TIBET
Nature
EVEREST (Tibetan side. China)
EVEREST
Tibet/ China
2009
HD 1080p
Reel Duration: 11’56”
“Everest” or “Chomolungma ”, in Tibetan, which translates to “Goddess, Mother of the World”.
Unlike the Nepalese side, the Tibetan side of Everest is wilder and devoid of crowds.
Only a few scientists come here and a few monks live at its foot, in the Rongbu monastery, featured in this reel.
The reel offers striking sunrise and sunset views of Mt. Everest, which are presented from several points of view in a two days period.
Everest is usually covered in clouds during the year, but that day the beautiful October light afforded a cloudless scene.
All members of the crew were Tibetan.
The score is by the Monks from the Sakya Monastery (U- Tsang province/ Tibetan Automous region.)
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Changtang is a high plateau that extends nearly one thousand miles, from northwest Tibet, to Ladahk in the southeast, then east as far as modern Qinghai.
Tibetan Nomads live in this rugged, high-desert environment.
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Kunlun Pass is a mountain pass located 59 kilometers northeast of Nanning, Guangxi.
The altitude is around 300 m (1000 ft).
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HD 1080
Reel Duration: 3’48”
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It is often described as sapphire blue in color and is ringed by a number of magnificent snow covered peaks.
At 4,718 meters (15,475 feet) above sea level and covering 1,900 square kilometers (735 square miles), it is the highest saltwater lake in the world and the second largest saltwater lake in China. The Qinghai lake being the first.
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2009
HD 1080
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There is a small monastery called the Tashi Dor Gompa, on the peninsula which stretches into the southeastern edge of the lake.
This monastery has a number of hermitage caves including one said to be where the famous Indian master Padmasambhava and his consort Yeshe Tsogyel live.
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It is based mainly on the rigorous intellectual discipline of Madyamika and Yogachar a philosophy which utilizes the Tantric ritual practices that developed in Central Asia and particularly in Tibet.
Tibetan Buddhism also incorporates the monastic disciplines of early Theravada Buddhism and the shamanistic features of the Indigenous Tibetan religion , “Bon”.
(Source: Britannica)