Entering Alashan-Bayanhaote

Alxa League is located in the westernmost part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is a frontier minority area with Mongolian as the main body and Han as the majority.

"Alashan" is Mongolian, meaning "colorful land". Alashan has a long history. As early as the Paleolithic, there were human activities here.

"Alashan is like the sky" is vast and magical. The only world geopark with the theme of desert in the world, Ejina Populus euphratica forest, one of the three largest Populus euphratica forests in the world, and Dongfeng Space City (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center), one of the three largest manned space centers in the world, are located here. Known as the "living fossil of the art world", desert culture, grassland culture, camel culture, aerospace culture and stone appreciation culture complement each other. Alashan enjoys the reputation of the city of ornamental stones in China, the hometown of camels in China and the hometown of Cistanche deserticola in China. It is also the permanent venue of Alashan Heroes Club, which is the largest cross-country car race in the world.

Go to Alashan, or 2065438+August 2002. The following articles are all excerpts from "Red Star over China" that I wrote in those years.

It is nearly 600 kilometers from Baotou to Alashan. It rained all the time when I got up in the morning, and it didn't clear up until near 1 1. Let's go, there is still a long way to go.

The road conditions are excellent. There are few cars on the road. My wife and I took turns driving Adi to the Beijing-Tibet Expressway. It's completely sunny, and the warm autumn sunshine is accompanied by a breeze, which makes people feel very comfortable. In the roadside fields, heavy ears of grain nodded to us:

Red sorghum waved hello to us:

The golden sunflower is welcoming our distant guests with a smile.

65438+ arrive at Dengkou Yellow River Bridge at 0:30 pm.

Then go to Wuhai, and turn to Wuji Expressway at Hainan exit. After another 50 kilometers on Wuji Expressway, Zuogu directly entered S3 14. There are mountains along the way, and the vegetation is extremely poor. Accustomed to the lush mountains in the northeast, it is extremely desolate to look at the scenery here.

The road is in good condition, but there are many detours in the mountains, and the speed is about 80 kilometers per hour. Only when I arrived in Alashan did I know that the mountain in this area is the famous Helan Mountain. Originally thought that Helan Mountain was in Ningxia, in fact, about 70% was in Inner Mongolia.

The destination of this trip is Ejina, a flag under the jurisdiction of Alashan League, and also the western border of Inner Mongolia. Alxa League governs three flags, and the other two are Alxa Zuoqian Banner and Alxa Right Front Banner. Arrive at Bayanhaote around 4:30 pm. This is the seat of the Coalition government and the seat of the Azuoqi government. A very rich and clean town.

Living in the VIP building of Arab League Hotel, the conditions are very good.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, a friend and his wife held a dinner party. Friends have a wide range of hobbies and knowledge, and have deep attainments in calligraphy, literature, history and geography. He wrote hundreds of ancient poems, modern poems and free poems. His appreciation of jade is even more amazing. During the dinner, the wine was very enjoyable. Although it was the first time we met, we all felt like old friends. My friend's wife is Mongolian, straightforward and admirable.

After dinner, I visited the Grand Theatre and the Stone Museum, which opened my eyes.

Record a song written by a friend:

Guanhelan mountain

Thirty clouds, two hundred rivers,

Enter the customs through the lush south in the north.

Lonely smoke went east and surrounded Han,

The western desert is in chaos.

Hu Yunv, this autumn,

Man Qing Long Mai protects the Central Plains.

Who decorated half the rivers and mountains,

One vein of Helan Mountain in Tian Ping.