Xinjiang has always been my dream place. 2000, nearly a month's trip to Xinjiang, only more love for travel, and seems to find their own past lives may have been a rider galloping prairie grassland. 1 User easylife once said to me that people in the tourist can find in the seat of their own past lives, I think I Beyond the Great South - Ili found.
From the Ili and Urumqi to Yining city, we have to go a full 12 hours. Scenery along the way constantly Changji sunflower, grape, overcast shade blocks out the sun ... ... of towering poplars a long hot summer of toil, and we started to sleep a. Do not know how long before, woke up. Some temperatures dropped. Looked out the window, car has rolled into the Gobi. The Peak of Tianshan Mountains and the distant shining in the sun, the snow shiny.
1 Sailimu Lake River, I have become a true prairie rider
Sailimu Lake is that we go to Ili (Kazakh: Happiness meaning) on the road to see the most beautiful scenery, located in the Junggar Basin and the Ili River valley basin at the junction of Mt塔尔钦斯凯intermittent subsidence basin in. Qingqing alpine lakes Sailimu Lake River, near the clear blue lakes, Manshandishou leisurely grazing cattle and sheep, distant snow-capped Tianshan Mountains constitute a harmonious and beautiful natural scenery. Here high altitude, the way cars drove Sailimu Lake will be getting lower and lower temperatures. Driving instructors said that a few years ago, those places where cattle and sheep grazing is still snow-capped throughout the year, but now the snow line up is obvious. Highway stretches a few kilometers from the top of the yurt are white, raised a smoke Road, pastoralists are by the roadside, valleys, lakes Runaways speeding ... ... we are the most greedy eyes to enjoy this paradise-like beauty of Jade Pool.
Master drive that you can ride horses there, 10 yuan per person. Had previously been riding a cow, has also been trying to ride a horse, but did not pay. From the hands of a fellow Qianguomasheng, cross-saddle launched. Ma started walking, at first a little bit scared. "Do not be afraid, open up bolder, controlling the reins, all right." Did not have to essentials, whole body stiff, his legs Bengzhi. Was gradually relaxed, the body to go along with the rhythm of horses rhythmic stretch, while the legs are closely link with horse's belly. Put about whip, horse began to trot up the horse manure on the grass a soak, cow dung, is still very fresh. . . Southeast University after two classmates riding, they seem to enter quite a lot better than I, only walking. And that two horses to see my horse began to run together, seem to be outdone, ran up; This can be terrified of people on horseback. "On several occasions from the horse nearly fell off, thanks to tightly grabbed the saddle .... To be can not afford to at the pit inside, you'd see disaster!" Afterwards, they frightened recalls.
Became the first rider on the prairie.
2 guozigou, berries are gone, the remaining one-off Sailimu Lake scenery is guozigou - It is desirable to place a secondary school text, "Tianshan scene in mind" also remains, said that over and over here, colorful flowers, there are mushrooms, snow lotus, marmot, many have no one to pick fruit, rotten in the forest plot into a thick pulp, fermentation thick, issued by bursts of wine. "guozigou length of 28 kilometers, along the Uganda ─ Iran roads generally go, that is, the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, North Road, Genghis Khan's grandson, said territory to the West Billiton to spend a lot of strength to open up this guozigou. "originally by the National Highway 312 inside groove through which all wild forest, but now it Basically not see as it has been quite different back then, "the master stopped driving cars, unfortunately, recalls," There is also frequent landslides. "pine head, is guozigou's in excellent shape and the Department, the North under the direct Seri Wood Lake, south straight into the gorge Guozigou. from head south two sets pine forest, circled the rugged mountain, down a valley, is the steep guozigou of office. Bangshan down valley, there is a high mountain waterfall volley pour down, shaped like a white training vacant, a spectacular exception. two sets is determined by the Qing army units Inn name. steppe huts where sparkling mix of the best rest area for tourists.
3 less than the beauty of Ili in Xinjiang did not know
"I do not know Less than Xinjiang Xinjiang, the large, less than the beauty of Ili in Xinjiang I do not know," car into a realm of Yili, it presents the life of an oily green, and deserves to be called "Beyond the Great South." The Ili River flows through the beautiful land of mountains and surrounded by co-cultivation of this fast is different from other parts of Xinjiang, "feng shui treasure land."
