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By an uncanny coincidence, Mount Kailash perfectly matches the legend of the mythical axis of the world. |
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Its four faces are roughly aligned to the compass, and four major rivers flow from its foothills. |
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These are some of the most significant rivers in Asia. |
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The Yarlung, which becomes India' s Brahmaputra, the Indus and Sutlej, which flow to Pakistan, and the Karnali, a major feeder for the Ganges. |
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Thanks to its connection with the mythical mountain, Kailash is so sacred that it' s never been climbed. |
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It' s Tibet' s most important pilgrimage site. |
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For Tibetans, pilgrimage is a journey from ignorance to enlightenment. A pilgrimage around the sacred mountain is believed to wipe out the sins of a lifetime, increasing the chance of a better rebirth. Most pilgrims time their visit for the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar. For over 1, 000 years they have gathered at the foot of Kailash for the Saga Dawa festival to celebrate Buddha' s enlightenment. |
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The festival climaxes with the raising of the newly dressed altar, a 25metre flagpole. |
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The full entourage of Tibetan monks make the most of the occasion, with music, prayers, and blessings. |
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jī yuán qiǎo hé de shì jiā lā sà shān tóng shì jiè wū jǐ shén huà zhōng de miáo shù fēi cháng wěn hé. tā de sì gè miàn dà tǐ xiàng luó pán de sì gè fāng xiàng, hái yǒu sì tiáo zhǔ hé cóng qiū líng dì dài bēn liú. tā men shì yà zhōu zuì zhòng yào de sì tiáo hé, yǎ lǔ cáng bù jiāng xíng chéng le yìn dù de bù lā mǎ pǔ tè lā hé yìn dù hé hé liú jīng bā jī sī tǎn de sà tè lèi jì hé, yǐ jí héng hé de zhǔ yào zhī liú kǎ nà lì hé. yóu yú lián jiē zhe shén huà bān de gāo shān, kǎ yī lā shén shān lìng rén gǎn dào shén shèng ér cóng wèi bèi pān dēng guò. tā shì cháo shèng zhě zài xī zàng zuì zhòng yào de cháo shèng diǎn, duì yú xī zàng rén lái shuō, cháo shèng zhī lǚ shì cóng wú zhī dào bèi jiào huà de guò chéng. huán xíng shèng shān de cháo shèng zhě rèn wéi zhè yàng zuò kě yǐ xiāo chú yī shēng de zuì niè, huò dé yí gè gèng hǎo de lái shēng. dà duō shù cháo shèng zhě bǎ cháo shèng de shí jiān ān pái zài, zuì zhòng yào de zàng lì jié rì zhī shí. yī qiān duō nián yǐ lái, tā men jù jí zài kǎ yī lā shén shān jiǎo. lái qìng zhù sà gā dá wǎ jié, gǎn xiè fó tuó de jiào huà. dāng xīn zhuāng shì de shèng tán shàng shēng qǐ 25 mǐ gāo de fān gān shí, jié rì dá dào le gāo cháo, zàng zú sēng lǚ de yīn yuè, dǎo wén hé zhù fú, guàn chuān le jié rì de shǐ zhōng. |