Compared with Jiayuguan, Zhangye's humanities are more profound.

Zhangye, known as Ganzhou in ancient times, is one of the four counties in Hexi. It has been an important town of Silk Road since ancient times.

During the day, I visited the Big Buddha Temple and Zhangye Wetland Park.

In the evening, I visited the ancient city night market and tasted the special food "Fried Cannons" in Zhangye.

it's a pleasure to feel the humanistic customs of an ancient city in the western regions in one day.

However, the focus of this paper is the pure natural landscape: Zhangye Danxia National Geopark.

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the next day, it was dawn.

The chartered bus to Danxia is waiting for us downstairs.

The advantage of staying in a youth hostel is that it is easy to form a team, and four people can charter a bus to Danxia and 2 yuan and back.

The four people didn't know each other before getting on the bus. They looked at each other and had their own worries.

after getting on the bus, someone tried to break the silence, asking and answering one sentence, and then, asking and answering three sentences and asking a rhetorical question.

along the way, the cars were on both sides, the passengers were pitching and swaying, and they were talking and laughing.

As travelers from all over the world, we have the same interests, just as we first met.

it's getting brighter every day, and the window is foggy.

at the north gate of the scenic spot, we got off the bus and found many buses parked around.

Many tourists are holding flags and wearing hats, as if they were taking part in the sports meeting.

in the northwest of October, the morning is blue-gray and cold.

looking around, I thought, how can there be colorful?

follow the crowd to buy tickets, follow the crowd to enter the door, and follow the crowd to get on the scenic bus.

even if you are thinking while walking, you won't get lost, just follow.

however, if you want to walk alone, you need to learn by yourself.

Tickets, guide maps, observation decks, and other elegant names written with colorful clouds, colorful fairyland, colorful fairyland, etc. are actually easy to be confused, and traffic vehicles in scenic spots don't stop. There are also some articles on the Internet, such as Raiders, scenic spots and observation decks.

in a word, it is difficult to learn without a teacher.

In order to let readers know the route of the scenic spot, Lao Zheng made some road maps.

Let's "fly into the air" to overlook this scenic spot and get a general understanding:

I will explain the following pictures and texts according to my own walking route and order, and emphasize again that I entered from the north gate!

-hey, Mr. Zheng, why don't you travel in the order of your stops? The first stop is observation deck 4?

I have to explain:

Because I want to shoot the sunrise, and now the sun is coming out, I have to hurry up the mountain.

observation deck No.4, which is the closest observation deck to the north gate, is within walking distance.

farewell to the three people in the same car, I started to walk alone.

observation deck No.4 is the most popular observation deck.

since five o'clock in the morning, the small landscape platform has been crowded with people. After being crowded, the crowd stopped moving.

everyone is holding their mobile phones and staring at the sunrise in their mobile phones, forgetting the real sunrise.

the stage is impregnable, and the stage is hard to move, which reminds people of the dammed lake.

I looked up in despair, worried that I couldn't get on and was trampled on.

Sadly, after the sun came out, it was just a backlight for this colorful mountain.

This will test the tourists who come with cameras-your photography skills.

even if you just come with your eyes, you can't see clearly how colorful this colorful mountain is because of the backlight.

If you are unfortunately color blind or weak, I guarantee that what you see will be a colorful gray.

There is still fog in the mountains, and with the backlight, it takes both eyes and brains to see this colorful mountain on the spot.

Look hard first. Look in your eyes and make the red ones redder, the yellow ones yellower and the white ones whiter.

use your imagination again, like a knife? Like fire? Like a chopping board? Or like meat on a chopping board?

Finally, I synthesized a colorful impression with my brain Ps and kept it in my mind.

if you are lazy, skip these procedures and just watch-

then, you will sigh "so much" or simply complain that those promotional photos are all "fake".

when shooting, I suggest avoiding the highlights in the sky and taking local composition with telephoto.

Anyway, nature's painting style is very abstract. You can see a leopard in a tube, but you can also rather critical.

cut it into a square and print it out, which is an abstract decorative painting.

get on the bus from observation deck No.4, drive next to the foot of colorful screen, and reach the stop of observation deck No.2.

then walk back for 5 meters, and you will find observation deck No.3.

Many people don't want to go back, which makes this observation deck deserted, which is pitiful.

actually, I think this seven-color screen is very shocking, and it is very "national geographic"!

you have a feeling that you don't know where you are, especially in the western United States. Or in central Australia?

Seven-color screen, it really stands like a screen, and the mountain folds at the foot of the mountain are undulating for 12 meters.

It looks like a huge centipede wearing bell-bottoms again. The fabric pattern of these bell-bottoms should also be the kind with national characteristics.

because I am too close to the mountain, I can see it clearly.

It is also a visually pleasing decorative painting to take a partial composition and cut it into a square.

let's go back to observation deck No.2, colorful fairy terrace.

This is an observation deck suitable for watching the sunset, but I came at a bad time.

in retrospect, I only remember that the observation deck was quite large and high.

In front of this syncline folded rock stratum, the terrain squeezes out colors, and the colors are distorted into terrain, so we must not admire the power and beauty of nature.

It has a nice name "Return to the Sail at dusk". It is said that it is like a sail bulging in the sea against the setting sun.

