Journey to the West__Travel Notes
Where did the author go: Western Xia Royal Tomb → Zhenbei Fort Western Film and Television City → Helan Mountain Rock Paintings → Xixia Customs Park
On April 10, 2019, the Qingming Festival was rainy and everything was gone, the sun was shining brightly for an outing, the distress and injury were blown away by the wind, and the mood was relaxed and the spirit trembled. Today is a rare trip with friends and a group of four to understand different cultures and appreciate different scenery. This is a different experience for me. It may be because I am a bit of a housekeeper and always like to stay quietly. This time is a rare trip for me. In one day, we will go to the mysterious Xixia Dynasty - Xixia Style Garden, Mysterious Pyramid - Xixia Mausoleum, Oriental Hollywood - Zhenbeibao Western Studios, and the art gallery of Chinese nomads - Helan Mountain rock paintings. I think it should be a wonderful trip, and I can also feel the shock of different cultures.
First stop: Xixia Style Garden
Tickets: 60 yuan / person
Our first stop was the Xixia Style Garden. Ningxia Xixia Style Garden is located at the foot of Helan Mountain, simple and quiet. Walking into the scenic spot, you can feel the historical atmosphere of the Xixia Dynasty. Visitors can see the complicated Xixia characters, appreciate Xixia pottery, or stroll in the style streets, market streets, and Zhaibao with Xixia construction characteristics. In addition, there is also a magnificent Xia Liao "Battle of Hequ" live performance, which reproduces the glorious history of the Xixia Dynasty through fierce battle scenes.
The buildings in the park condense the essence of Xixia architecture. There are majestic royal buildings and leisurely wooden cottages in the forest by the lake. At the same time, you can feel the exquisiteness of Xixia architectural art. The gardens in the garden are exquisite and the scenery is beautiful. There are not only the scenery outside the Great Wall where cattle and sheep appear under the wind and grass, but also the poetic charm of the south of the Yangtze River with small bridges and flowing water.
The shocking horse station performance allowed us to appreciate the heroism of Xixia men, and also let us understand the historical allusion of the Xialiao Hequ Battle. Here, we seem to have traveled back to the Xixia Dynasty.
Second stop: Western Xia Royal Tombs
Tickets: 88 yuan / person (including tickets)
With excitement, we came to the second stop, the place known as the "mysterious pyramid" - Xixia Mausoleum, to appreciate its mysterious style.
The tombs of the Western Xia Dynasty are often mysterious. If you want to fully understand the history of the Western Xia Dynasty, you should start with the museum. The museum will be equipped with an independent commentator. If you are interested in the Western Xia Dynasty, you may wish to listen to the commentator's explanation.
The Western Xia Royal Mausoleum is one of the largest and most complete imperial cemeteries in China, and it is also the largest existing cultural site of the Western Xia Dynasty. The tombs of the Xixia kings constitute a unique form of Chinese cemetery architecture, so they are also known as the Oriental Pyramid. If you want to find a sentence to describe the Xixia Royal Tombs, then this sentence is perfect: look at a pile of soil from a distance, and look at a pile of soil up close. Take a closer look, it is exactly the same. If I didn't say this is the tomb of the Xixia king, can you imagine that it is the tomb of the king? I heard that there are no grasses and trees growing on the mounds of the Western Xia King's Mausoleum, and the birds do not stay when they fly by, which is really amazing. There are 9 imperial mausoleums in total in the Western Xia Mausoleum, and currently there are 3 imperial mausoleums, and the distance between the mausoleums is far away. You need to travel by battery car.
The Western Xia Royal Mausoleum is located on a strange desert grassland at the foot of Helan Mountain. What is amazing is that the Xixia Mausoleum has been built for nearly a thousand years, and Helan Mountain has experienced countless flash floods. However, along the Helan Mountain line, only the Xixia Mausoleum area has not been hit by flash floods. What is the reason? It is still a "mystery". Only in the mausoleum of the Xixia kings can one realize the so-called: Talking about the rise and fall of Xixia.
Coming out of the Xixia Mausoleum, I fell into his mysterious Xixia Dynasty for a long time. The incomprehensible words and the existence of nearly two hundred years made me want to find out. With this huge mystery in mind, we went to our third stop.
The third stop: Zhenbeibao Western Film City
Tickets: 80/person
Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City is known as "Oriental Hollywood". The two ruins in the city have been processed and polished by art, and have since turned into treasures. The desolation has been decorated with culture into a spectacle, and stones have been turned into gold. The ancient castles of Ming and Qing Dynasties interpret the legend of Chinese light and shadow. Zhenbeibao Western Studios was originally a primitive castle. On this basis, it was built and developed to maintain the original strange, majestic, desolate, tragic, dilapidated, decaying and undefeated scene of the castle, and carve out its desolation. It retains its special aesthetic value and allows film artists to fully display their imagination and creativity in this western scenery.
