Leave Kuqa County and go to Tarim Populus euphratica Forest Park in Luntai County, where there is the most famous Populus euphratica forest in the country. Luntai County is located at the northern edge of the Tarim Basin at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Here is the largest, most densely distributed, and best-surviving "Tertiary living fossil" in the world-more than 1 million mu of natural Populus euphratica forest.
With the arrival of autumn, hundreds of thousands of acres of Populus euphratica in Tarim Populus euphratica Forest Park in Luntai County, Xinjiang, are covered with a golden coat. The golden Populus euphratica complements the blue sky and the desert. The magnificent scenery is intoxicating, and the picturesque scenery attracts tourists from all over the world. .
From Caohu Township, Luntai County to Populus euphratica Forest Park in Tarim, through the Lunnan Petroleum Base, after passing through a section of desert, the car is speeding on the boundless Taklimakan Desert Highway. into a vast forest that cannot be penetrated by the eyes.
The Tarim Populus euphratica National Forest Park has a total area of 100 square kilometers. It is the largest original Populus euphratica forest park in Xinjiang and the most concentrated area of original Populus euphratica forests in the entire Tarim River Basin.
Populus euphratica forest is a typical desert forest meadow vegetation type in the Tarim River Basin, distributed from the upstream valley to the downstream riverbed. As soon as our car entered the Tarim River Basin, we saw a large area of Populus euphratica forest distributed on both sides of the road.
The Atlas of Populus euphratica Forest Park in Tarim belongs to the desert, Tarim River, primitive Populus euphratica forest in the north-central Tarim Basin, aeolian and flowing water landforms. The desert climate is dominated by temperate continental plains.
After about two hours, we arrived at Tarim Populus euphratica Forest Park in Luntai County, which is more than 400,000 mu. Walking into the gate, you will be greeted by a towering Populus euphratica tree with a thick trunk, which can only be surrounded by five people holding hands. There is a leaf-shaped stand directly in front of the Populus euphratica tree, which says "King Populus euphratica".
Here, even if you don't enter the Populus euphratica Park, being outside the park is enough for you to take pictures to your heart's content. The Populus euphratica here is thick and thick, with a diameter at breast height of 60-80 cm, and the thick one can reach 1 meter. It is common for two or three Populus euphratica to grow together.
We took the colorful train in the park and headed for the depths of the scenic spot. The train shuttles through the Populus euphratica forest. The dense Populus euphratica forest seems to take you into the virgin forest. The branches keep scraping the top of the small train, making a scratching sound. The people in the carriage, through the glass, took out their cameras and mobile phones to take pictures of the scenery outside.
The red willows outside the window are interspersed in the golden Populus euphratica forest, flowing like dyed Idles silk, which looks colorful; You can see everywhere along the road, vigorously growing Populus euphratica, straight into the sky; there are also lodging and semi-lodging , It is intertwined with dead wood and rotten plants everywhere, like an ancient battlefield full of wars and smoke, which is full of infinite reverie.
Many Populus euphratica trees have strange shapes and strange shapes. Populus euphratica has tenacious vitality, and there is a saying that "it will live for three thousand years without dying, die for three thousand years without falling, and fall for three thousand years to be immortal".
The several large lakes seen along the way, and a small river called Qiayang Lake connecting them, may have looked like this thousands of years ago. This small colorful train is a time tunnel. In this virgin forest, it connects beauty and death, prosperity and withering, and tells the story of vicissitudes and dreams, magnificence and tenderness.
Populus euphratica is called "Tokrak" in Uighur, which means "the most beautiful tree". Because of its tenacious vitality, as well as its amazing ability to resist drought, wind and sand, and salt and alkali, people call it the "Desert Hero Tree". Populus euphratica, as well as desert plants such as red willow, Haloxylon, and sandy date, their life is an apocalypse of life.
The Tarim River in Xinjiang has a total length of 2,179 kilometers. It winds in the northern part of the Tarim Basin and is the longest inland river in my country. The Tarim Basin is home to the world's largest primitive Populus euphratica forest, which tenaciously supports an oasis of life in the arid and rainless desert.
Every year from the end of October to the beginning of November is the most beautiful season of Populus euphratica forest. The Populus euphratica forest stretching for thousands of miles on both sides of the Ta River is golden, attracting tourists from all over the world to enjoy its unique beauty.
Both sides of the road are full of vicissitudes, and the tall and strong body of Populus euphratica is either bent and fallen, or roaring up to the sky, or silent, or heroic. Visitors here, in addition to admiration, singing, or silence, there is also infinite admiration for life.
