Zuoshang Che came to the station only to find most of the car belonging to foreigners, and are seen in the Tara Guesthouse. In fact is not surprising, because they are mostly students in Beijing or Xi'an, leave the end of rushing back to the school.
The scenery along the way is really a north-west, loess hills, Nipi wall has been accompanied by road. From time to time with pink or white peach appear in the field of vision, even though they are only sporadic scattered on the hill side or in front of farmers, but enough people to whom the spirit of refreshing. Is walking, eyes suddenly the emergence of large tracts of green wheat fields, neat attached to the yellow soil. Then, surprised to find a bright yellow cardigan cardigan to mix in the wheat fields of rape in the journey of anguish swept away. In this way the car along the winding mountain road opened to Lanzhou.
The first impression of the blue in the poor outskirts of cities from both sides of the road was full of rubbish, everyone looks disgraced, and the distance the tall factory chimneys are smoke gray-black smoke. A small road leading to Qijuxizhan, the original plot of dirt road in a thick gray-black dust, their cars had always played a mission with a fog.
The first time, of course, is to buy train tickets, luck is really good, two people have been able to do the day to get tickets. Out of the station to find the nearest restaurant to eat in between, from the morning to 15 o'clock hunger really a bit too much.
Oliver tickets is 4:30, after eating we say good-bye. Because the car to Dunhuang ten o'clock at night, I decided to spend a little time to stroll around. When asked by everyone is very friendly, and finally you can find an excuse to raise a fraction of Lanzhou.
Modern Dunhuang 22:00 finally got on, because it is the last day of the long holidays, car people Tingduo, but because it is air-conditioned car, very clean.
Glare of the sun at dawn wake-up, needless to say is a bright sunny. Rubbed its eyes can look carefully at both sides of the scenery, the blue color of the sky below the one side is flat desert, on the other side is in the Gobi Desert outside the endless layers of cotton along the Qilian Shan mountain range, seemingly not high, but do indeed real mountains snow clearly visible. The scenery is much the same way, although the total reside the city I'd also look at tire, more than two in the afternoon finally reached the "Dunhuang station." In fact, here called liuyuan, it seems that only recently changed the station masterpiece Dunhuang, so I think it's some shameless, because from here to there is distant 130 kilometers in Dunhuang.
China and Brazil out of the station on the car, and so filled with a truck driver brother who was leisurely start. From liuyuan to Dunhuang in the Gobi on the road is opened out of a straight two-lane highway. Side of the road is flat, endless desert. Dry land, scattered with gravel, occasional clumps of yellow green wore short unknown tenacious survival of the sun. On the other side in the Gobi, the Dai-blue mountains and the road parallel to the forward extension of the pure blue sky, white clouds floating in general as it did in the Cotton Mission. This does not seem to go at the end of two hours, pay particular attention to the immediate emergence of willow, farmland and others, Dunhuang up.
Out of the car is already more than five points may be hanging in the sky, the sun right in the middle really should be used to look at "jet lag." I found LP introduced the flying hotel, the same, people can not live dorm, I was arranged into a three human (30/bed), the room very clean, the public bathrooms.
Out the door, according to the instructions of local people walking along the street to the night market. Dunhuang looks very modern, the streets full of fashion, telecom shops, restaurants, and cafes. In addition to a variety of snacks in night markets, there are a whole street exclusive souvenirs. Pasta and meat snacks in the main, it appears all looked "Sichuan spicy powder", "Xinjiang roast mutton" or "rubbing surface of Zhangye fish", as if no local Dongdong Dunhuang. Daoshi stalls selling souvenir items, from your bookmarks, everything man-made jewelry to the Magic Cup. Passing through a market stall to see placed in the large and small, Xun could not help but stop and took a try to blow, though I could not find full tone but after blowing sound came. Shop owner said that this has been touted in the side of good, because most people have a start he kept blowing it out-I am elated to hear right away to buy the.
8:30 every morning, fly hotel entrance will have a travel agent's car to the Mogao Grottoes, the journey of about half an hour. Wherever he went this way perhaps I no how tickets, so tickets for the Mogao Grottoes was actually a good first impression of your: 80 Tai Yuen. But a close like a cave showed that the money is to do maintenance purposes and to protect the cultural relics of course, value for price. Hosting the camera at the door, but also rented a torch, a line a dozen people craned scenic spots such as tour guides to "adopt."
