I have never paid attention to this magical land before. It seems that there is never a shortage of majestic scenery, grasslands, snow-capped mountains, holy lakes, and a visual feast everywhere. There are four ethnic minorities inhabited. The colorful civilization brings the most exquisite handicraft art, Tibetan Thangka, Tu people's embroidery, and Salar people's wood carvings, and each of them are treasures left by the world.

Tibetan Buddhist temples are very different from those of Chinese Buddhism. Rather than being a temple, it is more accurate to say that schools are more accurate. Temples are often centered on the main hall and surrounded by monks' residences that are constantly extending outward.

People who believe in Buddhism are proud to send their children to temples to study. They pay to build dormitories around the temple and let their children study Buddhism here.

Not far away, an old 92-year-old monk came to the hall with a cane, chanting scriptures and worshiping each Buddha statue on the wall, and then shaking the prayer drum. His movements were slow but so firm.

There are three wonders of Ta'er Temple: butter flowers, murals and pile embroidery, butter flowers and pile embroidery can be said to be a very precious intangible cultural heritage in China. Ghee originated from the plateau and is a unique sculpture art of Tibetans. It uses ghee as raw material and mixes various mineral pigments. It has bright colors and exquisite shapes. Only by looking at it with your own eyes can you understand the charm.

At the dusk of setting sun, a monk pushed the prayer wheel alone and carried out his last practice in the day. The small but determined figure against the huge prayer wheel made people unable to forget it for a long time.

The nearby village is called Shangzhuang Village in Wutun, Regong. It seems that inconspicuous villages, there are a large number of skilled craftsmen and artists. Believers are willing to spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to buy a pagoda and worship it in their own Buddhist temple. This is their pursuit of their beliefs.

Entering an artist's family who made Tibetan stupas by hand, the male owner is already the sixth generation successor of the family. The process of making a stupa is very complicated and time-consuming. It takes him and his disciples several months to build a stupa of half a meter high.

Each pagoda is decorated with countless handmade silver ornaments. After careful look, each pattern is created between hits and hammers. Finally, the pagoda is inlaid with turquoise, coral, agate, and finished product is extremely exquisite.

Daily life is boring, and every day is spent in thousands of beats. But his face is calm. He said that making a pagoda is a kind of practice for him. Doing pious things with a pious heart and gaining inner peace is true happiness.

The most famous is Thangka, which has been sought after by collectors over the years, and its prices have also risen. Thangka is full of rich religious colors, and its content is mostly about the sacred Buddha world.

The pigments used to draw Thangka are all minerals and plants, including gold, silver, agate, sulfur, arsenic, cinnabar, saffron, rhubarb, blue indigo, etc. Thangka drawn with these natural pigments can still maintain bright colors after years of washing and erosion of history.

The process is very complex, and the requirements for each one are very strict. Making a Thangka is as short as half a year and as long as more than ten years. In the Thangka drawing process, drawing the golden part is the most difficult and can only be completed by a master with more than ten years of experience.

Drawing the Thangka on the spot, calm and composed, without any interference or influence from the outside world. This concentration not only made Johnson secretly admire him. Later I learned that a Thangka apprentice first learned to sit in meditation and adjust his breathing. During the process of drawing the Thangka, there was no need for any impetuousness or distracting thoughts.

This is an art, and it is also a kind of practice. Only by concentrating the mind and meditating, forgetting one's own thoughts and selflessness, and practicing in one's heart can one give the extraordinary charm of Thangka.

Going further west, pass by the oil town that was once a glorious. This is a town full of socialist sentiment. The exploration base here was the exploration base. After completing the exploration mission, the town immediately ended its historical mission and began its day after day on the Gobi Desert, leaving a bunch of ruins.

Passing by the last supply station and coming to Lenghu Town, the next step is to truly enter the unmanned land. The area ahead is without any grass growing, the evaporation is six times the precipitation, and it is also one of the three places with the most sunshine on the earth. In addition to the Sahara and the Andes Mountains, it is here.

I happened to meet a Ford team, all of which were heavy pickup trucks and Raptors. After negotiations, I joined them and went deep into the unmanned land.

Billions of years ago, the Cretaceous Jurassic era was once the ocean, but the earth later changed its appearance. These soil-like sediments were eroded by wind after wind. After weathering, they were washed by intermittent flowing water, forming wind-eroded mounds and wind-eroded depressions parallel to the prevailing wind direction and arranged intermittently.

If you leave a footprint here, maybe it's still there when we get old.

Under non-paved roads, non-load-bearing vehicles with beams will be more comfortable than cars without beams. Sitting on Raptors, I found that this kind of car was almost designed for such roads.

The weight is very high, and the car is particularly wide. The stability and comfort during high-speed off-roading are better than many off-road vehicles. Many times you can feel that the car is flying, and the four shock absorbers are constantly absorbing the bouncing of tires and suspension, which is very satisfying.

It was almost evening when the car arrived at the camp. Johnson was surprised to find that Ford had set up a camp in the unmanned area. In addition to the tent to stay in tonight, there was also a rest area. Unlike previous media test drive activities, no one arranged everything for the car owners, and even everyone needed to make food by themselves.

I have seen the camp culture in North America. The camp built by Americans is not only as simple as having a sleep, but also makes everyone have fun late at night. A bar is designed in the camp. In addition to craft beer and champagne, car owners from all over the country also bring their own wine. Fortunately, two boxes of fine red wine were brought in at that time, and everyone was having fun together.

Suddenly I feel that the most luxurious life is not how expensive caviar you eat in the city, but how you can enjoy an ice cream deep in the desert, which is a state similar to doing whatever you want.

The next day, the two pickup trucks were played high, and they went back and forth on the desert soil buns. In addition to the power, the chassis was more exquisite. The sturdy beams were so strong that they were more arbitrary. The Raptor’s super-large front suspension travel could play various tricks in the shell crater.

There is not even too much superb driving technology for this kind of car. The four-wheel drive system is very smart to give enough torque. Don’t be afraid of slipping. The reaction is fast. You won’t worry about shell craters or something. Just kick the accelerator and everything else is just a cloud.
Chapter completed!