Mudtan: From ‘Hidden Lotus’ to Blooming Spring – A Remembrance
On the mountain, he took out a small package he had treasured for a long time from his backpack, carefully opened it, and inside were several exquisite letters. He read them again, and then from his pocket, he took out a lighter, and on the ground, he burned them, the ashes scattered with the wind… What was he mourning?
He was in Mutan, a holy mountain in Tibet.
Mutan, hidden deep in the high valley of the Yellow River Grand Canyon, this name means 'Lotus' in Tibetan. In ancient times, this place was once called the 'Lotus Hidden Sacred Land'
This place is the only county in China that does not have a highway, it was built a road from Barkam to Mutan, but it was soon damaged and abandoned due to frequent landslides. It is impossible to reach it by any means of transport, at least it takes four days of hiking, and another four days to come back. It is a mysterious symbol, representing a guidance,
She said to him, 'She wrote letters to me, saying that there, in the spring, the mountain flowers bloom everywhere, full of meadows, and there are thousands of butterflies gathering. It is difficult to describe with words…' She closed Anne him, she said that she would have the opportunity to take a hiking trip to Mutan someday. He remembered this impression very deeply,
At that time they were dating, and also classmates at ×× University. He was a mischievous and naughty student, because he was too naughty, his grades were naturally the lowest in the class. And she was a student with extraordinary talent, her grades were always the top three in the class. Most importantly, she was beautiful, and she was also ranked among the top in terms of grades. At first, he didn't dare to believe that such a beautiful and outstanding student could like him. Of course, this is irrelevant,
One day she told him that she was going to take a postgraduate program at Sichuan University, and if he didn't accompany her, she would break up with him. He was of course afraid of breaking up, so he agreed nervously. At that time, considering her grades and knowledge, it was widely believed that she would be a postgraduate student at Sichuan University, so she was full of confidence. But he wasn't, he was always at the bottom of the class, he didn't believe in himself, but he was afraid of breaking up because he really liked her. He could only try his best to fight for it. After all, it was a youthful story,
From the moment he decided to take the postgraduate entrance exam, his life habits were all changed, he would get up at 6:30, after brushing his teeth and eating breakfast, he took a bus to school, and entered the library on time at 8:00, he had lunch with her at the cafeteria and continued to prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam, and he didn't leave the library until 9:00 in the evening. He took a bus home by himself. He still didn't believe that he could persevere like this,
The results came out, her girlfriend didn't get into the postgraduate program at Sichuan University, but he did. This result shocked the teachers in his year. So mischievous a student could actually pass the postgraduate entrance exam, of course, this was not the point. The point was that her girlfriend didn't contact her after that. She didn't call him until he went for the interview, and her girlfriend suddenly appeared in front of him, and asked him not to go, and to stay with her. He of course didn't want it, so his year of hard work and dedication was just abandoned like this? He thought she was immature and unreasonable. But he was also immature and behaved badly, and they quarreled,
He passed the postgraduate interview, and officially became a postgraduate student at Sichuan University. Two years later, he was still immature, and her girlfriend didn't contact him, and he was also childish and didn't contact her. In fact, he later realized that she had been waiting for him to contact her. As long as he contacted her, they would get back together. During these two years, he missed her very much, and he always thought about her, but they were always unwilling to take the initiative to contact each other,
Later, he suddenly made a decision – to go to Tibet. He invited a friend to go to Tibet, their main destination in Tibet was Mutan. As Anne wrote, the road to Mutan is full of dangers, and it is possible to die at any time. They hiked along the road leading to Mutan, the road was winding and narrow, and it was the rainy season in Mutan, and on the right side of the road, there was a deep canyon, he walked cautiously on the edge of death, and finally they succeeded in reaching Mutan,
Few people like them take risks to go to Mutan, and there are also few people seen on the road. The shoes and clothes on their bodies were all soaked, even though they had prepared raincoats. This is only one-quarter of the journey, and they have to take another mountain road in the next few days, the rain washed away the steep slopes along the way, and they rolled down several stones, this is the mudstone landslide area, during the entire journey, he always put the small package in his bag, it wasn't a necessary travel item, and he didn't seem to take it out, but he always checked it carefully, whether he was resting or eating,
He was very complicated at this moment, facing the imminent threat, his footsteps became more determined, he didn't know what belief drove him so persistently. He successfully came out and arrived at the most terrifying ant nest forest, they entered it, a gust of cold air rushed in, and there were also large raindrops on the lush summer leaves, and he saw countless small ants wriggling, before they heard the horror of the forest, so they hurried away, and soon they saw each other's shoulders and collars covered with many small ants, they quickly ran away, although they didn't eat anything for several days, they were running for their lives, and finally they came out and quickly spread their clothes on the lawn, many ants crawled on their backs, they used their hands to wipe off the ants, and then ran away,
Finally, they luckily arrived in Mutan, although I can't experience how dangerous the journey was, but from the photos he took, it was indeed a little frightening. Upon arriving in Mutan, he immediately went to the holy mountain. On the mountain, he took out from his travel bag a small package he had treasured for years, opened it, and inside were several exquisite letters. He put them on the ground, took out a lighter from his pocket, and burned them, and the ashes scattered with the wind… He closed his eyes and thought for a few minutes… Then he walked down the mountain with a heavy heart,
Down to the foot of the mountain, he met a Tibetan old lady who was hand-rolling a prayer wheel and chanting scriptures. The old lady smiled and raised her hand to invite him to come over. The old lady kindly patted his head and chanted a passage that he couldn't understand, and at the same time, she said something in Tibetan to him, which he of course couldn't understand, and he nodded politely, and then the old lady gave him a string of Buddhist beads,
At this time, he raised his hand to show us the Buddhist beads, I saw that it was a dark purple Buddhist bead, he often wears it, he said, 'Students, the purpose of my trip is to represent her, who has longed for Mutan for a long time. As for why I burned the things about her on the mountain, it was because before that, she had actively asked me to meet her, because she was going abroad. She wanted me to meet her. I didn't go then, because I was too young and arrogant, and I refused her. Maybe she really broke her heart, and couldn't wait any longer, and soon she heard that she was getting married. I went to Mutan to mourn my love.
Finally, he added: 'In Mutan, in the spring, the mountain flowers bloom everywhere, and there are thousands of butterflies gathering in the meadows. It is difficult to describe with words…'
Do you have stories of spring? Welcome to leave your memories.
