I am a hurried passer-by in this world, and a hundred years of life is just a small light for the universe. Travel is the interpretation of life for me, and I want to travel all over China and the world. The poet Wang Guozhen said it well: Go to the distance, go to the distance, there is no scenery in the familiar place!
September 30:See Mingsha Mountain again, see Crescent Spring again, and come to Dunhuang again!In the morning, after twenty-four years, I came to Mingsha Mountain. Mingsha Mountain, it seems that nothing has changed, it seems that everything has changed!Today's Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring is included in the world cultural heritage, the scenic spot has expanded several times, the Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring Scenic Area small gatehouse built in that year is still there alone, but it has been regarded as a cultural relic.
In the morning, the sun shines on the highest sand mountain, the east side of the sand line is golden, and the west side of the sand line is gray and dark.
Each person rode a camel and formed their own caravan. The caravan walked from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, towards the sun. I sat on my hunchback, staggering, a camel bell rang, and the long camel caravan walked step by step towards the depths of the desert.
The desert is vast and boundless, and we walked far away, walking into the vast sea of sand, and the long camel caravan turned into a small string, like a small worm crawling slowly in the boundless sea of sand. The camel caravan walked up Mingsha Mountain, and the morning sun reflected our faces red, and our blushing faces were radiant.
The camel team walked up to the top of a hill and the guy who led the group started to take pictures for us, the place was very nice, there was sunshine, high sand dunes, there was a blue sky, there were camel bells ringing. There is a fee for taking pictures, but even so, who cares in the face of such a beautiful view?
Descending the mountain, I walked into a ravine with green trees, and the camel caravan anchored in the depths of the ravine, which is the crescent moon spring. Look at that, look at that, crescent moon spring, think of that, read that crescent moon spring!Whenever the sound of camel bells passes in my ears, it seems to return to the crescent moon spring, and now I have really come to your side!Is Crescent Spring still there?Now that everything is changing, has it also changed its face?No, no, my crescent moon, my crescent moon hasn't changed!
Twenty-four years, several times back to the dream of seeing, now come to the crescent spring side, climbed the pavilion to gaze at the crescent spring in front of me, although the sea of sand is vast, although the desert wind and cold, although only a pool of clear water, crescent spring, or my crescent spring!
In the afternoon, take a car to visit the Mogao Grottoes. Mogao Grottoes, now we can no longer drive to the foot of Mogao Grottoes, we must take the ferry bus of the scenic spot. Now that the Mogao Grottoes Scenic Area is on the grade, visitors must first unify the two introductory films, especially one that is three-dimensional under the ring screen, which is really eye-opening.
The visit to the Mogao Grottoes is very standardized, the tour guide is uniformly dressed, and every move has been strictly trained, and a total of eight caves are introduced, each of which has its own characteristics. We walked with the tour guide, opened the cave with the tour guide, and listened to the tour guide introduce the Northern Wei Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
This time, I took a serious look at the Tibetan scripture cave, that small place, there were so many treasures of scriptures, and it took several trucks to be shipped out of the country, and the image of the Taoist priest Wang Yuanqi appeared in front of my eyes again, a little ironic. But I really can't resent him, what can I do in such an era when the country is ruined, the clothes are starved, and the hunger is everywhere!Fortunately, although the scriptures are gone, the brilliant Mogao Grottoes are still in front of us
The Mogao Grottoes are hosting a commemorative exhibition "1650 – Echoes of Civilization", which is so meaningful. In 366 A.D., Shamen Lexuan opened the first Buddhist shrine in Dunhuang, and the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang were therefore devout and began to be built for thousands of years. The 492 square grottoes that have not been destroyed in Mogao Grottoes have witnessed the continuous growth of traditional Chinese culture. Throughout the history of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, during the 1650s, turmoil made people cherish peace, conflict made people call for harmony, opposition made people seek tolerance, and narrow-mindedness made people practice open-mindedness, innovate in history, and open up because of symbiosis. We visit this exhibition and become a witness, discoverer, thinker of history in these rich works!
