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Chapter 520 Overnight in Tanggula Mountain Town

Early the next morning, the two had breakfast and started the next day's trip. Today's destination is Tanggula Mountain Town!It is said that when taking a train passing through here, there will be a small station called Tanggula Mountain Station. The train does not allow people to get on or off here!Since Ma Xiaoliang and the two went from LS to Xining and crossed Tanggula Mountain, they even left XZ and entered Qinghai!
There are also many legends about Tanggula Mountain.According to legend, Princess Wencheng married into Tibet. When she came to Tanggula Mountain, she was blocked by the heavy snow and could not move forward. In desperation, after the advice of the accompanying monks, the princess left the lotus seat on the golden sedan chair. Only by suppressing the wind can we pass!

Nowadays, there are statues and monuments of Qinghai-Tibet military souls at the Tanggula Pass, as well as stone statues built to commemorate the laying of the Qinghai-Tibet optical cable. Due to the wind, sun and rain all year round, although the thick auspicious prayer flags and Hada hanging there have long become old and discolored. , but it is still difficult to conceal the admiration and blessings of passers-by for the sacred mountain and the souls who have dedicated their lives to Qinghai-Tibet.Standing in front of the snow-beaten statue, Ma Xiaoliang quietly presented a khata, not only as a tribute to the sacred Tanggula Mountain, but also as a way to deeply miss him after returning here after many years.

Tanggula Mountain Town is one of the important supply points of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. Note that Tanggula Mountain Town is not the Tanggula Mountain Pass. Although it is a town, it is also a landscape. The urban area is large, but the population is relatively small. It belongs to Golmud in Haixi Prefecture, QH Province. The city is located at the junction of Qinghai and XZ. It is far away from the urban area of ​​Golmud, more than 400 kilometers away and nearly 8 hours' drive away.

Tanggula Mountain Town has a large area but a small town. It is arranged along both sides of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, but it is only a few hundred meters long. You can walk around the entire town in a few minutes. Because it is an important supply station, the business of the whole street is mainly based on There are mainly restaurants and gas stations, not to mention restaurants, but there are 4 gas stations. The distance is so close and the density is high, which is rare in the mainland. Therefore, it is very appropriate to describe it as a pile of gas stations and restaurants.Zhao Cui went downstairs for a stroll, and Ma Xiaoliang had a simple meal. After adding water and gas, she decided to sleep in the car for a while and set off again at dawn!
Before dawn, Ma Xiaoliang set off again and crossed the Tanggula Pass at an altitude of 5130M. He left the North Gate of XZ and entered the Tuotuo River in Qinghai. Here is the Yangtze River Source Bridge, known as the "First Bridge of the Yangtze River", crossing the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve. Fortunately See national-level protected wild animals such as Tibetan antelope, wild donkey, Tibetan gazelle, and Tibetan fox antelope.The Tibetan Antelope Observation Deck overlooks Mount Yuzhu, and then passes by Suonandajie Conservation Station, and then goes to Fenghuo Crater, Kunlun Pass and other places, and finally arrives at Golmud. The reason why we kept going all the way was mainly because the altitude was too high and we were worried about the plateau. The reaction was only to stop at the Tuotuo River, and then continue on to Golmud after taking pictures!After all, we didn’t reach a decent town until we arrived in Golmud. We booked a hotel on the way in advance. When we arrived at the hotel, the first thing Zhao Cui did was to take a quick shower and then go downstairs to eat with Ma Xiaoliang!The two came down from LS all the way, and felt a little more comfortable here. After all, they came to Qinghai last year, so they are quite familiar with this place!Zhao Cui remembered the big rock from last year again, but she didn't expect it to come again a year later!But this time I don't plan to stay too much, I plan to go directly to Xining to talk about it!Of course, Zhao Cui had been out for almost half a month this time, and she felt exhausted, but she felt that Ma Xiaoliang was about to collapse, after all, she was driving by herself!Zhao Cui thought that it would be better to let Su Xue stay. At least he could take turns driving. Now he was not in a hurry. When he arrived in Qinghai, he walked around and rested when he was tired. Instead, Zhao Cui took the initiative to give Ma Xiaoliang a massage. The mobile phone signal was also good. If you have nothing to do, just chat with your family!

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