The original impression, Turpan is a flower-decked, the open, fruit garden. Now to the Turpan, visited Gaochang ancient capital, Sugong tower sites, Karez, Grape Valley and other wonders of discovery and imagination of a far cry from the bad environment at the same time I was surprised, shocked that people feel like tenacious survival of force.
Turpan is located 167 kilometers east of Urumqi, there are highways connected. Along the way, vast wilderness, sand everywhere, grass, more difficult to see the shadows, only the distance of the Tianshan accompany you walk, that snow and ice made the Han-guang, reflecting the barren desert, like Westerns field scene. Walking on the road, so you have somewhat a sense of terror. In this scene behind, etched with a series of rare records.
Turpan recorded the three highest in China. The hottest, Turpan is a continental arid desert climate, the summer in July, the maximum temperature of 49.6 ° C, annual daily maximum temperature exceeded 35 ° C the number of days up to 99 days, the surface maximum temperature had reached 82.3 ° C. The most drought Turpan average annual precipitation is only 16.7 mm, rarely rains in summer, air humidity, often to zero. Minimum, the urban south Aydingkol, 154.43 meters below sea level, where there are no lakes and mountains, is a barren mirabilite Yan Hua.
This is only a number of conceptual records, if the person got there, there are unforgettable feelings.
Go to the day, air some overcast, the weather was relatively cool. To Turpan, tour guides say that we are very lucky, because the temperature at noon yesterday Turpan is 47 ° C, those visitors from afar, had to face the wonderful scenery Gechuang regret sigh. Some of them have air-conditioned car, after a step and never step the second step, just to stay in the car. In Turpan, it may be noted an interesting phenomenon, farm courtyard in front of all those who stood a big bed, and asked only knew that this was days after the fever at home, unable to sleep, had to sleep in the streets. Around noon, the sky clouds rolling, as if heavy rain comes. We are concerned that rain Lin Zhao, tour guides said that there will not rain, that is, there will not be down a little, because it did not rain until the floor had been evaporated. Her words really very spiritual, though the sky overcast with heavy clouds, there are only a few sparse raindrops. Where, owing to dry weather, the locals did not JANSEN thick and dense house roof, just wind, no Zhe Yu. Even more surprising is that, I heard that due to soil drought, buried the bodies of those who have not yet had time decay would have been the soil dry the moisture and become mummified.
Turpan While the environment is bad, and yet the Gobi Desert on a yellow earth, nurtured a splendid culture. More than 2000 years ago, here is the hub of the Silk Road, the Han Dynasty before the country for motor vehicle division. 16 States to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, where the county and Gao Gao have built the country.
The Gaochang ancient capital, you can almost see the prosperity of more than 1,000 years ago the scene. Gao, the ancient Turpan in use the longest name. Gao was built in BC century, the Western Han Dynasty had sent a large number of Tianzu settlement, Hanwei Jin Dynasty were sent "e have XiaoWei" management Mita to stop Hun, it has been known as E XiaoWei City. Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the establishment of Gaochang County. Tang Taizong, the eradication of Koji (qu)'s Gaochang States, is located west states. 13 century, the city was destroyed by the flames of war Gaochang. See today Gaochang ancient capital, covers an area of 2 million square meters, is the largest of the Old City left the ancient site of the Western Regions. Into the city, you can see the outer walls to save more complete, internal walls, palace walls, Khan Fort, beacon towers, pagodas and other buildings. The southwest corner outside the city there is an entire city's largest Buddhist temple ruins, covering 1 million square meters, according to research, which is then passed through Gao Tang Seng Xuan Zang Journey to the West Country when he was king of yeast Wentai preaching to retain the office in January.
Water is the most basic conditions of human life, without water can not be productive life. In Turpan, as is the basin, the surface is desert, water is from underground along the impermeable rock flows to the pelvic floor. In this land where there is no rain, people in order to survive development, incredible invented Karez, this is a great creation!
Karez, and the Great Wall, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and known as the three major projects in ancient China, ancient times known as "Well Drainage," is the local people to absorb the Mainland's "Well Drainage Act" created, it is to dive into the rich water basin, through artificial dig underground channels, quoted on the irrigation use. Karez from the shaft, box culverts, open channel composed of three parts, the edge of the basin from high to low to play a number of mouth shaft, and then successive vertical shaft dug from the ground to connect clusters pass through a Road outward diversion, the water will be diverted to the ground. Karez is still playing a role, is a unique irrigation system.
Subsurface flow of water in the ground, rock face block, they will naturally outpour. This natural phenomenon, derived from the special landscape Grape Valley. Turpan Grape Valley is located 13 kilometers northeast of the Flaming Mountains valley, between two mountains Jia Zhi, 8 km channel length, width 0.5 km. Here vertical and horizontal drains, trees lush, the air humid climate cool and pleasant. To Turpan Grape Valley that people have to go there to go pick sparkling wine under the grape trellis, Tingna gurgling water, goods, sweet spring cleanse. If not go to the delicious and refreshing taste of grapes, they can not enjoy the taste of burning in the share of Turpan cool cozy.
Turpan's unique climate, but also created a magical effect of the planting. Large temperature difference is conducive to the acceleration of the formation of sugar, so sweet water in particular fructose were particularly large, sweet, fruit is famous at home and abroad. The arid climate, but also sake of those fruits of the air-curing, storage and transportation. In Turpan, everywhere in the houses near the vineyards in the vicinity to see a large number of very strange house, with mud-base up, Calvary, like big cars, is different is that each brick has a brick the size of the gap between, like hollow earth house, which is Liangshai raisins house. In Turpan, not just a lot of raisins, as well as a variety of dried fruits, dazzling, this is nature's good fortune.
Turpan is the magic. To Turpan, you can feel the red flames Huoyanshan baking, you can feel the kind of shrinkage has been sucking up water, but more can feel a gritty fight, feel the cozy atmosphere of life and new style. Back on the road, watching the sunset glow of the sunset years, a great sigh of mankind. No matter what kind of bad in the environment and nature that people will fight tenaciously to seek and create their own existence mode of development.
(August 9, 2000)

Author: wangzc