Mogao Grottoes total of 492 holes, usually to 10 visitors can visit the most typical of the so-called hole. In order to prevent glare on the cave paintings may cause damage to the camera is allowed to bring into, the torch light is quite dim. In one of the tests also found that concentrations of carbon dioxide inside the cave, the instruments, it seems management has realized that the number of visitors are too many potential problems, perhaps only a few years standing at the door Lex. Has looked at the Northern Wei, Tang Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and so on at different times of the cave, of course, Shiliushiqi hole - where the depositary of Buddhist texts. Also that year found that ignorance Cang Jingdong been taken away by foreigners, a large number of cultural relics Wang Daoshi be filed again and again, I do not know whether he was old Izumishita ears hot. The general feeling is that quite a lot of the Tang dynasty cave, but also more beautiful murals and statues. Tour guide said that this was mainly due to the Tang Dynasty destiny of prosperity, but rather the court of Buddhism esteem reasons. Consider also, otherwise why did the emperor to recognize a brother, a monk, but also finance his far away to go to learn from it. Tour guide also explained that because of the Silk Road Dunhuang then, after all, land, and from businessmen to be in this half a month before finishing the road, so there are many caves is a commercial business is booming for the sake of the people, the blessing of a safe journey home and built.
I have experienced many natural and man-made destruction, most of the cave murals are subject to varying degrees of damage, in particular, many originally coated with gold foil is beyond recognition. Exhibition hall, the one pictures to people described in Dunhuang experienced many vicissitudes of history, first nations after the so-called explorers, scholars, looting, and then subjected to rebel sabotage courtesy of the Red Guards, the local people will naturally not spared, what a tortuous frustration of the past.
In the Dunhuang grottoes has one known as the world's largest seated Buddha, the Buddha stands 35.6 meters, was built in Tang Dynasty years. Buddha's right hand was damaged in the Song Dynasty conversion. The tour guide reminded to take note of the process turned out two very different hands, the original left hand fingers look long and thin, looks plump and soft, but the stiffness in his right arm after the meeting of the thick, fully to no avail.
From Qingdao in the car with Ed until after 17 o'clock appointment with cyclists to Mingsha Mountain. Eaten with rice, let's come to Dunhuang Museum. Museums generally display the relics of the various periods, the only interest me of course, for the introduction of the Silk Road, Silk Road, Fen Zuo seen come to realize that the North-South 2.
It was early, then traveled to the White Horse tower and the ancient city of Dunhuang relics. Surprisingly, when the Great on his to buy a ticket (13) door, down a small corridor is a screen face, expressionless faces, head tour guide in less than a half of the time describes the origin of the White Horse tower. To bypass the screen, only to see the compound were a seven-story tower earth, not only shape general, process is more flattered by what I suspected to be amateurs their imitation. We asked to see ancient ruins, tour guides pointed to a small hospital corner door. Out the door outside, a farm, in the middle of farmland we have finally found a city - that is, two mud-brick.
Back to the hotel rest a bit, we rented a bike flying hotel entrance (Note: It should be on the outside of rent, where the rent is here half). Nearly six, and the outside is still Jiaoyangsihuo heart, Anjiao bad, I wonder if the sunscreen is SPF20 withstand such a fierce sun. Ride for half an hour to Mingsha, ticket 50, is said to be only up the price before the holiday.
A door had to face several Sand Hill is out there in front of us. We are very excited about the way stepping on the sand went to the mountains. Because loose sand in particular, every foot step would leave a big, ugly footprints look at themselves could not help but laughed. Has finally embarked on a Sharper along the ridge and saw the back of people are along the footprints of a step by step we are close to my heart can not help but proud.
Talking to know that they come front three are all graduating senior students, but also from Chengdu, like Ed, but also a coincidence that both of them found work in Shenzhen, but also in the vicinity of my company. This is known as the world want to come come across bar everywhere.
Break backward-looking to go on the dry sand ridges under the action of gravity the natural downward slide, pretty soon our footprints no longer exists, the ridge has regained its original beauty of the smooth curve. And went for a while, the immediate depressions between the two mountains like a big whirlpool, because the sun was covered four weeks, where the color is dark brown. Overjoyed, finally found a refuge can be fled at eight o'clock the sun is still hot. Is far from overlooking the Crescent Moon Spring and sigh, wonderful nature and the Creator, in the surrounding mountains surrounded by tall sand are so thin you can actually spring flows all year round, and never dry.
