Aerial photography of Badao Bridge, accompanied by desert, Populus euphratica, and lakes, the most beautiful Badain Jaran

In the golden autumn of October every year, Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia always attracts tourists from all over with its romantic and charming orange-red, golden-green Populus euphratica forest. However, since this place belongs to the Mobei Fortress that the ancients chanted and chanted in Tang poetry and Song Dynasty, then in addition to the Populus euphratica forest that has been guarding for three thousand years, there are also the cold sand, the endless smoke desert and the Gobi that are fascinating! Ejina Banner has the third largest desert in China - the Badain Jaran Desert with an area of ??47,000 square kilometers. The most famous desert landscape in Ejina is near the Badao Bridge in the last part of the Populus euphratica Forest Scenic Area.

Ejina has 28,000 square kilometers of Badain Jaran Desert. Badaoqiao is located in the hinterland of the northern edge of Badain Jaran Desert. Enter from the first bridge of Populus euphratica Scenic Area, and take the sightseeing bus through Erdao Bridge and Sidao Bridge. Arrive at Badao Bridge. Badaoqiao is the combination of Populus euphratica forest and desert landscape. Here is the Sand Sea Kingdom Theme Sports Park, which is in close contact with Badain Jaran, the most beautiful desert in China.

The Badain Jaran Desert is the main body of the Alxa Desert. It is not only the third largest desert in my country, but also the only desert in the world with densely distributed tall sand mountains. It has always been considered by experts and scholars to be the main source of sandstorms in China. I originally thought that Badao Bridge was a bleak and desolate scene with the faint color of the Qiang flute and the flat sand reaching into the sky. However, when I arrived at the scenic spot, I discovered that in front of me were undulating sand mountains, clusters of poplars, rippling blue waves, thick reeds, water birds playing, and fish swimming shallowly. At the bottom, it is simply an extremely beautiful picture of Mobei and Jiangnan!

Looking from the air, the endless Badain Jaran Desert is like a golden ocean, cascading and undulating, stretching to the sky. The sand ridges blown by the harsh north wind are sharp-cut and smooth, solidifying into beautiful golden waves of copper. wave. The blue sky and clear lake are more like a broad-minded mother, gently holding this golden sea of ??sand in her arms! Have any attentive readers noticed a white plane on the sand hill on the right? Guess why it is here?

Badaoqiao is indeed a magical place, half desert and half lake! The desert gives people a feeling of loneliness and death, but the lake gives people a hope of vitality. This is not only an excellent place to take photos of sunrise and sunset in the desert, but it is also a campsite designated by the relevant departments of Ejina Banner. Here, you don’t have to go deep into the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert to feel the roughness and majesty of the desert; you can experience the infinite charm of the sand and lake; you can sit with your lover and watch the sun rise, the moon set, and the stars shine, and enjoy romance. !

Gold inlaid with Jade - The exceptionally blue and charming Sand Lake is like a piece of nephrite embedded in the super gold medal of the Badain Jaran Desert. It is warm, moist, passionate, indistinguishable and lingering. ! At the bottom of the sand dunes and beside the lake shore, the sand lake silently nurtures the children of the desert with its precious milk, such as Populus euphratica, shrubs, reeds, Haloxylon ammodendron, caragana, king of kings, seed mugwort, splendens, camel thorn, etc.!

Deserts in the world are all formed due to lack of water, but in Badain Jaran, which has an annual rainfall of less than 40 mm and is extremely arid, there are deserts and lakes that are puzzling to the whole world*** Existing wonders: Not only is there the highest sand mountain in China and even the world - Jigrusha Peak with an altitude of 1,700 meters and a relative height of 502 meters, but there are also large and small inland lakes scattered between the sand mountains, about 100 There are many, and what’s even more amazing is that these lakes do not freeze even in the harsh winter.

Water is the most magical thing on this blue planet. It is a symbol of life and the creator of miracles! Once the dead desert is nourished by water, it immediately becomes smart and full of vitality. In addition to providing an ideal living environment for nearby humans and wild animals and plants, Badaoqiao's sand lake also creates an amazing connection between people and nature. Desert ecological culture that exists harmoniously.

Shallow wetlands, swaying reeds, deep pools of clear water, gulls flying and fish jumping, and various trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants growing freely in the sand nests in the lee of the shore: green, yellow, orange and red, gathering energy to continue life. hope! Each lake and each sand nest is a strong biosphere, a desert miracle that creates life!

Most of the lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert are salt water and are not drinkable. The lush plants growing around the lakeshore are mostly hygrophytes, halophytes and other types, and are distributed in concentric circles with the lake as the center and the surrounding sand dunes. From the air, you can clearly see the white deposits on the lake shoreline in the desert. Saline travertine.

In the vast Badain Jaran Desert, many graceful sand ridges extend along the lakeshore. Many sand nests like water waves, auricles, and volutes are formed between the sand ridges. In addition to the long stretches of yellow sand, the blue lake, and the flaming golden clusters of Populus euphratica, salix, mugwort, sand rice and camel thorns in the sand nests, add a bit of life to the desert. !

The majestic and towering sand mountains, the mysterious singing sand, the quiet and beautiful lakes and wetlands, and the colorful poplars and seabuckthorns all constitute the charming and unique temperament of the Badain Jaran Desert where Badaoqiao is located. ! Never been to Dunhuang? Never seen Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring? There are a lot of them here! The turquoise and deep blue lake water firmly replenishes water for the Heart-Shaped Spring, Crescent Moon Spring, Half-Moon Spring and Full Moon Spring in the desert! There are no railings or ropes here. You can wear a light red gauze, walk barefoot by the desert spring, and complete the romantic and blurred Arabian style blockbuster you dream of!

Of course, when you go to the desert, you must experience the excitement of surfing the sand sea on a motorcycle or off-road vehicle.

In addition, you can enjoy camel riding, sandboarding or barefoot climbing on Sand Mountain in Badaoqiao, where there is both sand and water. Although these messy footprints will destroy the silky skin of the dunes and make them look dull. But it doesn’t matter, nature will use its best violent aesthetics to erase these traces overnight. When you come here again the next day, you may also exclaim: If life is just like the first meeting, why is the autumn wind sad? !

It is said that Badaoqiao integrates the "majestic, beautiful, strange, dangerous, secluded, vast and unique" features of the Badain Jaran Desert. It is one of the best destinations for photography enthusiasts and desert adventure cross-country enthusiasts. one.

"The solitary smoke in the desert and the sun setting over the long river" is also the ultimate desert scenery pursued by tourists. When the setting sun slowly sets in a gorgeous golden robe, the golden-red desert and the jasper-like sand lake immediately become radiant. Dressed up to welcome the guests, the magnificent scenery, the vast water and the sky, and the enthusiastic cheers of tourists, the artistic conception of ancient poetry seems to be fully interpreted and sublimated here - the extremely beautiful Badao Bridge!