foreword
Friends who have been to Xinjiang may be familiar with Yizhao, Qiongkushitai and Baili Gallery, even if they have not been there, they have heard of it. But Jingyi Mudao probably didn't listen much.
The first time I heard this name, it was also mentioned by the head last year. That time, the Xinjiang Hongjiu Brigade also had to cross. It is said that the road is very difficult to walk, but the scenery is beautiful. Don’t miss it. However, due to time constraints, we missed it. For this reason, the head of the family regretted it for a long time, and even made plans to take a trip alone. For this reason, before the children's holiday this year, I did my homework for a long time.
However, the head of the family suddenly said one day: This year, the Hongjiu Brigade will cross Jingyi Mudao again from June 28 to July 2. Decide now to participate. As if God is also helping us, my daughter happened to finish the final exam on the morning of June 28.
Let’s take a look at the brief introduction of Jingyi Mudao:
The "Jingyi Pastoral Road" that crosses the Tuohulasu prairie, that is, the "Dengnuletai Passage" that passes through the Tianshan Mountains on the northern line of the Silk Road (Broken Leaf Road). The shortcut to Tianshan (only 180 kilometers from Daheyanzi to Yining) is the ancient road taken by the Tang army in the early Tang Dynasty to pacify the Western Turks in the "Gongyue City". As far back as the Western Han Dynasty, Xijun and Princess Jieyou married King Kunmi of Wusun Kingdom to Chigu City via this ancient road. Surrounded by mountains and densely covered with mountain streams, it is beautiful and natural. This road is also known as the Tuohulasu Passage because it passes through the Tuohulasu Grassland. This road runs through the mountains and the road conditions are rugged, especially in autumn and winter, when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, it is even more difficult to walk. But in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, those who reached Ili still mainly relied on this ancient road. It was not gradually abandoned until the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1726) after Yili General Agui asked the court to rebuild the old "Taleqi" (Guozigou) road.
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about me
I am a native of Xinjiang. I love traveling and self-driving tours with my family. I don’t like to enter scenic spots. I insist that the beautiful scenery is always outside the scenic spot. I love words. Every time I come back from a trip, I always like to leave written records, but I have kept them privately and never published them. I love photography, but my skills are not good. Fortunately, I have a lover who is on the same path as me, and I can always hit it off. There is a sticky little tail - my daughter, wherever I go, always follow there, and act as my model during the journey.
In addition to the scenic spots introduced by the government, there are more scenic spots hidden in places that are not scenic spots in Xinjiang, and we dig them out with our own meager strength to show you a different and beautiful Xinjiang.
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equipment
1. Mobile phone charging cable, although there is a car charging device, but because of the long time out, you can't just rely on the car charger, so you have to bring a dedicated mobile phone charger.
2. Outdoor charger: This is a must, it can be connected to the electricity outdoors, and it can be hooked up in winter. The key is to connect the 220V voltage directly to charge the camera battery when the camera battery is out of power.
3. Outdoor luggage: it can hold all our outdoor appliances, tableware, etc., and bottled water.
4. Luggage: tents, sleeping bags, moisture-proof pads, cold coats and mosquito repellant.
5. Shooting equipment: Nikon D7000, Huawei mobile phone, etc.
route map
Here's a sketch of the route we're taking.
Day 1: Go to Jinghe
At noon on June 28, as soon as my daughter finished the exam at noon, we immediately embarked on the journey. Today's destination: Jinghe.
Brother Zeng, the captain of the Hongjiu Brigade, has already contacted everyone with the accommodation for the day. Because the people who came to participate in the crossing came from different regions, everyone set off on their own appointments and finally met at Jinghe.
On June 28, Changji entered the high temperature mode. It may be the most correct choice to choose this time to enter the mountain.
The scenery on both sides of the highway is lackluster. However, the mood is joyful, and every trip always makes me excited.
After Wugongtai was transferred to the main force, the riders gathered together and chatted endlessly. You may not have known each other before, but through Dajiu, you have become friends who can talk about everything.
Wait for the first batch of riders and move on.
As soon as the car entered Jinghe, during a short stop, a strong smell of gasoline came over the face, Brother Zeng's car in front also stopped, and several people gathered together. When I asked, it turned out that the auxiliary fuel tank was leaking. After contacting the rescue, Brother Zeng stayed and waited for the tow truck, and we continued to move forward. At this time, the car in front had already left, so we only knew how far to go along the road. Where are you going? I don't know, there was silence on the intercom.
The setting sun sinks into the horizon little by little, the distant mountains are like daisy, and the mountain breeze is cool and refreshing, which wiped away the heat all over us.
Brother Zeng arranged for everyone to stay in a newly opened villa in Jinghe Mountain, and we are also their first wave of guests. Maybe it was the lack of experience in the new car, or maybe there were many more riders than expected, which made the owner of the villa a little overwhelmed. However, because they were full of excitement for the crossing on the second day, everyone's attention was focused on understanding fellow riders.
