Are there any accommodations in Oil City?

A huge abandoned building complex was found on the vast Gobi desert in Mangya City, Qinghai Province. The roads are spacious and criss-crossed, and houses are row upon row. Surprisingly, there was no one in the street and all the houses collapsed into ruins.

This abandoned building complex is called Cold Lake Petroleum Base Site, which used to be a bustling town called Cold Lake Petroleum Town. Located in Lenghu Town, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, it is more than 900 kilometers away from Xining, the provincial capital, and more than 400 kilometers away from Delingha, the state capital. Located at the junction of Qinghai, Xinjiang and Gansu provinces, it is more than 340 kilometers away from the nearest railway station Liuyuan. This is a town that prospered but died because of oil.

Before the last century, it was a desolate no-man's land with few people and few wild animals. The change occurred in September 1958, 13. 12 19 when the drill bit of the drilling team drilled to a certain depth, crude oil gushed out. It is said that it lasted for three days and nights. Since then, Lenghu has become one of the four major oil fields in China (the other three are Yumen, Karamay and Sichuan) and started a brilliant page. At the most glorious time, Lenghu City was established.

With the discovery of oil, more and more oil people, married and having children, came to Lenghu, forming a super town with a population of 40,000 to 50,000. There are schools, hospitals, dance halls, cinemas, hotels, inns and so on. , traffic, bright lights, bustling. Known as the "small northwest of Hong Kong".

With the discovery of Dunhuang oil, Lenghu oil gradually dried up. People who used to live here have moved to Dunhuang. Slowly, the people in Lenghu Oil Town went empty. After a long period of wind and rain, the house gradually collapsed and Lenghu Oil Town was gradually forgotten.

Today's cold lake oil town has become a ruin. Without a complete house, all the roofs collapsed. It is said that beams, doors, doorframes, furniture and other timber have been taken away, leaving only a pile of loess and sand. There is a stone tablet at the entrance, which reads "Cold Lake Oil Base Site".

Drive along the main road, with neat and shabby houses on both sides. Occasionally I can see the slogan of that era. Walking into the house, there was nothing but bricks. You climb the wall. You can see the Qilian Mountain in the distance. The top of the mountain was covered with a layer of snow, and a gust of wind blew and raised a cloud of dust.

Overlooking from the air, the roads are straight, the houses are neat and large. You can vaguely imagine the prosperity at the beginning, but now people go to the building and become ruins, which seems to be forgotten by history and makes people feel sad.

Tips: If you want to reach Lenghu Oil Town, you can directly navigate the location of Lenghu Oil Base. It is suggested to take the Qinggan Great Ring Road. The routes are: Xining-Qinghai Lake-Chaka Salt Lake-Dachaidan-Dongtai Aijin Lake (Yatai Shuiyadan and Aijin Lake)-Mars Camp-Mangya Emerald Lake, Aikenquan-Lenghu Oil Town-Aksai Oil Town (Yangguan and Yumenguan)-.

If you want to try to play cold lake oil town, you can live in cold lake town, which is about twenty or thirty kilometers away. However, there are few hotels, the accommodation conditions are average, and the price is relatively high, so you must book a room in advance, otherwise you may find that there is no room for the time being.

If you want to shoot the starry sky, you can camp on the spot and see the clear Milky Way on a clear night. Be sure to team up when camping, and pay attention to safety. After all, the surrounding area is deserted.