And everything we see comes from one person, Zhang Xianliang, who started literary creation as early as the early 1950s when he was in middle school. He immigrated from Beijing to Ningxia in 1955, first as a farmer and then as a teacher. In 1957, he was classified as a "rightist" for publishing the poem "Great Wind Song" during the "Anti-Rightist Movement" and was sent to the farm for "labor reform" for 22 years. In 1979, after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he was rehabilitated and his reputation was restored. After writing again, he created novels, essays, reviews, and movie scripts. He became one of the important contemporary Chinese writers and served as chairman of the Ningxia Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Founded Zhenbeibao West Film City, three-dimensional literary works, a street in Old Yinchuan, novel creation, collectors, calligraphers, and life-saving operations.
Coming to Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City let us feel the original appearance of the Northwest, which is more simple and real. It is this authentic scenery that can make many films that have won international awards. Here, Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan stood out, Jiang Wen stretched out his hands to win the "Hundred Flowers Award" in his pants, Gong Li jumped into the ranks of the world in the sedan chair of "My Grandma", comedian Ge You also made his debut here, and Chen Daoming , Zhou Lijing, Xie Tian, Liu Xiaoqing, Siqin Gaowa, Lin Qingxia, Wang Fuli, Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Shi, Wang Yumei, Zhao Yazhi and other film and television stars have left their figures and footprints here.
In the Huaxia Western Film and Television City, known as "Oriental Hollywood", more than 50 film and television dramas have been filmed, including "Red Sorghum", "A Chinese Journey to the West", "New Dragon Inn", and Wen Rui'an's martial arts classic "Naishuihan" .
Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City is mainly composed of Qingcheng, Mingcheng and Laoyinchuan Streets. It really surprised us and sighed. We were surprised by its existence and lamented that it is always enthusiastic, yellow sand is flying all over the sky, and it allows me to enter instantly. In the role, I have had enough addiction.
Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City fulfilled my movie dream. Scenes of movies flashed through my mind. I think it was an unforgettable experience.
Fourth Stop: Helan Mountain Rock Paintings
Tickets: 70/person
In the car, after reminiscing about the film touched my heart, we also came to the last stop "Art Gallery of Chinese Nomads" Helan Mountain Rock Paintings.
Helan Mountain Rock Paintings is an art gallery of Chinese nomads. Tens of thousands of ancient petroglyphs have been discovered at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, which record the life scenes of ancient humans grazing, hunting, sacrificing, fighting, entertaining and dancing, copulating, etc., as well as sheep, cattle, horses, etc. , camel, tiger, leopard and other animal patterns and abstract symbols, revealing the cultural connotation of primitive clan and tribal nature worship, reproductive worship, totem worship, and ancestor worship. treasure house.
Among the many Helan Mountain petroglyphs, what needs special attention is a rock painting of the "Sun God". There is also a petroglyph museum in the scenic area that can be visited. The museum mainly consists of replicas and photos of petroglyphs, and there are not many genuine ones. I have to lament the wisdom of ancient humans. All their emotions are displayed, so that what we can see today, understand and learn from the life and beliefs that originated thousands of years ago. The art form of the picture is rough and vigorous, the composition is simple, the posture is natural, and the realism is strong. Portraits of people accounted for more than half of the total. Followed by cattle, horses, donkeys, deer, birds, wolves and other animal graphics.
The portraits of people are simple and strange. Some heads have horns, some have feathers, and some wear pointed or round caps. The petroglyphs depicting women, some wearing headdresses, and some wearing hair buns, are elegant and elegant, reproducing the ancient women's pursuit of beauty thousands of years ago. Some have big ears, high noses and hairy faces, some have bones in their mouths, and some have striped or curved lines on their faces. There are also several facial features resembling a standing human figure with bent arms, legs spread apart, and a long knife at the waist, showing the image of a totem witch.
The composition of animal graphics is rough, vivid and lifelike. There are running deer, blue sheep with protruding horns, galloping horses, dogs wagging their tails, figures of flying birds and beasts, pictures of some human hands and the sun, and scenes of primitive religious activities .
I think such an art gallery with such a long history should be seen by more people to understand and experience the life beliefs from ancient humans. Whether it is natural landscapes or ancient rock paintings, people will have different feelings.
It’s been a different day to experience this way. Although a little tired, we have felt the different style of the Northwest, whether it’s the shocking horse war performance (Xixia Customs Park Tourist Scenic Spot), the mysterious oriental pyramid (Xixia Mausoleum), let China The Eastern Hollywood (Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City) where movies go to the world, and the art gallery (Helan Mountain rock paintings) that reflect the Chinese nomads are all amazing. Such a fulfilling and hard day made me feel that the Great Northwest is a place that makes people linger and forget to leave.
