Lop Nur, which is what a exciting place names!
Ancient China, once considered the source of the Yellow River Lop Nor, modern West, has been the location for the Lop Nor, and whether mobile and debated and so on. Contemporary China, the nuclear tests, missing, adventure, and so the word is always around the place.
I still remember that a child had stubbornly staring at a national map, with the dotted outline of the Lop Nur, doubts that in the end is what the lies: Why have lakes in the desert? Why use dotted line? Why would anyone disappearance dispatched People's Liberation Army have not let him get it back?
Now, the Jadin across the northern shore of Lake group Zaifan Road had several high ridges, we entered the Lop Nur Lake District. What is waiting for us? Is a wonderful gorgeous natural scenery, or unpredictable and even dangerous to the mysterious phenomenon?
Eyes see, let me, and made disappointed.
Into the lake, the only words that can be used is: monotonous. As long as a sufficient distance to go inside, get rid of the uplift of the Lake, the scenery outside began to static, yes, absolutely no change. Because the topography peace, and there is no stop line of sight of the protrusion, the entire horizon in the four weeks to form a perfect circle. Dry lake bed on the ground are all schungite of the khaki-colored, in the 30 years of exposure under the dry hard, since shell, tilt, everywhere is a beach a beach Yanhua, just as undulating water waves, spray, off-road vehicles in the above driving, rickety, cars, walking in the Lop Nur, down to the same as in the sea voyage.
So that our disappointment is that in the Lop Nur, where there is no need worry about getting lost. Into the lake from the beginning, we have always been a way for North Korea along the inside running. While this road is very rough, barely one car wide, nor any paved road, but that truly is a road, but it is the direction of due south, straight straight, with no curvature. Continue to advance, there is an intersection across dozens of kilometers, and an east-west direction, and the same straight road intersection. There is no doubt that all the lake was the way to cast a huge grid. Too stimulating!
According to Mr WONG Fu Shui, this road is probably 10 years ago, the geological prospecting teams with bulldozers pushing. Works because it is necessary, the direction of the road, spacing, into all as precise as mathematics. He saw us because of the road, traveling the lack of difficulty and regret, but also added that, do not feel like there are roads, lakes and flat topography of the northern half, if there is a chance to south of the lake, where the undulating terrain was terrible, this damn road or None boldly hit the same brick wall before running, driving to where they will trouble.
In Urumqi, I once asked Zhou Wei are not prepared for the GPS, he was contemptuously told us not to the thing. That it has less need for, this guy right around the very familiar, and every time a junction where the radio would always tell us, here is the Dunhuang west direction, where the east is to Yu Chunshun the cemetery, the next one west of 50 The word is Loulan km.
Loulan! From a telephone conversation in Shanghai, we have begun to mobilize weeks Xinwei comrades to our expedition to the Loulan an additional item, and then in Urumqi, on the road, into the no man's land, a mention of requirements, he was always reluctant. Secretary Wang Fu to see if we are really sincere, they also urged us to say next. Do not look at only 50 kilometers down the road, in Jadin Loulan among communities, the difficult terrain vehicle to go most of the day, he visited once, halfway back to Britain cut off the car's plate. True to add this section of the road, we may not be enough fuel, close to the final few kilometers Loulan car was also impassable, on foot. This back and forth to increase a total of two days, the time is not necessarily enough. I could only sigh.
Now appearing on the horizon in front of a few thin things, far away, in the hot air, flicker, Zhou Xin-wei in the radio calling us: "That is the heart of the Lake!"
The lake Lop Nor, in fact, that is, an intersection. In the past few years the constant bustling crowd stampede, this intersection is surrounded by a great one has been trampled flat, as if a small square. Those stands of slender section, that is, spread around the intersection of some units and individuals, travel agents brought in the inscriptions, a certain period through the commemoration of a certain day, "eternal Lop Nor," or something. Scattered on the ground with a lot of empty cans, food packaging bags like garbage.
Secretary Wang Fu and I whispered in private, he felt the location of this lake there are problems, too northerly. Because last year he had been driving from the south into the Lop Nur, and then walk more than a full day before to the lake, this time we came in from the north, just take a small half went to, this lake did not look like geographic center of it. I think natural, but I think this is simply not important. Because the complete drying up of Lop Nur is only 30 years before that where there is the concept of what the lake. Today, this lake is a few years ago that 100 person tour group into the Lop Nur, in order in the vast lake to have a return point and hastily concocted. We are also the same reason, into the Lop Nur, where the total going to always give themselves an excuse to return and the bragging of the reasons why. Anyway, inside are all exactly the same scenery, the location of lake must be accurate?
