Essay (3) Nepal: Kathmandu paspa mention that temple

The Nepal essays:

Kathmandu paspa references to the temple

Author: Maple Ridge http://blog.sina.com.cn/wildmapleridge of

Paspa mention Temple (Pashupatinath Temple) is located on the eastern outskirts of Kathmandu Palestine online Rapti (Bagmati river), not far from the shore is Kathmandu airport.

Bus stations Rapti is India Christians and Buddhists in Santa River, started in the North of Kathmandu and then meanders through the snow, Kathmandu Valley, and finally to the South into India, River Road, there is a wide range of Hindu temples.

(Paspa mention Temple view)

Before entering Nepal, I always thought that Nepal are Buddhists, until after the conversation with the local people, found that more than 90 percent of the population of Nepal was a devout believer in Buddhism, Hinduism, does not exceed 5%.

In fact, Sakyamuni founded the Buddhist doctrine itself is the womb from Hinduism, Buddhism in many of the great God is the God in Hinduism, from temples and statues of internal worship, somewhat similar to the form.

In reference to the paspa, often around the temple can be seen such ascetic, their clothing and simplicity, living in a noble spirit world.

(Hindu ascetic)

Bus stations Rapti (Bagmati river) is India's Christians, Buddhists, St. River in the heart that the River could purify the people.

According to Hindu tradition Nepal, dead to the Santa river shore up sitting on cremation, the bodies before the cremation in river water immersion three times, and cremation ashes throw directly into the River. In temples nearby Tobago Martí-sur, located at Nepal's largest crematorium cremation Alija (Arya Ghat), attract large numbers of tourists to visit.

(Alija cremation platform)

Kathmandu's air pollution is very serious, in addition to city traffic congestion, a large number of old vehicles exceeded the exhaust emissions, burning of the temple is also a large number of items of air pollution and an important reason, Kathmandu is located in the basin of the abyss, surrounded by the mountain barrier air flow and increased pollution.

Bus stations Rapti (Bagmati river) is Kathmandu San River, but also a serious pollution in the River, the River is covered with large quantities of ashes, not combustion of wood, waste, etc., and even into the city before full of a lot of garbage out of the city, and take away a lot, without any treatment of domestic sewage, almost turned into a sewer.

(BA online Te r.)

Every year, can only rely on the arrival of the rainy river flood cleanup, but good in the Nepal Himalayas located relatively steep hillside rivers fall relatively large, slightly larger rainfall will form a flood, can put a clean river erosion, all pollutants are discharged to the river of India.

However, when you travel in Nepal must pay attention to the safety of drinking water and we always drink bottled water, so do not get sick, the money never province.

References to paspa that temple of the road, you can see this Shanghai licensing public tram, then see the street should have ran the domestic bus really some couldn't believe his eyes.

(Shanghai licensing public tram)

China has been the main donors to Nepal, in addition to the many projects and national highway, Kathmandu, Nepal's Parliament building and the highway is built in China, built the city ring road, also with the gift of a bus line that connects the city and the airport.

Therefore, Nepal to Chinese people generally friendly.

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