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Yinchuan, a northwest city I've only heard of but never met. The day before yesterday afternoon, we flew away, and along the way, we saw large tracts of semi-desert areas. It can be seen that in order to control sandstorms, the local people did not look for jobs. The short but evenly arranged plants with small leaves are proof. My husband said that it was a unique plant in the desert, Hippophae rhamnoides. Who knows, he sometimes deliberately fooled me.
along the way, I also saw many power plants. In the vast semi-desert area, the white smoke from that tall chimney added to the desolate beauty of the northwest. Along the way, for the first time, I found neatly arranged wire towers and criss-crossing wires, which is also a beautiful scenery.
In short, the northwest is desolate, but with the approach of the Yellow River, large tracts of oases appear in front of us, and full of green is full of vitality, especially the mirror-like fish ponds in the Yellow River wetland, lotus leaves in ponds and fields, and pieces of green rice, as well as the relatively clear water of the Yellow River in sharp contrast to the desolation of the northwest, which makes people mistakenly think that they have entered the beautiful south of the Yangtze River. Also, maybe Yinchuan's altitude is relatively high. I always feel that the clouds are overhead and the blue sky is within reach.
It's already evening when we checked into Yinchuan, but we never met Yinchuan by chance. After putting down our luggage, we still can't wait to go out for a walk.
Walking in the streets and alleys of Yinchuan, we still rationally choose the lots that we think are prosperous, and we have been walking towards the lots with better lighting. On the whole, Yinchuan is not as old, prosperous and narrow as Xi 'an, under the thick shade of trees, or ordinary people lying or sitting with cattail fans, giving people the impression that life is very contented and leisurely. Rows of stalls selling clothes are neatly arranged in the center of the square. The bosses are playing with their mobile phones freely, and the people who are walking are strolling at will, looking at this coat and pulling that skirt. In short, all the people feel so relaxed, quiet and comfortable. In particular, those karaoke booths in the open air in front of Little Tiananmen Square are even a little too capricious. Six or seven stalls are surrounded by a small circular platform, but those who shout songs have never been influenced by others to sing heartily and emotionally. All this reminds me of the plants and animals that grow freely in her back garden in Xiao Hong's Biography of Hulan River.
On the east side of the square, there are barbecues selling night markets, palm reading and selling odds and ends. To my eyes, there is even a small vendor selling bodhi. Customers can choose a bodhi by themselves. He is responsible for opening it, polishing the bodhi inside to make a beautiful image, and then stringing it with beads as a necklace. Originally thought, in the streets of Yinchuan, most of them would be Hui people wearing white hats. I didn't want to see Hui people, and I rarely saw them. The only one I met was a handsome Hui guy with heavy eyebrows, big eyes and black hair. He looked very handsome. Later, I saw the outline of a temple in the twilight.
the tomb of Xixia is the first stop of our trip to Yinchuan. Xixia Mausoleum, also known as Xixia Imperial Mausoleum and Xixia Imperial Mausoleum, is the imperial mausoleum and royal mausoleum of Xixia, and is known as "the pyramid of China" and "the mysterious history".
the tomb is located in the west of Yinchuan city, Ningxia, with Helan mountain in the west and Yinchuan plain in the east. it is one of the largest imperial cemeteries with the most complete ground sites in China and the largest Xixia cultural site in existence. Friends of the same trade have been joking that the Xixia emperors took a fancy to a piece of geomantic treasure-house with "Helan Mountain as their head and Yellow River as their feet". Although these tombs are the largest existing Xixia cultural sites, compared with the original appearance, the Xixia Mausoleum must be beyond recognition, leaving only bones and muscles, but fortunately her soul is still there. During the whole visit, we can only face a purely earthy broken walls or a giant earthen mausoleum according to the contents of intelligent explanation, and carry out reasonable and rich imagination, so as to restore a magnificent and large-scale ancient cemetery in our minds. According to historical records, many precious cultural relics of these tombs were stolen abroad by a foreigner at the beginning of the twentieth century. What we can see now in the exhibition hall is only pictures of cultural relics. This is really a great loss for a country.
These mausoleums were named Mausoleum 1, Mausoleum 2 and Mausoleum 3, and Mausoleum 3 was the focus of national development, so we visited Mausoleum 3. In fact, what shocked me the most was "the feeling of the pyramids in China". Unfortunately, what it presents to us now is just a big naked topped, and we can't see the slightest feeling of resplendence. Fortunately, the sense of majesty is still there, adding a different kind of desolate beauty to the desolate western regions.
Shahu Lake is the second stop of our trip to Yinchuan. Shahu Lake is located in the northeast of Yinchuan City. We rushed there from Xixia Mausoleum. On the way, we returned to Yinchuan Ring Expressway, and then headed northeast.
These days, the weather is very strong. It is cloudy, and it is not very hot in dog days, so it is most suitable for traveling, so it feels very comfortable all the way.
