Journey to Xinjiang: Tianchi Lake in the clouds and Sailimu Lake with rippling blue waves.

? There are two lakes in Tianshan Mountain. One is confirmed to be on the mountain, at an altitude of 19 10 meters, and it is Tianchi. One feeling is in the grassland, at an altitude of 2073 meters, which is Sailimu Lake. I feel that the altitude on the mountain is low, and I feel that the altitude below the mountain is high. The water at low altitude comes from the snow-capped mountains. The water is cold and fresh. There are farmed cold-water scaleless fish in the water. High-altitude water is a lake that falls when the crust moves. The water is blue and salty. Besides fish, there are swans.

Even in this midsummer, the lake is very cold.

Tianchi Lake is cool in mist or clouds. Looking up from the mountain, there are clouds, some like layers of yarn, some like cotton balls, intertwined. Walking on the mountain road is foggy and cold. Soak your thin clothes and invade your thin skin. You feel that you have come to a shady place, where there is no sunshine, but there are countless mountains covered with trees, countless slopes covered with grass, and a little white sheep embedded in them. Fog, from the gray water surface of Tianchi, from the dense cedars around, from the shady green grass, surrounds people walking on the wooden plank road, which is cold and humid and can make people breathe deeply.

There are many stones near Tianchi, which are half immersed in the grass. Some flowers appear shyly on the stone, some are pink and some are yellow. Bees like yellow flowers best, one flower and two flowers, staring at this flower very persistently, flapping their wings into a dynamic shape for rapid photography, or flying from one flower to another and circling to choose. In fact, only these kinds of flowers and bees. How do we choose them? But I'm afraid there are still drops of water on the pine trees in the snowy mountains. Where will your nest be? Nobody knows. There is no record of online inquiry at present.

The north shore is foggy and the south shore is cloudy. The sun is above the clouds and can't be seen. The wind taught us to dance with long sleeves on this shore, and the wind gradually dispersed a pile of clouds on the other side.

Ah, what's that white and sharp on the cloud?

"Snow Mountain!" Someone exclaimed. So many cameras are held up and pointed at it, as pious as Tibetans encounter holy mountains. This snow-white glittering and translucent mountain is looming in the clouds, as if it were another world, without any earth background, only the purest saussurea involucrata blooms in the air that seems within reach.

? Standing next to the only old elm tree near Tianchi Lake, I was amazed and worshipped. People can't leave the ground like a hovering eagle and move towards freedom. This is unspeakable sorrow. The poet said, take your hair and leave the earth. Philosophers say that it is sad and great for people to know themselves.

Therefore, we revel in knowing our sad greatness. This is no different from the tree not knowing its own sadness, such as this old elm, the only old elm beside Tianchi Lake. The whole mountain is sharp and straight, like a soldier's cedar. Only it is so swaying, so big canopy, so gentle and relaxed branches. Nature opens her arms full of red ribbons and always welcomes tourists from all directions with a smile. This is a very warm tree. I don't know why the legendary queen mother is called anchor needle. Dinghai is too strong and sharp to be in harmony with.

Being in Yaochi, jade bone with ice muscles and dancing sleeves, everyone who comes here should be regarded as a legendary fairy. When people are extremely close to mountains, people become immortals, and mountains become the most beautiful and magical fairyland.

? The coolness of Sailimu Lake lies in the blue sky and clear water. It's the tears of a double-hearted couple. Tears shed, full of struggling pain and helplessness, have become the blue of this lake.

? We were amazed at the blue color of the lake. Blue sky, white clouds, green distant mountains, surrounded by grasslands, surrounded by this blue sparkling lake. Open, clear, without any dust.

Many words quoted the poem of Song Bolu, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, that "four mountains swallow vast expanses, and one garden swallows empty space", or Ai Qing's sentence "Your blue jade lake makes people feel uneasy at first ..." It seems that these two sentences have written all the wonders of this lake. The first sentence of Song's poem is also untrue. Does "four mountains swallow the vast expanse" mean that four mountains swallow the lake, or that four mountains are swallowed by the lake? Looking up, the mountains are surrounded by water, and the water reflects the mountains. Clouds are on the top of the mountain and reflected in the water, like white light rippling in the water. The four mountains did not swallow the lake, but let the lake settle in it, clear and deep as sapphire. The lake did not engulf the four mountains: on this shore, there are qingqing grasslands, flocks of cattle and sheep, a little farther away, continuous mountains and endless trees; On the other side, it is a mountain far and near, which goes away layer by layer. Although no one can be seen, the sky and clouds are hovering, which is a style. The mountain is like a propped-up arm, and the water is like a snuggling girl. Without water, there is no aura. Without water, there is no style. How can we devour each other? After the sentence "one blue and one water is polished", the water is really blue and pure. Ai Qing's poems are only true writing: the lake is a treasure orchid, which is true; People's hearts are rippling, and we can know at a glance that ordinary people like us don't have much knowledge, so we will cheer at the sight of the lake.

The source of the salt lake is snow water. Water gurgled from a small place on the shore. Drivers of regional cars took a swig of water with bottles and drank water in succession. It is amazing that a small stream of water can merge into such a big lake with a total storage capacity of 2 1 100 million cubic meters. The driver said that there is a swan activity area over there, but swans are in love this season, so they are not here, nesting and looking for friends. We smile. From a distance, only two swans are roaming leisurely. Indeed, when others find other places to fall in love, this is their only place.

There are no swans, only flocks of cattle and sheep. When your camera captures a yurt, two or three shepherds, dozens of cattle and sheep, the yurt is white, the shepherd is riding on horseback, his wife is making yogurt bumps, and the cattle and sheep bow their heads to eat grass and change their postures at will, what will you feel? You will say that it is a beautiful picture, because there are words such as leisure, tranquility and detachment. In fact, this is just how you feel in this city. I always feel infinitely beautiful when I can't get it. I'm afraid only they can know what this quiet past, present and future will hide. We only know about the platform on the high slope.

? Genghis Khan's prestige cannot be reproduced now. What we see is just a platform under the blue sky and white clouds and above the lake and grassland. The pavilion is similar to the Great Khan's military cap, and it is filled with altars (now it is said to be Aobao) of various stones. The eight flagpoles flying colorful flags on both sides of the altar are the testimony of Genghis Khan's mighty iron hoof. Hada is tied to the high pole of the altar and the flagpoles on both sides. The wind is blowing, the clouds are surging, Hada is flying and the flag is flying. Looking back down the mountain, I feel that the heroic spirit of the former battlefield people calling for white blades and splashing blood is still in sight, and I can't help but shudder.

Looking back, I ran down the slope and faced the boundless sunshine.

Sunny, clear water rippling, flocks of cattle and sheep-quiet and peaceful is the most beautiful and unforgettable scenery.