October 21 to 10:00 am we set off today to visit Turpan. Guides along the way introducing the Uygur characteristics of homes and clothing. Uygur is an ancient nation, Turpan Uygur according to the local climatic conditions, built the house underground and a half layer of the ground floor of the style, the bottom half layer of the main bedroom. This architecture Dongnuanxialiang. Uygur costumes biggest feature is that women are the dresses, while men like to wear the green color of the hat. Uygur like a very bright red and green and other colors. Listening tour of the introduction, we unwittingly arrived at the Ancient City of Gaochang the next.
Gao was the Western Region a very prosperous business center. Had its peak population of 30000. Mingseng Xuan Zang in Tang Dynasty to the Western Paradise during a pilgrimage here, preaching for three months. Gaochang was the king is a very devout Buddhist, determined to please Xuanzang as MND. However, Xuan Zang meaning very determined to go West, so, they and the king agreed, learn from returning for three years in the Gaochang preaching, but also with the king pledge of brotherhood. King Xuan Zang ready to go 36 countries of Western customs clearance Wendie, as well as a large number of daily necessities, food and water, accompanied by attendants. But later due to Gao King's attempt to separate from the Tang Empire was Emperor Taizong of the eradication. Therefore, learn from other Xuan Zang returned, already people have changed, and can not fulfill the promise of three years of preaching.
Today's Ancient City of Gaochang is a ruins of collapsed buildings and mounds of earth everywhere. However, on a scale from these mounds, but also faintly see the glory and prosperity of the year. In the only life here are some low sand plants. We sat Uygur donkey cart to the temple to visit the city. Since Islam can not have idol worship, so in later wars, statues inside the temple was demolished, and now also see a little mark. Original preaching the Golden Hall have long been stolen, leaving only the surrounding wall. Gaochang standing high above the monastery is surrounded by the city around, and you can see the grand scale of this ancient city of the Western Regions, and my heart leapt up from a dialogue between history and a sense of the vicissitudes of life.
From the Gaochang out, we went to Bai Zi Creek Cave. Here is a Buddhist shrine. But in the early 20th century, a large number of frescoes have been stolen by the imperialist countries, they have been destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, and now can only vaguely see some contours and shades of gray. A total of more than 30 caves in this cave, in addition to the ruins of some Sengfang. Of its former monks practice their faith here. Yishanbangshui Here is a rare desert a good place to practice Buddhism.
After lunch, we visited the Karez and the Flaming Mountains. Huoyanshan Red soil, in the hot sun shining, the case of hot air rising from a distance, it looks like a whole mountain fires burning. Huoyanshan length 100km, width 10km, endless. We compete in the Monkey King and cattle devil where pictures of World War II.
Turpan Karez is the working people in the long-term production and life wisdom. The whole project is in accordance with the Tian Shan mountains from high and low built, from the shafts, culverts, open channel and the old dam of four parts, to solve the water problem in the basin. So far 30% of the agricultural basin of water also relies on the Karez. Karez massive and is known as one of China's three great buildings, the entire basin, there were more than 2,000 Karez, with a total length of up to thousands of kilometers.
From the Karez out, we went to Sugong Tower. Sugong Tower Dynasty Qianlong to commemorate the pacification of the size of Junggar rebellion built, and a symbol of national unity, territorial integrity and national unity. Sugong tower at the edge also has a mosque. Here flowers, yellow building with earth in stark contrast. Mosque architecture, thick walls, and built in accordance with acoustic principles corridor, can the voice of Imam far. Muslims worship here. In order to express respect for God, but to clean the body, divided into large and small net net. Ghusl is washing the body, the small net is a wash face, hands and feet. General grand festival or a big day need a big net, the net can be usually small.
The last stop was the afternoon Grape Valley. But is now late autumn, most people have been put off vines, in the earth, prepared for the winter of. Although there is no vines, but still the world's raisins. Here over more than 20 kinds of varieties of raisins. To those of us who Gaode dazzled, do not know what a good selection.
From the Grape Valley come out, we went to a guest of the Uygur people. Eat the fruit, while trying to understand Uygur people's lives. This is a well-off family, the annual income of 2 million. Two Family has three sons, the eldest son was at home the only fluent in the Chinese language. After graduating from Teacher's eldest son has not been assigned to work on helping home care for a booth. Today, very Coincidentally, he went to Urumqi, we did not encounter. We also visited his family's living room. Which accounted for a Taikang for more than four-fifths of the house, on the kang, and the walls are the blankets. Blankets are all red, patterns are very Uygur characteristics. We find that the people here particularly fond of red, all the external walls of the house are red. Because the red represents life, indicating where the Uygur people, love and desire for life. Finally, we at his house, bought a lot of raisins.
Come home from the Uygur people, we went back to spit City. Perhaps we feel that enough, we have gone Jiaohegucheng. Jiaohegucheng from the spit City there is only 10km, here is washed out by the cross-river sandbar in a river, was once the seat of the government protecting Western Region Governor. Four-sided ring of water, forming a natural barrier. The city's biggest feature is that the entire city is digging into, and from the outside can not see the city buildings. Here is the ancient Western Regions of the military powerhouse of protection to be better than the Ancient City of Gaochang. Although all the ruins, but still be seen here and Gao, the difference in style. From the scale of sense, Gaochang to be bigger, there are geographical restrictions, seems to be rather tight. There are also functional differences Gaochang yes and commercial center, but here is a military town, the political center.
There is also a pedestrian in the afternoon we visited Jiaohegucheng time to study the market conditions here. Give them most impressed by is that, where the market rate and the light according to the rate of photo has reached 100%. Even in the open side of the road hanging Shetan regarded business license taken care of.
8 pm, too, from the city rushed to the train station in Turpan city. Spit on a city train station called daheyan place, away from Turpan city, 1 hour drive. Along the way, one can faintly began to see so many low rows of plants, it could be grape trellis. Had a dark soon. Lights of the peripheral vision tells us that both sides are looking a boundless desert. I saw a Haoyuedangkong, quietly watching this piece of boundless earth.
10:30, we broke up with tour guides, embarked on a Quwang Dunhuang train. Train in a desert in the gallop. Outside the window I saw a dark stretches of land. Suddenly, a group of lights greets, approaching discovered that it is Kazakhstan's oil fields in a base of soil, there are a lot of tanks. Car to continue after a short stopover in Shanshan departure. All cars have been sleep, only to hear the rhythm of the wheels and rails crash. 6:00 tomorrow morning, and more, we will reach the destination - Dunhuang.
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