Damei Xinjiang-Piazilou in Changji-Tianchi in Tianshan Mountain

Damei Xinjiang-Piazilou in Changji-Tianchi in Tianshan Mountain

Day 5 of 8-day excursion in Xinjiang

July 27th is our fifth day in Xinjiang. We all got on the bus after breakfast. The bus runs on Wuchang Expressway. Yesterday, the tour guide introduced us to Piyazi Mansion in Changji, Xinjiang, and now I am looking out of the window. At 8:09, we saw the famous Piazi Building in Changji, Xinjiang. I quickly took out my mobile phone and took a beautiful picture of it. Piazzi Mansion looks like a peach, a golden lotus and an onion from a distance. As for why it is called leather teeth, because Xinjiang people like to eat onions, and peeling them off one by one is leather teeth. Xinjiang Pien Tze Huang Grand Theatre was officially completed in 20 15, covering an area of 280 mu, with a construction area of 654.38+10,000 square meters, which can accommodate 2 100 people. This is a luxurious building. It's a pity that we don't have time to sit inside and watch the performance. Of course, it doesn't always have performances. Let's watch the spectacular buildings from a distance.

The place we are going to this morning is the Jade Museum. Yesterday afternoon, the tour guide introduced us to Hetian jade in Xinjiang, and showed us a video of Hetian jade in Xinjiang, introducing the history and culture of Hetian jade in Xinjiang and the difficulties of jade pickers. Due to the long-term exploitation of Hetian jade, the resources of Hetian jade are getting less and less, so that the state restricts the exploitation of Hetian jade, so that Hetian jade in Xinjiang is becoming more and more scarce. Soon our car came to the Jade Museum. When we got off the bus, the staff of the Jade Museum gave each of us a small card, which briefly introduced the jade. Walk into the jade museum, which is beautifully decorated. Hetian jade carving crafts, large and small, are overwhelming. There are various colors of Hetian jade bracelets, pendants, Yu Pei, rings, beads, necklaces and earrings, as well as gold-inlaid Hetian jade, silver-inlaid Hetian jade and other ornaments, which are really beautiful. In fact, as long as it is a group tour, the metropolis will visit the Jade Museum, so I won't comment here.

Jade culture has a long history in China. The earliest understanding of jade culture was read in Huo Da's novel The Muslim Funeral. Liang Yiqing, a Hui jade craftsman, and his apprentice Han Ziqi are real jade lovers. They know jade and are proficient in it. They have superb jade carving skills. They can carve an ordinary jade into a beautiful work of art. They can live and die for jade. In the long river of Chinese jade, it is this kind of people who inherit and carry forward the jade culture in China. The novel takes the jade and the moon as clues to string together the love tragedies of two generations. Tze-ki hon, Liang, Chu yanchao, whenever I think of these names, it instantly reminds me of the feeling of reading this novel as a teenager.

After visiting the Jade Museum, our next place is Tianshan Tianchi in Fukang. 12:40, we came to Tianchi Scenic Spot in Tianshan Mountain, Xinjiang. Tianshan Tianchi is located in fukang city, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is an alpine lake formed by ancient glacial debris flow blocking the river. It is located at the mountainside of Bogda Peak, the highest peak in the East Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang, with an altitude of 1, 980m. Covering an area of about 4.9 square kilometers, it is a world-famous alpine lake. Tianshan Tianchi is a national 5a scenic spot, a national geological park and a world natural heritage.

Our bus stopped at the foot of Tianchi Mountain in Tianshan Mountain, and we rode up the mountain to play in Tianchi Scenic Area in Tianshan Mountain. Tianshan Tianchi is picturesque with clear water. Although it is July, snow can still be seen at the top of Bogda Peak. Bogda Peak is densely wooded, with tall spruce, many nameless tall trees and low shrubs, which are covered with all kinds of wild flowers and fruits.

Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain was called Yaochi in ancient times. Legend has it that it is the place where the Queen Mother bathes, and the Western Queen Mother is regarded as the supreme goddess by Taoism. The romantic myth of the meeting between the Queen Mother of the West and Zhou Muwang Yaochi happened here. Folk commonly known as the queen mother. The title of Queen Mother of the West comes from Shan Hai Jing. Because she lived in Kunlun Mountain in the west of Han Dynasty, she was called the Queen Mother of the West. Xiwangmu ancestral temple is located on the hillside on the northeast bank of Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain. Myths and legends with such a long history. Everyone went to climb the mountain to pay homage to the Queen Mother of the West.

A few of us didn't want to climb the mountain, so we decided to take a boat and feel the beautiful scenery of Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain from a distance. After buying the tickets, we boarded the cruise ship. The cruise ship is sailing in Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain. Blue sky and white clouds, snow peaks reflected, trees surrounded, mountain flowers in full bloom, blue water, Tianshan Tianchi is really picturesque! Li Bai and Li Shangyin, great poets in the Tang Dynasty, left classic poems here.

When we got off the cruise ship, we saw that there was still plenty of time, so we walked around Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain and took photos. Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain is full of tourists. Some photo spots have to wait in line for others to take pictures. Soon, several other members of our team also came back. They took a cableway to Bogda Peak overlooking Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain. They say the bird's-eye view is different. In fact, the Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain is beautiful from any angle, and it is beautiful from any angle.

After the tour, we drove down the mountain in Tianchi Scenic Area of Tianshan Mountain. Sitting on the bus, I saw a typical Uighur family. Old women and young women are wearing beautiful flowered headscarves, and they are wearing Uygur flowered skirts. Judging from their looks, they may be mother and daughter. The young woman is slim and beautiful. The two little boys who followed them were also very beautiful, one was four or five years old and the other was six or seven years old. Like Europeans, they have delicate faces, fair skin and big eyes. I asked the young woman, are these your two children? The young woman looked at me kindly and said, "Yes." The two little guys kept talking to their mother, probably in Uighur, but I couldn't understand a word anyway. The little boy sits next to his mother, and the big boy sits next to me. I am curious to ask the little boy if he can speak Mandarin. The little boy nodded. I asked again, "What language does your school teach you?" The little boy said, "Teach in Xinjiang dialect and also in Mandarin." The little guy speaks fluent and standard Mandarin. He fiddled with his palm, and I saw that his white palm was full of Chinese characters with black ink pen, and the handwriting was delicate and correct. Probably tired from playing, the little guy leaned back and slept for a while. His white face was covered with tiny beads of sweat.

I looked out of the window, and along the way, I could see the melting snow of Tianshan Mountain rushing along the hillside. A few years ago, a tourist visited Tianchi. She said that the Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain in winter has a stunning beauty. The whole Tianshan Tianchi Lake forms a big ice cube, and Bogda Peak around Tianshan Tianchi Lake is covered with snow, and fog is floating in the mountains. What a fairyland on earth!

Maybe next time, I will meet Tianchi again in Tianshan Mountain.

Good-bye to the beautiful Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain.

Tomorrow's itinerary: Turpan-Karez and Flame Mountain.