery. After the death of King Gesar, the memorial hall was built by his descendants and soldiers beside the frog stone where King Gesar was born to commemorate his immortal achievements. The memorial hall was rebuilt on the basis of the original site by the religious master Baja living Buddha. The memorial hall is composed of 64 beams and 16 sky columns. In the middle of the hall, there is a giant statue of King Gesar riding on a horse. On the back of the hall, there are thirteen warlords fearing horses. On the left and right sides of the main wall, there are twelve Buddhas of lingguo. On the left and right sides of the hall, there are separated soldiers and martyrs. With the memorial hall as the center, the religious and cultural atmosphere radiates everywhere, which adds infinite mystery to this grassland. Standing on the grassland, the newly completed bronze statue of Gesar faces the East and stands on the horse, showing its outstanding and powerful shape. Looking around, it's not difficult to distinguish the mountain landform here from the description of its birthplace in the heroic epic biography of King Gesar

The birthplace of Jue Ru,

It's called gisuaggcondo.

The two rivers meet and murmur,

Two lawns are felt.

Qianshan Dapeng ningbuwo,

Back hill, Qingyan, Jasper peak,

The right mountain roars like a tiger,

Zuoshanmaofeng is red rock.

It should be noted here that "jueru" is the nickname of Gesar, and "Liangshui" refers to the Yalong River in front and the river flowing from the foot of chachasi mountain, which meet at the lower right. "Two lawns" refers to the memorial hall sitting on the ground and a piece of grassland at the junction of Daguan Township and its northeast.

Memorial Hall

There are many traces of King Gesar around the memorial hall. There are mainly: in the northwest corner of the memorial hall, there is a big frog shaped stone. It is said that Gesar's mother cracked the big stone when she was born in Gesar; in the northeast corner of the memorial hall, the Mani stone pile is the place where Gesar's mother buried her placenta and umbilical cord and was worshiped by later generations after her birth; in the east of the adjacent rock depression, there is a hip mark and footprints, which is said to be a symbol of Gesar Shortly after Sal's birth (because he was the incarnation of lianhuasheng, the great Avalokitesvara and the white king), the demons in this place wanted to harm him, so they turned into three crows to attack the young Gesar. At this time, Gesar was playing here, so he immediately sat on the rock, pedaled his feet and opened his bow, and shot the three crows to death. The ridge between the "two lawns" in the northeast had the top It is said that it is the site of the private castle where Gesar's father gave birth to King Lun. The footprints of the four square buildings of the castle can be seen today. It is said that Gesar's mother and son once lived here on a nearby slope. On the southeast edge of the castle site, there is a place with jagged rocks and deep pits shaped like the impact of body parts. It is said that after Gesar was born, another concubine of King Lun was very jealous Jealous, she wanted to kill Gesar in order to avoid the danger of "falling out of favor". One day, while there was no one around, she threw Gesar to the rock to death. Unexpectedly, after several times of falling, there were many dents on Gesar's body, but Gesar was not damaged, so the princess gave up. Due to the north, there was a huge horseshoe mark on a large stone block, which was similar At this point, King chuangesar's chariot galloped to the northeast and left its mark by stepping on the stone.

Mountain landform

Let's take a look at the mountain landforms around here. There are many wonderful things. On the top of the hill to the north of the memorial hall, the two lines of arrow plumes are like gazelles, which is said to be the arrow path left by King Gesar's archery. In the northeast of Jike village, there is a gully where Gesar's mother and son passed when they were driven out. When they left, their mother called the God of heaven, the God of earth and the king of dragon to ensure their safety. After his mother yelled three times, JIKO's 13 gullies moved in the direction of their mother and son.

Legend

In the Ashu grassland and even the whole dege, there are traces of King Gesar everywhere, and there are many popular legends of King Gesar. The heroic epic "King Gesar biography" was born in the land of outstanding people and widely sung. The biography of King Gesar is the longest epic in the world so far, with more than 700 poems and more than 20 million lines, 722 times of Homer's epic and 97 times of Indian epics (including Moco bharata and Ramayana).

Address: ASU Township, dege County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 98.953208373016

Latitude: 32.405888883872

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