Nyingchi in Tibet, China, features low elevation, humid climate, and rich natural resources. Yet, in ancient times, it was once an exile destination due to its dense mountains, forests, and rivers, along with the lack of large barley fields, making it seem uninhabitable to Tibetans. However, thousands of years later, more and more people from Guangdong have moved to Nyingchi for business, employment, tourism, and settling down. They view it as the "Snowy Jiangnan"(south of the Yangtze River region). From 1995 to 2023, the GDP of Nyingchi increased nearly a hundredfold. Statistics showed that in 2023, Nyingchi had the highest per capita GDP among all cities in Tibet.

A while ago, Yao Yongwen, a Guangdong teacher supporting Tibet, intervened before China's national college entrance examination ("gaokao") to help two senior high school brothers. Their grandfather was paralyzed, and with their parents busy herding livestock, the family needed the brothers to drop out of school to care for him. Understanding the difficulty of the situation, especially their hardship to be admitted into a key senior high school in Tibet, Yao Yongwen and a few other teachers decided to cover a few months wages to hire a caregiver, allowing the students to focus on their exams. The effort paid off as both brothers scored above the key line for applying to universities. For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has thrived on this land through faith, hope, and the power of mutual support and vigilance.

At Nyingchi First Senior High School, the reporter encountered several individuals: a young Monpa student who, after finishing his exams, was unwilling to go home and stayed in the school library to study by himself. A Tibetan woman who, just after coming out of surgery while still under anesthesia, struggled to clasp her hands in thanks to the doctor. A young Lhoba boy who, in addition to herding, had learned to cultivate Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don, a traditional Chinese medicinal herb. A Tibetan driver named Dorjee went to pick cherries at the Mainling farm for the first time.

Xiao Liang, from Guangzhou, joined China's Far West Program and came to Nyingchi after graduating from university. He said that the place was different from what he had imagined and, in some aspects, even more appealing than Guangzhou. As a result, he stayed in Nyingchi. Like Liang, more and more people are coming to Nyingchi for business, employment, tourism, and settling down. Here, they see landscapes that are different from, and sometimes even better than, those of their hometowns.

Since humans discovered the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it has somehow become a sacred route to dreams in people's hearts. For centuries, countless souls have spined prayer wheels and touched mani stones, searching for peace, serenity, and eternity.

Source :Lingnan on the Cloud

广东人的“林芝守望”

中国西藏的林芝，这块海拔低气候湿润自然资源丰沛的宝地在古代是流放之地，因为这里山地森林河流密集，没有大片青稞田，在古代藏人看来，这里就不适合生存。可是几千年后，越来越多广东人来到林芝经商、就业、旅游、安家，在他们看来，这里就是雪域江南。从1995年到2023年，林芝地区生产总值涨了近百倍，据统计，2023年西藏各地市人均GDP中，林芝市排名第一。

前阵子，广东援藏教师姚勇文在高考前拦住了同上高三的两兄弟，他们的爷爷瘫痪了，父母忙着放牧，家里要他们辍学回家照顾爷爷。两兄弟考上西藏自治区重点高中不容易，眼看着劝说就要失败，姚勇文和几个老师一商量，干脆自己垫上几个月的工资，帮他们请个护工照顾病人，让学生安心高考。没有辜负姚勇文的期待，高考放榜，兄弟俩全都上了重点线！几千年来，中华民族在这块大陆上生生不息，靠的就是信念、希望，和守望相助的力量。

在林芝市一中，记者见到了考完试还不肯回家、留在学校图书馆自学的门巴族少年；见到了刚推出手术室麻药还没过、就挣扎着向医生双手合十的藏族阿妈；见到了放牧之余学会了种植中药川贝母的珞巴族小伙；见到了第一次去米林农场里摘樱桃的藏族司机多吉……

广州人小梁，大学毕业后报名西部计划来到林芝，他说，这里和他想象中的不一样，甚至在某些方面，有比广州更吸引他的地方，所以，他想留下来。和小梁一样，越来越多人来到林芝经商、就业、旅游、安家，在这里，他们看到了和故土不一样甚至更好的风景。

自从人类发现了这块土地——青藏高原，不知为什么，就成了人们心中通往梦境的必由之路。千百年来，无数颗心拨动转经筒、触摸玛尼堆，试图在这里寻找宁静、平和，和永恒。

总策划｜杜传贵 林海利
总统筹｜林洁 吴江 龚丹枫 侯恕望
执行统筹｜林桂炎 王倩 孙晶
拍摄｜林桂炎 梁喻 潘俊华
文字｜王倩
译｜肖凯欣
英文审校｜赵凡