Xiata is a Kirgiz ethnic minority township in Zhaosu County, Ili Prefecture, Xinjiang. The famous Xiata Ancient Trail is here. The ancient trail is more than 100 kilometers long, with high altitude, long distance, changeable weather, and the difficulty of crossing glaciers.

It is huge and has had many shocking incidents.

But ordinary travel enthusiasts don’t need to rush through the entire ancient trail. Hiking on the ancient trails in the scenic area, you can see large glaciers and experience the fun of hiking.

The story of My Little Pony Crossing the River is in the scenic area.

After getting off the scenic bus, the large Muzart Glacier appears in front of you. In front of you are grasslands, rivers, and woods. The grasslands are full of flowers of various colors. From time to time, chubby prairie dogs appear. Many tourists come here to visit.

Then he returned.

But this is just the starting point of hiking, and only people like me who love hiking will keep walking.

Walking in, the flowers become more prosperous, the woods become more primitive, and even the prairie dogs become bolder and bolder. Some prairie dogs will bark loudly at you. You can find it by following the sound, and you will see it standing with its head raised.

In front of the cave door, it looks majestic and high-spirited, but if you look at it a few more times and say a few words to it seriously, it will immediately run back to the cave.

There were very few people walking in, and I was the only one left.

When I walked to the innermost cabin, a little girl came out and told me that there was no one in front of me and asked me to take a rest.

The cabin was available for accommodation, so I stayed.

Later, I learned from the little girl that there is a beautiful lake if you keep walking in, but it takes about three hours to walk. She said it was too far and she didn’t want to go.

Calculating the time, I decided to walk in alone. It was now 3 o'clock and it would get dark after 10 o'clock. If it was not 6 o'clock by then, I would return.

So I came to the deserted river valley, walked between the empty sky and the earth, and walked through the flowers and plants in the valley. I was surrounded by flowers and plants, and I didn't feel afraid.

After more than an hour, we finally arrived in front of the woods.

There were a few people and horses by the woods, and I was very happy to see someone appear.

When they saw me, they looked surprised and asked me: "You came here? You came alone? Aren't you afraid? There are skeletons here!" When I said I was not afraid, one of the elder brothers took me to see the skeletons.

Seeing a skeleton appear in front of my eyes, I am not afraid, but more sighing at the shortness and impermanence of the human world. This was once a living life, with joy, anger, sorrow, and love and hatred.

After the man left, he was unable to rest in peace. He left his body in the world and endured hundreds of years of wind, sun, and rain until it turned into a pile of bones.

The skull was caught in a crack in the stone. The crack in the stone was not big enough to fit a person into it, so the skull was on the ground outside the crack in the stone. I don’t know whether the owner of the skeleton died after being caught in the crack in the stone, or whether he died and was discarded here.

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The elder brother said that this was left behind when Kangxi suppressed the Junggar rebellion. There were still many skeletons in the woods. He advised me not to leave and go back quickly. He could take me on horseback. He also said that the lake I wanted to go to was still far away and I had to walk one or two steps.

During the hour, you can only see the whole canyon if you go up there. You can't see the lake at all, and there are no other people inside.

I hesitated for a while. I had many good reasons to go back, but in the end I refused the request and continued walking up as my feet were numb after walking for a long time.

When we were leaving, my eldest brother told me that I wouldn’t encounter any skeletons along the road, as they were all in the woods.

Not long after walking, I met two ethnic minority children with two big dogs and bags. Is this hunting? They replied: "Yes, hunting. There are wolves in the mountains. Be careful." There are wolves? I'm a little bit

I was frightened and asked how far the lake was. I was told half an hour.

There is no reason to go back, just keep going.

Not long after, I met two more people, carrying the same bags as before. When I asked, I found out that they were here for a geological survey, and the bags contained stones picked from the mountain.

The two children were their guides just now. They told me that the lake was just in front and we would arrive soon.

So I became happy.

Sure enough it didn't take long to arrive.

This lake is indeed unattractive. The mountains around the lake are as broken as if they were dug out by an excavator. The lake also looks like its banks and bottom have been dug out. There is no lake water, it is just sand and silt, like a construction site.

And the glaciers seemed to be further away.

The Tekes River rushed from the glacier and did not flow into the lake. It rushed directly from the side. The water flow was rapid and made a huge roar.

Standing here, the only sounds left in my ears are the whistling wind and the rumbling water.

Standing at the highest point on the lake shore, I could see the entire canyon I had just walked through. At this time, there was still no one visible. The four people just now were probably still walking through the woods, and the older brothers had already walked through the canyon.

Is it a grassland?

"Crossing the hills, only to find that no one is waiting for me." At this time, I did not feel so disappointed. Although there was no beautiful plateau lake as I imagined, I did not regret coming, not climbing up in person, and not going through this struggle.

There will be such an experience.

It took an hour and a half to get here from the cabin, not the three hours the little girl said; it only took 20 minutes to get up from the woods, not the one or two hours mentioned by the big brothers; it only took 10 minutes to get here from the time I met the children.

, not half an hour as they said.

It's like a pony crossing a river. You have to try and experience it yourself to see how deep the river is.