This is the most important animal for Tibetans

From the cow's milk lamp that lights up all night in the temples, the greasy cow's milk tea expresses hospitality, the Tibetan nomads can process everything with cow's milk.

If the "buffalo is the first career" of Vietnamese farmers, then the most important livelihood of Tibetan nomads is cows. Just go to the Tibetan Plateau, the largest and tallest land in Central Asia, you will see strange, long-haired yaks .

Yak.

Of course, like all other cows raised in the world, yaks also provide stamina, meat, milk, and even manure. What is unique about the long-haired cows is that in addition to these "uses" , it also gives nomads many other gifts from their milk.

From the great drink: Cow's milk tea

If you go to Tibet, visit a tent to ask, you will most likely be offered a glass of greasy cow's milk tea . The hospitable culture of these nomads here is expressed through this tea.

Sour milk tea is stirred with fermented pu'erh black tea.

Soury milk tea is stirred with fermented pu'erh black tea, add a pinch of salt and cover with butter. However, only a little butter is melted into tea water, most of the rest settles to the bottom of the cup. Say I drink tea but it looks like . drink more butter.

The taste of cow's milk tea is not only fat but also salty. You can optionally increase or decrease your salt intake.

In fact, Tibetans drink tea for a clear purpose. The Tibetan Plateau is located on a height of 4,500m above sea level. It is extremely cold, so the amount of fat in cow's milk tea helps the nomads keep warm and store enough energy for the whole day.

And yet, Tibetans are also sure their cow's milk tea helps to sleep better, increasing both sexual desire and physical health.

Until extremely rare dishes: cheese

If you don't drink fresh milk, Tibetan nomads can take advantage of the leftover to make yogurt or stir it into butter. Unlike dairy cows raised in farms around the world, yaks are still wild animals. Perhaps it is also because of that its milk is extremely rich in fat.

The cheese is made from Tibetan milk.

Only thing, it's hard for us to enjoy the cheese made with this special cow's milk. Unless you go all the way to the Himalayas, it's hard to know how the taste of yogurt and milk is taste.

And dairy lamps light up all night

If you visit temples, monasteries on the slopes of the Himalayas, you will see all kinds of big and small lamps lit all day and night. But the materials for lighting are not oil or electricity, but the yak's butter .

Cow and milk lamp lights all day and night.

The Buddhist culture of the East is very fond of the flickering fire. They often light with lamps or candles instead of using electric balls. Light slowly, warmly, softly produce the dharma from the head of the wick to symbolize meditation and enlightenment. Its flickering, wobbly represent the impermanence between humanity.

The convenience of Himalayan temples is that they can take advantage of the fat that is extracted from Tibetan milk to serve as a fire-sustaining material. After pouring it into copper pots or candles, monks and nuns can light the monastery all day and night.