On July 6, we left Inner Mongolia and entered Ningxia. The two national expressways, G6 and G7, which are also combined into one in the Inner Mongolia section, parted ways at Linhe in Bayannaoer. G7 continued westward along the remaining veins of the Yinshan Mountain, and left the Yinshan Mountain in the north of the Alxa League. Entering the no-man's land leads to Xinjiang; G6 goes southwest, along with the Yellow River, and finally crosses the desert, passes through the Wuhai Sea, enters Ningxia in the west, and then climbs the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west. There are two high-speed highways, one is reluctant to part with Yinshan Mountain, and finally leaves, and the other is lingering with the Yellow River, which is inseparable, and finally has to move on to Lhasa. As the saying goes, people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes! I have so much imagination on the road that my brain is wide open. The road is very simple, but the people are the most complicated, haha!
We chose the lingering G6, and arrived in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Province, with more than 300 kilometers, and started a three-day trip to Ningxia. There is a long section of desert in the middle, except for seabuckthorn, almost no grass grows.
Passing by Wuhai, a young city on the road, I didn't free up my hands to take pictures while driving. Wuhai City appeared out of nowhere in the desert and valleys. This city is a mining city. There is a huge mountain range called Table Mountain next to the urban area. In fact, it is a mine rich in iron ore. There is no grass on that mountain, and the mountain is iron-gray. You can see several mines under the mountain, and a large number of large trucks are rushing back and forth. Such a large mountain cannot be mined for generations. No wonder such a city full of high-rise buildings can appear in such a resource-poor desert. It turns out that people have mines! Where there are mines, there is money, so why worry about development!
I chose to go to Ningxia because I had a task to complete, which was Qi Xiaobao’s birthday on July 7th. I originally planned to go camping in the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei on this day. I prepared an astronomical telescope to watch the stars in the desert. Later, I met with the camp After communication, I found out that the desert camp could not provide cakes. In order not to disappoint Qi Xiaobao, who had many expectations for his birthday, he finally changed to Yinchuan. In order to reduce the deviation, he stayed in Kempinski, the oldest five-star hotel in Yinchuan.
Dad Qi knew that Kempinski was a family hotel, but he didn't expect it to be so close! Not only did they send a lot of candy and biscuits to the room when they checked in, but they also registered to give cakes to the children on their birthdays. The respected little customer, Qi Xiaobao, was very happy, and he tasted all kinds of things as soon as he entered the room. I would like to give the hotel a thumbs up here! These days, parent-child travel has become the norm. Everyone wants to live comfortably and with high quality when taking their dolls out. The market demand for five-star hotels and boutique B&Bs is still great among family customers. I hope that more star-rated hotels will Can be more parent-child.
In the blink of an eye, Qi Xiaobao had tasted all the sweetness, counting all the sweets with his taste buds.
A small tent is set up in the parent-child theme room, which can just silence the "One Hundred Thousand Whys" for a few minutes!
Dreaming of Zhenbei Castle and Journey to the West
On the second day, we walked to Zhenbei Fort. The Western Film and Television City of Zhenbei Fort was built on the ruins of the city wall of Zhenbei Fort. It is famous because a series of well-known film and television dramas were filmed here.
Qi Xiaobao played with an umbrella, and behind him was a mottled earthy city wall. No matter how you looked at it, the background seemed familiar.
Zhenbeibao Film and Television City is composed of two cities, one is Mingcheng and the other is Qingcheng. Mingcheng has become an Internet celebrity check-in place because of the filming of Red Sorghum, Journey to the West, East and West.
Decades have passed since the movie Journey to the West, but the topic is not outdated at all. Walking here, you may often encounter various versions of Zhizunbao or Zixia. Not only are they tall, short, fat and thin, but they may also be of different ages. One was caught on Heifeng Ridge, which is a middle-aged version of Supreme Treasure. It seems that the role of Supreme Treasure played by Master Xing is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, ha ha!
The filming location of Red Sorghum, time travels in a trance, Gong Li was still very young at that time, Lao Mouzi was not old yet, talented man and beautiful woman, but the ending is embarrassing! As a movie scene in the last century, it feels like walking here is easy to reveal your age! Dad Qi was still in a state of anxiety, when a shout came from ahead! Following the sound, I saw a strange woman who was about to pick up the big wine tank, it turned out to be our female man! Qi's father broke out in a cold sweat.
