I'll be returning to Muli in late April this year. The plan is to take the bus to Jiulong from Kangding and walk along the Yangwe Kong valley down to Sanyanlong, visit the holy mountain of Maidi Gangga (via Mundon) and then continue down into the Yalong river canyon and over to Muli monastery. I'm allowing myself three weeks. No tent this time - staying with local all the way. My only problem is trying to decide which cameras to take with me (or rather, which ones to leave at home).
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Friday, February 10, 2006
Gongga Shan from Tsemi Pass
The next few pictures were NOT taken by me - they are from a Chinese hiker's website. I've reproduced them here to give some idea of the trek from Kangding to Gongga Shan ( you can see my own pictures in the archive).
Tsemi village, Near Gongga Shan
This village is cut off - between the Yulongsi valley and the Konka Gompa (Gongga Si monastery) beneath Minya Konka
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Muli monastery, Sichuan recently
The next few pictures are taken off a Chinese website , aparently by a guy who comes from Muli and who is in the police (or posts on a police website： http://www.ngjc.com/forum/view_48437_1.html). These are his pictures of his return to Muli for the annual festival at the monastery.
Tibetan woman at Muli, 2005
Compare this picture to the one of the Muli women taken by Joseph Rock in 1925:
Muli monastery: "devil dance"
Compare these recent pictures to those taken at Choni monastery (see below) that Joseph Rock took in 1925.
Balden Lhamo and Yama
Balden Lhamo at left is leading the Bowa in a fiendish whirl around Yama, the King of Hell. From her mouth dangles the corspe of her son, whom legend says she devoured.
Muli monastery dancers
Very similar to the pictures from Choni monastery (see below) that Joseph Rock took in 1925.
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