Pilgrimage to Mount Meri

Author: Huang Humin
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: Ten years ago, He Jinwu, a reporter from the Workers' 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 to this day. One of the witnesses, Huang Humin, suddenly discovered years later that the miraculous image recorded on the film could be seen everywhere in the Tibetan regions' stupas, lamaseries, and Tibetan residences, as if a totem-like symbol. Thus, the two of them trekked into the snow mountain, wanting to explore what secrets it might hold. After trekking along the steep pilgrimage paths used by Tibetan locals for thirteen days, they became pilgrims. Everything along the way—people, nature, and sacred sites—completely immersed the visitors. The pilgrimage made the author question: Does the content that has been passed down through generations by a nation have a real existence at the source of nature? What was the prophecy left by the great Indian master Padmasambhava for the Kawaqubo sacred site over a thousand years ago? Is the Kawaqubo, the virgin peak that humans have yet to conquer, 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.