1. Good health
Preparation can be done step by step, and I am slowly adapting to this life on the road. First of all, physical strength, so there will definitely be a process of adaptation, of course, the usual exercise is also essential.
2. Automobile maintenance technology and travel knowledge
This is also the result of accumulation. I'll ask experienced people for advice, and then I'll do it myself. At first, every time I went to a big city, I would send my bike to a garage for debugging, and I would work with the masters. It will be cooked in a few minutes. If new travelers are not familiar with long-distance cycling, I think they can join the local cycling club first. Now every city has such clubs. You can meet many experienced people there. Learn the basic knowledge of equipment and travel from equipment.
Then you can take a short trip, how to repair your car, find your way, find a place to live, camp, what kind of equipment suits you, and so on. Many problems are solved on the road. As the saying goes, you will have experience after running. Then you can do some long-distance travel and meet many travelers on the way. They will bring a lot of useful insights to the trip. You can also travel with people, and there will be several traveling companions when you travel.
Cycling is a very economical way to travel. It means sleeping in a tent. But you can help me find cheap accommodation and various services in the city. Credit cards are available, at least in big cities.
So you can use one or two international credit cards to eat around the world, how to bring money, what customs and taboos, what services and facilities, what festivals and so on.
3. Language
Language is certainly a problem. In many small villages in Xinjiang, no one can speak Mandarin at all, so it is more convenient to quickly master some basic vocabulary of the local language and communicate with people.
Tianshan Mountain is a large mountain range in the eastern part of Central Asia (mainly in Xinjiang, China), which runs through the central part of Xinjiang, China, and its western end extends to Kazakhstan. In ancient times, it was called Baishan, also known as Snow Mountain. There was snow in both winter and summer. Therefore, the Huns called it Tianshan Mountain, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was also called Luoman Mountain. It is 2 1900 feet high, about 2,500 kilometers long and 250-300 kilometers wide, with an average elevation of about 5 kilometers. The highest peak is Tomur Peak, which is 7435.3 meters above sea level, Khan Tengger Peak is 6995 meters above sea level and Bogda Peak is 5445 meters above sea level. These peaks are all in China, and the peaks are covered with snow. The three major rivers in Xinjiang, the Syr Darya River, the Chu River and the Ili River, all originate from this mountain. Tianshan divides Xinjiang into two parts: Tarim basin in the south; To the north is Junggar Basin.
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In ancient times, it was called Baishan, also known as Snow Mountain. There was snow in both winter and summer, hence the name. The Xiongnu called it Tianshan Mountain, and the Tang Dynasty also called it Luoman Mountain, which was as high as 2 1900 feet. The eastern part of the main peak of Tianshan Mountain is Nalati Mountain, and Xinjiang is divided into two roads, North and South, which is the western section of Tianshan Mountain. Since then, it has divided into two branches in the east, one is along the Haidu River to the south, called Kuoke Mountain, which is also called Beishan in Chinese.
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The vein extends eastward to Hami, and its northern branch is La 'e Mountain in Bodo, and it also extends eastward to the west of Zhenxi, and its northern branch is south of Borotara River. For Boluobulgasu Mountain, those who enter Tacheng are farther north. Talbahatai mountains.
The snow on Bogda Peak, the snow peak in Tianshan Mountain, remains unchanged all year round, and people call it Xue Hai. On the mountainside of Bogda, there is a lake called Tianchi, with an altitude of 190 1 m and a depth of about 90 meters. The water in the pool is melted by ice and snow, clear and transparent, like a big mirror. White snow peaks and green spruce are reflected in the lake, forming a beautiful picture, which is a famous tourist attraction in Xinjiang.
Tianshan north and south
Tianshan divides Xinjiang into two parts: Tarim basin in the south; To the north is Junggar Basin. Although these two great basin are twins, their natural characteristics are quite different. Tarim basin is surrounded by mountains, and the climate is particularly dry, mostly in desert areas. Dry food, cotton, fruits and vegetables can only be planted on the green land in the marginal areas. The mountains in the northwest edge of Junggar basin are not very high, and there are many gaps, so the air flow from the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean can enter, so the climate is humid. In addition to some oases in the basin where spring wheat, cotton and fruits can be planted, there are excellent grasslands and developed animal husbandry. The famous Karamay oilfield is also in this basin. Below is Kunlun Mountain and above is Altai Mountain.