Jiu'er from Red Sorghum was sold by her own father for 100 days, and delivered to her door! In modern times, this business is the buying and selling of women, and it will be punished! Today's "Jiuer" is not cheap, and Qi's father spent his life savings!
The new female shopkeeper of Longmen Inn, our version of gold inlaid jade appeared on the scene
The scene of Tang Monk being tortured, Qi Xiaobao was curious about the iron chain, and Qi’s mother asked Qi’s father to take it quickly, but this scene was so familiar that Qi’s father blurted out: "Humans and goblins are born by mother, they are different. People are fucking people, and demons are born of demons." The lines in Journey to the West are too high-level, embarrassing!
The sun is scorching hot, the surface temperature is off the charts, Qi's mother is still enthusiastic, and Qi's father is too hot to live! Strange to say, in our family, northerners are afraid of the cold, and southerners are afraid of the heat, so they don't care about the tune! Awkward! Awkward!
Qi Xiaobao's interest has faded, and Qi's father has no choice but to attract him with monsters. The wreckage of the rhinoceros outside Mingcheng has a nose like a pig, horns on the head, and a huge figure! It is said that the sculpture was made according to folk legends about the great earthquake in Ningxia during the Qianlong period. It is said that the earthquake caused Zhenbeibao to crack, and a giant rhinoceros skeleton appeared in the cracks. A military doctor in Zhenbei Fort judged that this was a dragon bone, which could be used as medicine, and then it was divided up, leaving no hair left! This sculpture is placed here to pray for the earthquake, and everyone has good wishes!
Qi Xiaobao put on the posture of a strong man, digging the nostrils of this divine beast with both hands, as if he was dragging the divine rhinoceros. Isn't this posture a bit cruel!
It's too hot, I just thought about going here, but I didn't think about it being so hot, the sun is crazily scorching the earth, walking on the ground feels like being grilled on the stove.
As soon as he said that he wanted to withdraw, Qi Xiaobao was the first to rush to the front, and the children were always the most pragmatic.
Quickly escaped from the "over-enthusiastic" Zhenbei Fort, it was too early to return to the hotel, Qi's father temporarily decided to take Qi Xiaobao to the Ningxia Museum, at least for the government's appearance, it must be cool if it is not bad for money! hehe!
Ningxia Museum
Qi Xiaobao, who fell asleep, was very happy when he heard that he was going to the museum!
The cultural relics in the collection of Ningxia Museum are mainly excavated cultural relics, among which the Xixia period is the most distinctive. This stone carving Lishi Zhiwen support is a cultural relic of the Xixia period.
The pottery carving is exquisite and magnificent!
The proportions of the figure carvings are decent, and the appearance is exquisite.
This small pottery figurine with a human face and a bird body has a very cute name called Miaoyinniao.
Five-year-old Qi Xiaobao almost ran forward in the museum. He ran out of the whole museum in ten minutes. Qi's father had to run in small steps and followed closely behind. In this way, the trip to Ningxia Museum was hasty. it's over. However, the most important thing is to bring children to participate in the process, and the influence of culture is subtle.
Qi Xiaobao's unexpected surprise
Back in the hotel room, Kempinski Hotel sent the chocolate birthday cake to the room in advance, sweeping away the exhaustion of Qi Xiaobao and Qi’s parents, especially Qi Xiaobao, with light in his eyes, which is the joy brought by food !
After dinner, the fruit cake ordered at the hotel the day before was also received. Qi Xiaobao turned five years old today. May Qi Xiaobao grow up healthily! Happy birthday!
Qi Xiaobao shared the cake with his parents, looking like he has grown up, Qi Xiaobao is today's protagonist. A happy day ended with the family happily enjoying Qi Xiaobao's birthday cake.
Tracing the Western Xia Dynasty at the foot of Helan Mountain
On July 8, today's highlight is the Shapotou Scenic Spot in Zhongwei, which is more than 200 kilometers away from Yinchuan. There is the end of the Tengger Desert, and it is also a specially planned itinerary for Qi Xiaobao's birthday.
Since the desert area will be very hot during the day in summer, Dad Qi decided to go to the Xixia Mausoleum during the day, and then enter the desert when it is cooler in the evening.