When I walked out of the Mogao Grottoes, I saw those Taoist pagodas, which one is Wang Yuanqi I don't know, if Wang Yuanji really sat in it, if he could see the scene of Mogao Grottoes today, what kind of mood should he have?
October 1st:To get from Dunhuang to Jiayuguan, you have to pass through Guazhou, a place that is very important in history, and the famous Yulin Caves are in the Yulin River Valley of Guazhou. These days are very sunny, the northwest is relatively dry this season, walk to the Hexi corridor, and begin to appreciate the scenery of Longshang. I walked past the ridge, which was covered with autumn colors, golden leaves on the branches, and the farmer was busy harvesting. In fact, at this time, the wheat in the field has been harvested, the world is a piece of golden wheat straw, far away Qilian Mountain comes into view, this Qilian Mountain stretches along the Hexi Corridor, until Ningxia, the highest altitude is in this area, we see the white snow-capped mountains again.
When you arrive at Jiayuguan, go directly to Jiayuguan City Tower. Although the epidemic continues, there are many tourists in Jiayuguan in the eleventh day. I walked downstairs to Jiayuguan City, looked at the Guanlou, and couldn't help but admire: "Xiongguan!."What a hero!"I saw the high pavilion volleying in the sky, and the eaves touching the sky. There is a plaque on the tower of the city: the first Xiongguan in the world. Under the city tower, a monument pavilion stands a boulder that reads: The first Xiongguan in the world.
In the land of China, there are countless buildings. I have been to Shanhaiguan, Yanmen Pass, Niangzi Pass, Huangya Pass, Juyong Pass, and today I came to the last pass of the Great Wall: Jiayu Pass. I couldn't wait and climbed the gate. Standing on the tower of the Guan, the Qilian Mountains are continuous with snow-capped mountains, the silver light is shining, the mountains are majestic, the vast Gobi is at the foot, the Xiongguan stands majestically on the desert wasteland, majestic and majestic, daunting, breathtaking!
Jiayuguan was built in the early Ming Dynasty, and it is said that ten years later the construction of Shanhaiguan began, which should be worthy of the name of the world's first Xiongguan. Today is the National Day, ** TV station, Gansu TV station here jointly filmed programs, Jiayu Pass is holding a large-scale theatrical performance, the Ming Dynasty soldiers on the city tower armor cover, horizontal swords, flag sails. At the large-scale performance, ancient beauties danced like flying into the sky. Under the city, Loulan beauties dressed up and rode on tall camels, attracting the attention of tourists.
Jiayuguan is the only way to connect the Western Regions in ancient times, it is the place where the Great Wall ends, hundreds of years have passed, and the city is still there. The ancient Chinese nation's traditional ancient motto of "the heart of harming others is indispensable, and the heart of defending people is indispensable" shows the heart of virtue that "if people do not offend me, I will not offend others, and if people offend me, I will offend others".
I stood on the "No. 1 Xiongguan in the world" and felt the Great Wall, with its iron bones and majestic bearing. The majestic and majestic pass has its own majesty and majesty, but there is no pass in the world that is more majestic and mighty than my Chinese sons and daughters!The standing of the majestic Xiongguan is also the immortal national spirit of the Chinese nation!
October 2:I stayed in Jiayu for one night, got up in the morning, and went straight to Jiuquan. The two cities of Jiuquan and Jiayuguan are almost connected, and Jiuquan was famous in ancient times. Li Bai wrote, "If the sky doesn't love wine, the wine star is not in the sky." If the earth does not love wine, there shall be no fountain of wine on the earth. Heaven and earth love wine, and love wine is worthy of heaven. "Therefore, Jiuquan has a long history.
From Jiuquan, embarked on the Aerospace Expressway, this highway is specially built for the Jiuquan Aerospace Center, from Jiuquan to Ejina, 70 kilometers on the highway is the famous Jinta poplar forest.