Mingsha one of the recreation project is slippery sand. Is sitting on the slopes from the top made of bamboo raft slide base of the mountain, full of about 100 meters. Because of a steep mountain, plus sand friction small, very fast, looks very much is to stimulate. Take a look at the sky a little late, I decided to cut corners - the direct wave along the steep walk up the starting point for sand-boarding, they chose to follow a few more gentle ridge. Seems not far from the goal, I first want to go within a hundred paces, Who would have thought further and further hardship, where the sand must be very few were trampled so it's very loose, every step will be continued upward movement of slide sand back to the big half-step. Two-thirds of the distance walked, every step in the above rapid slide down the sand, the sand just a few seconds, has not been any effort to knee, I was thinking if a few minutes it will go to the people who planted, heart glide trace of fear. Result was that I took 180 steps finally come to the Peak. The first one to reach the starting point of the sand-boarding, so with the contract talk with the locals of this project. He said that here is the most terrible dust storms of the season Stanford sin, just a few days ago there was also a scratch, we are considered a good luck today, there is little wind. Read on a few people said that if the slide down from the hills with the chance to hear the voice of Ming sand, but he said it was because the former world had rain, the following sand is still wet, it should be sand-ming failed to listen. Qi and other behind the four rafts person in charge told us about sand-boarding of the essentials: the body relax, stretch out your hands back to touch the natural sand; there are any obstacles encountered in 5-8 meters before the finger of sand, to the When will naturally stop. The most important thing is not to be afraid, so as to realize the fun. Appears next to a tourist experience, entirely agreeable introduction to the next girlfriend attention, from time to time to mention something we correct position. For fear of hitting each other, so only one by one. The few of us want to play all the stimulus, it is still smooth the raft hit wax. 3 Sichuan young man a first-come, first half because of the direction of a slide out of control and crashed into the ladder next, but fortunately a brake job, people are not injured. The second one may see the companion becomes too ill-begotten careful, the speed obviously too slow, slide one half of the results actually stopped. The third slide of the good, but still far enough. Turn to me, first backpack in turn, carry on the chest, sit upright, his hands back on the ground gently Fu Zhu. Ready, I felt suddenly pushed back by one, then the person who washed it down maneuvering in general. One-third of the real stimulus is the distance traversed when the slope is more steep, there are considerable potential energy into kinetic energy, speed very quickly. High-speed movement makes the pain of burning hot sand, palm glide, I will simply put his hands lifted off the ground. The weight of less resistance, rafts carrying me more freely slide down and feel like to fly the same. Approaching the foot of the place because the slope becomes gentle, slow down the natural bamboo raft, and finally a down back to earth. They at first thought I was a few timid dare not slip her surprise, five of the fastest among the few I slide the farthest. However, there are still the way ---- the price of sand to form a raft in front of a small sand storm, the face descend quickly, from the hair to the nose and mouth, blowing a lot of sand in advance should wear eye and scarf Caidui of. As we speak, another one slide down the hill, half-way perhaps he was afraid of it came a braking, resulting evil too fierce, the body before the roll 180 degrees, are drawn into the sand. When he saw us down to the foot of the mountain, the original is just theoretical knowledge rather rich gentleman, this time before his girlfriend, but Qiu larger.
Mingsha nearly 9:30 left, there is no street lamps along the way, inadvertently look up the sky, pure deep blue sky scattered with large and small stars, Fasan Zhao shimmering light. This should be the most beautiful I have so far seen the night sky, as if a fairy tale book describes, the United States and the shocking.
Then of course, to placate the sound of the five internal organs have been cooing temple. I lead the way to sand the night market, Ed proposed that sampling all the local specialties - chicken stew cake, did not realize that production was as long as half an hour, the two said in unison "Do not be a."
The way back to the hotel to see a lot of locals sitting around in small groups enjoy the cool street. In Dunhuang, almost all of the roadside shops are the most famous Dunhuang cold drinks - ice water, apricot leather sale, from time to time to see people along the road carrying his large cup of beer in the street chatting leisurely. Although the clock has been pointing to 11 o'clock, but the city is still ablaze with lights.
Author: sapphirey
