foreword

The holidays of 2020 started very late, at the end of summer and early autumn, at the end of summer, I chose the most popular Northwest region of this year (the vast, boundless and sparsely populated), or considered the unpopular among the popular ones, and chose Yinchuan instead of New Zealand (Xinjiang) Xining, Lanzhou), the original purpose was just to relax and walk around, but walked into ancient times, stepped into the desert, and entered another world.

The itinerary is arranged according to the route of the travel agency, private small group, one car and one driver (Yinchuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan):

Itinerary 1: Shahu/Zhenbei Fort

When I first arrived in Yinchuan, Shahu Lake was the first scenic spot. It was still very shocking. The camels in the desert are vast and endless, and the drizzle does bring a strange combination of rain and mist in the south of the Yangtze River and the vast desert.

The sand slope changes with the wind, and the side facing the wind is smooth and steep, which makes people have an urge to slide down directly. Looking at the scenery of aunts wearing red, black and green, waving scarves, I feel a little bit lost and looking forward to: next time Next, it must be at dusk, to watch the sunset and enjoy the scene of "Lonely Smoke in the Desert".

Those camels rested obediently, 10 heads in a group, and I don’t know how much time and energy they spent on training. I also heard that during the peak tourist season, tourists who ride camels line up, but the camels are overwhelmed and exhausted. Suddenly, I mourned for a second for those tall and seemingly strong camels, and felt a little guilty for the camel riding project in our itinerary; I quickly defended myself, now is the off-season, and those camel owners have ours Business is the only way to make a living, and camels will not be slaughtered because they cannot be fed; everything in the world is indeed difficult to have both.

For me, Zhenbeibao has always been a place name, and I never cared about movies/stars, and I didn't know the meaning of this place name; so I realized that the shepherd Red Sorghum who grew up with our generation, Zhu Shimao and Gong Li have an inseparable relationship with this place, and it suddenly became alive. Walking in the Ming District and Qing District, there are antique houses and streets. I heard the introduction that XX movies starring so-and-so were filmed here, and there I shot the popular XX TV series, described the coincidence of this scene with film and television, and lamented the creativity of the director/photography/camera.

Due to the distance from the film and television industry, what left the deepest impression is the furniture museum, with its complicated carvings and designs, which fully demonstrate the luxury of ancient Chinese nobles.

Itinerary 2: Shapotou

Shapotou is a very interesting place, and the design is very interesting: on the bank of the Yellow River, on the edge of the desert, the combination of water and sand, the back and forth is like a dream

The entertainment programs of this itinerary are all arranged in this scenic spot: sand boarding, camel riding, desert racing, sheepskin rafting, etc.

And in fact, this is indeed a good arrangement:

The slope of sandboarding looks very steep and the scenery is very good. The slope of more than 45 degrees and the slide that looks more than 100 meters are still very scary. However, the driving force of this activity is not guts or courage, but the team The overall leadership, the actual process is not scary, as long as one person takes the lead to try, everyone can play!

"Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows?" Yinchuan, the northwest city in the eyes of Chinese people, is indeed a real area in the history of the Senai. The dry willows beside the sandy slopes always remind tourists of the specialness of this place: located in the affluent Hetao Plain, on the south of the Yangtze River ;

And sitting on the bus into the Tengger Desert, the place in the childhood geography textbook, although it was on the edge, really brought a shock to my heart, and for the first time I had a perceptual understanding of the word boundless, endless, endless Yellow sand, the color of different yellow elements flashing in the sun, bright or dark, deep or shallow, radiant; and when riding a camel in the vast desert, winding between the rolling sand dunes, the camel bell The sound, I feel like stepping into the road of reincarnation in another world;

While sitting in an off-road vehicle and galloping among the high and low sand dunes in the desert, it seems that there is a song of fire floating in my ears. . .

Crossing the Yellow River on a sheepskin raft, thinking about the treasures at the bottom of the Yellow River, about the plot of ancient supernatural stories, there is a little bit of weirdness in the sunset, and the boatman's song of green leeks made a perfect ending for that day's big drop! ?

