Nanning liusha peninsula photography

Taklimakan Desert is located in Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang. In Uyghur, "Tak", "Tage", "Borg" and "Da" all mean mountain. The accurate translation of "Ramagan" should be "big desert", which means "vastness"; Then "Taklimakan" means "the desert under the mountain".

The whole desert is about 1000 km long from east to west and 400 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 337,600 square kilometers. It is distributed in four regional borders of Xinjiang: Bayinguoleng, Aksu, Kashgar and Hotan. It is the largest desert in China, so it is called "Taklimakan Desert", and it is the second largest mobile desert in the world, second only to Lubali Desert in Arabian Peninsula (65.

Taklimakan has a splendid history and culture, and the ancient Silk Road runs through the southern tip of Taklimakan. Many archaeological data show that the hinterland of the desert is silent with many prosperity that once existed. In the Niya River, the Keriya River and the Andiel Valley, the ruins of the ancient city of Jing, Mi and Cargo, one of the 36 countries in the Western Region, are rarely visited or known. On the red and white hills along the Hotan River, the ancient garrison fort built in the Tang Dynasty is still magnificent. A tasteful traveler will pay attention to the humanistic connotation of the journey and related social topics. For this reason, it is necessary to understand the ancient Silk Road culture when crossing Taklimakan. To understand the ancient Silk Road culture, it is necessary to understand the history of the ancient western regions closely related to it and the changes in various aspects over thousands of years. Why are a series of old country sites now mostly far away from human society and silent in the dead desert? This is a topic closely related to the natural environment and environmental protection.

Taklimakan means "you can go in, but you can't get out" in Uighur. 100 years ago, the western explorer Stan called it "the sea of death". In the late 1990s, China built a desert highway to develop the oil resources in Tarim Basin and promote the economic development in southern Xinjiang. But for travelers, the definition of crossing Taklimakan is not a 500-kilometer desert road from Luntai to Minfeng, but two routes starting from Yutian or Moyu and ending from Aksu. Of the two routes, Yutian River is the most difficult. Traditionally, most people use the route from south to north, that is, along the flow direction of water.

The above crossing route has been traversed by explorers for 100 years. They arranged their own walking plans in different seasons. Finally, the viewpoint that the dry season of Hotan River is a good season to cross the river is accepted. From autumn to the following spring, there are fewer sandstorms and mosquitoes in Taklimakan, and the dry riverbed becomes a driving avenue. Once, Japanese TV media followed Shuitou when the spring flood season came, and recorded the scene of water flowing into the dry river bed in the spring flood season, thus vividly showing the life recovery scene of the "Sea of Death". Autumn to the following spring is the golden season for crossing the Taklimakan Desert, which lasts about 20 days from late June to mid-October/kloc-0 to 65438+ 10.

In addition to the above advantages, the most important thing at this time is that the leaves of Populus euphratica in Tarim Basin are very brightly turned into golden yellow. Walking in the picturesque Hetian River, you can get more colorful experiences. 1999 10 I led a tourist expedition into Taklimakan. At the end of the trip, the team members suddenly felt unwilling to leave the desert and asked to camp on the edge of the desert, even though it took two hours to reach the hotel in Aksu.

Preparing 1, crossing the Taklimakan special line is a relatively expensive activity, and personal use items should also be specially prepared. Secondly, there must be tour guides and supplies, and different personal requirements will also lead to different travel expenses. 2. If you just cross the Hetian River, some travel agencies operating special tours in Xinjiang can act as agents or make arrangements. There are few organizations that organize this activity in Guangdong. The author organized two similar activities in 1999 and 2002. To visit the ancient sites in Niya and other places, you need to apply to the cultural management department for approval, and the cost will also increase. 3. Personal photographic equipment should be well protected from sand and soil, and the gaps should be sealed with transparent adhesive paper as much as possible. 4. In terms of food preparation, bring more fruits and vegetables. Be prepared to keep warm when crossing Taklimakan in autumn. Sometimes the temperature can reach 0℃.