2019.8.10 When the typhoon approached Shanghai, our international flight with the final destination of Madrid was only delayed for half an hour when most of the flights were cancelled.
The first stop in Xi'an is the office of the Eighth Route Army. Dong Biwu, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping all worked there. Under the eyes of a large number of Kuomintang spies, they sent more than 20,000 young students to Yan'an, and they worked hard.
The Bell and Drum Tower is so famous. There is a story that fascinates me—a long time ago, Qinchuan was a vast ocean for eight hundred miles. The source of the sea water is a spring in the place of the Bell and Drum Tower. In order to give the common people peace and happiness, the gods came and locked a tortoise on the spring, and built a bell and drum tower to hold it down. It is said that in the dead of night, at the base of the wall of the Bell and Drum Tower, you can still hear the sound of the waves of the sea and the snoring of the sleeping tortoise. My ears didn't work, I didn't hear.
Stay at Empark Grand Hotel in the evening.
2019.8.11 27 years ago, I visited the Terracotta Army. Now, except for Pit No. 1, I still recognize it, and I have never seen the others.
The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses is crowded with people. I was sweating, and on the chest of the dark blue T-shirt, I drew a wonderful picture with white lines. After listening to the tour guide's introduction, I feel that Baidu's relevant description is so pale.
The area of Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum is equivalent to 73 Beijing Forbidden City, or 2 Macau. The terracotta warriors and horses in the three pits excavated now are only the peripheral troops of the imperial mausoleum, including the special forces in the No. 3 pit. Due to the limitations of existing technologies, the entire development work can only be said to have just started. Interestingly, the farmers in the village where the terracotta warriors and horses were discovered in 1974 have already lived in villas and engaged in business after being resettled by the government. On the couplet in their house it is written: Turn over and never forget the Communist Party, getting rich depends on Qin Shihuang. The horizontal inscription is: Thanks to Lao Yang (that is, the person who discovered the terracotta warriors).
In the afternoon, visit Huaqing Palace and visit Lishan Mountain by cable car. Looking at the tall beacon tower, it is amazing. King You of Zhou smiled to win praise, "beacon fire opera princes"; Tang Minghuang was Concubine Yang, "the king will never go to court early"; Edward VIII of England who did not love the country and beauty, and "I would like to abandon my property and go to herd sheep with her" , Wait, history is so romantic and wonderful because of these stories. That "beautiful woman is a disaster" point of view is a bit poisonous. Women are beautiful, what is the crime? !
▲Huaqing Royal Soup
2019.8.12 There is a Daci'en Temple in front of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. More than 1,300 years ago, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built for the needs of Tang monks to collect treasures brought back from the Western Regions and to translate scriptures. A poet in the Tang Dynasty said: "The pagoda is like a gushing out, and it towers up to the sky alone." It can be seen how solemn and magnificent the 64.5-meter-high Big Wild Goose Pagoda was in the Tang Dynasty. For thousands of years, people have been looking for where are the so many scriptures brought back by Tang Seng? Where did more than 10,000 relics go? It is said that these treasures may all be in the underground palace of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, but no one dares to touch the cornerstone of this pagoda.
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is in a park, and there is a Shaanxi Museum next to it, no tickets are required. After an earthquake, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda collapsed two floors, cracked as a whole, and remained at 13 floors. Miraculously, after another earthquake, all the cracks in the tower closed up, and even the cracks could not be seen clearly. After repeated research by scientists, it was found that the tower base has the function of self-repair under the action of external force. The wisdom of our ancient architects is really amazing.
Today, our group of relatives and friends ended their journey in Xi'an, arrived in Xining by bullet train late at night, and checked into the San Want Hotel.
▲Bronze statue of Tang Monk at the South Gate of Da Ci'en Temple
▲The Big Wild Goose Pagoda dating back to 1370, also known as the Ci'en Temple Pagoda
▲Small Wild Goose Pagoda, formerly known as Jianfu Temple Pagoda, is more than 1,300 years old
2019.8.13 Kumbum Monastery, Jinyintan Grassland and Qinghai Lake Erlangjian Scenic Area, walk around the three places, and arrive at the hotel after 10 o'clock in the evening. Traveling is also very hard.
Kumbum Monastery is the birthplace of the Yellow Sect in Tibetan Buddhism and the activity center of Tibetan Buddhism in Northwest China, covering an area of 450,000 square meters with a large scale.
When visiting the Jinyintan Grassland, the immortal melody - "In That Faraway Place" has been echoing in my ears. It is here that Wang Luobin composed this famous song in 1940, and has successively composed more than 50 works.