Da Jiu lined up there imposingly.
Near the early morning, Brother Zeng finally brought the last group of riders here, and we all finished eating. For Brother Zeng's arrival, the riders who had finished eating reorganized the banquet and started to change glasses again.
It was late at night, and except for the roar of the river below the valley, there was silence all around. Although I had entered the tent early, I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep thinking about the road I was going to take tomorrow. My daughter and the head of the family had already fallen asleep. Between half-dream and half-awake, there was a sheep that kept screaming in its sleep. Sometimes it was a big sheep, and sometimes it was a lamb. Waking up suddenly, the cry of sheep could be heard clearly from outside the tent, but it was still pitch black outside. I don't know what time it is, and I can't fall asleep anymore, just listening to the shrill cry of sheep and waiting for the morning sun to light up the valley. Just get up and walk around.
Despite the scorching heat at the foot of the mountain, it was still freezing cold in the mountains at night, but the tent the head of the family bought was not afraid of the cold.
This seems to be the end of a valley, and the road to the front of the villa seems to be over. I really wanted to walk along the road, but I was still a little afraid in the early morning in the silent valley, so I climbed over the fence by the roadside and entered the pasture of the herdsman’s house. Climb to the opposite mountain to shoot the sunrise. However, there is a saying: Wangshan ran dead horse, looked at the nearby peak, but couldn't reach it anyway, decided to give up, just wait here for the sunrise.
Until I returned to the camp, I did not wait for the sunrise. In fact, the sun had already risen elsewhere. Because our place is deep in the valley, it is the last place where the sun reaches.
Day 2: Cross Jingyi Pastoral Road
After breakfast, the riders packed their bags and were ready to go.
After getting Brother Zeng's car back, we turned onto Jingyi Mu Road under the leadership of Jinghe Cheyou. Before coming here, I was prepared for the bumps on the gravel road, but I didn't expect Da Jiu to walk on such a road very smoothly. The front section of the road is relatively desolate, and there is no scenery to see. When entering the mountain, the mountain turns green a little bit, and the scenery along the road becomes a little bit more beautiful. Just now the sweltering heat in the urban area was blown by the cool mountain wind, and it has long since disappeared.
Our day is spent in such beautiful scenery and trekking. The eyes are in heaven and the body is in hell, which is the best comment on this day.
That night, we stayed at the Golden Tangnur Hotel in Yining City under the leadership of the riders from the Yili Squadron. The hotel is on the bank of the Yili River. I feel sorry that I did not attend the dinner arranged by the Yili Squadron for some reason, which failed the good intentions of the riders.
When I was about to walk the next day, I realized that I should go to the Yili River not far away to take pictures, but looking at the place not far away made me run for a long time without seeing the river view, so I gave up. It is the first little regret of this trip.
Day 3: Crossing the Tianshan Mountains - Walking through Yizhao
Yizhao Highway is a section of the s327 route. Because this route is also a road across the Tianshan Mountains, it is only opened for three months in a year, so it is called "Little Duku". The most famous one on Yizhao Highway is Baishi Peak. Before I saw it, I thought it was a big white stone mountain, but it was not. The snow on Baishi Peak has not yet melted, and it is shining white in the sun from a distance. The car circled round and round on the winding mountain road. My daughter with motion sickness had already fallen asleep. More and more people go here. The driveway is not wide, and the places where parking is possible are crowded with cars. At first we were able to keep up with the convoy and listen to Mrs. Zeng's report on the road conditions on the intercom, but after a few turns, we lost contact.
Walking on the Yizhao Highway, most of the attention is on the beautiful scenery, but looking back at the road, you will feel dangerous and strange!
When going down the mountain, we kept up with the big troops. After walking for a while, we encountered the daily rain, which was heavy with small hailstones.
Coming down from the mountain, there are many houses with paintings of horses in various shapes on both sides of the road, which may be related to the horse culture here.
Zhaosu is a beautiful small county, and the tourism in recent years has made it popular here. The county town is full of traffic and bustling. Especially in the commercial food street, it is full of cars.
Zhaosu is the hometown of Tianma. The horses here are very famous, and the Tianma Festival is held every year. I really wanted to see the galloping horses, but I didn't make the trip after all.
I always remember Zhaosu's rape blossoms in my heart. After eating, everyone discussed the itinerary and went out again. Both sides of the road are full of various crops, which is the season for their growth. Occasionally, there are one or two fields of rapeseed among the crops, but the flowers are not fully bloomed.
However, I missed the rape blossoms and the army horse farm.
Kill all the way to Gordon Monument.
