Among the many grasslands in Yili, the "Nalati Grassland" must be mentioned. It is located in Xinyuan County, about 70 kilometers away from the county seat, and Xinyuan County is about 230 kilometers away from Yili City. Xinyuan County is located in the northwestern part of Xinjiang. The Tianshan Mountains are beautiful in the north, and the Gongnaisi River Valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides in the southeast and north. The terrain is high in the east and low in the west. The three major landforms of hills and mountains. Xinyuan County is a large tourist county. In addition to the most famous 5A-level Nalati Grassland, there are Xinghuagou, Wild Fruit Forest, Gongnaisi Grassland, Baigou and other scenic spots.
There is still a legend in the Nalati Grassland. When Genghis Khan’s Western Expeditionary Army marched from the depths of the Tianshan Mountains to Ili, the mountains were full of wind and snow, and they were exhausted. Passing through the vast grasslands, springs are densely covered with flowing water, as if entering another world. world. At this time, the clouds opened and the sun rose, and the setting sun was like blood. Seeing this scene, the soldiers shouted "Nalati, Nalati", which means "there is the sun, there is the sun" in Mongolian, and this place name has been left since then. Nalati Grassland Scenic Area is located in Nalati Town, a large and mature tourist town. The transportation from Xinyuan County to Nalati Town is very convenient. You can take a regular bus at the county bus terminal, or you can carpool with someone and leave at any time. In the early morning of the next day, the weather was exceptionally strong. Facing the rising sun, we headed towards the sights we were looking forward to. After arriving at the scenic spot, you must take the shuttle bus to the scenic spot you desire. It's late autumn now, and the day I went was October 17th, and some scenic spots in the scenic area have been closed. Like the famous "Snow Lotus Valley", vehicles cannot go up because of the heavy snow. There are very few tourists in the scenic area at this time, and Nalati is overcrowded in summer. According to reports, tens of thousands of people are crowded every day, and it will take you half a day to wait in line. Fortunately, this season is when the car is waiting for people, and we set off when the car is not full. The scenic spots of Nalati Grassland are basically based on three tourist routes: "Aerial Grassland", "River Valley Grassland" and "Panlong Valley". The first stop is of course the most popular and popular aerial grassland. The car kept climbing uphill all the way, and the alpine and grassland scenery outside the car window kept flashing. Snow mountains, grasslands, valleys, deep gorges, streams, forests, etc. all showed the unique features of Nalati.
The name of the grassland in the air is related to its altitude. Grasslands with an altitude of 2,200 meters are rare in the world. After climbing for a while, the car stopped at the highest "Tianjie Terrace", the entrance to the paradise on earth, the boundary between heaven and earth. This is the watershed between the aerial grassland and the valley grassland in the scenic area, and there is a completely different vertical viewing belt on each side. Climbing up the steps and standing at the highest point, looking forward to the continuous snow-capped Tianshan Mountains, it is extremely spectacular and shocking. A wide grassland belt under the snow-capped mountains is covered with blue-yellow pastures, which are still full of vitality against the backdrop of white snow. An avenue stretches infinitely deep into the snow mountain, like a giant dragon lying in the arms of a giant. Looking down at the one that just came up, the grassland at the bottom of the valley and the small town of Nalati in the distance are full of lush autumn. Tianjietai, a fairyland on earth, has infinite scenery in your eyes.
After getting off the Tianjie Terrace, the shuttle bus drove inwards to the "Nomadic Tribe", the core area of the grassland in the sky. This is a service center for tourists' leisure and entertainment, catering and snacks. Most of the service points have been removed now, and only the horse riding point remains. Riding a horse from here can go deep into the foot of the snow-capped mountains, and it takes about an hour to go back and forth. It is a good experience in such a beautiful scenery. This is the world of horses, the world of Kazakhs. "Looking up at the sky and screaming, the clouds are floating for thousands of miles."
The Nalati Grassland is one of the four major river valley grasslands in the world. It is different from the endless Hulun Buir Grassland in Inner Mongolia that we usually say. It is due to the unique natural resources of the Ili River Valley, which forms the multi-layered and diverse grasslands. It has alpine grasslands, valley grasslands, hillside grasslands, meadow grasslands, etc., plus snow mountains, forests, rivers and grasslands. Reflecting each other, its three-dimensional landscape is undoubtedly the biggest feature of the Nalati Grassland. Coming down from the alpine grassland, the shuttle bus took us to "Tawusani" under the alpine grassland, which means "beautiful valley" in Kazakh. This was originally the territory of Wusun Kingdom in ancient times, and there are still many Wusun people left footprint. Looking far away at the snow-covered peaks, the snow-capped mountains are covered with dense forests, and the tall spruces stand tall, like rows of sentries guarding the Nalati grassland day and night. The green rolling hills and flat meadows at the foot of the mountain are intertwined and perfectly combined with each other. The light blue and a little yellow grass and a few small trees inlaid with golden leaves on the hillside set off each other, playing the autumn sonata. The undulating and continuous curves on the river valley grassland look like a woman's graceful body from a distance, which is called "the beautiful buttocks of the human body". The soft and beautiful lines make people imagine and have endless aftertaste. And the million-acre meadow at the foot of the human body mountain spreads out like a huge golden carpet when autumn comes, with fat and strong sheep, cattle and horses wandering back and forth leisurely.
Autumn is a song, autumn is a painting.
Since it is the off-season now, I bought the discount package ticket launched after September 15th in the scenic spot, and the three routes are only 185 yuan. After getting out of the river valley grassland and then switching to another route, take the shuttle bus to Panlong Valley. This is the first scenic ecological model road in Xinjiang. The road of about 26 kilometers is like a giant dragon coiled in the mountains, with overlapping mountains and dense forests. "Colorful Panlong Valley, Nalati drunk in autumn", Panlong Valley at this time is a natural vegetation gene pool, and the mountains and plains are full of forests in autumn. Panlong pine, spruce, birch forest, and red fruit trees compete to bloom, colorful.
Panlonggu's "Wolfing Niugang", Brother Niu is already on his way home.
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