Tianshan peaks
general situation
In the Tianshan Mountains, there are dozens of peaks over 5000 meters above sea level. Besides Tomur Peak, the highest peak, there are mainly peaks on the border between China and Kazakhstan, namely, Khan Tengger Peak, Bogda Peak, Cabili Mountain in Lasky, Bashan Mountain in Dratz, Surezi Mountain, Waterloo Peak and Zihaba Jianshan Mountain. These towering peaks are covered with ice and snow all year round. Seen from a distance, the snowy peaks shining with Yin Hui are so magnificent, solemn and mysterious.
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Bogda Peak, 5445 meters above sea level, is the highest peak of Bogda Mountain in the East Tianshan Mountains, with two male peaks, 5287 meters and 52 13 meters above sea level respectively. The three peaks stand side by side, shaped like a pen, and the local herdsmen collectively call them three sacred mountains. The peaks above 3800 meters above sea level are covered with snow all the year round, so they are called "Xue Hai".
Bogda Peak, 70km away from Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, is not only a target for brave climbers to climb, but also a tourist attraction with magical charm. Driving from Urumqi, you can go to Fukang first, then go south through the huge alluvial fan of Sangong River and enter the mountain pass. The car traced its roots in the gourd-shaped valley, which was wide and narrow. First, the green mountain grassland, and then the dense forest. Through a deep and narrow stone gorge, climb a 400-meter-high natural dam, and a picturesque lake appears in front of you, which is Tianshan Tianchi.
Tianchi Lake is an alpine lake formed by ancient glaciers and mudslides blocking rivers. The elevation of the lake is1900m, the length is 3,300m, the width is several hundred meters to1500m, and the maximum water depth is104m, which is long, narrow, clear and deep. The melting snow water on the surrounding snow peaks gathers here and becomes a constant source of water for Tianchi Lake. There are tall and straight spruce, birch and willow on the surrounding hillside, and exquisite pavilions and pavilions are built on the west bank. The calm and clear lake reflects the green hills and snow peaks, and the scenery is like a fairyland. No wonder Tianchi is called "Yaochi", where the Queen Mother of the West will gather immortals to hold the Flat Peach Festival. According to Mu Chuan, three thousand years ago, Zhou Muwang traveled west to Tianshan Mountain in an "eight-carriage", and the Queen Mother of the West met him in Tianchi. Mu Wang presented a large number of Central Plains specialties such as brocade and exquisite silk, and the Queen Mother of the West returned the rare treasures of Tianshan Mountain, and invited Mu Wang to visit the scenic spots of Tianshan Mountain. King Mu inscribed the book "Mountain of the Queen Mother of the West" as a souvenir. When leaving, the Queen Mother of the West urged her to drink again and again, and sang impromptu: "I wish you a long life and wish you come again." Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, has poems praising this great event. The poem says: Grandma Yaochi leans against the window and sings sadly. Why didn't Mu Wang come back during Bajun's three days in Wan Li?
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To the south of Tianchi stands the majestic Bogda Peak. To climb Bogda Peak, you need to ride a horse from the west bank of Tianchi to the end of Hunan and go to Shangdonggou. Dadong Valley is gentle and open, with spruce on the valley bottom and shady slope, and bushes on the sunny slope. Above 2800 meters above sea level, the terrain is relatively flat. In summer, here is a vibrant grassland scene. On the alpine meadow, grasses such as Gramineae, Polygonaceae and Carex are woven into green carpets with their slender stems and leaves, while Gentiana, Aster, Trollius chinensis and Anemone decorate the green carpets into colorful and beautiful scrolls with their bright colors. On the flat banks of the river, on the uplifted ancient moraine, and on the gentle slopes of sunny mountains, cattle and sheep flock together and pastoral songs are melodious. This is the alpine pasture where Kazakh herders graze cattle and sheep.