We were arranged in Yining City, the construction of guest houses. Accommodation here is very clean, very polite waiter for us. Washed a lot on dinner, stroll a bit in Yining City. Has come to the central square. Early-Ning, all kinds of novelty. There is more intense than Urumqi exotic. Islamic-style architecture, "the girl the United States, small group commander of the ethnic minority people" ... ...
Early next morning, Yining government car to meet us on the re-play on Sailimuhu and guozigou. Thereafter, China, Kazakhstan Horgos border crossings to visit. 312 State Road, where the termination, near the port all kinds of small commodities market. Russia, glasses, sword, various ethnic minorities pendants, clothing and so on. "Start when the port opening, where a considerable prosperity, Wenzhou lot of people doing business here, and later a bunch of things, gradually fading down, as before a tear. One is the Yining riots occurred in the nineties, Wenzhou people have given a lot of frightened away; second is a lot of fake and shoddy goods Wenzhou deceived a lot of the feelings of the people of Kazakhstan and money, many of their services which are bad duck feathers, and even many of the Health and maggots. "
From the Horgos back, we visited the ho's benefits far. Yili, Xinjiang has always been an important route leading to Central Asia has historically been built in many towns where a critical point of the border, the development of trade. Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty in the Ili region in order to strengthen the governance, where the set Ili General was built Huiyuan City, and they are being built around the benefits of their Ning, Sui determined Guang-Ren, Ning, Zhan Germany, Gong Chen, Xi, Tal Qi 8 satellite, known collectively as "Ili NINE." Are saved is better known as "Ili NINETOWNS" is far from the city's first benefit of this is the time at western China's military and political center of the Ili General House seat. General government is the former site of the city still preserved, its main entrance and the courtyard in the hall, winding path corridor, the generals still Relics kiosks. Huiyuan those grand old city center stands tall bell tower, Denglou distance, panoramic view of scenery both inside and outside the city. Calendar, the Liangji, Qi-yun Shi, Lin Tse-hsu, Deng Tingzhen, Xu Song, and other famous disgrace with disabilities who have left here in brilliant achievements. Lin Tse-hsu rate of China open water, solid borders, to benefit the people, by the Yili generals and the respect and trust of the people of all nationalities.
"Caoyuanzhiye" It is estimated most people are familiar friends, while the lyrics of "Kekedala changed the look like" in Kekedala ho is a small town, when the famous composer Tian Ge was based here in human nature and customs, wrote the first popular "Oriental Serenade." Ili in Xinjiang since the trip, this song actually became my repertoire, and every time Kara OK hall, will sing; friends heard Niwai, and I was singing tire 100. Whenever sang this song, they remind me far away in miles of Ili, where the girl and there times.
4 Wusun Mountain: Wusun Man and the Pegasus line of space here
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County was once a Wusun people Ce Pegasus spanning the center of one of the grassland, but now gathered here, the mid-60s from the 8th century, Mukden (Shenyang) and other places westward to the Xibe this Qapqal .
About 3 century BC to the early Western Han Dynasty, the Cypriot kinds of people, Taiyue Shi and Wu-sun who has moved from the vicinity of the current Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Corridor. Wusun people in the Ili valley to establish the well-known Wusun country. BC 119 years, Zhang Qian Wu-sun to reach the second mission to the Western Regions, Han Wu Tong-Hao, Han princess to marry thin-jun, and bereavement have Wusun Wang. Wusun later became a vassal state under the jurisdiction of the Han dynasty, one of the Western Regions Frontier Command. Ukraine's economic and cultural exchanges between the Han and close the Ili and the Mainland, Wusun "Pegasus" also entered the mainland. Wusun then people have disappeared, leaving only isolated Wusun grassland soil and grassland Shiren the tomb, and then pinned the first thin-jun Princess sad "yellow swan song": our home to marry I Xi-day side, far from exotic care Come Wusun Wang. Qiong Lu felt for the wall of the chamber, Come, Come to the meat-eating dairy for the pulp. Come home often think of heart soil internal injuries and is willing to go home Huang Hu Xi.
We went to Joan La Senlin Park, also known as "Wusun mountains." We can no longer drive has always been open to the opening height, where you can see Joan La Senlin almost all the beauty of the park. Smoke rising yurt valley, a distance of "Everest", near the alpine meadow flowers everywhere ... ...
