In the evening, the sun is about to set and shines on the snow-capped mountains, which appear golden red. The moon hangs in the sky.Meili Snow Mountains (Chinese: ???? pinyin: Méil? Xu?sh?n), Mainri (???????) or Minling Snow Mountains (Tibetan: ?????????????????, Wylie: smin gling gangs ri[1]) is a mountain range in the Chinese province of Yunnan. It lies close to the northwestern boundary of the province and is bounded by the Nujiang river on the west and the Lancang River on the east. The Meili are subrange of the larger Nu Mountains, themselves a constituent range of the Hengduan group.The crest of the range rises to over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level, making for impressive prominence over the river valleys to the east and west, which are between 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) and 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) in elevation. The highest peak is Kawagarbo, which rises to 6,740 metres (22,110 ft). Kawagarbo is considered sacred for Tibetan Buddhists. Other significant peaks include Mianzimu, Cogar Laka and Jiariren-an. Because of restrictions and dangerous conditions, none of the major peaks in the range have ever been summited.In Tibet, people usually call the mountain by its peak Kawagarbo or Taizi(Prince) Snow Mountain.In Tibetan, "Meili Mainri" means mountains of herbs. People named the mountain "Meili Mainri" because of the valuable herbs on this mountain.
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