青海梵音

青藏公路零公里处是青藏公路109国道的起点。标志着从这一刻开始进入青藏高原。“日月山”、“倒淌河”很快被我们抛在身后,海拔也迅速攀升,公路在山间盘旋,云雾在窗外掠过。 高原的天气变化无常,当吉普车翻过一座海拔约4000米的垭口时,前面的道路豁然开朗。极目远眺．笔直的公路延伸到天际,河卡山口．海拔3910米：鄂拉山口,海拔4498米;姜路岭岔口．海拔4458米：我们正在一步一阶地走上高原。途径一个很大的海子,当地人称之为“苦海”,让人想起佛语中的“苦海无边,回头是岸”。     

甘肃玉门白土良汉晋墓发掘简报

2003年7月为配合“西气东输”管道工程建设项目,甘肃省文物考古研究所组织考古队对管线涉及范围内的玉门白土良墓群进行了抢救性发掘。白土良墓群位于玉门市清泉乡白土良村二组东北部约1公里的白土良台地上(图一)。墓地东临骟马河,南靠312国道,北部为骟马城。这次     

News in Brief

Tibet to Hold ! ITH Mountaineering Assembly The llth Tibet Mountaineering Assembly is going to be held from Sep.26 to Oct.7. It is aimed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Qomolangma by human beings. The organizers will also hold several mountaineering activities for amateurs to learn mountaineering skills. i,hasa Issued China＇s Firstlmrism Law Lhasa issued the offprint of the Tourism Law of the People＇s Republic of China in August, which is the country＇s first tourism law. Deliberated and approved by the 12th Standing Committee of the National People＇s Congress （NPC）, the law will be put into force on October 1, 2013. Overseas Chinese Painters X＇isited Tibet Nearly 20 overseas artists from 11 countries and areas including the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, France and Italy set out for the journey of ＂Famous Chinese Painters to Tibet＂ on August 16. In the next ten days in Tibet, they produced art works and had seminars with local artists. 2013 Tibetan Thangka Industrial Dexelnpment Forum Ileid in Lhasa The forum was held in the Mass Art Gallery in Lhasa on August 15, attracting the relative experts, scholars and painters in Tibet to have an in-depth discussion about Thangka＇s industrial development pattern and path, and the inheritance and protection in the new media age. Grand Tibetan Musical Yarluag Zangbo Premiered Musical Yarlung Zangbo premiered at the Yarlung Theatre in Lhoka Prefecture on August 15, 2013. The musical showed the time-honored history and culture of Lhoka and also highlighted the Yarlung Cultural Festival from August 15 to 21. Tibet Invests 100 Million Yuan to Build Sehool Bathrooms Almost 100 million Yuan has been invested in building bathrooms for primary and middle school students in Tibet since 2012. It is expected that 109 bathrooms, which make use of solar energy by installing solar power water heaters, will be finished until the end of 2013. Nachen Bridge, connecting the North Circular Road and the 318 National Highway after completion, has realized its closure of the main part structure and is expected to open to traffic within the year. The scenic zone Nanyigou, located in Nyingchi Prefecture, has adopted a tourist quota policy to allow a limit of up to 2,000 per day since August in order to support Chinas bid to build ecological shelter. The 2013 Shoton Festival of Tibet has wrapped up on August 12th. During the seven days＇ festival this year, a total number of 1.38 million tourists have visited Tibet, reaching an all-time high. The Xiahe Airport in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province opened on Aug. 19.     

西藏陶器——火与土的艺术新生

西藏拉萨墨竹工卡县塔巴镇塔巴村,是拉萨～林芝旅游黄金线318国道上的一个拉萨河谷畔的农业小村,全村20余户人家,多数以制陶为生。如果乘车从拉萨到林芝,过了墨竹工卡县所在地塔巴镇一公里左右,一座小村庄被公路从中穿行,     

穿越天山

天山是横贯亚洲中部的一条巨大山系,在中国新疆境内总长1 700多公里,以其雄伟高大的身姿引起万众瞩目,多样化的地形地貌和民族风情令中外旅游探险者趋之若鹜.屈曲盘旋的天山公路不仅是经济通道,生命通道,也是探究历史文化的时空隧道,是展示大美新疆的风景画廊. 今年6月,第37届世界遗产大会正式宣布中国"新疆天山"列入世界自然遗产名录,包括博格达、喀拉峻-库尔德宁、巴音布鲁克和托木尔4个遗产地,这些地区保存了完整的景观和生物进化过程,将炎热与寒冷、干旱与湿润、荒凉与秀美、壮观与精致等反差巨大的特质奇妙地汇集在一起,展现了天山独特的自然美,真实体现了"一山有四季,十里不同天"的意境.     

森林小镇的传奇和再造

鲁朗,318国道上的一条狭长河谷平原。 这片海拔3700米的优美草甸是地理的走廊,在其东方和西方,地理均发生剧变。在鲁朗的清浅河流,至东方的排龙急转直下,汇成帕隆藏布江的怒涛,直指波密,向前更是数百里藏东红山地。而在鲁朗的西方,色季拉山横亘于前,从海拔4600米的山口,可以一览尼洋河与雅鲁藏布江的交汇之处,再向前就可登上开阔的拉萨河谷。     

我爱你如盐——茶卡盐湖

我们的车飞奔在辽阔的青海原野315国道上,当它在天边白色雪山下逐渐显现时,我已无法抑制内心的激动——茶卡盐湖,我终于来了,来到了你的身边,让你那高原独有的圣洁、善良的白色,和那一波清澈、碧绿、微波荡漾的湖水,包围、俘获我跳动的心……有诗句说“近乡情更怯”,此时我却已经“近茶卡情也怯”……     

839000星星峡镇丝绸之路上的鬼门关

从甘肃敦煌市的柳园沿着312国道向西行进,道路两边除了一望无际的戈壁滩,就是一些不高的小山包,当这样的景象被起伏的山峦取代时,路两边出现了一些不高但陡峭的风化岩壁。有意思的是,但凡平整的岩壁,都被人用各种颜色的油漆喷涂上了车号和人名,赵钢居然发现了一个黑龙江的车号,真是不远万里啊。开车的摄影师陈淮告诉我们,星星峡到了。随着“星星峡1公里”牌子闪过,汽车穿过一个隘口,路两边出现两排房子,看上去全是饭馆。     

秦直道:两千年后沉寂的“高速公路”

距今2200多年前,秦始皇曾下令修筑通往各地的国道,其中最著名的一条就是俗称“皇上路”“圣人条”的秦直道。这条大道横穿今天的陕西省、甘肃省和内蒙古自治区,长700多公里,年代比西方著名的罗马大道早200余年,所以享有“世界公路鼻祖”的美誉,是举世公认的“第一条高速公路”。在两千多年中的大多数时间里,秦直道都是一条交通主干道;但是近几百年来它却已经日渐沉寂。目前,秦直道已列入国家大遗址保护工程,并拟申报世界文化遗产。