Pilgrimage to the Sacred Sea and Snow Mountains

Author: Huang Dami
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Ten years ago, He Jinwu, a reporter from the Worker's Daily, accidentally captured a shocking scene on the main peak of Meiji Snow Mountain in Shangri-La. According to the words of the living Buddha at the foot of the snow mountain, the film was preserved until today. One of the witnesses, Huang Dami, suddenly discovered years later that the magical image recorded on the film could be seen everywhere in the Tibetan areas—temples, monasteries, and Tibetan houses—as if it were a totemic symbol. Thus, the two of them trekked into the snow mountain, wondering what secrets it might hold. After trekking for thirteen days along the steep pilgrimage paths used by Tibetan locals, they became pilgrims. Everything along the way—people, nature, and sacred sites—baptized the visitors. The pilgrimage made the author question: Is there a real existence in the source of nature for what a nation has believed in for generations? What was the prophecy left by the great Indian master Padmasambhava for the Kawaqubo sacred site over a thousand years ago? Is the virgin peak of Kawaqubo, which humans have yet to summit, revealing the fate of civilization in a way that modern people can perceive? The book faithfully records the paradise-like scenery of the snow mountain and the vast and magnificent Tibetan cultural landscape.