Asian Corridor in Heaven

In the Himalayan mountains, steep vertical canyon ridge, there is one called "Rat Road Bird Road," the road, meaning Only a narrow mountain road to pass the birds and mice, caravan here for thousands of years out of their own way, they called Liusuo ropes and Madu Jiang will, there are no roads, all to rely on horse with a donkey. To make a living, for commercial transactions, in order to get higher returns, they experienced heavy rain along the way, Blizzard's destruction, trek, at an altitude of 2000 meters within one day come from the high altitude of 5000 meters where the cold wind in the air whistling, men and horses have been exhausted ... The film describes some of the local customs, the special "fraternal polyandry" system, and resigned attitude compete with the day life, never let you palpitations moved.

After the harvest, the Pilgrims are busy making final preparations, they will leave for a pilgrimage to Lhasa, Tibet, leaving the entire 2100 km, they want to head, hands and feet all attached to the ground, all the way to vote in the ceremony to Lhasa, pilgrims before salute you need to shoot three palm, on behalf of their body, mind and vowed completely dedicated to the Buddha . Pilgrims on the way, followed by the desired filled with food and camping tools, hand car by two elderly vow dragging the accompanying hardship. They climbed a mountain over 5400 meters Mira, night temperatures fall below minus 20 degrees. Tibetans are convinced that fatigue and pain they experienced more severe the more they can purify their own sins. For pilgrims, they not only for themselves, but for all of life to pray. Lhasa is not the end of their pilgrimage, but a new beginning of the pilgrimage route.

In the seventh century AD, Emperor Wencheng princess betrothed to the Tibetan King Songtsen, Princess Wencheng when Buddhism and tea culture spread into Tibet, who did not think the tea changed forever the fate of Tibet. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is not suitable for the cultivation of crops and vegetables, and therefore will be the main ingredients of yak, Tibetan drink milk everyday life lacks meat and vegetables, causing them serious lack of vitamins, tea can help supplement the lack of vitamins, so they call it black gold tea Tea is their flesh and life. Ya'an, Sichuan and Yunnan Pu'er side tea, supply frontier region was devoted tea manufacturing center. Today called the Sichuan-Tibet Highway ancient Tea-Horse Road, is easy to trade tea horse road center. Hundreds of thousands of years are from people back pack horse over the mountains, and then handed over to the Tibetan tea caravan, caravan trek through the final months to Lhasa, the source of life to deliver them with blood and sweat transport - the tea.

Lancang River Valley mountains of eastern Tibet, there are over one thousand kilometers from the sea, there is a very magical salt. Thousands of years ago, Tibet was originally on the seabed, because changes in the crust into a mountain, the sea water into the underground formation of salt lake brine salt well formed out of the ground. Local villagers often say salt well give them the gift of God, but God gave the gift of local women who brought a lot of pain, they want to pick a day to and fro 50-100 times the brine, about twenty kilograms per trip This is women's work, women are responsible for all the work and chores salt, and deal with the man in charge of the mountain wood caravan thing. They use the most primitive method of making salt in the world, has been around for a thousand years, the sun and wind salt given their gifts, it may be because women's sweat and tears, make salt more salty. ...

Western Tibet Plateau over 4000 meters above sea level is a very desolate area, in which there is no way to grow food Barren here Pakistani ethnic Tibetan herders Doolittle must collect salt from the Salt Lake market exchange take food, they have to go half the distance to the Daza Bouyeri Salt, Saline Salt Lake is a treasure chest, where salt is not only supplied to China also exports to neighboring countries such as Nepal and India. Salt mining and selling salt is a very difficult thing, they want to take salt to their destinations, which also was longer than they used to Salt Lake Road, on the other side they must begin a new journey in the mountains, that is, over the snow-covered Himalayas, towering Himalayan mountains where the highest elevation on Earth, known as the roof of the world that they must overcome this grim natural obstacles, snow on the ground so that the pace is becoming increasingly heavy yak ... they are in addition to more than 5,500 meters above sea level over the mountains, have been bottomless cliffs along multiple paths Bock situation between steep mountain lake and frightening, is the most dangerous road, this trail winds Only one meter wide turns very narrow, either for people or yaks in terms of this is a life or death battle.

Of western Tibet, the Himalayan mountains in this endless extension, here are the greatest myths and legends. "Shambhala" is hidden in the mysterious kingdom of the legendary Himalayan snow-capped mountains, and in the 1990s was only a few British explorer in this discovery. Useful where fine gold painted magnificent frescoes, also found a large number of secret weapons, armor, knives, swords, daggers and the number of up to one hundred thousand arrows. What people will draw so colors brighter mural in the forgotten corners of the world do? What war requires such a large number of weapons? Is how people used to live here? Is for what these people disappear off track? These The frescoes were found significant inland China and Tibet with different style, they and China, India and Kashmir are what close relationship? "Guge" - the Golden City - the mysterious disappearance of the Kingdom.