Xinjiang has long been yearning, longing known as "the only Asian country with a Swiss landscape characteristics" of the Kanas. "Kanas lake monster" stories drag on, want to personally see what happens. In 2001, eventually took place in July.
To see the sun shining through the porthole of aircraft wings sparkling light passing the beautiful peaks of Tianshan, Urumqi into a prosperous city, which is a pearl of western China.
First arrived in Xinjiang are not used to be some where in July of the evening is 21:30 Beijing time, the real is completely dark, Beijing nearly eleven o'clock. Perhaps it is precisely because the vast geographical characteristics of China's more than ten years ago, some time in the country and the "daylight saving time" system was eventually canceled.
Travel west to the Changji City, then west to the Shihezi City, there is a large-scale farmers after the Xinjiang People's Liberation Army into an important venue for earnest. The Bay to the Kuitun, and then take the long-distance car being driven. Street scene or the blows of the Cui Cao clumps, or a look see the head of the Gobi, the front end of a long-lasting with no horizon. In the evening arrived in Karamay, it is natural to want a kid together and that the first well known Hu Songhua's "Song of Karamay." Derrick everywhere, "kowtow bug", the high burning flame is not extinguished, everything is immersed in the sunset afterglow of Xiaguang, the picturesque. The new floor was built in large beautiful homes, the middle of a clear, and meandering rivers, did not expect this piece of desert into endless actually featured a brand-new city. Middle of the night look up you can clearly see the Milky Way sky, countless stars drowned my horizons.
After a cold dawn arrived Beitun, linger in the vast Bu Luntuo Fuhai Lake, then ride to the gold-rich northern city of Altay. Here close to the Outer Mongolia, on-street can be seen in large tracts of sunflowers swaying in the wind like a brilliant golden flowers of the. Transfer to Burqin, first run border card, and then rented a jeep bumps six and a half hours finally arrived Kanas.
"Kanas" is a Mongolian, meaning "valley of the lake." Lake elevation of 1374 meters, 24 km north to south, with an average width of 2 km, the deepest lake 188 meters. Shaped like a narrow beans.
Kanas Lake scenic spot of Jiuzhaigou vegetation and climate and is very similar to four weeks is Xuefeng Song Zhi. Full of red pine, spruce, fir and other rare species and large tracts of white birch trees.
AD 1219, Genghis Khan, the rate of carrying hundreds of thousands of armored military counselor Chucai western expedition, when, via Kanas, stationed themselves at this point. Chucai Guanshan while swimming Xing Yan, leaving the eternal Sentences:
Surprisingly, the Western Regions every Gagyeong world situation is not only the letter Dongjun marsh garden side pool a pool of spring water 300 Cheng Cheng-ping
I was standing point sets tough year can still be seen on the former site of the Mongolian military forces of the grand occasion - Ge Jin iron railings, air swallowing thousands of miles, such as tigers.
Kanas "lake monsters"
I asked the local tourist bureau the only ones who know that the so-called "lake monster" is actually a known as the "big redfish" valuable fish species - salmon, Hucho, reportedly the largest up to 10 meters.
According to local herdsmen speaking, horses, camels in the lake water, are often dragged into the water when a big red snapper "dim sum" Over the years, due to pastoralists, and I do not know what things are for, it is widely known that the lake has a "strange."
I boarded the lake elevation of 2030 meters west of the Kazakh special summit opened. Overlooking the beautiful Kanas, although not seen lake monsters may be the way a taste of the Western Regions of plants that have surrounded it Zuozuo forests, clothing, caps the mountain peaks.
Kanas Lake is famous adventure discoloration discoloration lake, water color and sometimes green, sometimes blue, sometimes gray blue, sometimes white, a day variable in several colors, I have seen is really the case. The difference is that with the Jiuzhaigou deep water here, so do not see the lake's pristine Jiuzhaigou charming pleasant feeling.
Some people think that is ever-changing light Huse trick. The cream appeared more in the summer because of the strong melting of glaciers taken off the source of a large number of milk-white powder caused by glacial deposits.
9:30 p.m., in the bright sun shining where I take the boat patrols lake a week, to reach the poles in six Bay. Friendship between the peaks looming high, it is China, Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan to the junction of four countries, which is shaped like a map of China large rooster tail Qiaoqi the highest point position. Lake on the dense forests Jakunen silent, and perhaps a million years have been so it goes silent. Center of the lake when the boat ran, suddenly broke down. The lake is still calm slowly southward movement, but my heart was tense, and proximity to a strong sense of danger. Horrible huge underwater lake monsters perhaps not far away from us a walk it! God bless the United States do not appear inside a large or giant shark prehistoric crocodiles, horrific scenes ... ... Fortunately, YAMAHA engine or a perfect, five minutes after Chuaner and running, fast to escape the vagaries of Kanas Lake.
"Tuva" and villages in the south bank of the lake, there is a small village - Kanas village, inhabited by a Lamaism believe, is zoned for the Mongolian people. But they are actually an ancient and powerful of China's ethnic minorities - the descendants of Twa. Sui and Tang dynasties, was known as the "broadcast all people"; in the Yuan Dynasty also known as the "lost eight people." They said that similar to the Turkic Kazakh language, hunting, pasture for their livelihood. Historically, the Tuva were carried out with tsarist Russia and tenacious struggle, the intruder. Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied their places of origin - Tannu Wuliang Hai, the part of the Tuva who is not willing to yield, then Taogui country. Which one will be living in the Kanas Lake. They are now are living in a Russian-style wooden houses, modeling unique, said originally built by a Russian, and later Zhezhi an exodus of Russians, Tuva people will permanently stay to the inside.
The Kanas has countless cattle, horses, sheep. We often see people not afraid of a small calf, the black dog as large as excited Sahuan run, in the Yan Yan, wild play freely on the grass. Living in wooden huts where the evening is very quiet and just wake up at dawn to hear the windows of huts under the sound of something in the bang Peng, looked through the dawn mist was originally no saddle horses are running in the window root of Malaysia Cengzhao leisurely grazing. 23 eagle in the sky there is always at the Kanas green and tranquil valley circled haughty manner.
Beautiful Kanas, wild valleys, pristine home, soothe the soul of the peace.
