In the hot summer, when I visited Yinchuan, I was fortunate enough to go to the Moon Lake in the Tengger Desert, which is 100 kilometers to the northwest. For the first time, I experienced the vast desert and the precious lake water and tenacious life in the vast desert. Starting from Yinchuan, follow the S218 line from Yinchuan to Bayanhot, cross the Helan Mountain and Ming Great Wall between the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the Yinchuan Plain, turn to the country road leading to Moon Lake according to the roadside signs, and pass a total of two In about an hour, you will arrive at the entrance of Moon Lake Scenic Area. I thought that the journey across the mountains and across the Gobi desert would be very difficult, but I didn't expect that the roads and trails are all flat and smooth, without bumps and bumps.
Tengger means heaven in Mongolian. The Tengger Desert is located between the southwestern part of Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the central border of Gansu Province. With a total area of about 43,000 square kilometers, it is the fourth largest desert in China. The place we came to is the northern part of the Tengger Desert, which belongs to the Alxa Left Banner of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The destination is Moon Lake in the depths of the desert. There is actually a quiet and bright lake in the hinterland of the desert, which is tempting and fascinating enough. From the gate of the scenic spot to Moon Lake, there is still a thrilling 30-minute sand-flushing journey. Transfer to the sand jeep in the scenic spot, climb, dive, hang and fly among the undulating sand dunes on the slope of 60 to 70 degrees, and the fun is frightening and yelling. The dialogue between man and nature has never been just tenderness. In Tengger, you will experience it as promised. It's a pity that the master will not stop the car halfway, so I can't bring you back the visual experience, so let me bear it silently in my heart.
1. The Great Desert of Tengger
I have seen a lot of sand, but when you go deep into the desert, the sight of the sea of sand is still breathtaking. The boundless sand dunes, the sand patterns carved by the strong wind and the small wind, and the sand dunes with different colors of light and dark shining under the sun... .
2. Moon Lake in Tengger
Moon Lake is the only original ecological lake with a coastline among the many lakes in the Tengger Desert. It is 3 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide. It is named Moon Lake because it looks like the moon. Standing on the commanding heights of the surrounding sand dunes, you will also find that the shape of the lake is very similar to a Chinese map, and it is also known as the Chinese Lake.
Half of Moon Lake is a freshwater lake and half is a saltwater lake. The lake water contains more than 10 kinds of minerals and trace elements such as selenium and iron oxide, and has great purification ability. mm, but the lake water not only did not decrease, but increased. All the water in Moon Lake comes from underground springs. It is said that the snowmelt water seeping into the ground from the distant Qilian Mountains gushes out here when it encounters an address fault.
3. Tengger's tenacious life
On the shore of Moon Lake, this wall of confession is erected to warn people that the ecology here is so fragile. Although life is everywhere, in a deteriorating environment, life is very easy to die or even be destroyed. When you come to enjoy the gift of nature , We must treat nature well, protect nature, and give back to nature.