Xixia Mausoleum is located at the foot of Helan Mountain, backed by Helan Mountain which is more than 200 kilometers away, and in front of it is the meandering Yellow River. It is difficult to find another place that can match this Fengshui.
The Xixia Dynasty was a regime established by Dangxiang people in the northwestern region of China. It called itself Bonnie Dingguo or Dabaigaoguo. Because it is in the northwest, it is called Xixia. In the early stage, it stood side by side with the Liao and Northern Song Dynasties, and in the later stage, it stood side by side with the Jin Dynasty. In the end, after more than ten years of tug-of-war with the rising Mongolia, he was finally defeated by the Mongolian army led by Genghis Khan himself in Heishui City. Genghis Khan Temujin also died of illness here. Finally, the Mongolian army carried out a retaliatory massacre against Xixia, and the Xixia Kingdom fell. The Xixia Kingdom has experienced ten emperors and enjoyed the country for 189 years.
The tombs of the Xixia kings are lined up under Helan Mountain. Among them, the best preserved and largest is the mausoleum of the founding emperor Li Yuanhao, which is the No. 3 mausoleum in today's Xixia Mausoleum site.
No matter how wonderful the history is, it has nothing to do with Qi's mother. Qi's mother only has beautiful scenery and photos in her eyes. Come on, this mound is not bad! shoot!
Mausoleum No. 1 and Mausoleum No. 2 have the same height and size. They are the mausoleums of two Xixia kings before Li Yuanhao. They are now called Shuangling.
The shuttle bus only goes back and forth between the museum and the No. 3 Tomb. From the No. 3 Tomb to visit other mausoleums, besides walking, there are also bicycles and battery cars that can be rented. These two rental points are outside the No. 3 Tomb. In Helan Mountain in summer, you can feel the heat blowing towards your face. It is not too much to say that the buns are baked, because the wind is also hot, and it seems to have a burnt smell. Qi's father decided to rent a battery car, walked around and left quickly.
Let Qi Xiaobao, who was too hot to get out of the car, speak for him. This kid has suffered a lot today. The heat at the foot of Helan Mountain can be described as steaming hot.
There are armed helicopter formations flying over in the sky. This should be the training ground of the Lanzhou Military Region. From ancient times to the present, the foot of Helan Mountain has always been related to the military.
Cross Helan Mountain
From Xixia Mausoleum in Yinchuan to Zhongwei Shapotou, we need to take National Highway 307 to Provincial Highway 218. This section of 307 has to pass through the Helan Mountains, which creates conditions for us to experience Helan Mountains at a closer distance.
In ethnic minority areas, the standard of national highways is close to high-speed, whether it is Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang or Ningxia now, this is the case. From this, we can get a glimpse of our country's ethnic policy and how happy it is to be a minority in China Especially when we walk through no-man's land, all we see are high-level roads, the kind of avenues facing the sky, and which country can build such good roads for places with almost no economic value? Westerners may not know much about this, and they always use those things in their own experience to suspect and imagine.
National Highway 307 passes through Helan Mountain. There is almost no vegetation in Helan Mountain, which may be related to the rocky nature of her mountain.
Helan Mountain is more than 200 kilometers long and 60 kilometers wide. There are good roads, and it is very easy to cross Helan Mountain.
Not long after we came out of the mountain, we saw a large desert in the distance, and we were almost at the desert.
At the edge of the desert, sand dunes have appeared on both sides of the road.
On the side of the 218 provincial road, a group of camels graze here, the first time I saw a group of camels grazing
In desert regions, the camel is undoubtedly the highest status among domesticated animals
Chasing wind in Tengger Desert
We arrived at Shapotou Scenic Area at 5:40 in the afternoon, and the scenic spot stopped entering at 6:00. We almost stepped on the spot
The hometown campsite of the stars is in the Shapotou Scenic Area, and you need to buy tickets for Shapotou to enter. The distance from the gate of the scenic spot to the desert camp cannot be entered by private cars, and a car from the camp is required to pick it up.
Arriving at the campsite in the hometown of the stars, this welcome card is a bit interesting, "It's better to chase the wind than to wait for the wind." Yes, take the initiative to fight for it, and what you get is the beauty you can grasp! If you want steady happiness, don't hesitate, even if you don't succeed, it means that you have made due efforts for it, and you have no regrets!
