Travel Notes

This article participates in the Council? Essay activity of "Great Rivers and Mountains in the Motherland" travel column

Crossing the 800-kilometer desert Gobi, such an oasis with abundant water plants suddenly appeared, and everyone would marvel at the magic of creation.

Even more amazing, there is a fairy-tale town-Brzin hidden in the oasis.

Brzin, with its winding mountains and vast grasslands, has been a place where nomadic people in western China have thrived since ancient times. Although it is deep in the desert, it is clean and quiet. Brzin River and Irtysh River meet here, with abundant aquatic plants and unique scenery.

This small border town bordering Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia has neat streets and Russian-style buildings and European-style small buildings with red roofs and white walls or blue roofs and red walls on both sides. Although there are many colors, they are elegant and soft, properly matched and full of exotic customs, which impact our vision and mind.

Driving into a small town by slowing down is like walking into a fantastic place and a castle that only exists in fairy tales. Fairy-tale paintings are everywhere, and colorful buildings are like children's building blocks, full of childlike interest.

It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Brzin, but the sun was still strong. The town is not big, so we quickly checked into a manor-style hotel. The white tower with blue top and red wall is quiet and serene in the sun. The front yard and backyard are all lush American poplars. Not far away, the Irtysh River, the only river in China that flows into the Arctic Ocean, flows quietly. ...

At nine o'clock in the evening, the first town in the northwest is still sunny, the sky is blue and Ming Che, and the evening breeze in midsummer is getting cool and comfortable.

I put on a beautiful long skirt, let my hair fall freely, and with a happy smile, I walked out of the fantastic castle and walked on the streets of the small town.

Eating all kinds of cheese, drinking yogurt brewed that day, holding attractive fruits, watching the dazzling jade in the street, enjoying the gentle northwest dusk like a lover, and finally cooling down the evening breeze, so I fell in love with this western border town.

In the twilight, Brzin became more gentle and quiet in the night. A cup of sweet Gabas, a cold-water fish unique to the Irtysh River-pike, five strings of spicy roast mutton, coupled with the prestigious bag and the simple and sincere smile of the stall owner, all the dinners in the western regions are happy and sunny.

It turns out that happiness can be as simple as this, and it can also be so extravagant.

Because it is the intersection of Brzin River and Irtysh River, it is bound to be lush, so mosquitoes in Brzin are also famous. Although some people have been bitten by mosquitoes, I am still dreaming in this small town deep in the desert.

At dawn, we left Brzin. When passing the Brzin River, I saw the fog hanging over the river, and all kinds of plants were soft and hazy and swaying in the milky water mist.

These suspended transparent water mist, flowing quietly, curling up, gathering, stopping, moving, ever-changing, beautiful, always makes us feel the urge to reach out and touch.

Who says you can really be in Xinjiang only by chasing the morning fog in Harmony Village? If you ask me, I haven't missed the beautiful morning fog on the Brzin River, nor have I really been to Xinjiang.

The sunshine is getting stronger and stronger, and the water mist on the river gradually disappears. As if in an instant, the beautiful fairyland disappeared without a trace, only rivers, aquatic plants, trees and wild ducks suddenly appeared, quiet and serene under the clear blue sky. Only we, still addicted to the fairy-tale fog, don't want to wake up.

Because I stayed in Brzin River for too long, I missed the best viewing time when I arrived at Rainbow Beach. Rainbow Beach is known as "the most beautiful Ya Dan landform" in Xinjiang and the first beach in the world. The Irtysh River divides Rainbow Beach into South Bank Scenic Area and North Bank Scenic Area, which are connected by the famous Bexo Bridge in Acto.

Rainbow beach has been eroded and cut by running water and eroded by wind for thousands of years. * * * has formed various unique landforms such as castles, monsters, stone peaks and stone pillars. Because the rocks in the stratum contain different minerals and colors, they turn into colorful hills, hence the name "Rainbow Beach".

On both sides of a river in Rainbow Beach, the scenery between north and south is very different. Rainbow Beach is located on the north bank of the river, with peculiar shape, criss-crossing ravines and barren grass. South bank, tree-lined, lush, continuous. The north and south of the strait are two completely different worlds, which can only be said to be magical.

Walking into the colorful river valley is like walking into a colorful fairy tale world again. The mountains that stretch for more than ten kilometers are colorful, and they are even more dazzling under the sunlight.

The quietly flowing Irtysh River is as green as jade and sparkling. In the sun, the river changes shades of green from time to time, like a ribbon winding into the depths of the desert. ...

When we return from Kanas and pass through Brzin again, we really want to stay and feel its quiet and pure beauty again. Unfortunately, the schedule was very tight, so I had to take a quick look and reluctantly wave goodbye to the city.

When I returned to my hometown coastal town and recalled my trip to northern Xinjiang again, the happiest and sweetest thing was the beautiful border town of Brzin.

In that fairy-tale town, I am like a princess with colorful wings, flying in the sun, roaming in the sun, and feeling warm, quiet and beautiful in the sun. ...