In the final analysis, travel is to know and find something, to seek the meaning of life and the world with lingering doubts in the heart, and to be able to intersect with nature tacitly through a heaven-sent moment, so as to gain a broad vision and an open heart.
September 26:Yesterday, I went south from Keketuo, crossed the Junggar Basin and the Gurbantunggut Desert, saw the majestic Bogda Peak, and stayed at the Yida Hotel in Zhengbang County, Fukang City, at the foot of Tianchi. Today, I came to the Tianshan Mountain, took the car in the scenic area, and boarded the Tianshan Tianchi.
This is one of the sunniest days in late autumn, the sky is blue and shining, I have never seen such a blue, on the shore of Tianchi Lake, enjoy the quiet and calm mountain and lake scenery in the early morning, looking at the depths of the mountains, the snow-covered Bogda Peak. The snow peaks shine in the sun, which makes people feel very mysterious.
In the silence of the early morning, the green hills on the shore of the lake stand tall, the lake water is blue and blue, the blue is the same color as the sky, and the blue is bright. In late autumn, the lakeside forests are dyed, red, orange, yellow and green, especially the red and red maple leaves form a color contrast with the blue lake surface of Tianchi, which is a very beautiful color!
Tianshan Tianchi, also known as Yao Pond, is said to be a fairyland where the Queen Mother sang and danced and bathed. Tianchi is one of the most prestigious landscapes in Xinjiang, and the beauty of Tianchi is unique, and it is a beautiful scenery that has been solidified.
Visit Tianshan Tianchi, very calmly, sit on the stone bench by the lake, talk leisurely, not to say something, but to sit on the shore of Tianchi Lake for a while, experience a kind of comfortable beauty. Looking at the blue Tianchi, looking at the snow-capped mountains in the depths of the Tianchi water, and looking at the mysterious Bogda Peak, someone proposed to take a car to see the snow-capped mountains.
It was a Shinkansen and the minibus took us up the winding mountain road, which took us to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, I saw from a distance that the Tianchi under the mountain was just a pool of clear blue water, but the snow-capped mountain seemed to be still far away, and Bogda Peak was still in the distance.
We switched to the ropeway again, and this time the ropeway lifted us directly to the top of the hill in the distance. Get off the cableway car, face the snow-capped mountain, walk on the sightseeing plank road, there is a snow in front of you, the altitude under your feet is close to 4000 meters, and the Bogda Peak with an altitude of 5445 meters is still in the distance.
It was with a pilgrimage that I walked towards Bogda, which looked down on the world like a proud monarch. Bogda, which means "god" in Mongolian, is known as the "god of the mountains" and is known as Bogda, the emperor of the snow sea.
Covered in snow and ice all year round, with unpredictable winds and snow, and rich vegetation, the divinity of the Tien Shan Mountains is almost entirely reflected in the Bogda Peak. All those who pass by here, whether commoners or dignitaries, dismount and pay homage to express a sense of reverence and awe.
I walked to the observation deck closest to Bogda Peak, looked at this sacred mountain, and let out a long sigh, and now the mountains are majestic, and the mountains are small at a glance. In the afternoon, I went down the mountain to take a boat to visit Tianchi, and then went to Urumqi and stayed at the Tianyuan Aviation Oil Hotel at the airport.
September 27:Today, when it comes to the return trip, some team members are eager to go home, take the plane from Urumqi to Shenyang, and take a shortcut. There are also team members who are in Tianshan and their hearts are in Anshan. We continued our journey from Urumqi to Turpan, passing through the famous city of Daban. Dabancheng is very famous, "the girl of Dabancheng is beautiful, the watermelon is big and sweet", everyone has heard this moving song, we visit Dabancheng City.
The ancient city of Daban, called Baishuitai in the past, the ruins of the ancient city of Baishuitai are still there, this is an important post station of the ancient Silk Road, the key point of the north-south traffic, "Daban" Uygur language meaning is the pass, and it was called Baishuijian Road in ancient times.
Walking into the ancient city of Daban, the most attractive thing for me is the "Western Song King" Wang Luobin, there is a Wang Luobin Art Museum in the ancient city, which is hosted by Wang Luobin's son Wang Haicheng. Wang Luobin is a legendary figure, his life was bumpy, he was imprisoned twice, and the songs he wrote "In That Distant Place" and "The Girl of Daban City" were circulated in the world before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they were popular. I also like to listen to his "Half Moon Climbs Up", "Lift Your Hijab", and the song "The Grapes of Turpan Are Ripe", especially the sincere and poignant emotional story between him and the Taiwanese writer Sanmao in his later years, which is simply beautiful!
The qanats are definitely a feature of Turpan, and the people who come here are all amazed by the wonder of the qanats. Karez is one of the three major water conservancy projects in ancient China, Dujiangyan irrigates the Sichuan Basin, Karez irrigates the Turpan Basin, and the Ling Canal is in Guangxi, which are the wisdom and wisdom of the ancient working people.