Qinghai Lake is beautiful, and there are golden rapeseed flowers. We went out to sea by yacht and went to the peninsula, only to see the blue sky, white clouds and golden beaches. Walking there, there is a kind of feeling of being suddenly enlightened. The scenery of Qinghai Lake is comparable to that of the bay and beach in Northern Europe.
Overnight at Xiangying Hotel.
2019.8.14 Chaka Salt Lake, together with Kumbum Monastery, Qinghai Lake and Mengda Tianchi, is one of the four beauties of Qinghai, known as the "mirror of the sky". We arrived at noon and missed the most beautiful scenery. This may be the fate of most tourists, because it takes 3 hours to drive from the hotel to the scenic spot. Fortunately, everyone's clothes are brightly colored, and red, green and green silk scarves float from time to time on the white land, beautiful!
In the evening, enter Delingha. The sunny boy who wrote the poem "Facing the sea, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming" wrote a sad poem in Delingha-"Sister, I am in Delingha tonight": At the end of the grassland, I have empty hands, and I can't hold them when I am sad. Hold a teardrop. ... Sister, I don't care about humans tonight, I only think about you. It was this poem that made Delingha famous in one fell swoop. To commemorate Haizi, there is a Haizi museum in Delingha, and Haizi Poetry Festival is held every two years.
In the evening, stay at Senyuan Bayinhe Hotel.
2019.8.15 Emerald Lake, also known as Dachaidan Lake, is a piece of rough jade being carved. She not only has the basic characteristics of Chaka Salt Lake, but also has some characteristics of Jiuzhaigou. There are few tourists, and there is no need to buy tickets. Most travel agencies will not go there. On the one hand, it is relatively small, and on the other hand, they are rushing to Dunhuang. If you go to Emerald Lake, you will arrive in Dunhuang at 9 or 10 o'clock in the evening.
In Qinghai, due to some reasons, almost no foreigners are seen. Compared with other provinces, the basic construction is much behind. In places close to Gansu, WeChat signals are often not received. From Delingha to Dunhuang, due to lack of water, large areas of land are barren and the mountains are almost bare. Environmental protection has a long way to go.
When we entered Qinghai, we spent most of the three days at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. According to the requirements of the tour guide, I did not drink at all. Today in Dunhuang, I drank rice wine happily with everyone. In the words of children: All the way to the west, facing the sea, spring is warm and flowers are blooming. Yesterday, today, tomorrow, we all have to be happy people.
Overnight at Huaxia International Hotel in Dunhuang.
2019.8.16 I have been to the South Wave Valley in the United States, the Devil City in Xinjiang, and the Devil City I saw in Dunhuang today, with a distinctive personality. There are golden lions welcoming guests, peacocks spreading their tails, and sphinxes, which are lifelike; there are also magnificent voyage fleets, which are jaw-dropping. Although the temperature reached 34 degrees, everyone was staggered by the strong wind, and the sand and gravel hit our faces, it was a bit painful, but we were still intoxicated by the uncanny workmanship of the Yadan landform in Dunhuang...
In the Yumenguan Scenic Area, facing a large area of ruins, I have a strong sense of tragedy for the poems of "a lonely city on Wanren Mountain" and "the spring breeze does not pass Yumenguan".
▲Golden lion welcomes guests
▲Sphinx
▲Magnificent ocean-going fleet
▲ Peacock stand
▲The most indispensable thing here is the strong wind. The endless strong wind "carves" the Devil City
2019.8.17 According to the local guide, the Dunhuang fever is only 5 years old for the mainland. Before, they received mostly Japanese and Hong Kong people.
Speaking of Dunhuang, you will think of Yu Qiuyu's famous prose - "Mogao Grottoes". The article has many wonderful descriptions about the history of Dunhuang. When describing the admired tourists, Mr. Yu wrote: "It is reserved because of its beauty, and it is hidden because of its wealth. It insists on making every pilgrim pay for it with long-distance hardships." However, Dunhuang Mogao Is it a bit stingy to open only four grottoes to tourists who come from thousands of miles apart from queuing for nearly 2 hours? Is it missing a little bit of "it's such a joy to have friends coming from afar"?
The sun was only bright for a while, and the wind and sand came again. In the afternoon at Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring, I saw sandstorms for the first time: the yellow sand was covered by strong winds, and it was like a sea of yellow sand. The ridge of Mingsha Mountain is like a blurred focus. I also wore a veil for the first time, what's the use? The whole body is covered with sand and gravel, and the mouth is also yellow sand, which tastes great.
Last month, several friends came to Dunhuang one after another and took cover-level photos in Mingsha Mountain. Today, I would like to show you another side of Dunhuang, the environment in which the people of Dunhuang do a good job in the protection of cultural relics and greening projects; see how difficult the development of the Northwest is.
