--- The Eastern Tianshan Sugong Tower Caves Huoyanshan
Public Sugong tha souk tower in Turpan grapes eastern outskirts of rural area, was then Prince Turpan Emin, and Zhuo and his son, Sulaiman built, the purpose is to express loyalty to the Qing court and the devotion of Allah. Sugong Tower is something not previously had classes, such as Turfan out from the open-air shopping malls, standing in front Sugong Tower, as Wang Zhaojun Han Emperor standing in front of strange how so much a beauty that did not know about it before?
China has three major religions: Buddhism, Tibetan religion, Islam, they were closely linked with the geographical and ethnic origin. Throughout the Central Plains is the Chinese Cultural Circles, pagoda temple over things, to Tibet, Qinghai, Tibetan Buddhism, the world is close to Central Asia, Xinjiang is Muslim, the most common are the blue dome of the mosque building has. Uighur people are long-standing preference for blue, and their ancestors Western Turkic Khaganate the "Blue Turks," said, in their classic epic "The Legend of Oguz Khan," Turks of "Eve" is also in a blue light appears. While Westerners evaluation of China is a country without religious belief, because the Chinese people are not interested in his own soul, but that does not prevent the Chinese to build out the world's largest temple, so that future generations can enjoy the Chinese and foreign to many excellent buildings. Sugong Tower is one of the classic works of Islamic architecture. This tower was built in 1777, high 37 meters, is under the narrow width of the cone. Whole building quintana yellow, add pigments from non-loess was constructed, a simple and generous nature itself. The decorative tower is composed of 10 from the adobe bricks for several geometric patterns, while the rules of small geometric patterns very rich sense of beauty, while increasing the building's three-dimensional sense. Islam was once prohibited painting, sculpture and other plastic arts, but in the 12th century is beginning to recover after the plastic arts to develop in the form of a complex and varied types of design and decoration of mosques and tombs in the building reached its peak. From the design point of view, Sugong tower is the most concise I've ever seen the building. A color, a material, two geometries: cone and the semicircle can be described as little as no less, applies the beauty of simplicity to push to the till. In particular, accustomed to see the Buddhist pagoda pavilion columns Diaolan painting a monument of Islamic architecture completely different design concepts and the unique beauty of deep shock. Although the Sugong small tower, but the yellow-line blue sky tower ancient simplicity, and the rounded dome of thick low Chapel together constitute a harmonious picture, quiet, solemn sight to behold. Dry weather in Xinjiang, Turpan has the most substantial, with the exception of this, will it be possible to build a loess alone such a large building, but also the only Western Regions of the sky, blue as the sea, pure and transparent, in order to bring out the ancient architecture of this magnificent loess beauty. Anywhere else in the world, are not produced Sugong towers, and its unique beauty. Sugong Tata Ji has an inscription, with Victoria, Chinese records, indicating the reasons for and timing of the construction. -Dimensional translation of the text is as follows: Allah is our master, everyone needed his help. He is a time the emperor, ruler of the era is one of the source of justice and mercy, is the founder of peace and stability, radiant god. The development of religious law Sulaiman, the universe of the Emperor, as Emin and Zhuo Wang eyes of the heroes Sulaiman, in Allah's permission and help of grace, at the age of 83, in order to thank Allah, to good unlimited Dear heart, the construction of which has the well-being, and beautiful ornate churches and Sugong tower, to Allah relief. Sugong this church and tower, is a privately Sulaiman 7000 taels of silver, in view of Muharram in 1181.
Thousand-Buddha Caves full name is called Bai Zi Creek Caves. Bai Zi Crick Uighur means mountainside, translated into Chinese is a hillside on the Thousand Buddha Caves.
This place in Huoyanshan mutougou of a cliff, the 83 caves dug side by side along the arc-shaped cliff, far looked like a row of hanging in mid-air cave, so called "Xuan Kongsi." Thousand-Buddha Grottoes Gaochang was originally the royal temple, built when the first opened up a steep cliff, the ground, and then use the original carved into a mountain in a cave. Cave did not look a little decoration, but one by one loess package, but the cave was filled with exquisite painted frescoes, one pass world. Gao country's prosperity and success of the 1400 years, the Silk Road was once a first-class international city, after being abandoned for unknown reasons. Walk in today's Gao Chang and Jiaohegucheng ruins can still be seen at the time of Buddhism's important role in social life. 2 the city's most magnificent buildings, the most detailed decoration, the most beautiful statue, there is in the remnants of temples, the extent of its exquisite elegant palace is often exceeded. Gao King Qu Thailand, more, it is the Buddhist piety have added: It is contained in 627 AD, Xuanzang passed through Gao learn, stay in three years, with each song Wentai classics are kneeling on the ground, stepping on his back so that Xuan Zang Tang on the altar.