Jinta poplar forest belongs to Jinta County, Jiuquan City, its location is in Chaohu Forest Farm, there are tens of thousands of acres of poplar forest, under the clear blue sky, in the barren desert, the poplar forest shines brightly, as bright and brilliant as the sun.
Walking on the aerospace highway, I suddenly felt that the world was wide, and in front of me was the Badain Jaran Desert. The Badain Jaran Desert is very flat here, with no undulating sand dunes and endless sand as far as the eye can see, which should be an ideal space flight place.
Jiuquan Space Center, also known as Dongfeng Space Center, is the earliest space center in China, established in 1958. The main task of the Dongfeng Space Center is the launch of satellites, spacecraft, carrier rockets and missiles, and is subordinate to the Strategic Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It was here in 2003 that Yang Liwei boarded the Shenzhou-5 and flew into space by the Long March-2F carrier rocket, achieving a great leap in China's aerospace history. Dongfeng Space Center is the hero of the republic, China's first missile nuclear test in 1966 was successfully tested here, here is the national heavy weapon, is the cornerstone of the republic's peace.
This time, I was fortunate to pass by the Dongfeng Space Center and see the mysterious space bases, as a Chinese, I am proud!This highway has been along the weak water Heihe River north, to the Ejina Banner boundary finally saw the space city, here is the Chinese industrial heritage protection area, although it is a scenic spot, but refuse to visit. The car walked on the space road on the east side of the space city, and I saw the space city from a distance, and saw the satellite launch building, launch frame, and launch tower.
The location of Dongfeng Space City belongs to Ejina Banner, and all the taxes of the Space City are given to Ejina Banner, and all the materials are from Jiuquan**. When we arrived at the Aerospace City, it was late when we entered the Ejina Banner City, and we stayed in the Mongolian homestay, and the night in Ejina Banner was very cold, and the cold wind was blowing.
October 3rd:When I arrived at Ejinaqi, I was thinking about the poplar forest. Last night, the cold wind struck, the temperature plummeted, and local friends said that the leaves of Populus euphratica would turn yellow in such weather. When I woke up in the morning, it was still cold outside, and the weather was cloudy, and I felt a little regretful, because it was best to see the blue sky and high scorching sun when it came to poplars.
Come to the desert poplar eco-tourism area, here is the best place to see the Ejina poplar forest, walk on the landscape plank road, the foot is the sand dune, the side is the red willow forest, the red willow forest is the most common plant in the desert, the red willow skewer in the kebab is made of this willow branch. In front of me, there were a few old poplar trees, with half-yellow and half-green leaves, which I felt very untasteful.
When I went to the depths of the desert, I finally saw a few decent poplars, and the leaves of these poplars were already golden. At this time, a piece of blue sky was revealed in the floating clouds in the sky, and the sun showed its face, and the sunlight penetrated the floating clouds and shone on the golden poplars, and a rare scenery appeared!
It's like a dream world, where the blue sky and poplar go together, making us feel infinitely mysterious, infinitely brilliant. The blue sky is far-reaching, the poplar is vigorous, the blue sky is blue, the blue is translucent, the poplar is yellow, the yellow is brilliant!The blue sky is deep, the poplar looks old, and the earth is barren!
Desert Populus euphratica is the only tree species in the desert Gobi, Populus euphratica is not afraid of cold, not afraid of drought, through wind and frost, through the vicissitudes of life, it is endless, strong and tenacious, luxuriant, vigorous!Populus euphratica, born, immortal for a thousand years;Dead, not falling for a thousand years;Fallen, a thousand years of immortality!We should all be born like poplars!
Take the sightseeing tractor and come to the depths of the desert poplar forest, where there are large areas of poplar forest, golden poplar forest, green and yellow poplar forest, and strange poplar forestThis is the beauty of Populus euphratica, this is the magnificence of vicissitudes.