Itinerary 3: Qingtongxia 108 Tower/Shuidonggou

The relationship between Qingtongxia and 108 Towers: Qingtongxia is an adjective (or adverbial of location), while 108 Towers are the subject; my previous expectation was wrong, I hope to see Qingtongxia and Buddhist 108 Towers. Buddhism is indeed broad and profound, and every time it seems that I have memorized the general classification and sects, but when it comes to picking up the pen, I am at a loss.

Shuidonggou, a very inconspicuous name, I believe that if you do your own strategy without looking for information, you will probably ignore this scenic spot, but it turns out that this is the most unmissable!

This ordinary place name just really originated from ancient human civilization. Through bits and pieces of archaeological discoveries, it tells the difficult evolutionary journey of human beings. The small theater performance integrated with modern technology vividly demonstrates this mysterious process;

The winding Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, "Shooting and killing General Huyan, and leading the remnant soldiers back with thousands of horses alone", tells the story of driving out the horseshoes of the Tartars to protect their homes and the country. It is also the first time that the vast Gobi can be seen from the tower I also understood that the Great Wall played a defensive role in the Middle Earth Dynasty, which I could not experience in Badaling, Beijing; I suddenly thought that Mr. Jin Yong must have been here, otherwise, how would I create such a mighty, tall, and high-spirited image of Xiao Feng?

The caves for hiding soldiers in the Great Wall, the perfect underground fortifications, and hidden weapon mechanisms fully demonstrate the military wisdom influenced by Sun Tzu's Art of War...

For a whole afternoon, from stepping into the Paleolithic Age, to the hustle and bustle of Xixia, and then to the people's communes I was familiar with when I was a child, I walked for thousands of years in just a few hours. After returning to reality, the same sky is really It's like a lifetime away.

Itinerary 4: Museum/Western Xia Mausoleum/Helan Mountain Rock Paintings

There are relics, there are historic sites, and where there is history, there must be museums. This "law" has been well reflected in Yinchuan. Because of laziness, I missed the Ningxia Museum, but was brought into the "Xixia Royal Tomb Museum". The collection is also the same. It is rich, and the explanations are also very targeted. Every piece is telling the story of the glory and twists and turns of the past, but few of the last generations can be preserved.

It has to be said that in the vast Western Regions, the Gobi desert stretches as far as the eye can see. It seems that the royal tombs are equally broad, unlike the Ming Tombs that are hidden among the mountains, and the location and orientation of the tombs studied by archaeologists correspond to the Big Dipper Nebula If it is true, it is really hard to believe that the wisdom of the ancients with low productivity is only based on hard work and cleverness. Maybe there is really alien wisdom?

The strange north-south direction of the Helan Mountains weakens the eastward attack of the northwest alpine airflow, prevents the wet southeast monsoon from moving westward, and curbs the eastward movement of the Tengger Desert. The rich Yinchuan Plain to the east also gives birth to farming culture. The petroglyphs also benefited from its beautiful Danxia landform. Will these petroglyphs far away from the Central Plains also have an impact on Chinese oracle bone inscriptions?

Itinerary 5: Winery

I don't know much about wine, so the trip to the winery is just arty. I have visited several wineries during my overseas travels, each with its own story and characteristics; at the foot of Helan Mountain in Yinchuan, the signs of the winery can't be counted for a while. , we went to a private winery, the history is not long, maybe 10-20 years, and the owner can adapt to the development policy changes of the times, transforming from a quarry into a large winery, his vision and courage are admirable .

The layout of the winery is magnificent and lush, and the unique design of the official hat is also full of Chinese flavor, blending in the Western-style garden and wine, which is not harmonious at noon. During the wine tasting process, I met an expert, and with the explanation of the tour guide of the winery, I learned a little more about the wine. It turns out that the wine aged in oak barrels is not necessarily better, but the taste is different.

food:

Compared with the food in the south of the Yangtze River, the characteristics of the Northwest here are really different: the beef and mutton are particularly delicious and not overpowering. The heavy seasoning has become a big challenge for us who have a light taste. The lack of fruits and vegetables caused our lips to tingle on the third day. Bubble. However, the snacks at the scenic spots are still very distinctive!

Written in: 2020-10 Hotel quarantine | Published in: 2021-08