chinese reading - 感受梅里雪山——Meri Snow Mountain

sānjiānɡbìnɡliú dìqū shì yízuò běinán zǒuxiànɡ de pánɡdà xuěshān qúntǐ

“三江并流”地区，是一座北南走向的庞大雪山群体，

běiduàn chēnɡ méilǐxuěshān zhōnɡduàn chēnɡ tàizǐxuěshān nánduàn chēnɡ bìluóxuěshān

北段称梅里雪山，中段称太子雪山，南段称碧罗雪山。

xuěshānqún běi lián xīzànɡ ādōnɡɡéníshān

雪山群北连西藏阿冬格尼山，

hǎibá zài liùqiān mǐ yǐshànɡ de biànyǒu shísān zuò chēnɡ tàizǐshísānfēnɡ

海拔在6000米以上的便有13座，称“太子十三峰”。

 

Meri Snow Mountain towers over the scene wher the world famous Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nu River flow together. It’s a gigantic snowy series of mountains, ranging from north to south. The northern section is called Meri Snow-capped Mountain, the middle section Prince Snow-capped Mountain and the southern section Biluo Snow-capped Mountain. It connects to Mount Adonggeni of Tibet in the north. It consists of a total of 13 mountains higher than 6,000 meters in elevation and known as the “13 Princely Peaks”.

 

méilǐxuěshān yǐqí wēiézhuànɡlì shénmìmòcè èr wénmínɡyúshì

梅里雪山以其巍峨壮丽、神秘莫测而闻名于世，

zhǔfēnɡ kǎwǎɡébófēnɡ hǎibá liùqiān qībǎi sìshí mǐ shì yúnnán dìyī ɡāofēnɡ

主峰卡瓦格博峰海拔6740米，是云南第一高峰，

wéi cánɡchuánfójiào nínɡmǎpài fēnzhī jiājùbā de bǎohùshén

为藏传佛教宁玛派分支伽居巴的保护神。

fēnɡxínɡ yǒurú yízuò zhuànɡlì ɡāosǒnɡ de jīnzìtǎ

峰型有如一座雄壮高耸的金字塔，

shíyǐnshíxiàn de yúnhǎi ɡènɡwèi xuěshān pīshànɡle yìcénɡ shénmìde miànshā

时隐时现的云海更为雪山披上了一层神秘的面纱，

bèiyùwéi xuěshānzhīshén bìnɡ chénɡwéi cánɡqūbādàshénshān zhīyī

被誉为“雪山之神”，并成为“藏区八大神山”之一。

 

Meri Snow Mountain is famous for its towering splendor and mystery. Its main peak, Kagebo, is 6,740 meters in elevation, the highest in Yunnan Province. It’s the guardian spirit of Jiajuba, a branch of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. The peak resembles a magnificent pyramid. A floating sea of clouds covers the snow capped mountain with yet another mysterious veil. It is referred to as the “god of the snow mountain” and one of the “8 mysterious mountains in Tibet”.

 

chúle tàizǐshísānfēnɡ zhīwài

除了太子十三峰之外，

méilǐxuěshān háiyǒu xuěshānqún suǒ tèyǒu de ɡèzhǒnɡ xuěyù qíɡuān

梅里雪山还有雪山群所特有的各种雪域奇观，

kǎwǎɡébófēnɡ de náncè yǒu cónɡ qiānmǐ xuányá qīnɡxièérxià de xuěbēnɡ pùbù

卡瓦格博峰的南侧有从千米悬崖倾泻而下的雨崩瀑布，

zài xiàjì yóuwéi shénqí zhuànɡɡuān

在夏季尤为神奇壮观。

ér mínɡyǒnɡ sīnónɡ niǔbā hé nónɡsōnɡ sìtiáo dàde bīnɡchuān

而明永，斯农，纽巴和浓松四条大冰川，

tāmén yóurú yùlónɡshēnyán bīnɡxuě yàoyǎn duómù

它们犹如玉龙伸延，冰雪耀眼夺目。

 

Aside from the “13 Princely Peaks”, here you may also view ?the various characteristic sceneries of snow-capped mountains. On the southern face of Kagebo Peak a huge waterfall pours down from a 1,000-meter cliff, it is most spectacular in summer. Four glaciers, Mingyong, Sinong, Niuba and Nongsong, appear like jade dragons, spreading and glittering in the snow.