In the desert poplar, we saw poplar on the water. Populus euphratica is very different from the desert poplar, if the desert poplar has masculine beauty, then the water poplar has the feminine beauty, the desert poplar is the great husband of the poplar, and the water poplar is the wonderful woman of the poplar. My favorite is the reflection of Populus euphratica in the water, which is a beautiful oil painting, with nature's wonderful brushstrokes and flowers, which embodies the landscape of Populus euphratica on the water like a dream.
Lingering in the poplar forest on the water, the mobile phone keeps taking pictures, every angle, every lakeside, every poplar tree seems to be a rare landscape. Some poplar forests are golden, some are yellow and green, some are stretched into the water, and some stand tall on the riverside. The color of this water surface is even more bizarre, there are blue, light green, dark green, golden, the water surface is so calm, like a mirror, the poplar and the sky are clearly reflected in the water.
In the afternoon, I went to the weak water poplar forest in Heicheng, which is a larger poplar forest landscape, a weak water river meanders in, the whole scenic spot is on both sides of the river, the reflection lake and the phoenix forest are the most beautiful Internet celebrity check-in points, we stroll along the riverside, full of infinite scenery.
Walk across the Rainbow Bridge and climb the Colorful Forest on Jinsha Island and the Phoenix Forest on the opposite bank. There is grassland on this side of the colorful forest, and the desert poplar on the other side of the phoenix forest, and the poplar forest on both sides of the river has different styles, each with its own merits. Especially when I walked to the oil painting forest, I really had the artistic conception of oil painting.
There are many tourists in the weak water poplar forest scenic spot in Heicheng, and you need to transfer in the middle.
Three or four times the ferry, visit a scenic spot, then take the shuttle bus to another scenic spot, walking tour and car sightseeing combined, we feel very relaxed, very comfortable. Go to the strange forest, this is a unique scenic spot of the weak water poplar forest in Heicheng, the strange forest is actually formed by the death of a large area of poplar forest, the shape is strange, and it looks very desolate.
Populus euphratica is a very peculiar tree species, the vitality is very strong, but the geographical environment where Populus euphratica is located is very sinister, some because of the river water is cut off, some because of the drought for many years, resulting in a large number of Populus euphratica dying, the dead Populus euphratica is still erect, forming a natural shape of a thousand postures, this scene is very sad, people can't bear to look at it.
We visit the ruins of Heicheng, which was originally an ancient capital of the Western Xia Kingdom and became part of the Juyan civilization because it was located in the Juyan region. Juyan, the Xiongnu language means "heaven", after the nineteen-year-old Western Han general Huo Quai's defeat of the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty had been in Juyantun to garrison the border, creating a splendid civilization. In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. Feng Sheng, the general of the expedition to the west, broke through the black city, the Ming Dynasty immediately abandoned this area, after which the black city slept in the dusty history for 700 years, the wind and sand were ruthless, almost the entire black city was buried, and in 1886, the ** scholar Potanin found the black city in Ejina, and later people excavated a lot of cultural relics in the Western Xia period here, I knew that there was such a mysterious place in Ejina when I was in the ** "Exploration and Discovery" program.
Come to the ruins of the black city, this place is very desolate, the desert has almost swallowed up here, the ruined city is buried in half by the yellow sand, the ancient tower of the Western Xia period is still standing in the corner of the city, the unique tower body gives people a profound imprint. Walking into the black city, the yellow sand is naturally piled up under the city wall, the city is still square, surrounded by yellow sand, the water source in the city has long been exhausted 700 years ago, and the remains of this lonely city in the sea of sand can only leave people with endless imagination.
It is said that before the Black City was breached, there was a black general, and 10,000 troops besieged the city and cut off the water, and the people were hungry and thirsty, so the black general threw the treasure of the whole city into the dry well, and said to his two children, "Be the masters of the treasures!"He buried the two children alive in a deep well, and then led the army to break through and die on the battlefield. This is a tragic story, how many treasures are buried in the black city is an unsolved mystery, but the thinking brought to human beings is more precious than treasures, here has extremely high archaeological value, is listed in the national key cultural relics protection units.