Along the valley, well-preserved ancient moraines and glacial erosion landforms can be seen everywhere. At the source of Dadonggou, due to the erosion of glaciers, the back wall of an ancient snow basin has been eroded to a height of only 3,660 meters, and it has become the traffic artery connecting the alpine pastures on the north and south slopes of Bogda Peak-Bangu Bogda Pass, also known as the three mountains, namely Shanyakou. Standing at the Bogda Pass in Bangu, you can see Bogda Peak and the large glaciers on its northern slope. After investigating Bogda Peak, geologist Li Chengsan vividly summarized its majestic mountain and powerful glacial action with just a few words, such as "the silver peak is raging, the ice flow blocks the valley, and the mountains are the only ones". According to statistics, there are more than 300 glaciers in Bogda Mountains, and the area of Bogda Peak accounts for more than 1/4. Bogda Peak is surrounded by a steep slope of about 60 degrees, and thick snow accumulates on the hillside. Bogda Peak is prone to avalanche due to its heavy snowfall, deep snow and steep mountains. Avalanches are an important source of supply for glaciers and play a great role in the continuation of glacier life activities.
A glacier on the northern slope of Bogda Peak, with an area of about 1 1 km2, is the largest glacier in Bogda Peak area. Its granular snow area is steep, but the glacier tongue is relatively flat, with criss-crossing cracks and dense cobwebs. This glacier melts strongly in summer, and the meltwater merges into many glacier channels, the largest of which is three or four meters wide and five or six meters deep, and the water is roaring. The ice is covered with large and small glacier boulders.
When the ice around the boulder falls due to melting, the ice covered by the boulder forms icicles that look like mushrooms. People call this complex composed of huge stones and icicles ice mushrooms. After several ice streams of this large glacier on the northern slope of Bogda Peak converge to form a unified glacier tongue, they are injected into Sigong River on the northern slope and Bangu Bogda Gole River on the southern slope respectively, which becomes a part of the watershed between the two inland basins.
A large number of glacial activities in Bogda Peak area in the past and now have formed rich and colorful ancient glacial relics and periglacial landforms in this area. There are almost perfect U-shaped valleys in the upper reaches of the rivers near Bogda Peak, which are tens of meters high. There are spruce, alpine shrubs or ancient moraine ridges that have developed into alpine meadows, rock backs with different heights and sizes, moraine lakes and glacial lakes with different shapes, ancient ice ridges as high as tens or even hundreds of meters, and ancient ice buckets left on the valley slope as typical representatives of periglacial landforms. Being at Bogda Peak is like visiting a living museum of glacier landforms, which is an eye-opener and breathtaking.
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"The moon is high in the sky and the smoke is vast." More majestic than Bogda Peak is Tomur Peak, which has a unique snow-capped mountain scenery. The highest peak of Tianshan Mountain is located in People's Republic of China (PRC), 20 kilometers southwest of the highest peak of the Sino-Kazakhstan border. There are more than ten peaks over 6000 meters around, besides the Khan Tengger Peak, there are also Snow Lotus Peak shaped like flowers, Aktas Peak (Bai Yufeng) covered with white marble, and Chelebos Peak (Tiger Peak) shaped like Crouching Tiger. To commemorate 1978 China People's Second Scientific Conference, the people of China and the mountaineering expedition team of China Academy of Sciences. These towering peaks are covered with snow and ice like silver helmets and shining silver under the blue sky.
The most spectacular scenery in Tomur Peak area is Tuihan Tengger Glacier. Among more than 800 glaciers in Tomur Peak, the Khan Tengger Glacier is the longest, reaching 60.8 kilometers, and it is one of the eight largest valley glaciers in the world. The ice surface of the glacier is covered with stones of different sizes, and people can walk on it. Above the glacier, there are countless unfathomable ice lakes, ice cracks hundreds of meters deep, and light blue ice melting caves, ice stalactites, crystal walls, ice towers, ice cones, ice mushrooms, ice tables and glaciers. The weather here is changeable, and sometimes it is clear in Wan Li. Suddenly, there was a thunder. Looking up, not far away, snow and dust rolled down, setting off snow waves tens to hundreds of meters high. The soaring snow fog rises and spreads like a mushroom cloud, and the scenery is very spectacular. However, avalanches that happen from time to time are the most dangerous enemies of glacier explorers and climbers. The strange scenery in this thrilling environment of Tomur Peak can only be appreciated and experienced by brave soldiers who are not afraid of difficulties and obstacles. It can be described as "infinite scenery with dangerous peaks".
