Yutian County, Hotan District, Xinjiang, I will remember that early morning.
The girl who shared the room with me that night was called "One Vegetable". We both got up at 7:30 in the morning and wanted to leave at 8:00 to experience the early morning in the rose field. Unexpectedly, after putting on our makeup, we went downstairs to have a look, and it was raining lightly.
You know, in Xinjiang, 7:30 is equivalent to about 5 o'clock in the mainland. Waiting for the rain to stop resentfully, only then can you have the beauty you see now.
This is the first time I have arrived in Hotan. It takes nearly four hours to drive from Hotan to Yutian County, although it is only over 180 kilometers.
But life is about tossing, in anticipation, there are patches of roses waiting for me.
Yutian County has planted 46,000 mu of Damask roses. Every May, there are large rose fields along the roadside, and the air is filled with the fragrance of roses.
In the early morning, a beautiful Uyghur girl is picking Damascus roses in Adejan Village, Arele Township, Yutian County.
The dew glistened on the flowers and leaves, and the girl's skirt was in the traditional pattern of Adeleth silk. They smile like flowers in my sight, so beautiful.
Yutian's Damascus roses are not ornamental flowers, and they don't bloom densely.
Half-open rosebuds can be dried to make tea, and open rose petals can be extracted into rose essential oil. It is said that 3000-5000 kg of rose petals can only extract 1 kg of rose essential oil after condensation.
Rose essential oil and rose hydrosol made from Hetian roses are holy products for natural skin care, as well as a series of products such as rose sauce.
Sunshine, fragrance of flowers, breeze, singing of birds... Take a pleasant walk in the rose field. Think of that sentence: the world is worth it.
The world is worth it. It is worth living yourself. The love you have been attached to, the places you have been to, and the dreams you have pursued will all complete your life little by little.
I have always felt very lucky to be able to do what I like, go where I want to go, and live so willfully.
"A vegetable" is a new friend I met in Hetian, who lived in a shared room for two nights, and is a girl with a good personality.
After graduating from university, she came to Hetian, Xinjiang from her hometown of Guangxi, and she really admired her that a girl can run so far. It is a pity that time cannot be turned back. If I graduated from university now, I would also like to live in Xinjiang.
We said that we might not see each other again in the future, so we took a selfie to commemorate each other and be safe. However, fate is also difficult to understand, maybe we will meet again?
That morning, as far as the eye could see, everything was beautiful.
The Damascus rose planted in Yutian County first appeared in Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran, and was later introduced to Syria.
Affected by the geographical conditions and natural climate of the Taklamakan region, Damask roses have been greatly improved in fragrance and quality, and have become top-grade roses among migratory rose varieties.
Yutian County vigorously develops the rose industry, forming a complete industrial chain from cultivation, planting, picking to processing, purchasing, and production. Small roses have become one of the important industries for local farmers to increase their income.
"Rose is the flower of wealth." Local farmers get rid of poverty and become rich by planting Hotan roses. I really want to visit the factory that processes roses, but unfortunately this time I was in a hurry.
Spanning more than 5,000 kilometers, I am finally standing here in the Hetian rose field that I have been thinking about.
I know that there are many friends who may not be here in this life. So I used the camera in my hand to record the beauty in front of me and wanted to share it with you.
It's a pity that what can be shared with you is less than one-tenth of what you see.
Roses have always been a symbol of love. My friend said that most of the roses we received in the past belonged to roses.
Damascus rose tea is my favorite scented tea all the time. It has a very special floral fragrance, beautifies and nourishes the skin. I often put a few flowers in the teacup.
The Hetian rose in Xinjiang is the only highland desert rose in the world.
The growth cycle is long, the flowers only bloom once a year, no chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used, and there is no soil pollution. Irrigated with snow water, coupled with the harsh living environment and sufficient sunshine time, making Hotan rose the only organic rose in China.
That day coincided with the opening of the third Yutian Rose Style Cultural Festival in Adejan Village. There were various folk songs and dances on the scene, and local media in Xinjiang broadcast live broadcasts of various local specialties in Yutian.
Among the rose fields, the local people dressed up, sang and danced, creating a festive atmosphere.
The music played by the local uncle is very local and very cheerful.
I remembered seeing a sea of lavender flowers in Yili, Xinjiang, and a sea of clam perilla flowers in Zhaosu. This time, the sea of roses in Hotan added a strong fragrance of roses to my memory of Xinjiang.
