Nyenchen Tangla Mountain

From Lhasa to Namtso, on 109 National Highway, you need to pass Nyenchen Tangla Mountain Observation deck (altitude 4640 meters), is the best location to view Nyenchen Tangla Mountain main peak, which is altitude of 7111 meters.

In fact, the“observation deck ” is a temporary stop on the side of the road, a row of ordinary houses with commissary, bathroom, and a not very large parking lot. By the road, the flags flutter in the wind; in the distance, the mountains are towering and snow-covered.The blue sky, the white clouds, the snowy mountains, the black and white yaks, and the prayer flags dancing against the wind, all of which make up a colorful picture.

100 kilometers north of Lhasa, standing the world-famous Nyenchen Tangla Snow Mountain, the north edge is Namtso, the highest mountain at an altitude of 7117 meters, year-round snow-capped, misty, thunder and lightning, mysterious, like a head wrapped in brocade, armor-clad heroic god, stands high above the snow-capped mountains, grasslands and gorges.

In ancient Tibetan mythology, in Bon or Tibetan Buddhism, in the folk songs and legends of local shepherds and hunters, Nyenchen Tangla and Namtso are not only the most striking sacred lakes of the sacred mountains in Tibet, but also lovers and couples who depend on life and death. Nyenchen Tangla is more handsome and upright because of the backdrop of Namtso Lake, and Namtso Lake is more beautiful and moving because of the reflection of Nyaenchen Tangla Mountain, attracting thousands of believers, pilgrims and tourists to visit and worship, becoming the roof of the world The largest religious shrine and tourist landscape.

Today we see the Nyenchen Tangla Mountain is a silver-wrapped male peak, local folklore, there is a mysterious crystal palace, the palace door inlaid with all kinds of gems, radiant, the bottom of the palace is the sea of manna, the middle is surrounded by rainbow fog, the top of the palace white clouds, the gem-like rain stops and falls, colorful flowers bloom around it.The high and low snow peak, like the crystal tower and surrounding the sacred peak, stood on the lotus-like mountain of the sun and the moon, a swan-like horse, all kinds of precious stones inlaid on the expensive saddle, the great god with diamond flame, white skin, smile, three eyes glittering, long snow-white silk wrapped around his top bun. In his right hand, he held the five-strand vajra rattan whip, and in his left hand, he held the crystal rosary.