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It' s held in such high regard that its fur is even used to decorate the sacred prayer flag poles, and yak butter is used as an offering to the gods. |
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The yak has even led the Tibetans to buried treasure. |
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In summer, people can be seen scouring the grassland, bent over in deep concentration. |
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This is the world' s weirdest harvest. |
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Tibetans first investigated this strange rootlike organism, known locally as " yartsa gunbu", when their yaks appeared to have more energy after grazing on it. |
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Rumours of its amazing properties gradually spread. |
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And today the yartsa gunbu is a passport into a shady, underground world. |
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It' s possible to dig up 40 of them in a day, the proceeds from which may provide half the collector' s annual income. |
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máo niú hěn shòu rú cǐ qì zhòng yǐ zhì yú rén men yòng tā de pí lái zhuāng shì shén shèng de jīng fān fān gān, rén men yòng tā de pí lái zhuāng shì shén shèng de jīng fān fān gān. máo niú shèn zhì hái bāng zhù zàng mín zhǎo dào le dì shàng de bǎo zàng. xià jì kě yǐ kàn jiàn yǒu de rén tiē zài cǎo dì shàng, quán shén guàn zhù dì sì chù sōu suǒ, zhè shì shì jiè shang zuì qí tè de shōu gē fāng shì le. zàng mín men shǒu xiān fā xiàn le zhè zhǒng bèi chēng wéi" yá zhā gěng bù zàng yǔ: dōng chóng xià cǎo" de qí guài de gēn zhuàng shēng wù tǐ. yuán yīn jiù zài yú kàn dào le máo niú men zài chī wán tā zhī hòu jīng lì chōng pèi, guān yú tā de shén qí de tè xìng de chuán yán zhú jiàn chuán bō kāi lái. dào le jīn tiān, dōng chóng xià cǎo yǐ jīng jìn rù le dì xià hēi shì. yǒu shí yì tiān yī rén jiù kě yǐ wā jué 40 gè zuǒ yòu, ér zhèi xiē shōu rù zé kě néng zhàn cǎi jí zhě nián shōu rù de yī bàn. |