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China No.1 Glacier is located on the Wang Feng of Karawucheng Mountain in the middle Tianshan Mountain in Nanshan District of Urumqi, on the north side of the watershed of Tiangeer Peak, 8 km away from Urumqi11. Glaciers were formed in the third ice age, with a history of 4 million years. The shape of the glacier is a double iceberg glacier. The upper limit of the glacier is 4474 meters above sea level. At the end of the glacier tongue, it is 3790 meters above sea level. The glacier is 200 meters long and covers an area of 1.74 square kilometers. From 65438 to 0957, China Academy of Sciences built the glacier observation point China 1, which is the most complete glacier tracking research point in the world. Because of its scientific research, transportation and environmental conditions, it is the only glacier that can be commercially developed in China.
In addition to the spectacular glacier wonders, there are many famous hot springs in Tomur Peak area. Alasan Hot Springs, located on the east side of North musat Valley, is one of them. In summer, the river is gurgling here, the springs are jingling, and the dense Tianshan spruce and birch forest around it bring yellow Patrinia flowers in full bloom. It has become a famous convalescent area in Xinjiang. The spring water in Alashan is seasonal, basically dried up in winter and spring, and the spring water quantity is the largest in June-August. Hot spring water contains trace minerals such as sulfide and soda, which has certain curative effect on many diseases. Every summer, herders of Kazak, Mongolian, Kirgiz, Uygur, Russian and other ethnic groups, who are more than 0/00 kilometers away from/kloc, come here to bathe and recuperate despite the long distance and dangers.
plant resources
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Although many snow peaks in the Tianshan Mountains are covered with snow all year round, there are abundant animal and plant resources below the 3000-meter snow line. The foothills and valleys of Tomur Peak and Bogda Peak are covered with spruce and tassel pine, which are evergreen all year round. The dense forest on the north and south slopes of Tomur Peak is one of the main timber producing areas in Xinjiang. There are more than 80 kinds of medicinal plants, including Fritillaria, Lithospermum, Immortal, Polygonatum sibiricum, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Leonurus japonicus, rhubarb and so on. Wild roses and codonopsis pilosula can be seen everywhere in spruce forest; In the subalpine meadow belt, a piece of golden lotus blooms in the wind; In the rubble near the snow line, the blooming Saussurea involucrata exudes a delicate fragrance on Ling Cold. Seen from a distance, Snow Lotus is like a white rabbit, which brings vitality to this world of ice and snow. Tianshan area is also the gene bank of excellent pasture, and 55 species of Gramineae plants have been found, among which Festuca arundinacea, Poa pratensis, Elymus nutans, Siberian clover, Stipa psammophila, wild oats, wild rye, leguminous wild alfalfa and sweet clover are all excellent pastures, which play an important role in the development of animal husbandry.
Saussurea tianshanica
Snow Lotus, also known as "Snow Lotus", is called "Taglis" in the local Uygur language. It is a perennial herb of Saussurea in Compositae. It is a rare Chinese herbal medicine unique to Xinjiang; It grows on the cliffs and steep walls of Tianshan Mountain at an altitude of about 4000 meters, and in the cracks of ice-stained rocks. The climate there is extremely cold, and the snow doesn't melt all the year round, so ordinary plants can't survive at all, but Saussurea involucrata can survive in the cold of tens of degrees below zero and the oxygen-deficient environment with thin air. This unique living habit and unique growth environment make it natural and rare, and also create its unique pharmacological effects and magical medicinal value. People regard Saussurea involucrata as the "king of herbs" and "good medicine".
Best tourist season
June, July and August are the best seasons for traveling. It's early summer in the middle of Tianshan Mountain. Beautiful grasslands, golden wildflowers everywhere, pure lake water, reflected snow-capped mountains, flocks of cattle and sheep, snow-white lambs, endless golden rape blossoms and simple ethnic customs form a beautiful picture.
If you come to Tianshan Mountain to enjoy the winter scenery,1before or after February is appropriate. 1February is a severe cold period, and strong winds of magnitude 8 or above are often blown. Autumn in Altay, northern Xinjiang is usually in mid-September. After October, winter came, and the snow and ice closed the mountain to get in the way.
Please pay attention to the weather forecast about sandstorm. There is a big temperature difference between day and night here, so you should prepare warm clothes even if you travel in summer.
Animal resources
There are also many rare birds and animals in Tianshan Mountain, with peaks below 3000 meters above sea level, deep forests and grasslands, which are natural places for all kinds of birds and animals to inhabit and multiply.