In the evening, the travel company and relatives and friends celebrated my birthday. This unexpected surprise added festive color to this trip. Thank you my brothers and sisters, and my friends in the family and friends group.
2019.8.18 Just like in the United States, Canada, Northern Europe, Xinjiang, and Qinghai, the scenic spots in Gansu are also separated by hundreds of kilometers. I was on the road for 11 hours today and visited Jiayuguan. It will be past 7 pm in the second scenic spot, and the scenic spot will not sell tickets.
Jiayuguan is one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China along with Shanhaiguan and Zhenbeiguan. It has the reputation of "the most magnificent pass in the world" and is quite well preserved. The most talked about is how tragic the siege and defense of such a tall and thick city wall were.
Gansu's basic construction is obviously better than that of Qinghai. Take the expressway service area as an example. Gansu has basically complete facilities, while Qinghai is quite primitive. Several service stations have no public toilets, and private ones are not clean, and they charge one yuan.
Tomorrow, the road is still far away, but fortunately, the program is exciting and worth looking forward to.
In the evening, stay at Holiday Inn Zhangye Metropolis.
▲The No. 1 Xiongguan Pass in the World
▲One of the three wonders of the Great Wall of my country - Jiayuguan
On the morning of 2019.8.19, the temperature dropped sharply, the sky was gloomy, and there was light rain from time to time. On the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 viewing platforms of Zhangye Danxia Landform, the spectacular scene of colorful Danxia still shocked us. The Creator has created a picturesque scene in the mountains, which is amazing.
On the road across the Qilian Mountains at an altitude of 3,800 meters, two local guides told us about the local customs and customs, which aroused everyone's strong interest. Herding families, don't look at their plain clothes, and they are quite good financially. A sheep can be sold for 1,500 to 2,000 yuan, and a cow can be sold for 7,000 to 10,000 yuan. Those rolling hillsides are the land contracted by one family, and the goats walk leisurely in the green grass. Some of these families, with hundreds of sheep and hundreds of cattle, are definitely big families. So, besides being romantic, the guy who said "I'd like to give up my property and go herd sheep with her" is pursuing a wealthy girl who owns hundreds of sheep and hundreds of cows?
Stay at Menyuan Jieyun Hotel at night.
2019.8.20 It took nearly 11 hours from Menyuan to Lanzhou. Among them, almost half of the time is in the canyon. Due to the rain yesterday, the big river beside the road was muddy. Many stones fell from the steep canyon, some of which were quite large, but luckily there was no danger. There is a good saying: the best scenery is on the road. Looking at the scenery in the canyon reminds me of many small villages in the mountains of northern Europe. The buildings there are patchwork, and the brightly colored small villas are scattered in the green mountains. It's a pity that people here haven't had time to think about these issues. Fortunately, some people have already set their sights on this land, and a construction site like a homestay is under development. It's gold that always shines.
When I went to the Zhuoshan scenic spot, I took the wrong road and the station wagon couldn't pass, so I could only take two photos.
After three consecutive days of long-distance travel, and yesterday's rest at Menyuan, which is nearly 3,000 meters above sea level, everyone is a little tired.
Overnight at Feitian Hotel in Lanzhou.
2019.8.21 Baitashan Park, one of the eight scenic spots in Lanzhou, is an open garden. On the top of the mountain, you can overlook the whole picture of Lanzhou. Three members of our family took the lead, and it took less than 40 minutes from the summit to the descent.
On the tower of Baita Mountain, a group of aunts danced square dances in a circle. There was an old man carrying bottles and jars that he had picked up, and danced wildly among the aunts. The scene was quite warm.
At the foot of Baita Mountain, there is a Zhongshan Bridge, which has the reputation of "the first bridge on the Yellow River". Built by the Germans 110 years ago, it has withstood the test of war and the impact of floods. It is said that on the 80th and 100th anniversary of the bridge, relevant parties in Germany sent letters to the Lanzhou government to remind them of the maintenance of the bridge. Later, Lang Xianping revealed that the German company that built the bridge closed down as early as 1946, so there is no warning. This is similar to the statement that the underground drainage facilities in Qingdao were built by the Germans. Too much to say is not true. Of course, the quality of German products is still good.
In the afternoon, I visited the Gansu Provincial Museum and appreciated all the treasures that appeared in the national treasures. It was a worthwhile trip.
▲A bronze horse from the Eastern Han Dynasty unearthed in 1969, showing the characteristics of the "opposite side step" of the Hexi special horse after training. A first-class national treasure cultural relic, a symbol of the spirit of the Silk Road
▲Human head-shaped pottery vase with mouth, reflecting the head and face decoration of primitive people in the Neolithic Age
▲A majestic bronze chariot and horse honor guard team composed of 38 warriors riding 38 bronze horses, slaves and other vehicles