Turpan is an interesting place. Remove the city did not say most of the spots came from a hermit deep in the yellow sand in the past emerge: for example Jiaohegucheng, Ancient City of Gaochang, such as the Thousand Buddha Caves, such as the Grape Valley. Cars everywhere, along with the exception of loess is the loess, stretching sight of grass grows. Land hot overhead sun baked, roasted human eyes feel giddy. The door opened, it was very hot. However, a turn, came to a place than the south but also south. This is like the cliff above the Thousand Buddha Caves, entire cliff is not a tree, a grass, a drop of water, all in all is extremely huge loess package. Under the cliff, however, probe a look, gurgling streams, green grass and Shu Zhang verdant forest of poplar tall and straight, surrounded by streams. Farmhouses scattered across several households of low forest and was surrounded by dense vine, a bunch of grapes next to a string of fat, plump dripping, yellow-dog in the shade of the nursery while quietly to sleep, idly shaking tail. The air was filled with a quiet atmosphere, such as by a generation who grew up here the aroma of grapes condensation formed, fragrant full-bodied, wind around the meantime. One side is barren land, while paradise is in mind that the least bit of difference, Miao heaven and earth. Xinjiang, however, is such a place, where no water is Akachi miles, everything disappeared in the desert, there are the places where water is a bright flowers, vibrant oasis. Buddha said that "dripping see heaven," a drop of water there are 88000 in the world, from scratch, from the dead to the health, life will be in bloom at the drop of water has.
Gaochang the number of caves in the Thousand-Buddha Cave Creek Pazi largest mural richest. A total area of more than 1.2 thousand square meters murals, mostly for work of art is said to be comparable to Dunhuang. I have not been to Dunhuang, reputed the world does not know is what the Dunhuang murals look like, in short, in front of me this "well known for its elaborate murals Pazi Creek Caves" has four words can describe it is "empty" . Those who bought the house, sat open-air elevator, wearing helmets and visited people who have not completed the building have had this experience. People stood Among them, feeling there is no door, watching the bare cement walls and ceilings, the windows should be a place from the outside overlooking the scenery, the virtual out a happy future life scenes. I was reminded again Pazi Creek Caves such feelings, but in terms of time is the reverse. Explained the young woman explained, pointing stick does not exist on the wall murals, speaks tirelessly: "We are now looking at 36 caves, dug in AD 654, there are 12 murals, painted the Dharma disciple worship Figure 12 , colorful, delicate way, the characters vivid expressions, gestures varied, showing superb painting skills. Although these murals drawn on more than 1000 years ago, but they mastered the technology at the time we still can not grasp. such as how to make pigment in Shek Pik on the coloring, thousands of years, not bad, we can not do it, another example of the frescoes in the emergence of some color, we use the modern techniques also failed to come out of their modulation. these murals in the silence of the last hundred years later, in the early 20th century was German von. Le Coq was found, together with the walls, along with cut stolen. Well, we are now to visit a cave the next. "So we cave in the barren years have been inspired patriotism, unanimously condemning the German robber son of a bitch, We got to spend 20 dollars to see nothing. Other caves are also similar, at best able to put 12 copies of the Chinese artists to copy foreign museums came, so he triggered a feeling. In fact, these murals even really exist, we can not read, but can not read is a right, ah, a sheer denial of Jiu Ji, and everyone is very angry. Most of the caves is the case, there is a small part of the cave is another state, is also the words: miserable. Mural still there, just beyond recognition: the above paste with mud, fire, knifed ax, spared no effort in the work done much to destroy. The birth of a work of art, will take decades of time, destroying a few minutes is enough. The visitors guide to the perplexed explained: "These are not the Germans destroyed frescoes dry, only the Chinese themselves dry. Fresco there are two large-scale destruction, the first decline in Buddhism, Islam, the rise time, the local residents because of the Buddhist murals appear on the idol, and the conflict with the teachings of Islam, they used mud to the face of all these idols painted out, traces of mud can be seen from the damage scenarios. The second time was during the Cultural Revolution, Red Guard Destroy the Four Olds will not have completely destroyed the mural with a knife ax and set on fire, completely destroyed. "Indeed so, completely destroyed, even the possibility that the repair failed, and connected to a foreign museum copy of the opportunity to go did not, and Glenealy money to buy anywhere on Earth can not be bought by. A few minutes ago, the person yells, German wind a turn, are blown away by them up to: "the German people are still good, and help us keep the precious heritage of Chinese civilization. Tirelessly the span of thousands of miles to come to China of these heavy things make great efforts to move back to Germany, the well-collection, no charges. placed in Germany though farther, but it will depend on there are always a chance to see. "However, Unfortunately, the Germans despite the awareness of heritage conservation, but also done its best But God's unfathomable. World War II, Allied bombing of Berlin, Pa Zi Creek Caves in the 28 largest and the best murals because they can not carry, in order to ashes of the bombing.