When you arrive at Shahu Lake, the first thing you can see is the open water and the large or small reeds in the water. After taking the big boat, you can have a close contact with the lake and reeds. The lake is clear, white and green, and the reeds are green, reflecting the water, as well as the waterfowl flying in the sky that day and the leisurely wild ducks on the lake, which show the harmonious beauty of nature to the fullest. However, I feel that the water and reeds in Shahu Lake are not as spectacular as those in Baiyangdian Lake, and they also lack the set-off of lotus flowers.
What opened my eyes was the small desert on the island in the lake, which formed three or five small sand dunes. I have never seen so much sand, so I feel it is worth a visit. Although I long for the endless desert, I understand it as the concentration of the desert. Children can't move their feet when they see sand, so they quickly start playing with sand by themselves. It is more difficult to walk in the desert. Every step is much more laborious than that on the flat ground. The child is still good at thinking. She told me that it is easier to walk in the footsteps of others. Therefore, it was relatively easy for us to walk all the way. In the desert, there are camel teams for tourists to experience, which also gives me the opportunity to get in close contact with so many camels for the first time in my life. Those timid tourists, when they get off the camel, always scream at the moment when the camel kneels, for fear that the camel will fall down. However, according to my observation, these camels are very docile and always slow, first kneeling on the front two legs, then kneeling on the back two legs, so that tourists can get down from the middle of the hump firmly. I didn't take a camel, like a professional photographer, I was busy, looking for a suitable angle, trying to shoot the desolate feeling of a camel team in the desert. At this time, it seems that the song "Camel Bell" has been ringing in my ears.
On the sand dunes, there is also a sand-skiing amusement project, a special sand-skiing car, which slides down from the sand dunes at almost 7-8 degrees. At first, I didn't have the courage. I was 4 years old and wanted to challenge myself and experience the feeling of gliding, so my heart was tangled, struggling and tumbling. However, the child was a newborn calf and was not afraid of anything. She experienced it first, so I walked with her. I still have a childlike innocence! On the way home, I finally got a big pool of lotus flowers, swaying in the breeze.
When we went to Yinchuan, a little cousin reminded us that Helan Mountain was worth visiting, and it was best to go to Helan Mountain in the afternoon, so Helan Mountain became our must-see place.
Actually, Helan Mountain can be seen from a distance in the Western Xia Mausoleum, but I feel unsatisfied because of the long distance. I still want to have a close contact with Helan Mountain. My husband saw my mind, so as soon as I got out of Shahu Lake, I went to Helan Mountain and the rock paintings of Helan Mountain without stopping. Not far from Helan Mountain, there is a straight asphalt road gradually rising to the foot of the mountain. We thought that the end of the road would reach the rock painting, but we didn't want to, so the car climbed to the end of the road and then walked one or two kilometers east along the foot of the mountain. With the distance approaching, Helan Mountain is getting higher and higher before our eyes, and it is undulating. The characteristics of Helan Mountain can be seen in an unobstructed view. The whole mountain system is dominated by uneven dark brown stones, only one or two plants occasionally grow in the cracks of the stones, which is as old, vigorous and powerful as the whole mountain.
It's past the closing time when we arrived at the Helan Mountain Rock Painting Ticket Office. Fortunately, the enthusiastic conductor managed to find a young guide girl for us, leading a group of people into the hinterland of Helan Mountain and explaining the ancient rock paintings before the birth of those characters. Those rock paintings are simple in brushwork, but they are vivid. They feel like the pictures we drew before we received any education as a child, but what primitive people painted must be something closely related to their lives, such as tall trees, such as houses with grass roofs, such as wolves, such as fish. The treasures of Zhenshan in rock paintings are pictures of the sun god, and most of them are portraits of faces and handprints. In short, after several years, most of the rock paintings are still clearly visible. Looking at them, we seem to have crossed into the ancient farming era.
On Helan Mountain, there is another beautiful scenery, that is, the rock sheep. When we watch rock paintings, the first thing we see is a pair of rock sheep mother and son, whose fur color is exactly the same as that of the rocks in Helan Mountain. This color is probably their best protective color and can best reflect their adaptation to nature. Rock sheep's tiny four hooves are very good at climbing the peak, and they are always capped steeply one by one, standing high like kings, so most of the time, we can only see the silhouette of rock sheep. However, the mother and son were once very close to us, and we could even see clearly that the mother sheep was breastfeeding. Some tourists could not help feeling that it was a miracle that such a small lamb could climb such a high peak! Later, we also met several rock sheep. However, because their fur is the same color as the rock, it is difficult to be found. Every time, it is a sharp-eyed child among tourists, and we can find it at once. We can only find it according to their guidance. The tour guide told us that these rock sheep like to go downhill in the morning and evening, so our time is right. Enjoy the stone mountain of Helan Mountain again. Its stones are gray and brown, one by one, forming steep peaks. When the sun goes down, it is plated with a layer of golden light, which is a bit resplendent.
In the evening, we drove back to Yulin, followed by thunderstorms. It was very cool then, and my trip to Yinchuan ended without regret.