Shangri-La Grand Canyon. Balagezong 1of2
Travelling around Shangri-La and Napa Lake, China
A short video on Lijiang and my time in Shangri-La, a smal, Chinese, city near the Tibetan border. Enjoy!
Shangri-La Grand Canyon. Balagezong 2of2
Bala Gezong Grand Canyon巴拉格宗大峡谷
Located in Shangrila county, Yunnan province:
【第35集】Balagezong Grand Canyon Shangri-la October 2019 = LIVE =
Shangri-la Day 2 - Potatso National Park, Wild Yak, and Highland Lakes.
On our second day, we hired a private driver and headed to the Potatso (Pudacuo) National Park. It is China's first national park and has a huge biodiversity in this biologically unique part of China.
In the park, we saw wild yak, my first every wild chipmunk experience (not on camera), wild horse, and a bunch of jumping fish. There was also a wide range of fauna and flora, by Chinese standards, which made walking around here a refreshing change to Kunming city life.
I'm still getting used to using the video stabiliser and I realise that I am panning it a little quickly in places. Also the editing software seems to have made the video pan a little jerkily - something I will try to resolve for the next video. Also, I didn't realise until it was too late how many times I called it Potato National Park. This was my way of remembering the name, but I didn't mean to include it so often in the videos!
【第44集】Balagezong Shangri-la Grand Canyon October 2019 = Spectacular, Breathtaking Grand Canyon =
Bala commune, Xingfu Village (Happiness Village), Nixi Township, Shangri-la City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province.Shangri-la Grand Canyon · Balagezong Ecotourism Scenic area is located in the northwest of Shangri-la county, it is one of the core scenic area of three parallel rivers, the world natural heritage Red Mountain area, 50 kilometers away from the county, 55 kilometers away from the Shangri-la airport, 700 kilometers from the provincial capital of Kunming. Ii is located in Yunnan Sichuan and Tibet junction, with a total area of 176 square kilometers. The Balagezong Snow Mountain is the highest peak of Shangri-la county, at an altitude of 5545 meters; its lowest point is in the south, at an altitude of 2000 meters, the relative elevation is 3545 meters.
Geography Circumstances
Shangri-la Grand Canyon and Gezong Snow Mountain are between 5545 meters to 2000 meters above sea level, with a total area of 176 square kilometers, which belong to a national nature reserve. Balagezong has various geological landscape, sacred mountain culture, Shambhala Stupa, Holy Banyan of Thousands of Years, Kangba tribe legend, the ancient village of Bala village, the Plateau Lake, Palm Gorge, rare animals and plants, etc., the original ecological environment is in well preserved.
Climate
Balagezong Natural Scenic Spot belongs to the temperate climate with long winter and spring but short summer and fall. Annual average temperature is 10 ℃, the hottest month (July, August, and September) monthly average temperature is 15 ℃, and the coldest month (January) of the average monthly temperature is 5 ℃.
【Gezong Holy Mountain】
As the holy mountain of Shangri-La, Balagezong Holy Mountain has long been known as the “the peak of Shangri-La” and it presents a visually and spiritually stunning scenery to visitors. And it is one of the three holy mountains of Kangba region. Tall and straight Gezong Snow Peak has an elevation of 5545 meters, towering, covering with snow all year around, is the highest snow peak in Shangri-la city. Gezong Snow Mountain is also referred to as Gezong Bensong, which means that three Gezong sisters who are the daughters of the mountain god Rongzan Kawagebo and they will marry Gongga Bensong (the third prince of Gongga Holy Mountain) in the northeast of Gongga Holy Mountain family. In the sheep year of the Tibetan calendar, when the three beautiful princesses arrived at Bala accompanied by attendants, the day had broken. The three shy princesses had stayed in Bala from then on and became the three main peaks of Gezong Snow Mountain and the holy mountains of surrounding mountain.
Gezong Holy Mountain is surrounded by clouds, making it more mysterious. The local people consider that people who see the summit is a blessing. Towering holy mountain is high, steep and imposing, but also quiet and secluded, and it is surrounded by a great number of special peaks.
Buddhists regard Gezong Holy Mountain as a holy land, thus there are many followers every year come here to worship the mountain. These followers take trouble to here from thousands of miles away and pray and kowtowed along the way. Only make pilgrimages to the mountain can they believe they have come to a successful end and fulfilled their long-cherished wishes.
【Balagezong Great Canyon】
Balagezong Great Canyon is an amazing masterpiece of the Nature. From the main peak with an elevation of 5,545 meters to the river valley with an elevation of 3,345 meters, the height difference of the ridge valley is a high as 3,545 meters. The most obvious feature of the canyon is that “canyon inside canyon, canyon on canyon, crisscrossing, stretch of canyons”. On the both side of the canyon are mostly cliffs from 1,000 to 2,000 m. The grotesquely-shaped rock stratum texture and geological folds made up a huge rock painting. In the lush primeval forest, different kinds of exotic flowers and rare herbs as well as strange vines and trees bring out the best in each other. Fields of cactus and palms, boundless azaleas sea, large areas of vegetation, clear and beautiful river winds its way and stir up spindrift, steep cliffs and plunging waterfall... All these gorgeous sceneries seem to be the wonderfulness of the Nature.