Huoyanshan Huoyanshan across the Turpan Basin, long 98 kilometers wide and 9 km, height of about 100 meters. Uighurs call kyzyl Le Tage, which means "red mountain."
"Journey to the West", the Ministry of Huoyanshan is the highlight of Monkey World War Cow King, three by the palm-leaf fan, the plot, bizarre, exciting narrative, giving the reader has left a deep impression on him. Every Chinese person, even if never been to Flaming Mountains, and my heart is so filled with one's own Flaming Mountains. The book says, "is to the West Huoyanshan the only way for year-round hot, no spring without autumn, there are flame 800 years, the surrounding grass, even if the brain covered copper, iron body, to lead a mountain have turned into juice. "Sanzo heard," scaring the daylights out, they dare not ask. " Flaming Mountains we see today, of course, no longer the raging flames at the burning, but it does look like look like there had been something like this. The soil, the good soil is black, inferior gray, once again first class is yellow, the worst is white. Northwestern Gansu Province with a number of saline-alkali land, look at the past of a vast expanse of whiteness, the Government rental price is very cheap because no one wants to species, unless the block to wash ten times eight, or else what are the kinds of crop failure. However Huoyanshan is different. Saline-alkali soil, after all, no matter how bad it was to the species, but the soil Huoyanshan never grow anything. It was a reddish-brown, and ranges in between the sand and gravel material, harder than the soil over the rock crisp, grip in the hand, coarse in general, and some hot. Barry Long Hill, all such substances. The entire surface of the mountain were covered with a strange folds, such as Shangcuan of the flame, in the burning Zhengwang suddenly solidified, leaving behind a huge dynamic of the Ascension mural. Standing on the Peak, look forward, backward, the same scenery. At the foot of the earth lifeless, like a dry hard red carpet has been extended forward and disappeared in the days of the end. Huoyanshan color is warm, like alchemy furnace inside turned out a brick, that will burn your eyes red, but warm the body and this solidarity is a lonely heart. It is loneliness, because it's too close and the sun endure, but the sun is not myopic. The passage of time, the passage of time, never had a bird flying across this piece of land, have not been here, there is a seed germination, if there are stories, all of the stories have become ashes are unknown. In this piece of bare earth between the sun and red, I am reminded of a person called braggadocio, strode Shu Zhang's big, braving the hot sun poisoning, to an ideal in the vast land of eating does not go to sleep three years, the thirst on the road. Top of the hill, the sun and the sky seem to head Especially in the past, lying on top, feels like a dead fire dragon lying in the back, it was burnt the body appears to bearing witness to a desire, and desire to hear this, only the cotton the same clouds, day after day, drifting away from its spine.
Huoyanshan there is a place, called "Quan", any travel magazines, they have failed, only the locals know. It Huoyanshan of a hillside near the Grape Valley, surrounded by there is no sign, only a narrow winding path and can be reached. The reason is called Quan because Huoyanshan is a place without water. Rain, lakes, groundwater, none, radius of hundred miles, everything is not health, animal extinction. However, in a mountainside, there is a spring, all year round is not dry. Water, in the Gobi Desert is a very precious things, let alone appear in the Flaming Mountains, the most impossible places where there is water. Generations living in the residents here do not know how many wells dug, regardless of digging deep, and has never been hit over the water. No one can explain why there will be a spring, so the locals see it as God's gift Fengruo gods. If family members are sick, drank it to cure, if passed by here, the locals were mostly at the Mountain scoop Yipiao close by her, as sacred objects, in order to preserve their peace. Huoyanshan on this there is no way I Natiao narrow winding path down the mountains, looking for the exit legendary Quan. Because there is no signs, mountain roads are difficult to distinguish faint, go to the mountains did not find my heart for the authenticity of the legend had doubts that the countryside is nothing but talk, not serious, but the heart, after all, sorry. Unexpectedly, down the mountain heard a friend cried out in excitement, "found! Found! In here." I hastily slide down steep slopes, obtained Ashen, near to a look, day, really a spring! Around the red brick in a pond, about 1 meter square, but also one-meter deep pond, floated a bailer, is broken open or half-gourd to do. Water clarity bottomed out, full of a pool, although not chug out of the risk, but it is definitely running water, full of vitality, microwave waves. It is with sincere heart, use it to wash the hands and face, like anywhere in the world, like a spring of water, cool, delicate, silky. This small Yigu springs, no head no tail, silently, in this huge Red Hill, it is, can easily be overlooked, is really found, but also seems unbelievable. Huoyanshan is a pity can not see the land, but rather has been fire and the ashes of the fire to dry the earth, walking in the above, human insignificance and hopelessness are according to a clear picture, but there is a spring, and when to go too, there Yihong of water on the inside, inexhaustible, have died from the fire dragon's back on the Natiao gurgling gush, like it is not willing to drop of tears, years inexhaustible.
Author: eliao