Lunch at noon, the broader market's Stewed lamb meat is tender, fragrant and not smell of mutton, thick but not greasy, and one ate half a catty also felt that enough, "they ate herbs, drink mineral water," "is taking the Sunshine Boulevard , "" natural persons also delicious to eat. " Kazakh hospitality of our host that live quite humorous, he has a lot of "situational joke", especially after drinking alcohol for a while, we have only to listen to his enraptured smile of God's sake talk of.
"Sapphire sky, the green blanket and flowers blooming all over the ground idyllic little fresh air is like riding a Pegasus and the Wu-sun, Wang Zongjiu, poetry and articles into the Ili,
Is entered Eden "
5 narat grassland night, I drank a half kilogram illit
Yili River and the surrounding mountains is different from the co-cultivation of this fast in other parts of Xinjiang, "feng shui treasure land." The world-famous Valley Meadow "Ili River valley grassland" on the stretch in the Tianshan Mountains. Grassland, including the famous narat grassland, Tamboura grassland, Csaszi grasslands, Sciatta old course and so on. I had the pleasure experienced in the narat grassland, Csaszi grasslands, where they would spend unforgettable days and nights. OK most of the memories have been blurred in Xinjiang, but only in the grasslands of the time this piece is clearly in the head, and it is for this reason only start writing in this piece of "Jiangnan Jiangnan in Beyond the Great Wall."
Narat Prairie is located in northern and southern Xinjiang Road traffic to the west, the county seat as well as a new source in Yining City, 312 State Road after the straight east along the old channel access road Cumberland station. In addition, the Trans-Tianshan Dushanzi ─ ─ Kuqa road is also connected via the narat grasslands. Narat grasslands in the world, one of the four major sub-alpine meadow steppe vegetation zone, since ancient times is the famous ranch, flat river valleys, high and steep peaks, deep gorges horizon, lush forests, grasslands stretch off each other, the local Kazak herdsmen year after year, the daily presence yurt, transfer market, facing the dawn and the sunset was removed in the grass.
Narat in Mongolian is the meaning of the sun. "Narat, narat ........." when the Mongol expansion westwards across the cold snow-capped mountains, going through chilling to see sudden growth in the sun ... .... Go there from a new source of county road along the way Pilates Fortunately, grassland; distant jagged, heavily upon layer, thick grasslands stretching faint.
We settled yurt on the grassland, we can not wait to stroll around. Here is not very open grassland surrounded by mountains around; but a lush trees, where can we truly appreciate what kind of "wind-swept pastures are cattle and sheep," the scene.
The narat grassland, the most memorable from that vigorous sustained six and a half-hour smoked lamb, white wine foam dinner. People drink on the grassland is fierce, they have a unique, sufficient to deal with the way you do not drink (as long as you drink the first port, you can never expect to drink the second port). One of them is the whole Jiuzhuo all public two iron glass, and the host (clients are not in this way, there is no authority to conduct) were filling the cups full of 46-degree illit spirits, "see what it unacceptable , "was on the cup to the hands in front of you, he wants to do to you! Each drink illit, the first port is hard to swallow. But with the atmosphere to heat up, his mouth mouth anesthesia, even as the water will be exactly the same as a large glass of drink!
Lasted for two and a half hours, finally being eaten dinner. What do they take us into the yurt owners, grasslands have started cold, but the yurts are warm, which already has several Uighurs. We sat on the floor, and soon yurt door opens, they come in two Kazakh girls. Entrusted in their hands the plate, is full of milk and sour mare's milk, Nang. "And then Hujiu!" Says the owner. Gangchu tiger's den, but also into the wolf den. It seems my life have died.
Acid grasslands horse breast is proud of the people drink. Sour mare's milk after fermentation, has become somewhat rancid rancid, and sour taste. At first bowl on the port side, sip a mouthful, frowning. However, to savor, a big bowl on the overturned. "It's sour horse breast but three bowls will be able to put people in Afghanistan ... ... the people on the grassland mainly meat-eating, drinking horse breast and helping digestion." Do not know if burning after drinking alcohol, thirst of the reasons, I drank San Taiwan successive acid horse breast. They were all very surprised, "Yi ~ that you should drink so addictive, we are not accustomed to drinking the local people there are many of."