Walking here, you can watch the texture of rock structure very closely and even touch it.

The barren sandstone mudstone contains a lot of minerals that are not suitable for plant growth, and its pH is abnormal.

I still can't understand the formation principle of Zhang Ye's Danxia after reading so many materials.

I don't think about it anymore.

They are the real aborigines of the earth who have gone through the seas and rocks, and I am just a passer-by with a grain of salt.

take a bus to observation deck No.1, which has the largest area and the most landscapes, so you can spend more time enjoying it.

The magnificent chapter of the earth is unfolded in a 36-degree panoramic view on this observation deck.

To the southwest of the observation deck, there are layers of layered Danxia rocks, which are called "scallops", hence the name because they are shaped like shells.

but I think it's more like waves lapping on the shore, turning up a piece of white spray, and then time "clicks" and everything freezes.

how lucky you are to be alive.

northeast of the observation deck, the area is vast and layered, and the stripes are staggered like colored cloth laid obliquely. With the ups and downs of the mountain, it spreads continuously and magnificently.

Danxia landform is naturally colored, but colored is not necessarily colorful.

In addition to red, Zhang Ye's Danxia also includes latosolic red, grayish brown, indigo, dark green, purplish blue, khaki and dark purple.

It is dense and dense, and the combination is orderly, which is full of rhythm and layering.

Just like a sleeping beauty in brocade.

what is the image on? I can't think of anything to describe it.

The older person next to me said it looked like a plate of braised pork.

younger people say it looks like a thousand layers of cake.

Anyway, it's a visual feast for Chinese and Western styles, and for all Chinese and foreign people in Xian Yi.

as far as you can see, there is little green.

This area belongs to the northwest arid climate zone, and the natural vegetation belongs to temperate desert vegetation, with relatively monotonous species, and ultra-arid shrubs and halophytes are relatively widely distributed.

I've learned that I'm a great man, but I still pity the grass and trees.

Danxia landform in the south has the same characteristics as Danshan, green forest and clear water.

However, Zhang Ye Danxia, who lives in the arid area of northwest China, has a unique pride.

She is less surrounded by the clear water of Danxia in the south, but more magnificent;

she lacks the greenery of Danxia in the south, but she has a splendid character.

It's really unique among Danxia landforms in China!

it's a long drive from observation deck No.1 to observation deck No.5.

It's certainly beautiful along the way, but it's difficult to take pictures in the fully enclosed carriage.

The ecology of Danxia in Zhangye is very fragile.

At present, almost all Danxia rocks are enclosed and tourists are not allowed to step on them.

therefore, most of the loop lines are empty, which makes them even more desolate.

it took hundreds of millions of years of tectonic movement and years of weathering and corrosion to form a round and hilly landscape, such as being on a sci-fi alien planet.

sometimes, I feel more like a natural wound, with torn flesh and blood showing.

the world has realized that such a landscape feast is rare in the world, and it is so gorgeous that it is easily weathered.

everywhere in the scenic spot, there are hints that you will be fined for stepping over, as if there is a minefield ahead.

after the whole trip, you basically walk on the plank road, and your shoes can be free from mud.

of course, I understand and agree with such protection.

Zhang Ye Danxia is beautiful, glad you came.

Here, the essence of the landform in the northwest is concentrated, such as the dawn dew hibiscus, which looks like an oriental dress; Here tells the story of the old days and the shortage of land, just like the scene where the seas run dry and the rocks crumble.

However, such beauty still needs our imagination, and the camera can't restore the beauty that you want to express in your heart.

I saw an old photographer, using a Mamiya medium format camera and various professional filters, constantly debugging and shaking his head.

then take a selfie and have fun, and give up the obsession of taking from nature.

after all, the purpose of viewing the scenery is to reflect the inner feelings and turn the mountain feelings into my feelings. Seeing the mountain is not a mountain, and when you see the mountain, you can enjoy yourself.

1, with a zoom lens, it is best to "walk the world in one mirror" lens.

2. If I go to colorful Danxia again, I will choose to go at noon, because the whole scenic spot is actually more suitable for shooting sunsets because of the direction of the mountains. At sunset, the golden afterglow contrasts with the color of Danxia itself, which can form rich light and shadow with alternating light and shade.

3. Tickets for scenic spots are subject to the "two-day system", that is, you can watch the sunset on the first day, and you can still enter the scenic spot to watch the sunrise on the second day. You only need to pay for the ticket to 2 yuan. Explain to the staff in advance that the staff will take your fingerprint information so that you can enter the park the next day.

of course, in this way, it is best to stay in a nearby hostel.

4. If time is particularly tight, I suggest watching only Landscape Station 4 and Landscape Station 1.

Transportation: There is a shuttle bus from Zhangye West Bus Station to Danxia Park (West Gate), and the fare is 15 yuan. The operating frequency is every hour from 9: to 12: , and every hour at 15:3 and 16:3.

Tickets: adult tickets (including sightseeing bus): 74 yuan; Senior citizen/child ticket (including sightseeing bus): 47 yuan; Sightseeing bus: 2 yuan;

time: 6: 3-18: (March 1-April 1)

storage: the tourist center is great, which can store luggage, and meals are also the downtown price.

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