The Gordon Stele bears witness to a decisive battle. In February 1755 (the 20th year of Qianlong), Qianlong sent troops to put down Dawaqi, the leader of the Mongolian nobles in the Junggar tribe who continued to split the motherland under the instigation of Tsarist Russia and engaged in armed rebellion. I used to think that Dawaqi and Qianlong’s son-in-law could be related, but after I came back and searched the history, I found out that it was a fabrication in the film and television drama, and it was not the son-in-law, but the brother-in-law (the queen mother’s favorite in "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace") Daughter, was married to Dawaqi, although Qianlong finally took back his younger sister and wiped out Dawaqi, but the brother-sister friendship was finally broken). In history, only Kangxi's daughters were married to Mongolia, and only Princess Gulun Rongxian was involved with Zhungeer, who was also the historical prototype of Lan Qier in the TV series. But it has nothing to do with Qianlong's pacification of Dawaqi. Think about it, in a feudal society, marrying a princess as a wife would put a lot of pressure on the son-in-law of the lord of a country, whether it is a father-in-law or an uncle, unless he is not very powerful, or he is wholeheartedly attached to him, otherwise, it is impossible to say One day this father-in-law or uncle may come to kill you. But no matter who killed who, the one who was finally injured was always the married princess who sacrificed for peace. However, the development of history always advances and develops as one destroys the other.
The inscription written by Emperor Qianlong is in this temple-like building. Unfortunately, the erosion of wind and rain has made it impossible to see any words on one side of the monument, while the characters on the other side are faintly legible. For protection, the iron fence outside The door was also locked, as if an ancient spirit was imprisoned inside.
After crossing this building, we can walk down the mountain until we reach the junction of the two countries. We have only descended halfway up the mountain. Although we are curious about "foreign countries", we are still willing to be in our own motherland.
I originally wanted to walk along the border to Xiata, but because I didn't have a border permit, I had to give up. On the way back, the head of the family turned the steering wheel into the field on the side of the road. Let us harvest unexpected beauty.
Twilight is coming in the Mercedes-Benz, the lights in the rearview mirror are like pearls, strung together by the winding mountain road into a string of the most beautiful necklaces, winding and circling in the mountains...
Finally arrived in Turks.
Coming out of the field, the fellow riders had already asked a friend to book a hotel for us in Tekes County, which made our itinerary easier.
Day 4: Qiongkushi Terrace——beautiful human grassland
Before coming, the thing that caught my attention the most during the itinerary, besides the Jingyi Pastoral Road, was the Kesang Karst Cave. I hadn't heard of this scenic spot before. I searched it on the Internet. It turned out that this is the westernmost cave in China. There are various stone mushrooms, stalagmites, stalactites, etc. inside. There is also a glacier (moraine) lake in the scenic area, which is called Green Lake in Kazakh language. Am looking forward to.
When I was approaching the place, I saw the reception area of the scenic spot under construction from a distance. After a short rest, I was stopped at the intersection entering Kesang: "No entry" "Because it is a forest area, for fire prevention!" It is actually a scenic spot The gate is not built yet.
A long time ago, scenic spots like this had no tickets and no shuttle bus, but now more and more scenic spots have begun to build scenic gates in order to collect tickets and shuttle bus fees. On the Internet, I also saw a lot of people complaining about the tickets and interval fares of scenic spots. It was originally a scenic spot that everyone can visit freely, but it was banned and packaged by commercial means, which eventually lost the original meaning of natural beauty. Why not find a way to make the surrounding villagers rich from tourism? Instead of a company or a unit getting rich?
Just like visiting Turks Central City in the morning, you will be charged as soon as you enter the door, 20 yuan per person. I thought you would see some valuable things inside, but found that it only introduced the development and planning of Turks, and the pictures It's not the kind of commemorative old photos, but the kind of modular pictures drawn by computers and some boring data. The only thing to see is the first floor, which is not very big. I thought there would be something worth seeing on the second floor, but when I climbed to the second floor, I found that it was only the top floor of the central building, and I could see all the streets of Bagua City from above. , but not overlooking the entire Bagua City. After we came out, someone said that there was a negative floor, but it was not explained in the explanatory map of the first floor. Don't talk about others, even I, who is usually not very picky, can't help complaining, it's really not worth the money. At most 5 yuan is almost the same.
The eight main streets of Bagua City, each street corresponds to a name of Bagua, but unfortunately I didn’t write it down
We only charge for encircling a scenic spot. Will we go further and further under this model in the future, and will eventually be resisted by everyone? !
Helpless, we had no choice but to turn around and head to Jonkush Terrace.
Driving in the mountains, the scenery on both sides is picturesque. With the windows down, the mountain breeze is cool. The depressed mood dissipated under the cool breeze.
Because everyone's holiday is different, there are only six vehicles with us.
We took a group photo at the viewing platform of the Kuokesu River.
After crossing the Kuokesu River Bridge, it was already noon, and everyone was preparing to rest in the small farmyard by the roadside.
