Langmusi, China

Langmusi (郎木寺) is another small town at the border of Gansu Province (甘肃省) and Sichuan Province (四川省). It has altitude of around 3500m above sea level with majority of Tibetan Chinese people and Hui Moslem people.

24 Oct
We reached Langmusi (郎木寺） around lunchtime, we didn't shop around a lot for hotels, we stayed at Sana Hotel (萨娜宾馆 +86 941 6671062）. The hotel is clean and run by a Moslem Hui family. There is no heater available and although they said hot water is available from 7am to 12 midnight, we had quite some problems to get the hot water working.

After having lunch, we went to Da Cang Lang Mu Monastery (大仓郎木寺）, the so-called Gansu-side temple. The design looks quite similar to Labrang Monastery (拉卜楞寺） in Xia He, but in smaller scale. They also have similar Prayer Wheel. We had to end the day early since the weather is getting cold.

Langmusi Town

Gansu - side Temple

25 Oct
Our morning was welcomed by snow all over the town, it was snowing for the whole night and it is still snowing in the morning. Hence, we just walked in to a restaurant and had some hot food while enjoying the snow.

The snow stopped in the afternoon, so we went up the hill to see the Sky Burial Stage (天葬台）. There is nothing much to see on the Sky Burial as there is no ceremony at that moment, however the view from up there is simply amazing. The yellowish grassland, mountain and river, combination we never see here in tropical country. It is pretty tiring to climb up the hill in high altitude place, we ran out of breath very soon.

Beautiful View

Sky Burial Stage (天葬台)

After visiting the Sky Burial Stage (天葬台）, I went to the other monastery in the town, the so-called Sichuan-side temple. Design is again similar to the Gansu-side temple.

Sichuan - side Temple

26 Oct
We set off as early as 8 am in the morning to our next destination of the trip, Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟）in Sichuan province. We rented a car for RMB800, the driver is a Tibetan Chinese. The view along the road is very beautiful. White snow on yellow grassland combined with blue sky. We reached the highest point on the road at the altitude of 3840m above sea level.

Flower Lake (花湖)

On the road to Jiuzhaigou

3840m!