Husha Lake in Ningxia is half desert and half lake.

Ningxia, there is also a name, called "Saibei Jiangnan". In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Chan wrote a poem "Orchard under Helan Mountain became famous, and it was old in the north and south of the Yangtze River. In fact, as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, this laurel was already held. From the influx of immigrants and land reclamation, a barren land has become a rich land beyond the Great Wall. Especially after the founding of New China, the first state-owned farm and the first military reclamation farm in northwest China were established in Ningxia, making Ningxia truly a place where beautiful scenery and wealth coexist in Gobi, desert, Helan Mountain, Yellow River, wetland and rice producing areas. Husafeng Scenic Spot in Ningxia is located in the center of Qianjin Farm, the first military reclamation farm, which is dedicated to sand, mountains, water, grass, birds and rice.

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Ningxia Husha Wind Scenic Area is located in Pingluo County, Shizuishan City, more than 50 kilometers away from Yinchuan City. Husha Lake, once called "Xidatan", can be imagined as once desolate from its name. A tidal flat of the ancient Yellow River road, with sparse wind erosion and scarce rain, slowly turned it into barren saline-alkali land. Until 1952, Chairman Mao issued an order to "approve the reorganization of the Independent First Division of the Northwest Military Region of the China People's Liberation Army into the First Division of Agricultural Construction of the China People's Liberation Army, and give you the glorious task of economic construction in your motherland." Since then, 5804 soldiers have become the new owners of this land.

On this natural saline-alkali land once recognized by geologists, PLA soldiers once again demonstrated the revolutionary spirit of "one is not afraid of suffering, and the other is not afraid of death". In just three years, the Bayi Canal with a length of 16 km was built, and 2 1 trunk, branch and bucket canals were excavated, as well as a large number of agricultural ditches, and 650 places were broken. If these earthwork are piled into a one-meter square earth wall, it can go back and forth five times from Xidatan to Beijing. "Man can conquer nature" has become another miracle in human history.

When we are lucky enough to set foot on this land, we should not forget the sweat and youth left by the soldiers who reclaimed this land, except that "water surrounds sand lakes, the world is absolutely beautiful, and boats and birds strive for freedom". They are the real founders of this "northern Jiangnan".

The strangest thing is "Husha Lake" named after 1990. Half is the tenderness of the south bank of the Saibei River, and the other half is the desolation and roughness of the northwest desert.

Walking into the scenic spot, the first thing you see is a large area of verbena willow, which looks like a purple cloud from a distance and changes in depth in the northwest wind. Just as its flower language is expectation, it looks forward to every visitor in the most prosperous and beautiful way. Almost everyone who walks into Husha Scenic Area, the first sight, the first hug and the first smile are directed at Husha Lake.

Reluctantly bid farewell to verbena, we chose the speedboat to start. Sitting on a speedboat with a speed of 50-60 mph, shuttling through the reeds with light clouds and light waves, listening to the wind is like saying hello for the first time. Look at that reed, like the first wave. Smell the fragrance, like the freshness of first love. Seen from a distance, that large grassland looks like a cloud, and that small piece is as green as jade. At close range, the tall reed looks like a soldier ready to go, and the brown flowers blooming on the top of the reed look like camouflage on the soldier's head. As if back in the war years, those witty and brave guerrillas are skillfully dealing with the devils among the reeds.

Along the way, I imagined myself as a member of the guerrillas, completing the investigation task in the reeds. Along the way, watching the boat idle, my thoughts drifted to the south of the water town. Imagine yourself sitting on a boat with your beloved, or playing a song in the north and south of the Yangtze River, or writing a poem on a boat in Shahu Lake, drinking tea during the day, listening to birds, and drinking and watching stars at night. It is all the beauty given by this aquatic plant. In a daze, the boatman said, "Bird Island has arrived", which woke him up in his dream.

Bird Island, also known as a paradise for hundreds of birds, is one of the closest bird-watching spots in China with the largest number of birds and species. It is said that there are 6.5438+0.5 million birds, including 5 species in the first category of the country, 265.438+0 species in the second category and 24 species under special protection in the autonomous region. Walking on the wooden plank road in the water, there are waterfowl such as swans and mandarin ducks taking a leisurely walk on the lake. All kinds of artificial birds, large and small eggs, fell asleep in the grass nest. Step by step close to the center of the bird world.

There are seasons in the world of birds. In the season I went, there were probably more birds in cages, so there were not many birds in the big black net in the middle. Fortunately, the staff released two batches from the birdhouse by the water. Groups of people are flocking on the water, like children who have just left school in kindergarten. They are so happy and lovely. And the group in the sky flew away, like the primary school students who finally flew out of the classroom, so happy and happy. Looking at them, I realized the meaning of "freedom" more deeply. What is more important than your own steps, eyes and body and mind?

Leaving Bird Island, one foot is still in the charm of Jiangnan water town, while the other foot has entered the desolate customs of the northwest desert. On the right side of the plank road are reeds, and on the left is the yellow sand desert. This kind of wet and dry friendly scenery is really rare in the world. Looking from the lake, you will feel that the yellow line is the horizon. Seen from the desert, you will think that Shui Ze is a mirage.

It is in this real and illusory feeling that you rush to the top of the sand dune, and you want to see whether the other side of the sand dune is water or sand. Like a sculptor, you want to carve your own happiness in the sand at the top, perhaps a Desert Flower, a big fish in a sand lake, or just your own footprints to prove that you have been here, and then let the wind renovate the footprints layer by layer, waiting for one after another. As for me, I didn't carve anything, just picked up a basin of sand and watched it leak out bit by bit between my fingers, proving that I was with it for a few seconds.

Seen from the air, Husha Lake is perhaps the most beautiful scenery. It is like a piece of blue brocade inlaid with large and small blue gems. And it is surrounded by a circle of different tassels, yellow is desert, white is saline-alkali land and green is cultivated land. Let this land become the brightest and most attractive flower in the south of Saibei River. Boating in the lake and strolling in the sand, there is always one that can soothe your desire for Ningxia.