There are flocks of crows in the sky above the courtyard, all the time screaming "Ah! Ah!". Taking advantage of the time of cooking, I went to take a few photos of Dahe.
The water is very turbid, not as clear as the water systems in other places in Xinjiang. It is said that the river water contains various minerals. When I first saw it, I thought it was frozen river water, but it turned out that the color of the water was misleading.
The little girl from the owner of the villa danced a song for us before the meal. To be honest, although I was born and raised in Xinjiang, I still don’t know the difference between this kind of ethnic dance. I don’t know the difference between Uyghur dance and Kazakh dance. the difference. However, no matter what kind of dance it is, the strong sense of music will make people dance to the music unconsciously.
Qiongkushi Terrace is famous for the beauty of the human grassland. The grassland here has soft lines, like sleeping beauties lying on their sides one after another, with exquisite curves, making people unforgettable. However, it is said that the most beautiful human grassland is in the Kalajun Scenic Area, and the Qiongkushitai Village we went to has only similar ones.
When I came back from the grassland, I took these photos:
Here's a look at the clouds over Jonkush Terrace:
Those houses scattered on the prairie, if the finishing touch one by one, add infinite vitality to this place.
Some people say that as long as it is a mountain, the scenery is always the same. However, although it looks like this on the surface, there are always various differences. Otherwise, why would so many people enjoy seeing different mountain views endlessly.
The flowers that bloom on every mountain, the grass that grows on every mountain, and every river flowing down from the mountain, there is always a form that will touch your heart, maybe this is the reason why you fall in love with traveling.
Going further in, you will come to Qiongkushitai Village, which is a famous historical and cultural village in China. It is a well-preserved wooden building complex in the Yili River Valley. However, the road to the village was being repaired and we didn't get there.
No matter how sad we are, we have to bid farewell to this place...
On the same day, under the arrangement of the squadron leader of Changji Squadron, we stayed at Gongliu Yuxiangyuan Hotel.
Day 5: Visit the Baili Gallery, and then go to the independent gallery
Tangbula, which means big seal in Kazakh language, is located in the Kashi River Canyon in Nilek County. There is a ravine in the valley. There are several huge rock blocks on the ridge on the east side of the ravine, just like the jade seal, hence the name.
We walked all the way to Xinyuan, and then turned into Tangbula from Xinyuan. The scenery here is beautiful and pleasant, and Tangbula is also known as the Baili Gallery.
The rapeseed flowers that we didn’t see in Zhaosu, we saw here, not much to say, but pictures to tell everything.
The rapeseed flowers in Nilek are just as spectacular, but I have always been obsessed with the field of rapeseed flowers that can enter Zhaosu.
Due to time constraints, we passed by Tangbula in a hurry, and her flashing beautiful figure was only in my lens.
Driving past Tambula, we embarked on Duku. Duku Highway is famous for its danger, completion and oddity. The construction of this road is of great significance to Xinjiang. Of course, for this reason, many road-building warriors were buried here. Over the years, this road has been highly praised on the Internet, making this road overcrowded. At the same time, the accident rate on this road is relatively high.
No, the car friend who left a day earlier than us had a car accident here. A top-down car, due to the driver's fatigue driving, hit the car friend's car. If it wasn't for the car friend's car to block it Due to the inertia of the collision, the car will inevitably rush down the cliff and cause car crashes and deaths. Fortunately, only the vehicle was damaged, but no one was injured. Also because of this unexpected incident, the first riders spent nearly five hours here until we arrived. Not long after we left the Duku Highway, another van caught fire when it hit a stone pier by the side of the road, injuring two people.
Although the view of Duku is beautiful, you must be cautious when driving.
On the night of July 2nd, we finally came back with the stars and the moon.
Although the itinerary this time is very tense, we have finally completed the main route, which should be the biggest harvest.
Written at the end, food, lodging and transportation during the journey
For friends who want to see the beauty of Ili completely, they must have about ten days. Only in this way can they play each place in detail, and they can also see the beauty of each place.
Of course, if you just love individual places, you should have at least four days. Otherwise, it's still just a matter of flying around.
About eating: The hotels we live in include breakfast, most of which are porridge, milk tea, buns, flower rolls, eggs, side dishes, etc. Most of the lunches are on the road, basically when I have a short break, I just eat it with the convenience food I brought with me. Dinner is basically important, and there are car friends along the way to arrange, just finish eating AA.
Regarding accommodation: there are riders who arrange hotels in advance along the way, so there is basically no worries. The worst thing is that we also have tents as backing. Fortunately, it was used on the first night.
About travel: Xinjiang is really big. As a Xinjiang native, sometimes I have to complain. However, for the beautiful scenery in my heart, no matter how far the road is, it is worth it. If you suffer from motion sickness, please proceed with caution.