Needs? Do not need to do?
Around the ground, often able to see the dry reed bifurcation, rows and rows of Xiecha on the ground. To see these, I can not help but think of Rob who goes on a 1-meter-long hands and big fish of the famous photo, think of Chinese scientific expedition team to promote the Lop Nur, a rubber dinghy surface of the screen. Think about these things and this year is only a difference of only a hundred years and fifty years.
What Where to Lop Nur in forever yo.
The glory of the living and the dead of grief the past few years into the Lop Nur region, it is difficult to avoid tourists Yu Chunshun name. Really into his grave, this feeling was especially strong. Bei Shang had just painted over the word, but also red and dripping. Tombstone ago, stood a large number of yards the unopened bottle of wine varieties, of different origin, from the label to see the extent of fading is the past few years has been continuously one after another into the past. The Lop Nur in the rarely visited here since the popular gathering thick and appears very prominent.
Fief after the brick, split 8 to 4 forks Yu Chunshun still lying there, maintained a 96-year fall of position. Lop Nor can own and combined in such a way as to the identity of the tragic hero into the history of his life and fame and fortune in the struggle against confusion Ku Ming warriors, should have met.
I have to find out about a lot of information about him, there is one question has always been so I can not forget even: In addition to this final journey in Xinjiang, he began to walk from the 88, exactly eight years, in very difficult conditions laid down in many parts of the , including extreme environments like Ali in Tibet, and is pretty safe and sound;, but just out of people, and in the Qianhuhouyong journalists and entrepreneurs under the terms of equipment and logistical support too good to be added, has chosen to no longer come out. Is this a very distraught coincidence, or is there an inevitable link?
Yu Chunshun fallen in places where a small circle of uplift, perhaps the former is a small island, and now just to form a courtyard. Besides the tombstones, but also a few other monuments scattered good. Perhaps the answer is hidden in these inscriptions on the outside.
The legislation by certain individuals of the stone, simply record the erection of people entering or crossing the Lop Nur in the process of passing the time here, as well as their mode of action, despite the fact that both expressing nostalgia for Yu Chunshun, but it gave me a strong impression , the erection of the real attempt, it seems that just want to help in such a way, to put your own name and Yu Chunshun bundled together. This is a very simple logic: Since I did Yu Chunshun can not do it, he has so well-known, it would be no reason why I am not as he great?
China today, there are many such characters. Them or on foot, or riding bicycles, motorcycles and other colors tool, or to wear at provincial state, or the very best in restricted areas, or leap natural moat to create a sensation with an eccentric. In fact, such acts still very mean, can make people's blood boil, or even 500 years ago, the era of the voyage of geographical discovery and exploration to find sources. But many more people - and those open to announce that Christopher Columbus to find gold and spices were different - has deliberately avoided the utilitarian psychology, but the "no traces Tianya", "feat", "create a world record," such as vocabulary often talked about his mouth, it seems that he really do not want nothing, just want to win glory for the country; and glory of the motherland, but also it seems that the entire department in their Pifuzhiyong on.
I see, only a desire to rush to change the status quo to survive, but the imagination of the poor, the blind self-confidence only from low self-esteem after the self-satisfied. Looks like in the conquest of nature, in fact, has been the heart foregone numerous narrow down. Therefore, many people simply can not achieve the original intention of this; finally preservation of life and can not extricate themselves, or to impose on their own heads will forget the magnificent voluntary and national honor. This is a way to honor as a move under the guise of speculation, is a well-calculated without the foolhardy, is a simple repetition. I feel a deep sense of sadness.
Some of the media like to link this and the national spirit. In my view, on the contrary, the Chinese people need most now is the break instant success, greatness and success of the cage, to overcome impulsive psychology, a pragmatic manner and calm down, do something good, do something truly useful for people today and future generations of事情.
Yu Chunshun with the cost of his life, and finally in the Lop Nur cover all their own merits, for the glory won a door leading to the ticket. That door was also closed behind him with a burst. Those who think that their actions go beyond a certain point, more than the old, so the people can also be immortal, but never such a chance.
In less than a month after we left Rob, a Sichuan succeeded in June in the most difficult trek across the Lop Nor. Yes, this point he succeeded. However, how many people remember his name, or even how many people know about this "magnificent feat" and whether he got what we wanted it?
Birds have been flying over the sky without leaving traces. Yu Chunshun has said so.
