既然是作为冶力关游居生活自愿者来这里的，除了日记般记录下在这里的生活，我想我也应该为这里的旅游发展做点点小事情。

目前来这里游玩的人并不多，而外国人也没有，把文章翻译成英文，然后放到ＬＰ（lonely planet）的论坛上去，希望如同当年郎木寺那样，这里被更多外国人认识。

当然，欢迎英文好的朋友斧正。

YELIGUAN TOURISM ZONE——The Supine Buddha

The giant supine Buddha is formed by the outline of mountain lying at south east of Yeliguan. Look far into distance, the Buddha slightly closed his eyes and lie on his back, the serene manner on the clearly recognized face make it as if situated in Sukhavati.

Verdant pine forest piles up on the giant Buddha and emerged into mystery clouds, tourists are always infatuated with the constantly changed view. Lying east of supine Buddha the Mountain Lotus. Lotus is holy flower in Buddhism, naturally Mountain Lotus would be bound with Supine Buddha.

There is a folklore regarding to the supine Buddha:

That was in the period of war, I just married. Upon the call of country, I was reluctant to see off my husband to join army. That was the critical moment of the country, although I hate to part with him, but I know his leaving our sweat home is for the country, that’s the spirit and grand love lasted for thousand generations.

At the gate of our village, when I put on a Buddhist bead, tears ran down my cheeks: you are far away from me, please take care, for you and for me.

Died fighting on the battle field, it may be destiny of warrior, and an honor as well,for protecting his country, his homeland, his wife.

His comrade from our village found his body and a Buddhist bead still tightly held in his hand.

That was the Buddhist bead from me before his departure. I know we have been parted never to meet again. If there is next life, hope it would be peaceful time without bloody battles, without separation between live and death, only happiness and peace.

When his comrade handed over the Buddhist bead, I could not control myslef, the tears falling down. The worst things in the word that is the separation and parted death of newly married couples, but how the“ sad "could descript the pain in my heart?

Tears dropped on the bead, maybe the bead relay my sadness to Buddha and Buddha was touched by my destiny, suddenly a mountain rosing abruptly out of the ground in front of me, and it just show the face of my lover.

Since then, I was holding the sweet memory with him in front of the mountain and becoming old alone. I have no courage to kill myself to follow him in another world, because Buddha said, the suicide can not be human in next life. So, let me enjoy the wait and molestation in this life, wait the call of death, and wait the day we could meet each other in next life.