Marmots and otters are precious fur animals, which are distributed all over the Tianshan Mountains. The otter skin here is an important export product of Xinjiang. Sheep, snow leopard, lynx, Tianshan deer and Tianshan antelope are also protected animals.
Tianshan goshawk is famous for its fierce body length. A goshawk spreads its wings, more than two meters long, like a small plane. Sometimes it flies leisurely, and sometimes it hovers freely in the air. Once it finds rabbits, antelopes or other weak animals, it will chop down like a sword, and the momentum can be described as lightning fast. These weak animals will soon become a good meal for goshawks. Wild camels are the most alert animals in Tianshan Mountain. It is timid and suspicious, and it will run away at the slightest sign. Its limbs are slender and powerful, and its palm is about 5 cm thick, just like pressing a rubber pad. It runs lightly and silently, as fast as a gust of wind. Its oversized stomach bag can hold 70 kilograms of water at a time, and you can drink enough without water for several months. Therefore, it has become the best means of transportation in the desert and has always been known as the "boat in the desert". Antelope, big-headed sheep, roe deer, Chateng big-tailed sheep and snow chicken near Tianshan Snow Line are the main hunting targets of Tianshan people, especially antelope and big-headed sheep, which are distributed in a large number. After being captured, people sometimes set up bonfires, barbecue on the spot, and serve them with wine, which becomes a delicious picnic.
Agriculture and animal husbandry
Tianshan area is located inland and has a typical continental climate. Most areas have dry climate and little rain, which is suitable for the development of animal husbandry. Especially in Yili area, north of Tomur Peak, animal husbandry is the main industry, especially horse husbandry. The ancient "Tianma" originally came from here, and later it was called Ilima, which still enjoys a high reputation. There are also excellent military horses and important horse producing areas. Cattle, sheep and camels are also widely distributed here. In addition, rice and other crops are planted in the plain area on the south slope of Tomur Peak in Tianshan Mountain. Aksu rice has a history of hundreds of years. Gong Mi, who paid tribute to the imperial court in Qing Dynasty, is known as "Aksu rice is sweet". Tianshan area is also the hometown of melons and fruits. Grape, alfalfa, flax, melon, walnut, etc. In history, people who were introduced to China from the Western Regions all passed through this place. There are more than 10 kinds of fruit trees in Wensu County, south of Tomur Peak, mainly including apples, walnuts, grapes, peaches, apricots, pears, Elaeagnus angustifolia, cherries, hazelnuts and red dates, especially apples, walnuts and apricots.
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The vegetation distribution in the southern and northern foothills of Tianshan Mountain is also different. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the vegetation on the north slope is mountain grassland, mountain meadow grassland, coniferous forest, alpine grassland, high flash mat plants and snow glaciers in turn. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the south slope is: desert, desert grassland, arid mountain grassland, mountain grassland, denuded mountain and snow glacier in turn. There are dense forests on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountain, but not on the southern slope. The main reasons are as follows: the northern slope of Tianshan Mountain is affected by the water vapor of Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean, and the annual precipitation is greater than that of the southern slope, which is suitable for forest growth; There is a gap in the west of Junggar basin to facilitate the entry of water vapor; However, the southern slope of Tianshan Mountain is a leeward slope with less precipitation and a sunny slope with large evaporation, and the water condition is not suitable for forest growth.
Historical inheritance
Tianshan Mountain, located in the northwest border of People's Republic of China (PRC), has been an important channel between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Central and Western Asia since ancient times. The Sate Valley in the north and south of Tomur Peak is an important branch of the ancient Silk Road. In the Western Han Dynasty, Princess Xijun and Princess You Jie married King Wusun in this way. Xuanzang, a famous Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty, passed through here when he went to India to learn Buddhist scriptures in 629 AD. He gave a vivid description of the breathtaking environment around the watershed of Tomur Peak in "Records of the Western Regions of Datang". It is said that Genghis Khan, a "generation of Tianjiao", once climbed Mount Bogda in Tianshan Mountain, where he met Qiu Chuji, a Changchun native who really came to preach in the West. Emperor Taizong also set up a "Yaochi Duhu House" under Bogda Peak to manage the Tianshan area. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Liang Ming, the capital of Xinjiang, climbed Bogda Peak and Tianchi to survey the terrain, cut the mountain to divert water, and erected a monument near the mouth of Tianchi Canal to commemorate this move. There are many places of interest near Tianchi. In the past, there were more than a dozen ancient temples here. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, Fushou Temple was built here, which was also called "Tiewa Temple" because of blue bricks and iron tiles. There is also the ruins of Dongyue Temple in the west of Tianchi, and there are infinite scenery under the pool. These places of interest add charm to the Tianshan Mountains.