Coming out of the black city, standing on the desert, I saw a dome roof, niche style building in the southwest outside the city, according to research, this is a chapel, it is completely preserved in the wilderness, and it is not buried by the wind and sand, this is really a miracle. I gazed at this chapel from afar, and I had great reverence for the architecture of this mysterious Western Xia Kingdom. At this moment, in the western sky, the black clouds hung low, and in the cracks in the clouds, a ray of sunlight shone through, shining on the chapel, shining on the mysterious spire, and a sense of tragedy swelled in my heart.
At this moment, in the western sky, the black clouds hung low, and in the cracks in the clouds, a ray of sunlight shone through, shining on the chapel, shining on the mysterious spire, and a sense of tragedy swelled in my heart. The sun had sunset in the desert, and the dark night had shrouded Ejina.
October 4th:When you wake up in the morning, you return to your heart like an arrow. We took the famous desert highway. 100 years ago, a great idea was put forward in the book of the founding strategy of the country, to build a passage from Beiping in the east, through Alxa, to Dihua in the west, this plan was considered a fantasy at the time.
From September 2012 to June 30 this year, the Beijing-Singapore Expressway, which cost 37 billion yuan and lasted 2,768 kilometers in nine years, was completed, and that fantasy became a reality. This is the longest desert highway in the world, passing through the three deserts of Ulan Buhe, Yamalek Desert and Badain Jarin, passing through 500 kilometers of uninhabited areas, these places are 10 gale 60 percent a year, which is the lifeline of the motherland.
We travel about 700 kilometers from Ejina to Bayannur, passing through the three deserts of Badain Jarin, Ulan Buhe and Yamalek. We feel very lucky to be on this desert highway, because it was just opened to traffic on June 30 this year, and we can get a glimpse of the desert highway.
The first thing the desert highway passes through is the Badain Jaran Desert, which is boundless, uninhabited, with thousands of miles of yellow sand and desert. Because of this way, we saw too much desert, a little visual fatigue, missed the desert observation deck, the desert highway strong wind gusts, blowing the car body swaying, we ran all the way, for fear of encountering sandstorms.
The car traveled more than 300 kilometers, in front of which is a broken ** wall, this section should belong to the Yamalek Desert, which is a desert area, what we see in our eyes is the gray Gobi and the yellow desert, which is adjacent to the Republic of Mongolia, in the desert we met the small town of Uliji, which is the only town we have seen after walking more than 400 kilometers.
When I arrived at Nalin Lake, I passed through Ulan Bu and the desert, the Gobi, the desert, and the grassland, and finally saw a little green, and I also saw cattle, sheep and camels. In the area of the Hatengtau Sea, into the Yellow River Hetao area, the north of the highway is surrounded by high mountains, which is the famous Yinshan Mountain Range, Bayannur City is at the foot of the Yinshan Mountain, we stayed in the Lavande Hotel.
October 5th:Stayed overnight in Bayannur, went home heartily, got on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway in the morning, walked in the Hetao area, the right side is the Yin Mountain, the left side is the endless Hetao Plain, where wheat is abundant, and the Hetao flour is famous all over the country. In the morning, we passed through Urad Qianqi and Baotou City, passed through Hohhot and Jining in the afternoon, and arrived at Zhangjiakou in the evening. The first time I came to Zhangjiakou, Zhangjiakou used to be the capital of Chahar Province, which has always been a place where Han and ethnic minorities live together, in Zhangjiakou you can experience grassland culture, farming culture, Great Wall culture and business travel culture, and the first railway designed and built by the Chinese "Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway" was born here. The most famous in Zhangjiakou is the Dajing Gate, where there is an inscription plaque of "Great Rivers and Mountains" at the pass of the Great Wall.
We came to Xuanhua, Xuanhua is an ancient city, from the Tang Dynasty to today has not changed much, Xuanhua Mansion used to be the first city in the west of Beijing, has always been called "the first mansion in the west of Beijing". After too many vicissitudes here, "one grasps a handful of history, one relies on the Great Wall". Xuanhua has Qingyuan Tower, Zhenshuo Tower, Wulongbi and other cultural relics and historic sites. Because it was already evening in Xuanhua, we stayed in the Deyuelou Hotel.
