In Gega Village, you will have a good view of Mount Namjagbarwa. Located at the Nyingchi area in the southeastern part of China’s Tibet, Namjiagbarwa with an altitude of 25,531 feet (7,782m) ranks as world’s 15th highest peak and 1st in China’s ten most attractive mountains selected in the 2005 Chinese National Geography. It is also one of the world’s highest peaks in mountains with an altitude less than 8000 meters.
This mountain had many mysterious legends. It was a towering snow-capped mountain in cloud and mist, partly hidden and partly visible. By the reason that the mountain peak was in clouds, the legends said that gods and deities would often gather here and have ritual ceremonies of Mars and the smoke from the ritual ceremony rose high up into the sky and became flag clouds. People also said that on the summit there was a divine temple and a path leading to heaven. For this reason, the local people had a great reverence to this steep mountain.
From Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, you can take flights to Nyingchi, and do a tour to Nyingchi,Pomi and Rawok tso, and the route covers many tourist sites in eastern Tibet including Mount Namjagbarwa.
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