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Tianshan Tianchi Lake
Tianchi is located halfway up Bogda Peak in Fukang County,11km east of Urumqi, with an altitude of 198 1 m. This is a natural mountain lake. The lake is half-moon-shaped, with a length of 3,400 meters, its widest point is about 1.500 meters, its area is 4.9 square kilometers, and its deepest point is about 1.005 meters. The lake is clear and crystal clear as jade. Surrounded by mountains, green grass and wild flowers are in full bloom. It has the reputation of "the Pearl of Tianshan Mountain". The tall and green spruce and tassel pine cover the mountains and rivers, covering the sky.
Tianshan Tianchi Lake
Southeast of Tianchi is the majestic Bogda main peak (Mongolian "Bogda", meaning Lingshan and Shengshan), with an altitude of 5445 meters. There are two peaks connected around the main peak. Looking into the distance, the three peaks stand side by side, suddenly inserting clouds, just like a pen. The glacier snow on the summit, shining with white silver light, contrasts with the clear Tianchi Lake, forming a graceful natural landscape of alpine Pinghu. Tianchi is a moraine lake. Geologists believe that since the Quaternary Glacier, the global climate has experienced many violent cold and warm movements. Two hundred thousand years ago, the earth's climate turned cold for the third time, and the ice age came, and spectacular valley glaciers developed in Tianchi area. Glaciers move slowly down the valley with gravel, which seriously erodes the ice bed, digs and chisels through the valley, and forms a variety of ice erosion landforms. Tianchi Valley became a huge ice chamber, and the front end of its glacier tongue was squeezed, melted and drained, and the debris and gravel gradually stopped, becoming a huge moraine across the valley. After that, the climate became warmer, glaciers subsided, and water accumulated here to form lakes. Today's Tianshan Tianchi. Before the liberation of Xinjiang, because the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, only those who are bold and cautious and skilled in riding can explore Tianchi. After liberation, the people's government specially allocated funds to build the Panshan Highway leading directly to Tianchi, and built unique tourist facilities such as pavilions, waterside pavilions, hotels and restaurants by the lake, opening this famous tourist attraction to Chinese and foreign tourists.
Tianshan Tianchi Lake
Tianchi is not only a summer resort for Chinese and foreign tourists, but also an ideal alpine skating rink in winter. Whenever the lake freezes, ice skaters from Xinjiang or other provinces gather here for skating training and competition. 1979 In March, the speed skating competition of the 4th National Games was held in Tianchi. Surrounded by Tianchi mountains, snow lotus and snow chicken grow on the snow line, dogs haunt the pine forest, mushrooms grow everywhere, and medicinal materials such as Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus and Fritillaria are also available. There are rare birds and animals in the valley, fish and waterfowl in the lake area, modern glaciers on the peak and various minerals such as copper, iron and mica. Tianchi area is rich in resources and unique natural landscape, which attracts biological, geological and geographical workers who are on-the-spot investigation. 1982 is listed as a national key scenic spot.
Tianshan legend
For thousands of years, the story of the Queen Mother of the West holding a flat peach party in Yaochi has been circulated. Where is Yaochi? It turns out that there really is a Yaochi, also called Tianchi, in Tianshan Mountain, Xinjiang.
Tianchi is on the Tianshan Mountains, with an altitude of1980m. Coming to Tianchi is like a fairyland. "chinese odyssey, a fairyland in Yaochi, is nowhere to be found." There is a legend about the Queen Mother of the West and Tianchi:
The Queen Mother of the West hosted a banquet in Yaochi to entertain Tian Mu, who was heading west. They had a crush on each other. The Queen Mother of the West is immersed in sweet love, especially loves beauty and dressing up. So, she used magic to draw three Tianchi lakes under Tianshan Mountain, one for washing face, one for bathing and one for washing feet. The biggest bathing place is the Great Tianchi Lake, where the small Tianchi Lake washes the face and the small Tianchi Lake washes the feet. These three Tianchi lakes are full of snow water flowing from Tianshan Mountain. The water is as clear as jade juice, and the three Tianchi lakes are dedicated to the Empress Dowager.
