The Local Lazy Man System

Ye Rongrong looked at the direction Liu Qingqing pointed, and saw a black spot slowly approaching in the distance of the vast river, but Ye Rongrong could still see clearly that it was a small boat in the distance. The torrent of the Yellow River is running upstream.

"It's a small boat with an old boatman on board!"

As the boat approached, an old boatman in his sixties could be seen on board.

This boat is so small that it is like a small dot on the wide Yellow River.

The boatmen who can steer such a small boat on the Yellow River with complicated channels and dense reefs are all people who are very familiar with this section of the Yellow River.

Their main job is to guide passing ships through this complex section of the river.

If there are no boatmen who are familiar with this section of the river, passing boats may hit the rocks if they are not careful. In the torrential Yellow River water, once the boat hits the rocks, it is very dangerous.

Of course, these boatmen also do some work of crossing the river. If some people want to cross the Yellow River to the opposite side, they have to take the boats of these boatmen.

Of course, sometimes they can receive some big jobs. Some tourists like to spend money to hire these boatmen and let him drive the boat to take them along the river to see the scenery.

"Do you want to take a boat?"

Soon, the boat approached, and the old boatman in the clothes shouted to Ye Rongrong and his wife.

"no thank you!"

Ye Rongrong shook his head and said.

In fact, it would be a lot of fun to swim on the Yellow River in this kind of boat.

Of course, the risk is also very high. Once this kind of small boat encounters a hurricane or other dangerous situations on the Yellow River, if it falls into the Yellow River, the chance of survival is very low.

Because of safety issues, these small cruise ships on the Yellow River are operating illegally. They were cracked down by the government and are not allowed to take passengers on the Yellow River.

However, in the face of interests, many people still operate this kind of business illegally in order to make a living.

Because the land here is sparsely populated, as long as there is no accident, basically no one will come to investigate.

"Honey, let's go!"

Ye Rongrong looked at the sky, it was getting dark, so he said to Liu Qingqing.

If you sleep at night, the riverside is the most dangerous place. Not to mention the possible danger of the high tide in the middle of the night, there will always be beasts coming here to drink water by the river at night. .

Going all the way to the heights of the plateau, finally the altitude sickness appeared.

Since last night, Ye Rongrong and Liu Qingqing started to have some headaches and couldn't fall asleep.

Ye Rongrong's physical fitness is better, so there is no big problem, but Liu Qingqing can't sleep all night, and has a splitting headache.

Liu Qingqing had never tried this taste before. There were many chaotic images in her mind, a bit like a chaotic dream, and she didn't fall asleep at all.

Fortunately, there is a temporary pill prepared by my husband for me. After taking it, the altitude sickness will be much better.

Early the next morning, the vehicle was driving on the road to Zhilin.

Zhilin is located in the southeast of western Tibet, 430 kilometers away from Lhasa, with an altitude of only 2,900 meters. In Tibetan, Zhilin has the meaning of "the throne of the sun", and it was called "Gongbu" in ancient times.

According to aviation meteorological calculations, the temperature will drop by 7 degrees for every 1,000 meters above sea level. However, due to the vast area of ​​the plateau, long sunshine hours, strong solar radiation, and warm and humid air from the Indian Ocean blowing along the lower valleys of the Yarlung Zangbo River, summer is not so hot. It is hot and not cold in winter. It is known as "South of the West Tibet" and "Oriental Switzerland".

This is the birthplace of the famous Songtsen Gampo in history.

Ye Rongrong knew very little about Tibetan culture, even less about famous historical figures, but Ye Rongrong remembered Songtsen Gampo very clearly because he had learned it in a history book in junior high school.

Songtsan Gampo was the 33rd Zanpu of the Tubo Dynasty, and was actually the founding king of the Tubo Dynasty.

During his reign, he moved the capital to Luoxie, quelled civil strife in Tubo, subdued Yangtong, unified western Tibet, and formally established the Tubo Kingdom ruled by slave owners.

