Hemu Village: In autumn, the mountains are red, and the smoke rises, like a fairyland.

The entire territory of Xinjiang accounts for about one-sixth of my country's total land area. Such a vast land has deserts, forests, grasslands, basins, mountains, and plains. Therefore, if you are lucky enough to come to Xinjiang and time permits, you can appreciate all kinds of natural scenery and experience the magic of nature's creations.

Here we might as well take a look at Hemu Village, known as the first village in China, located in Burqin, northern Xinjiang. This is a village inhabited by the Mongolian Tuva people, bordering Mongolia and Russia, and about 10 kilometers away from Kazakhstan. Seventy kilometers away from Nas Lake, it is the largest of the three remaining Tuva villages in the country. There are more than 1,800 villagers in the village, including more than 1,400 Tuva people and the rest mostly Kazakhs.

Hemu Village is named after the Hemu River flowing from east to northwest in the village. The vast grasslands and forests have created a unique folk custom here. The Tuva people make a living by raising animals, but they do not migrate, so it is rare to see a single yurt. Instead, there are unique wooden buildings. The walls and roof of the house are basically made of single logs with a diameter of thirty to forty centimeters, which can keep warm and moisture-proof. The wooden house looks low from a distance, but when you go inside, There is a different world.

It turns out that about half of the house is hidden deep underground. The advantage of this is that the house will be stronger and can withstand the coldest wind in northern Xinjiang in winter. The roof is made of tightly arranged wooden boards nailed to the slope formed by the frame structure, forming a herringbone canopy. This rainproof structure, which is not very dense, can basically cope with the local average annual rainfall of several hundred millimeters.

Hemu in Tuva originally refers to the two most delicious pieces of tender meat on the back of a bear. It is extended to a place with abundant water and grass. The transliterated Chinese characters are also quite vivid here. The high mountains and dense forests confirm the wood of the grassland. The grassland vegetation is mainly composed of grasses and weeds, which also confirms the grassland vegetation. In addition to grasses, the vegetation on the grassland also includes woolly grasses, bulbils, fescue, and carex. In the summer, the height of grasses can reach 20 to 50 centimeters, and the vegetation coverage rate reaches more than 90%. The name is well deserved.

The average annual temperature in Hemu Village is about -4 to 9 degrees. Similar to most northern lands, the temperature difference is large during the transition period between spring, summer, autumn and winter. It can reach 30 degrees at noon, and it may reach 30 degrees at night. The temperature suddenly dropped to around zero. Wearing cotton in the morning and wearing yarn in the afternoon, and eating watermelon by the fire are the most authentic portrayal of this place.

Hemu Grassland is surrounded by mountains more than 2,000 meters above sea level. The Kanas River and the Hemu River run through it, cutting the surrounding thick mountains into canyons. The sunny side of the mountain is densely forested, with marmots, snow chickens and red deer walking through it. On the shady side, there is a world of grasses all over the mountains and plains. The flowers attract swarms of bees, and the green grass becomes a "delicacy" for the cattle and sheep to feast on.

Hemu Village has a period of heavy snowfall that lasts for half a year, which basically covers winter and spring. At this time, the villagers usually just stay at home and feed their cattle and sheep with the hay they have stored for more than half a year. In summer and autumn, due to smooth roads and rising temperatures, the peak season of tourism is ushered in. Summer is cool and comfortable, the air is fresh, and dense forests, green grasslands, blue skies and distant snow-capped peaks form a poetic picture here.

In autumn, no matter where visitors look at this place, they are filled with golden colors. The forests are dyed with golden colors, and the colors are so beautiful, including wooden houses, rivers, cooking smoke, and herds of cattle. The sheep are in full view. In addition to the beautiful scenery, it also produces high-quality antler antlers and precious white honey. Even the familiar Chinese medicinal materials such as Cordyceps sinensis and Bupleurum can be purchased here. It can be said to be a holy land with no regrets.