October 23 8:30 am We are starting rush off best in the world - Jiayuguan. Jiayuguan Great Wall to the west is the first pass from Dunhuang city 383km. Along the way are an endless expanse of the Gobi Desert on both sides, and occasionally will see a dry river bed. We walk this path is the Hexi Corridor. Hexi Corridor is between the Qilian mountains and Mazongshan a corridor, at its widest point more than 500 km, the narrowest at more than 20 km. Jiayuguan is the narrowest point and then the edge of an oasis, is the ancient border fortress.
From Dunhuang to Jiayuguan to go through Anxi, Yumen two places. Anxi County is not, people do not many, but the streets are very clean. Yumen town is 70km away from the Yumen area of an emerging town, on the edge of State Road 312. Yumen Oilfield has been depleted due to the urban population of a large number of emigration, almost became a ghost town. We have yumenzhen lunch, just to see the local people's wedding. Married by 12 o'clock local customs, toast to King double, and the new toast only, not drink. On both sides of the road in the Yumen by large tracts of forest and Yang willow trees. The local people to become left and left the public and the public Liu Yang. This was the Shaanxi-Gansu Governor General Tso ordered his soldiers planted along the Hexi Corridor, Gansu Province of Shanxi have been, but now the only well preserved in Yumen segment, most other places have already been deforested. But I was impressed by the roadside, many shrubs and trees were decked out in plastic bags, broken wind Piaowu, as the old calling back the soul. Human destruction of nature has been too much.
4:30 pm, we finally reached its destination. Today, although the way the weather was fine, but after Jiayuguan is a gradual thickening clouds. When we leave, have all covered the sun. Jiayuguan's windy. Beyond the Great Wall of Jiayuguan in ancient times, when an isolate them. Way back when the frontier soldiers, over many years in the face of yellow sand filled the frontier, mind inevitably lead to a tragic feeling. Jiayuguan from the inner city, outer city, two barbican etc., then extends out from the north and south walls of a large segment. The entire tower and the walls were originally made of earth and rock compaction. After repeated repairs. In 1987 the Qing Dynasty and the brick used twice. Four corners of the city have a turret, something relative, a watch tower at the gate at the top of each. Turret is a sentry standing guard to use, the watch tower is the soldiers, a place to rest and store weapons. The city also has the highest military officer of the local guerrilla general government. Sites do not, it's here only for civilian buildings. Outer city also has a Wenchang Pavilion, temples, and the stage. The Eight Immortals and the monks and nuns on stage patterns. Dedicated to Emperor Wenchang Wenchang Pavilion. Since the Ming Dynasty to encourage the military school, held every year in the army examination. Peacetime soldiers here to study before taking the test in order to obtain good results, we must come here to worship. Normally, to visit relatives and friends here as well as a reception place, important military meetings were held in the Wenchang Pavilion, on the second floor. Temple dedicated to Kuan Kung, which apart from a positive Guan Gong statue, there is a sedan chair is carried out when the Guan Gong Xun Cheng, the walls still painted the Three Kingdoms story.
We Jiayuguan Simon out, went to turn off the outside. In ancient times, is going abroad. Simon gatehouse to "Jiayuguan" in the name is a Qianlong imperial brush pro-theme. Connections with the outside is a vast desert, we are pictured outside the city. Here, although we have not seen the setting sun, such as the scene of blood, but also can feel the momentum with big long.
At night, used after dinner, tour guides brought us here in Jiayuguan city. Although sparsely populated city, only 15 million people, but the planning and reasonable layout of neat, was named the National Health City. City night lights are also very beautiful, but also built a water park.
9:42, we boarded the train to Lanzhou, went to this last leg of travel, the provincial capital Lanzhou, Gansu Province.
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