He developed agricultural and animal husbandry production, promoted irrigation,

Order people to formulate texts and promulgate "big decrees" governing Tubo to deal with the relationship between the Zanpu royal family and noble families, small states and all social classes, create administrative systems and military systems, set official ranks, promulgate laws, and unify The system of weights and measures and taxation promoted the overall development of Tubo's politics, economy, and culture, established Tubo's political, military, economic, and legal systems, and introduced Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty and Tianzhu.

Of course, these are not as famous as his marriage to a Chinese princess. In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, Songtsan Gampo went to Bohai to marry Princess Wencheng, a daughter of the Tang clan.

Ye Rongrong studied history, so he knew that during this period he married Princess Wencheng, the daughter of the Tang clan in China.

If she hadn't taken Princess Wencheng, the daughter of the Tang clan, there probably wouldn't be any mention of him in the Chinese history textbooks.

"Husband, are they what people call pilgrims?"

Liu Qingqing looked at the people who were kneeling and kowtowing three steps along the way, and asked Ye Rongrong.

"Well, they are pilgrims!"

Ye Rongrong nodded and said.

These pilgrims kowtow along the way.

Kowtow to the head is a pious worship ceremony for believers and believers in areas where Tibetan Buddhism is prevalent.

People who believe in Buddhism firmly believe that pilgrimage can cleanse the sins of past and present lives, add infinite merit, and finally escape from reincarnation and be crowned with bliss.

Therefore, on the roads leading to Lhasa or the famous temples, holy mountains and holy lakes of Tibetan Buddhism, there are always countless monks and laymen who bow between the heaven and the earth in a unique way of prostrating their heads, trekking towards the holy land in their hearts .

In the long past, believers on the pilgrimage came begging along the road with empty hands and poor clothing and food.

There are three ways to kowtow.

The procedure for kowtowing the long head while walking is as follows: First, stand at attention and recite the six-character mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum". Take another step; put your hands together and move them to your chest. When you take the third step, move your hands away from your chest, parallel to the ground, and bend down with your palms facing down. Your knees touch the ground first, then your hands stretch forward and your whole body bends down, and your forehead lightly touches the ground. .

Stand up again and start again as before. The pilgrims that Ye Rongrong saw along the way belonged to this category.

They came to the pilgrimage together in a group. Both men and women wear aprons, sleeves, gloves, and a protective device similar to skateboards on each hand, which is used when kneeling and worshiping.

"Honey, let's give them some money!"

Liu Qingqing thought for a while and said.

Before coming to the Western Tibet Grassland, Liu Qingqing checked the information on the Internet and knew that these pilgrims also accepted people's alms.

"it is good!"

Ye Rongrong nodded, then stopped the car, took out a dozen pieces of twenty-yuan bills from his pocket, handed them to Liu Qingqing, and said, "Give them alms!"

"Ok!"

Liu Qingqing took the money and got out of the car.

The purpose of this trip to the grasslands in western Tibet was to allow her to conceive a child, so Liu Qingqing would give alms to the poor people she met along the way.

The money was not much, only ten or twenty yuan.

It's not that Ye Rongrong is reluctant to give more money, but because Ye Rongrong feels that giving too much money is not only not a good thing, but a bad thing.

There are so many beggars in the city now, but people are too kind and give them too much money, making them feel that being a beggar is more profitable than going to work in a factory, and it is easier.

So that some people will lose the idea of ​​hard-earned money, but choose to be a beggar.

So Ye Rongrong did not choose to give these pilgrims more money.

"thanks!"

"thanks!"

"Gods and Buddhas will bless you!"

Liu Qingqing distributed twenty yuan to each pilgrim one by one, and the pilgrims said to Liu Qingqing feelingly.

This made Ye Rongrong, who was standing behind Liu Qingqing, a little embarrassed.

You must know that the money was all taken out of their own pockets, and these people didn't even appreciate themselves.

Ye Rongrong looked at these pilgrims. Their clothes and gloves were worn out, which showed the sincerity of these pilgrims along the way.

These Buddhists believe that in practice, a person must kowtow at least 10,000 times, and bare feet show piety when kowtow.

"Honey, let's go!"

After distributing money to these pilgrims, Liu Qingqing looked at Ye Rongrong and said.

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