Although it was close to sunset, the sun was still hot on his body. Dad Qi was lucky that he did not come early. The desert is the most beautiful time near dusk, and the setting sun shines on the tents in the camp, making it even more beautiful! If there is no human element in the scenery, it is just a scenery. With traces of people, it becomes a scenery.
The desert under the sunset really feels like a lonely desert
Mommy Qi didn’t let go of the opportunity to take a photo. Before the formal pose, Dad pressed the shutter of the phone. Sometimes taking pictures doesn’t need to be so complicated. Sometimes just grabbing a random moment can be perfect and the composition is good. It's half the battle.
Qi Xiaobao is not interested in the beautiful scenery, and plays with the sand that he longs for. This is the purpose of Qi Xiaobao coming here all the way. How do you feel that this can be done right at your doorstep? Awkward!
The weather is fine, so I quickly took a few photos for Qi's mother. The "tempting" eyes that Qi's father asked for turned into rolled eyes in Qi's mother. Fortunately, the eyes are big enough and the foundation is good enough! Some people are willing to listen to good words, so we can only do what they want! It's hard being a man! hehe!
The sunset on the desert, the moment the sun sinks into the sea of sand, is the easiest to feel a faint sense of loneliness. The scene of the setting sun is so easy to make people feel lonely, otherwise there would not be so many poems describing the sunset, such as The phrase "When the sun goes down, the heartbroken man is at the end of the world", just a few words, can describe the loneliness.
Qi's father was brewing rich emotions. Qi Xiaobao came up from the sand dunes with a yell, dragging a sandboard in his hand. This yell brought Qi's father back to the lively reality. With this little guy, Qi Dad doesn't deserve to be alone! coming!
The sun fell into the long night, and took away the light by the way. When the sun faded away, the desert camp became the home of the lights. In the endless night, the tents dyed by lights looked like crystal clear crystals. The desert night, It's too beautiful for words.
Perhaps it was due to the characteristics of the tent camp. Most of the people who came to camp for the night were quite excited. It was almost two o'clock in the morning, and there were noises of children and chatting with adults. It seemed that there would be no sleep tonight.
Mimi stared like she was asleep, and it was four o’clock. It felt like the sky was bright, the tent was not shaded, and the outside seemed to be bustling. It felt like the camp hadn’t fully fallen asleep, but was awakened by the sun. Dad Qi opened the door of the tent, and the sun Having climbed the sand dunes to the east of the camp, I can't wait to spread the unripe light to the desert.
The warm sunshine awakens the tenderness of the desert. In the change of light and shadow, the desert stretches a perfect curve.
It was Qi Ma who woke up earlier than the sun. As long as she can be beautiful, most women can work hard, including Qi Ma. In order to take advantage of Qi Xiaobao's deep sleep, Qi's mother slipped out to take a few more beautiful photos of the desert, got up early to wash up, and waited for the photographer, Qi's father.
As a cheerful person, Qi's father did not disappoint Qi's mother's love, and a series of morning songs was born.
The desert under the first rays of sunlight in the morning is more like gentle waves
The wind danced a dance with the desert, leaving countless lines
No matter how beautiful the time is, you can catch it all in one go
As long as you feel it with your heart, time and wind have traces of her passing
The temperature in the desert varies greatly, and it is cold at night. As soon as the sun comes out, the temperature immediately soars. It feels like going from one extreme to the other. Tent campsites should plan their time well, come when it is time to come, and evacuate decisively when it is time to evacuate. Although Qi Xiaobao was still thinking about it, we decided to evacuate immediately. We left the desert at around 9:00 am.
The Jiuqu Yellow River is thousands of miles of sand, and it is not just Qi Xiaobao who misses the Tengger Desert. Qi's mother has already begun to think about when she will come again next time.
In Qi Ma's very ceremonial desert dance, we ended our trip to Ningxia in the northwest. Ningxia brought us not only the scorching heat, but also the profound history and graceful scenery. There is a sentence on the road sign in my hometown, "It is better to chase the wind than to wait for the wind to come." We continue on the road and continue to chase the wind.
Next stop, Qinghai Lake. We will start the 8-day clockwise circle around Qinghai Lake, stroll along the Qinghai Lake, visit Chaka Salt Lake, the mirror of the sky, walk through the desolation of Dachaidan to feel the desolation of the west, and listen to the wind of history in Dunhuang!