Best Hotels and Resorts in Shangri La County, China
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Balagezong Tibetan Ecological Hotel
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Shangri - La Tour ตอน 6 : The 3rd Highlight – The Valley of Blue Moon
The Valley of Blue Moon หรือ หุบเขาพระจันทร์สีน้ำเงิน
นั่งกระเช้าไฟฟ้า 2 ต่อ เพื่อขึ้นไปยังหุบเขา
ที่ระดับความสูง 4,000 เมตร
เดินขึ้นบันไดต่อไปประมาณ 200 ขั้น
เพื่อชื่นชมทัศนียภาพอันสวยงามและทิวทัศน์เบื้องล่าง
เดินทางสู่เมืองลี่เจียง
เมืองโบราณลี่เจียงได้รับการขึ้นทะเบียน
เป็นมรดกทางวัฒนธรรมของโลกขององค์การ UNESCO
Balagezong, Diqing, Yunnan Province, China 巴 拉 格 宗
Balagezong Scenic Area 巴 拉 格 宗 風 景 區 is located in the Hong Shan 紅 山 section of the Shangri La County 香 格 里 拉 縣 that forms part of the UNESCO-listed Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas 世 界 自 然 遺 產 – 雲 南 三 江 併 流.
Only parts of the 176 sq km of Balagezong are opened to the public. Tour bus picks up tourists from the ancient town of Jiantang 建 塘 in the Shangri La County to Birang Grand Canyon 比 朗 大 峽 谷, Bala Village 巴 拉 村 and Tongtian Gorge 通 天 峽. The round trip travels less than 180 km.
Jiantang Ancient Town is commonly called Old Town 古 城, pronounced as Gucheng.
Shangri La is the former Zhongdian 中 甸. Shangri La County-city is under the jurisdiction of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪 慶 藏 族 自 治 州 in the Yunnan Province 雲 南 省.
Balagezong, maravilloso y secreto cañón en Shangri La
Muchas personas han estado en Shangri-La, en la provincia de Yunnan, para disfrutar su belleza. En ese lugar se encuentra un cañón, llamado Balagezong, un lugar secreto, escondido entre las montañas.
[China]Tibetan Dukezong old town in Shangri-La
香格里拉Shangri-La, Shika Snow Mountain
在遥远的香格里拉，高耸的石卡雪山像女神一样守护着这片美丽的土地。 In faraway east, Shangri-La, Shika Snow Mountain is watching over this beautiful land like a goddess.
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Day 3
Shangri La old town
Dafo Temple
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Shangrila Canyon Traverse
Re-edited version of the Shangri-la canyon traverse, including new footage with steady cam
Pudacuo National Park view of the open land in Shangri-la
Pudacuo National Park view of the open land in Shangri-la
Napa Seaview - Yunnan, China (HD1080p)
*** Napahai Nature Reserve is located in Shangri-La County, Yunnan Province, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Established in 1984. The total area of 31.25 square kilometers, 3266 meters above sea level, lake water area of 660 square kilometers. ***
【第40集】Heading to Feilaisi, Shangri-La October 2019 = The Gateway to Yubeng Village =
Feilaisi (or Feilai Temple), literally “Flying Temple”, is an ideal place to view the east faces of the 13 peaks of the Prince Snow Mountain (太子雪山), also known as Meili Snow Mountain and Meili Jokul (梅里雪山).
Feilaisi (Feilai Temple 飞来寺) is a small Tibetan temple on the National Highway G214 dedicated to the spirits of Kawagarbo at 6740 meters (卡瓦博格峰), the highest peak in Meili Snow Mountain (Meili Jokul).
About 2km outside the monastery there is a growing number of inns and hostels to meet the increasing demand of tourists who come here to view Kawagarbo.
Feilaisi is located above the Mekong valley (澜沧江河谷) at an altitude of 3300 meters, about 10 km to the southwest of Shengping (升平镇), the seat of Deqin County ( 德钦县).
It has a geographical advantage to have a clear view of the east side of Meili Snow Mountain Range which is bounded by the Salween River ( Nujiang 怒江 in Chinese) on the west and the Mekong (Lancangjiang 澜沧江 in Chinese) on the east. The snow mountain rises about 10 km west of Feilaisi.
Kawagarbo, or Kawagebo Peak 卡瓦格博峰 in Chinese, is the highest peak of the 13 peaks of the Prince Snow Mountain (太子雪山), also known as Meili Snow Mountain and Meili Jokul (梅里雪山), a small part of the much more extensive Hengduan Mountains (横断山脉), the major north-south complex of mountains lying along the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in eastern Tibet.
Kawagebo Peak is often billed as the most beautiful snow mountain peak in the world. It is one of the most sacred peaks in the Tibetan world, the spiritual home of a warrior god of the same name.
Kawagebo Peak is still a virgin mountain though several attempts have been made in the past by the mountaineering teams from China, Japan, the US and the UK. They have all failed mainly due to the extremely complicated geographical conditions and incremental weather.
Kawagebo Peak climbing has also caused heavy protests from the local Tibetan community due to the mountain’s cultural and religious importance. On 3 January 1991, a nighttime avalanche killed all seventeen members of the Sino-Japanese expedition, one of the most disastrous mountaineering accidents in history.
In 2000, the local government passed relative laws banning all future climbing attempts on cultural and religious grounds.