To continue to drink, while He Naicha, while singing, while listening to stories, not perception is 2:00, and we lasted for nearly six and a half hours of liquor war! Imagine really scared, I was drinking a half kilogram estimated 46 degrees liquor in case of alcoholism, in that the former Buzhuo the village shop after dark Buzhe grassland, I can only die. "Never, milk tea, singing, the girl could hangover, say, and so cold grassland, not drink alcohol, were cold-ah" and its owners patting my shoulder, are children 8 through the Road. Fortunately, we drink the drink directly inside the disorder of sleep in the yurt, and all drinking at all, the owner and guests all the drinking. Middle of the night together, cautiously through the disorder of people lying in yurts, go outside to find water, thirst, grasslands night really cool, and occasionally a little light in the dark of night, distributed in the grasslands, the hearing to see just the sound of river water, " Beautiful grassland more serene ...."。
6 Csaszi grasslands, where I met a Kazakh herdsman
Yining on the way back from a new source of the package a taxi to the legendary charm of the Prairie "Csaszi Prairie" and "Kuerdening Napian."
Turn a lot of bend, over a number of Ili River bridge, through the oasis in the desert, along the way saw a small bazaar, taxi entered Kuerdening grasslands of. A sudden cold weather, up a short while before the window of a taxi, two tentacles began to swing up and down the rain! We are holding a glimmer of hope, praying a move on.
Rain saw a moment of "street" Permian falls after the cab began to feel sharp bumps up the road a lot of gravel. "Today we just could not get the big deep Kuerdening grasslands, and a taxi would be stranded site, if it is like a sport utility vehicle that can take you to those who are not people's grasslands, the grasslands and snow-capped mountains to see where." One major regret!
Finally it seems that our pious God touched the rain actually stopped. Valley near the beginning Piaoqi stemmed white clouds ... ... and across the Castle Peak in the distance, we see snow-capped Tian Shan ... ... .. jumped with excitement cars, took a good few photos. "Economizing with photos ah, which scenery and more things ah" master with a smile reminds us. "I will try to look inside to open, able to open far on how far to open, but the deep prairie flowers, and no one that we are out of sight of the prairie"
Way more and more bumps, more narrow, both sides of the mountain is also getting higher and higher. "We are also just the foot of Tianshan Mountain, which very deep." Roadside bounce, but after a few pine squirrels, so agile. There is also a roadside clusters of berries like strawberries, driving the master said, "At the time Marin, I am going to give you something to eat mining, we have specialized in this fruit Yining brewed beverages", the original of those we drink juice that is A brewed with this. And the driver with the adopted master a lot of ... ..., the car can no longer open do not, we had to go back. Rushed to the outside Napian relatively open grassland.
Get off before the walk; grassland jagged, roaring the Tianshan snow passing away, far in the Ili River in the exchange. Estimated to have half an hour gone the distance to the two Kazak herdsmen on horseback in order to catch a flock of sheep forward. We look forward to them, that old saw us, jumped out of horses, with very fluent Mandarin, said, "want to do horse riding." Overjoyed, but this horse does not run, at most, is the walk, which watched its old herdsman, it seems very reluctant Tuozhuo I.
The old herdsman, said holding my hand a lot of things, but I only heard it clear that "the Han brothers, good!" And a few individual words, see that we face is a loss, he took out from inside a pregnant gray color of the handkerchief has been issued, wrapped inside a thing, open the handkerchief, which there is another level, what precious things. Collection of the surprise that he took part in the PLA's proved that the ".... I had to stay with the current year and the Chairman Mao's shadow, ... ..., and now my family raised a lot of sheep, horses, life is much better than before!" When you see he is proud of the words and simplicity of deep feelings, I was deeply touched.
Reluctantly had to leave the Csaszi. In the way back, we have a very good save after a wild apple forest. "Guozigou not many of the wild forest, and were cut down, but here are some of Ili surviving," the tree has been closed, filled with wild apples, and some branches bent. And move on, in a valley beneath the edge of the clear green water, we found Several Strains of wild apricot, wild apricot trees, golden than usual to eat even more significant. Wild apricot grow on the roadside, full of a few trees, "But no one had picked, is it the roadside citrus, bitter?." Driving instructors smiled, let us try it yourself. Mining the one with care, placed in the mouth a little torn, the sweet incomparable!
In the Ili Ili saw a number of magnificent Sunrise, sunset, we left the South still win a hundred times more than the South beyond the Great Wall.
Author: hongxingcun