Yin left the lake bed soil, the sky darkened some, and we are not far from the Lake District to prepare a dry riverbed on the camp. Land is very dry hard, to find a tent to sell can be inserted where prison was not easy.
I found the shore slope, with a few dead trees, is strange, Zhou Xin-wei on one side and looked very casually said, that is earth-eun Well.
Soil Yin! This is one of the important sites Luobuzhuoer region. Its history can be traced back to Han Dynasty, this place is an important transit point for the Silk Road, including the terminals, granary, barracks and other parts. More importantly, the Turkish-eun in 1930, the Central Scientific Expedition to the North swesigon Mission Mr. Huang Wenbi discovered and the first survey, which is a small number of Lop Nur region discovered by the Chinese themselves, one of the historical sites.
Associate from the left after the Lop Nur lake, Zhou Xin-wei has been considered in the card table, and I suspect that he was a long time planned to spend the night in the earth-yin side, deliberately did not say in advance.
Standing on top of the hill around, and soil-eun good location immediately apparent. Yin earth itself is a Bai Yumi wide peninsula, even the Dragon Jadin north, east and west sides are two broad rivers, old course. I even surprised to find that, we are all in the famous Kongquehe Road camp. The two rivers merged into one in front, river suddenly relaxed. Decades ago, the mighty river is here where Rob Import Daze 3000.
But look around at the top of the hill, earth-eun has long been distorted beyond recognition, eye-catching vertical and oblique insisted on only the three large timber. In addition, dig up the land is full of people today the formation of a little hole big concave. According to the information, here, there should be eight timber, there is food left over. A large number of disturbing signs seem to be more than the site itself, prove that there was once an ancient relics.
Faced with this scene, we have most of the eight individuals are not going to worry about what to look for antiquities. However, we disturb the soil again, the god of Yin Millennium slumber. That night a strong wind comes, and our three tents to sell all been blown open, including two blown paralysis, a blown run. After the sun rose, the sky overhead, and the west is still the dark clouds, and in the dry wilderness Rob huge rain fall.
Ya-Dan sky blue, the air cool and bright, Zhou Xin-Wei and Wang Fu should first drove the Division went to the front, surrounded by silence silence once surrounded by buildings of Jadin khaki. We have Long walks in the city.
The middle is a flat wide roads, Jadin is regularly distributed on both sides, or stretching like the Village public housing, or straight-Song, such as guard towers. Highly similar to each Jadin towards consistent, arranged in order, we will feel like being in the high-rise among the clouds of the city streets.
Soil-eun rely on hard work to identify, in order to imagine there was once a bustling ancient Inn; in the middle Jadin, you must remain sober, we will not this thing as a man of pure nature.
Jadin is a stream erosion topography, the initial flat terrain, wind and water erosion of the joint, the surface soil covering emerging grooves, groove continue to develop, progressive approach, from narrow to wide, the final stretching into the film, the remnants of the soil stood Among them, the contrary, processes such as the plains. Our location is found Jadin first place. As the development here is still the mid-groove, and Jadin-intensive, intertwined, and can even grow Jadin article, like countless dragon lying land, so the name "Dragon."
Walking in the depths of Dragon can not see the outside of the wild scene, we almost forgot the surrounding hundred miles Nyo no smoke, they were in no man's land hinterland, a little reluctant to leave the.
Mix in order to luxury and distinction, I do not have FB, but with the luxury of this term to be able to describe the past few days days. Meaning almost.
The luxury car: We have a total of 8 individuals, sub-sitting two Banjiu imported off-road vehicles, as two cars into the Lop Nur, the minimum configuration, and in case something happens to have a care of each other. Like the western people do know how the kind of large-scale off-road vehicles and spacious. In other places, my record is the same one in the car seat 10 people.
The luxury meal: still would like to thank Zhou Wei, tirelessly to bring gas cylinders, stove were all carry the room. Furthermore, although the "Women's expedition," and does not match the name of the real, but half of the sky there is still 3, dried up this past handy. So every morning we can red hot tea with milk in the evening may be the following noodles, then a drink a bowl from the cabbage, tomato, canned soup chowder consisting of big meat.
Drink of luxury: Of course, water! Starting later, we discovered that the water is not so serious problem. 2 car, installed a total of six cases of mineral water, each containing 24 bottles, 600 ml per bottle. Coupled with Dikan Gah full 2 1 meter tall bucket, as well as to buy cucumber, tomato. Anyway, in car years, you want to Take the completely open. A total of only eight individuals in the no man's land where time is two and half days, then you can have your calculate how much water per person per day can be consumed. I bought two bottles of water, made more than the last intact back to Urumqi, even the cover has not been opened.
