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The monsoon which sustains this lush and fertile valley owes its very existence to the Tibetan plateau. Like a giant hotplate, the plateau heats up in the spring and summer. |
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The change in air pressure draws in warm moist air from the Indian Ocean in the south. Thanks to this, over a billion people from India to Burma benefit from the monsoon rain that this wind brings with it. Tibet is the engine that drives the fertility of a whole subcontinent. But Tibet has an even greater role in the ecology of the region. |
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Clues to this function are found in a legend that predates even the ancient Tibetan culture and which still draws pilgrims from all over the world. |
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Several world religions believe in a mythical mountain that' s equivalent to the Garden of Eden. |
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Its peak has four faces, aligned to the points of the compass, and from its summit four rivers are said to flow to the four quarters of the world. |
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Thanks to its lifegiving waters, this mountain is known as the " axis of the world ". In one of the remotest areas of Tibet, there' s a place where this legend takes physical form. |
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That place is Mount Kailash. |
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duō kuī le gāo yuán de cún zài, cái yǒu le wèi lǜ sè fù ráo xiá gǔ dài lái huó lì de jì fēng. gāo yuán xiàng yí gè jù dà de jiā rè bǎn, chūn wēn xià nuǎn. qì yā de biàn huà yǐn lái le nán miàn yìn dù yáng de wēn rè cháo shī de kōng qì, xìng kuī zhè yàng, cóng yìn dù dào miǎn diàn de shí yì duō rén, dōu dé yì yú jì fēng dài lái de jì fēng yǔ. xī zàng jiù shì bǎo chí zhěng gè cì dà lù féi wò de dòng lì. dàn shì xī zàng zài dì qū shēng tài fāng miàn bàn yǎn zhe gèng zhòng yào de jué sè. zhè gè jué sè de xiàn suǒ kě yǐ zhuī sù dào gǔ zàng wén huà de chuán shuō dāng zhōng, ér zhè gè chuán shuō zhì jīn hái xī yǐn zháo lái zì quán shì jiè de cháo shèng zhě. shì jiè shang yī xiē de zōng jiào xiāng xìn yī zuò shén huà zhōng de shān shì yī diàn yuán bān de cún zài. tā de dǐng bù yǒu sì gè miàn, pái chéng luó pán de sì gè fāng xiàng, cóng tā de dǐng bù yǒu sì tiáo hé liú xiàng shì jiè de de sì fāng. yóu yú zhè lǐ de shēng mìng zhī quán, zhè zuò shān bèi chēng wéi" shì jiè wū jǐ". zài xī zàng zuì piān pì de qū yù zhī yī, yǒu yí gè dì fāng yìng yàn le zhè gè chuán shuō. zhè jiù shì jiā lā sà shān. |