The water from the qanats comes from the melting snow of the Tianshan Mountains and is introduced into the Turpan Basin by artificially digging holes in the ground. We visited the above-ground qanats and underground caves, especially the underground caves, and were very shocked to see this great project.
Finally came to the grape ditch, today's grape ditch is very different from me 24 years ago, it has become a national 5A-level tourist attraction, there is really nothing to say.
September 28:Leaving Turpan, go east along the Lianhuo Highway, cross the Flaming Mountain, and the vast desert ahead. Although the weather is sunny today, but walking on the desert on the edge of the yellow sand flying, I feel a little dark, I feel that I can't get out of this vast wasteland, here is the famous Turpan Basin, we went to Shanshan.
Shanshan used to be the ancient Shanshan country, and there was a national key scenic spot Kumutag Desert. Take the scenic train, come to the depths of the sand sea, the Kumtag Desert is the largest desert in the Turpan Basin, where the sand mountains are high and continuous.
Enter the sea of sand and start climbing the mountain, put on the foot covers, and walk towards the sand mountain step by step with difficulty. The sand mountains of the Kumtag Desert are golden and soft, and they sink deep when they step on them, and they go up the mountain by stepping on other people's feet, and after climbing for a while, they sit in the sea of sand. The people at the foot of the mountain are getting smaller and smaller, we climb higher and higher, and finally climb to the top of the mountain, and when we reach the top of the mountain, we see that this ** is the top of the mountain, because there is still a sand mountain in front of us, and we can only climb up firmly.
Finally stood on the top of the real mountain, the wind was blowing, and suddenly it opened up, only to see the sea of sand vast, undulating endlessly, the sand waves rolling, and the waves were magnificent. The sea of sand is endless, the distance is ethereal, and the yellow sand is thousands of miles. The Kumtag Desert is more imposing than the Sha Slope and more magnificent than the Mingsha Mountain, and it is the first time I have seen such a large desert.
Leave the Kumtag Desert and continue eastward. This way, the north is the Bogda Mountains, the south is the desert area of the Turpan Basin, there are no villages, no people can be seen, this vast desert shows in front of us, boundless, we seem to be unable to go out. The wind and sand are too big, the sky is gray, the sun is dim, and I feel like I have returned to the battlefield of ancient conquest.
Finally arrived at Hami, Hami is in a desert, feeling lifeless, there is no blue sky to see here, the wind and sand are flying. The night in Hami is very beautiful, and there is a literary and artistic form that the Uygur nation loves in Hami, that is, Muqam, which has been passed down for more than 1,000 years. We stayed at the Rubik's Cube Hotel in Hami.
September 29:In the morning, we continued to set off eastward, returning to our hearts like arrows, and taking the Lianhuo Highway. 400 kilometers from Hami to Dunhuang, look around, the vast wilderness, the plain is boundless, there are only large areas of desert, not a single inch of grass grows.
In a place called Camel Circle, there are two highways that enter the customs, one is the "Desert Expressway", also called the Jingxin Expressway, take the Ejina Banner, the other is the Lianhuo Expressway, take the Hexi Corridor, and we continue to go east along the Lianhuo Expressway.
The car traveled another 100 kilometers, and there was a mountain in front of it, that is the Altun Mountain, where the Altun Mountain forms a special narrow landform, and the Lianhuo Highway has to cross the Xingxing Gorge here. Xingxing Gorge is an important geographical dividing line, west of Xingxing Gorge is Xinjiang, and beyond Xingxing Gorge is the territory of Gansu. Xingxing Gorge has a very important military position in ancient times, here is the terminal of the Hexi Corridor, the Han and Tang dynasties conquered the Western Regions, are to pass through here, this place is called Anxi, Tang poems have many descriptions.
After passing through Xingxing Gorge, this is just a barren mountain, with granite rocks on the mountain, bare and without vegetation. This area of the mountains is called Xingxing Mountain, there are still several remaining beacon towers on the mountain, Xingxing Mountain is rich in fluorite, whenever the bright moon is in the sky, the moonlight shines on the fluorite, reflects the bright and crystalline light, stands on the top of the mountain and looks around, the stars twinkle, Xingxing Mountain is named after this. In recent years, many outdoor travelers have set up campsites on Xingxing Mountain in order to experience the starry landscape. Xingxingxia is named because of Xingxing Mountain, and there is Xingxingxia Town at the foot of the mountain, which is also a thousand-year-old town, just because the desert is too desolate, and there are no places of interest left, only a piece of gravel and a piece of starlight.
After crossing the Xingxing Gorge, entering Gansu, from Liuyuan to Liudun Expressway went straight to Dunhuang. This area is an extremely arid region in China, and when Jinshankou is a black mountain, there are black hills in front of me, which makes people feel like coal piles, which reminds me of the scene when I went to the coal yard with my father to sell coal when I was a child. Away from the black mountains, there is another desert. The weather was hot, the desert was roasted by the sun, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived in Dunhuang and stayed in Dunhe Hotel.