In the Lop Nur Lake, the terrain is too flat, and we Zhezhi women's expedition to separate men and women often can not find a place to sing and to worry about.
Daytime view of the luxury: as I said before啦.
Night view of a luxury: I do not not have ever seen the night sky on a sunny west frighteningly more stars, but in absolutely no light, vehicles, and even sand interference circumstances, it can be scheduled to sit down and count the Heart, one by one Constellation to identify the past, so naturally it is not the same feelings. You can clearly see where they are blinking, we can clearly detect different three-dimensional sense of distance, you can see the Milky Way hanging cross, you can see satellites flying slowly, and so on and so forth.
Well, let me piling up again: the day, carefree land holding Shuiping Zi, disorder in half-lying on the carriage, and the flocks of wild animals running around in a robe with the wilderness; night, is carrying his hot soup noodles, sitting in the depths of the desert, backed by the Millennium ruins the stars.
Is a luxury.
Swept their way back from the nuclear test site, we are repeatedly asked, Zhou Xin-Wei agreed to take us taking a devious route, close look at the test site.
In fact, it is still far away from the core area. We arrived, only separated by tens of kilometers of two picket outside the site. First, the sixties of the adobe houses, and second, the seventies in winter pen. 2 of the roof collapsed all, leaving collapsed buildings, looking exactly like the famous Loulan "three rooms."
Two camps are for military needs, built on high ground, and broad vision. Best scenery in the eyes of the Gobi yellow red and white, humilis walking, distant mountains green, clouds suspended in the sky, the long paved open, the sparse cast a shadow on the ground.
Scenery is really nice. We are glad that they are just great amount of shells passing travelers, rather than live in this place a few years, the young soldier.
The wolf of Xinjiang into the no man's land, I always wanted to see the wolf.
No doubt, there is a wolf in Xinjiang. In the soil under the camp-eun, I have studied wolves hum to bark, we immediately ran over to stop Fu Wang Secretary: "Do not call! Really elicited the worse!" We see so many of the Mongolian gazelle, from the bio - science perspective, which is here the best reason there is a wolf and evidence. Unfortunately, there is no my own eyes.
Xinjiang has a wolf story. The sixties and seventies, the National blow to the wolves as vermin, Xinjiang is no exception, and finally elimination was pretty close, resulting into the eighties on a problem, those Mongolian gazelle, etc. The more herbivores disease to the more increasing size, and even Lianpao also will not. That day, people are aware of the significance of the ecological balance, so to spend money from Japan (some say Mongolia) introduced the stocking some of the wolf. These guys soon happily survive in Xinjiang, and significantly improve the physical quality of the local Mongolian gazelle. Happier, because of the intensification of human activities, they also found more plump than the sheep and more readily available as prey. Thus, arises the following doggerel: "Xinjiang is a large Wolf strange, light food workers do not Chi Yang."! !
In the Lop Nur, we have once experienced the threat of a wolf, but two legs of the wolf.
That was the first day of the evening, has more than nine, the sky getting dark, we need to find a place to live by. However, Wang and Zhou Xin-wei master was good to discuss refused to stop, but also the way forward and asked him the reasons that give us to see distant lights on the tower, saying that not to do mine. Deep in the no man's land, leaving the nearest village 200 kilometers there is a iron ore, so we are very pleasantly surprised, and thought it was to spend the night in the iron ore, the then comfortable than camping.
The results, when in close proximity to iron ore, Wang Meng stepped on the accelerator but the Secretary Fu, and Zhou Xin-Wei Yi Lue cars speed by. Not only do we not want to live in the mine, but the farther away from the mine as possible. Reason: like this was extremely hard, inhospitable place, a thorough called the mountain high and the emperor far away where there is what Wang Fa! It is a good place to hide for a while, which the mine workers and where there is no guarantee that individuals carrying a human life in the limelight to avoid. And so here unfamiliar, plus a few not very troublesome. Such things have turned out. We only have two cars eight people, and if people really play to our idea, after which even do not have to be buried miles underground.
Through the slag heap from the clouds, the iron ore behind them, Wang Fu is also the Secretary for stations and hands and Zhou Xin-Wei and encouraging each other: "taking the road of a bar?" "Well, it tries 10 kilometers!" "How it tries point, right? "" Good! "has been a very far off, the sky black, and we did not leave the road, entered the mountain, after hiding in a cove camp.
