Small town of Yining
(Sun and Moon Tan)
Located in accordance with plow River border town according to Lai, is a plowshares Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in accordance with an important city, but also according to plow the valley's industrial center and a major distribution center for supplies. When the south is the Hawthorn fragrance, remnant Department dissipated when the Ili River Valley in August also ushered in the cattle and sheep manure, rice beans yellow, fragrant fruits and harvest. Under the sun Ili Valley, one gold, one green, one red, one white, a delightful picture of the business. Melting snow-capped mountains made of Ili, then flashing crystal, Pentium rushing to flowing. Walking the small town, a multi-ethnic enclaves into the head of the customs spontaneously. Uygur of the flat-topped walls or brick walls of the houses in the old town can be seen everywhere, leaving the roof skylight or set up a "roof garden." Russia is also affected by the impact of wind made of leather diffuse slope slant houses, carved wooden railings and doors and windows, painted pink and blue roof, we will have a nineteenth-century ambience.
Whether the streets, bridges and modern automotive vehicle relative to trend on together, and that is slowly Dusing of servant and reasonable way of "six sticks" carriage, which is an extension of six Gen Mugun into the hood of the carriage, luxury Some of the more in the hood covered with a thick wool blanket inside, and proudly through the streets. Both sides of the street is full of remarkable arrayed eggplants, peppers, garlic and vegetable stall, etc., was accused of Yibi car is golden Hami, the Green Paper the big red flesh watermelon, purple grapes and other fruits where rosy; yards piled with Kashi is the large and small, hung antique pottery, ubiquitous blacksmith shop filled with all kinds of iron. Advertisements prominently read some "special allocations for imported cars windshield" "intensive countries in the world imports of names" of the kind words. Open-air Shitan on the unsealed steam steaming hot pot, cook a leg of mutton sheep's head Gunzhuo mutton soup, of course, cities and towns in Xinjiang selling kebabs can be seen, but is indeed the authentic and risk the seductive aroma. Sell yogurt, cheese, plain breast, raisins, watermelon seeds, etc. are not anxious about the owner is also busy street to attract a speaker.
And the hubbub of the city joined in the chorus sound similar, and is arranged into a disco rhythm in Xinjiang folk songs Lian Chang, opened a new leaf tea room theater off the bombs, as well as appliance stores spread, poured them into the deep-shallow Lane Street, walk back and forth that, at the colorful flow of people in the wander. Anyone who ran into the street center of a familiar friend, will be streets became firmly established, give a friend a piece of paper, out of pocket co-Mo smoke down on the volume on the spot lit, smiled, and God talked a while. This and the surrounding sound, color flow of traffic a crowd composed of a very harmonious painting, folk customs. Seypidin Sakon old home, there is a large-scale publicity portraits, is a middle-aged civilian police in salute to you: "Do not talk on the street of the Central."
Into the "national market" - this somewhat as commodity markets across the country, but the pendulum is the all-minority handicrafts. There is the glittering copper kettle; a colorful pattern of blooming novel and unique hand-made blankets; a diamond-encrusted gold and silver of the Uygur Yingjisha knife, and more on a variety of light mirrored in the scabbard; are trimmed with metallic decorative pattern belts; a garnet green amethyst gemstone earrings made of simple pectoral necklace rings, Dazhiruoyu, big clever, if clumsy, but do not have a state; Seiko out of thin crocheted shawls, scarves; "national independence in a "Yili fine wool wool wool, leather shoes, Rao famous big boots on display from the floor to the roof, dazzling feast. Mandarin with a thick accent, frank simple bargaining, often made a deal.
Linger in the small town, who will be for this honest ethnic customs of the intoxicated. You will think of being at the foot of the ancient Silk Road, through the Han and Tang and merchants is Sakon trading, think of the national customs metabolism tradition, think of the Tianshan snow lotus forbearance of being indifferent to the difficult and not old.
Author: riyuetan