Tianchi is used by the Queen Mother of the West to wash and dress. You can't let others in and out at will, even if you take a look. The Queen Mother built a stone gate outside the West Little Tianchi Lake. Shimen is sandwiched between two peaks, which is in the middle of the line, and the door is only 10 meter narrow, which is very easy to keep. The place where the Queen Mother of the West bathes has this gate, so she will send a little white dragon to guard it, which can be foolproof.
Besides, there used to be a water monster in this Tianchi Lake, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became: Your queen mother invited so many immortals from all walks of life to attend the Peach Blossom Club, but the Tianchi Lord didn't. So he made waves, disturbed the water in Tianchi, and refused to let the Queen Mother of the West take a bath. That's not bad. If you dare to go against the Queen Mother of the West, the Queen Mother of the West will be furious. She took off the hairpin on her head and threw it into Tianchi. Suddenly, the hairpin turned into a big elm tree and locked the monster. It is said that elm can't survive at an altitude of nearly 2000 meters, but there is this thousand-year-old elm beside Tianchi, which is still lush and stands by the pool, and the water in the pool won't reach its roots again. Because it is the treasure of the Queen Mother of the West, people call it "Zhenhai Shenzhen", and it has also become one of the eight scenic spots in Tianchi.
* * * The workers' anger can't reach the island, and it will blow up the sky, even the western world will collapse. Perhaps, this Tianchi will be destroyed. In order to save her western heaven and her Tianchi Lake, the Queen Mother of the West split a mountain peak in Tianshan Mountain into three pillars with her hands to support the western heaven. Whether the Western Heaven will collapse depends on the three stones. For thousands of years, these three stones have still stood by and watched the Tianchi Lake. The mountains and rivers of the Queen Mother of the West will always be impregnable.
The little white dragon guarding Shimen is dishonest. One day, he secretly bypassed the West Small Tianchi Lake, crossed the East Small Tianchi Lake, climbed the Big Tianchi Lake, and peeked at the Queen Mother's grooming. Of course, the Queen Mother sensed the little white dragon's intention and tuned him when he was about to arrive in Tianchi. As a result, Xiaobailong became the Bailongxia Waterfall between the Great Tianchi Lake and the East Small Tianchi Lake. The silver chain of Bailongxia Waterfall is hanging high, and the clouds are ethereal, making an earth-shattering sound. This is the cry of the little white dragon begging for mercy from the queen mother.
The Queen Mother of the West washes and dresses in Tianchi every day, because snow water is the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon, and jade juice is crystal clear. The Queen Mother of the West washes every day and becomes younger and more beautiful. The jade girl who accompanied the queen mother was envious and surprised, so she came to Tianchi in the early morning when the queen mother didn't get up. At this time, Haifeng dawned, a red sun rose from Ran Ran, the top of Tianshan Mountain, and the light of thousands of rivers poured into the pool, reflecting a dreamlike fairyland. Jade girl couldn't help undressing, tossed her hair and feet, and jumped into Tianchi to entertain herself. The Queen Mother of the West woke up, didn't see the jade girl, and found Tianchi. When she saw the jade girl dare to swim in the pool, she was furious and shouted. Hearing this, the Jade Girl got a fright and quickly climbed up the west bank, but it was too late to climb ashore and was touched by the Queen Mother. Her hair turned into a green spruce in the western hills. Xishan spruce, one of the eight scenic spots in Tianchi, is graceful, that is, the shawl of the jade girl floats around, but the jade girl is full of grievances. This spruce always exudes a cold chill. People call this scene "Han Song in the Western Hills".
Tianchi is always in trouble. Little white dragon, water monster and jade girl are all in trouble. Some people will rashly set foot on the territory of the Queen Mother of the West, so when the sleeves of the Queen Mother of the West are brushed, a kind of "sweat grass" will grow on the edge of Tianchi. This kind of grass looks ordinary, but people and animals can't get close to it. Once they meet it, it's like being cut by a sharp knife, bleeding profusely and suffering. With this "sweat grass", the Tianchi of the Queen Mother of the West can no longer be close. This Tianchi Lake is also more mysterious.