The World's Shangri-La

If the sun and moon in people's hearts is Shangri-La, then the light of the sun and moon in my heart must shine on Napa Lake. In 24 years of travel, when I was about to leave Shangri-La from the Shangri-La Rainforest Resort (Passenger Station), I heard the lady at the front desk say that I could go to see Napa Lake, so I was moved by her description and came here again. The Tibetan name for Napa Lake should be Napa Tso, meaning "the lake behind the forest." It is very close from Dukezong to Napa Lake, about a 20-minute drive. Its existence is more like "the tears of Shangri-La," with the four seasons changing into four different appearances, and it seems that there are only these four appearances, which are very much like the state of life, with various appearances, but only those appearances. Napa Lake is an open valley surrounded by mountains. It is a relatively flat plateau dam, connected to the sky and the earth. Riding a horse and walking in it, the sky and the earth are very close, and it seems that you can touch the clouds in the sky with a stretch of your hand. That magical feeling makes people feel like they have touched the meaning of life. From late autumn to the whole winter, Napa Lake is a withered yellow grass sea, where herdsmen's cattle, sheep, and horses can forage. When the spring breeze awakens the earth and the summer breeze comes, it gathers rainwater and streams and becomes a blue sea of tears, a habitat for migratory birds, giving life a home. In this way, it circulates and nourishes all things on earth, endlessly. The beauty and significance of Napa Lake cannot be described in a few words. It is not like the lakes in Tibet, which are cold and lonely, nor is it like the artificial lakes in the south. It is like the light of the sun and moon that cannot be described in words, a little rough, but very delicate, a little wild, but extremely gentle, a little ordinary, but extraordinary in significance.