To sleep, we climbed the hill, then the red lights on the tower on the horizon is still flashing. That night, I was a little ride ride immobile.
Fortunately, safe and sound.
Until out of no man's land, we finally have a close contact with the wolf, but it is only in the Urumqi erdaoqiao market How many pieces bought large fangs. Small owner said to us, this is not normal bone products, it can ward off evil, because the wolf is a fierce animal.
This makes me very interesting: people to rely on a form of violence against the evil from the illusory, however, the carrier of such violence, that is, contributed Natiao wolf teeth themselves, but it is nothing but a number of human victims of violence in one of their own .
Have they actually afraid of?
Rob wilderness of the people contaminated with 51 holiday light, no man's land these past few days we are not the only visitors.
After half a day into the no man's land, far from the Gobi grassland strewn out over a few more to go off-road vehicles. Which have some of our fellow Shanghai - Yu Chunshun his father. This is what we expected of a group of people in Shanghai, when we heard him good health and 51 to go to the grave of her son. Gently I will be the name of his son's flag so uncertain journey in Xinjiang is very relaxed, very casual.
Their team, we got to see the famous work of Zhao Zhao Ziyun, a retired geological engineer, is now almost on the Lop Nur people are most familiar with people, some large-scale activities in Lop Nor will invite him, Zhou Xin-wei is also very affectionate to him. Zhao workers are indeed a skinny little old man, and handsome, and some formality. He was too ordinary, and even made my memories of him there are many different, to discuss together, and even what clothes he wore had a completely different impression.
All in vain!
The more in-depth no man's land, away from the Loulan, etc. LA has been routed from a minimum of 11 sites LK closer. In fact, we have a great journey of Loulan protected areas. Xinjiang Man regulators has recently stepped up inspections of this area. In addition, I heard that here, too often patrol bases. The event, they are the absolute authority, even a small paper tube, director, or a platoon leader, squad leader and the ability to arbitrarily dictate to us, you can force us to return, you can-deduction, fines, and may even ask you now up to the certain places subject to review. Before their departure, Zhou Xin-wei has been repeatedly emphasized before.
So, when we found that the car is far from the high ground and parked in front of a dark green sport utility vehicle 2, when the atmosphere with tension up. In this open ground, and they certainly found us, back up or open-Rao may also lead to more trouble. Zhou Xin-wei in the back of 1000 meters, and we quickly told him to hand units. He is also a little nervous, Walawala attention to issues we are talking about 1234, in short, that we should slow down a bit, waiting for him to catch up, if the other side we want to take certain measures to close what the camera is good, do not make irresponsible remarks chaos moving and so on.
Closer, to see for car side of a few people wear outdoor sportswear, our hearts be put down. From the decoration of the car to see, is an outdoor club in Urumqi, the Heights, there is a new off-road vehicles. That's Xinjiang wildlife photographer Michael Fung's throne, the club car is a backup. Mr Fung had looked at our old cars, their car was very proud of Yuehua Jian lift up my head high. We are a car rushing to the person who told him just to see the number of Mongolian gazelle, the most recent only one meter, My God, all so that we scared off, and so afraid you do not see such a good elapsed, and so on. YY his nose in anger.
Return journey, in any mine are still a considerable distance from where we encountered a truck. Mine shipped the car in general only two drivers, and endeavors to engage in large-tonnage, elongated compartments, but this car is just an ordinary four tonnes of the first, but the driver's seat has three Pengtou a black-faced, and the convergence of our time, those guys is almost staring us, especially towards our room after the seat of view, the same as what to look for treasure.
Tomb of the!
I quietly requested a variety of useful and potentially useful for the gods, can bless these three empty-handed, or lucky enough to encounter the text the management of cadres, people's army.
After Dragon Inn, we saw a strange sight: a sport utility vehicle into a pause here. In addition to two Han dynasty board, has the gall leisurely down a heavy makeup girl! Not many describe it dressed, and on her Natiao skirt length, how to say na, only slightly wider than the belt a little. We were two vehicles with each other to see their full range, at least half-sets of outdoor clothing, as well as a few days of travel abroad, how would also like to dress people who do not understand how this will be into the no man's land? !
Result of the discussion, only a possibility that the major passenger car, it should be is the boss of iron ore, others were bodyguards or attendant, Na Nvlang also went along with the boss - and anyway her profession has used clothing shows clearly.
Beautiful Rob, a thought of these two groups of people, I have chest pain on the faint done.
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