The night in Xuanhua was very lively, I found an old shop and tasted the delicious food of Zhangjiakou. Deyuelou Hotel is a famous hotel in Xuanhua Old Town, the hotel is Deyuelou Hotel in front of the hotel, and below the big archway building is the famous five dragon walls, the light shines on the glazed wall, and the five dragons are lifelike. It rained lightly at night, and there was almost no rain on the way, and we felt very kind when we saw the rain.
October 6th:In the morning, I got on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway from Xuanhua. There were thick cumulus clouds in the sky, and after a while it began to rain lightly. We passed through the Guanting Reservoir, then entered Changping, and went straight to the direction of Chengde from Liuhuan to Jingcheng Expressway.
This way, the mountains are continuous, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the mountains are empty, which is very beautiful. Sitting in the car, patting ** from time to time, the rain was not heavy, drilled through a few caves, and finally arrived in Chengde, we stayed in the Sophia Hotel near the summer resort on the bank of the Wulie River.
In the afternoon, walk into the summer resort, this time the mountain resort is not the season, the weather is a little cold, the grass and trees are yellow, the autumn wind is bleak, it is best to come here in summer, you can experience the meaning of the summer resort.
There are not many people who come to visit the summer resort today, firstly, due to the impact of the epidemic, and secondly, the eleventh ** week has come to an end, and it is still raining lightly in the sky.
Walk into the villa from the main gate of Li, visit the place where the Qing Dynasty royal came to live in the summer resort, there are four knowledge of the book house, there are simple and elegant palaces such as the main palace, Songhe Zhai, East Palace, etc., Emperor Jiaqing and Emperor Xianfeng died in the summer resort, here from 1703 Kangxi forty-two years began to build, lasted seven years to see the scale, and later the Qianlong Emperor carried out a large-scale expansion of the summer resort according to the Kangxi Emperor's "concentric governance and then refinement" testament.
There are 36 views of Kangxi in the summer resort, and the later Qianlong Emperor also learned from his ancestors to inscribe 36 scenes, which is called "the last 36 scenes", and the 36 scenes before and after should be the whole picture of the summer resort.
First enter the palace area, this summer resort is the first of the four ancient Chinese gardens, and it feels very chic to visit the summer resort in the rain. From the moonlight river to the lion forest, then go to Xiaojin Mountain, Rehe Spring, and enjoy the smoke and rain building opposite. The most beautiful thing in the summer resort is the smoke and rain building, especially in the drizzle, the smoke and rain building is even more fascinating: the blue waves are sparkling, the waves flash over the green island in front of you, a building is hazy in the willows, and you can see the shadows in the building in the rain.
Walk across a small bridge, come to Ruyi Island, here there are many beautiful scenery, no heat and cool, the water is fragrant and the rock is beautiful, and the pavilions are in the waves. After a green meadow, we arrived at the Zhijing Cloud Embankment, which is the best place to see the scenery on the lake and the whole picture of the summer resort. It was already evening, and it was twilight, and we walked in the lodge for three hours.
October 7:It was a sunny day in the morning, and the sun shone from the side of the mountain, shining on the balcony of the Sophia Hotel, and the Wulie River was sparkling. I wanted to go to the Waiba Temple today, but a few friends had no intention of sightseeing, and couldn't wait to embark on the highway from Chengde to Chaoyang, Chengde is still a high mountain range, and to the boundary of Liaoning, the mountains are slowing down, and the horizons are broad.
From Chengde to Chaoyang, and from Chaoyang to Danxi Expressway, I originally planned to have lunch in the Linghai service area, but I didn't stop there, and I ran back to Anshan directly from Panhaiying Expressway in one go. It's still good to be in my hometown, the mountains in my hometown are beautiful, the water in my hometown is also clear, and if there is an end to the trip, it is to go home.