 

xuěbēnɡ cūnluò shì méilǐxuěshān jiǎoxià bǎocún wánhǎo de yuánshǐ zànɡzú cūnluò

雨崩村落是梅里雪山脚下保存完好的原始藏族村落。

shānxià de qǔdēnɡɡònɡsì ɡǔnmǎdǐnɡsì shì zànɡmín cháobài shēnshān de sìyǔ

山下的取登贡寺、衮玛顶寺是藏民朝拜神山的寺宇。

měinián qiūmòdōnɡchū chénɡbǎishànɡqiān zànɡmín qiānyánɡ fúɡuǎi kǒuniànfójīnɡ

每年秋末冬初，成百上千藏民牵羊扶拐口念佛经

 ràoshān fénxiānɡ cháobài（zhuǎnjīnɡ）de chǎnɡmiàn lìnɡrén tànwéiɡuānzhǐ

绕山焚香朝拜（转经）的场面令人叹为观止。

méilǐxuěshān shǔyánɡ ruò fénɡ zànɡlì yánɡnián zhuǎnjīnɡzhě ɡènɡshì zēnɡzhì bǎishíbèi

梅里雪山属羊，若逢藏历羊年，“转经者更是增至百十倍。”

 jùchuán zhèxiànɡ huódònɡ zhìshǎo yǐ chíxùle qībǎi duōnián le

据传这项活动至少已持续了700多年了，

érqiě zhètiáo jǐbǎiniánlái zhìshǎo yǒu shùbǎiwànrén zǒuɡuòde zhuǎnjīnɡlù

而且这条几百年来至少有数百万人次走过的转经路

xiànjīn rénɡchǔyú yuánshǐzhuànɡtài

现今仍处于原始状态。

 

Yubeng Village is the best-preserved of early Tibetan villages, at the foot of Meri Snow-capped Mountain. Qudenggong Temple and Gunmading Temple are the sites at which Tibetans worship the mysterious mountains. Hundreds of Tibetans will drive their sheep, take up their walking sticks, recite the sutra, burn incense sticks and walk around the mountain as autumn becomes winter. This scene of worship is most spectacular. If, according to the Tibetan lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Sheep, “worshipers will multiply by their dozens” for they believe that the God of Meri Snow Mountain was born in the Year of the Sheep. It is said that this activity has been held for over 700 years. In addition, the path that millions of worshipers have beaten over hundreds of years still remains in its original state.

 

jìbiàn shì shìjiè dìyī ɡāofēnɡ zhūmùlǎnɡmǎfēnɡ yěcénɡ jiēnà ɡuò pāndēnɡ de yǒnɡshì

即便是世界第一高峰珠穆朗玛峰也曾接纳过攀登的勇士，

méilǐxuěshān què shǐzhōnɡ ménɡzhe zìjǐ shénmì de miànshā

梅里雪山却始终蒙着自己神秘的面纱。

zì èrshí shìjìchū yīnɡɡuó dēnɡshānduì tiǎozhàn kǎwǎɡébófēnɡ shībài yǐlái

自20世纪初英国登山队挑战卡瓦格博峰失败以来，

yíɡeduō shíjì de shíjiānlǐ shǐzhōnɡ wúrén chénɡɡōnɡ dēnɡdǐnɡ yījiǔjiǔyī nián

一个多世纪的时间里始终无人成功登顶。1991年，

 zhōnɡrì liánhé dēnɡshānduì shíqī rén quánbù zài kǎwǎɡébófēnɡ yīn xuěbēnɡ yùnàn

中日联合登山队17人全部在卡瓦博格峰因雪崩遇难，

zàochénɡ shìjiè dēnɡshānshǐ de dìèr dà shìɡù

造成世界登山史的第二大事故。

yījiǔjiǔliù nián zài zàicǐ dēnɡshān shībài zhīhòu

1996年，在再次登山失败之后，

ɡuójiā mínɡlìnɡ jìnzhǐ pāndēnɡ méilǐxuěshān

国家明令禁止攀登梅里雪山。

 

The world’s highest peak Mount Qomolangma has received brave climbers, but Meri Snow-capped Mountain remains veiled by mystery. Ever since a British mountaineering expedition failed to climb Kagebo Peak at the beginning of the 20th century, no one has made it to the summit. It remains un-scaled in over 100 years. In 1991, 17 members of a Sino-Japanese mountaineering expedition died in a snow slide from Kagebo Peak, being the second most serious accident in the history of mountaineering. In 1996, after another failure, the Chinese government issued an order which forbade the climbing of Meri Snow-capped Mountain.