Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring

In order to watch the sunrise on Mingsha Mountain, we came to the scenic spot in the dim light of morning.

I had the experience of riding a camel in Shapotou, Ningxia, so I tried my best to persuade my timid female classmates to experience the feeling of riding a camel. Finally, under the temptation that my "camel shadow, sand mountain, and sunrise" photos must be beautiful, several girls rode on the camel's back.

The camel team is a group of five, and the one in front is led by someone. The mighty camel caravan headed east towards Mingsha Mountain.

After a while, a beautiful red light slowly rose from the sand dunes, and the golden light of the rising sun shone on the silver sand, making it dazzling. Mingsha Mountain is undulating, and the high sand ridges divide the mountain into two distinct worlds of yin and yang under the rising sun. The rising sun stretches the camel's shadow very long and projects it onto the sand surface, like a flowing mural. Looking around, everything is fun!

On the way, the camel team stopped to let tourists take photos. The middle-aged woman holding the camel, whose face was tanned by exposure to the sun and wind, enthusiastically took on the role of photographer. She played with the various brands of mobile phones in everyone’s hands with skillful skills. It seemed that she had been upgraded to a professional master after many years of hard work.

After the camel team reached halfway up the mountain, they started to go back to Crescent Moon Spring. After getting off the camel, we were already very close to Crescent Moon Spring.

Crescent Moon Spring is surrounded by Mingsha Mountain and is named after its shape resembling a crescent moon. Crescent Moon Spring, known as "the best spring in the world", has been recorded in all dynasties since the Eastern Han Dynasty. "Yuanhe Prefecture and County Chronicles" of the Tang Dynasty says: "There is a spring in Mingsha Mountain, named Shajing. Throughout the ages, it has not been filled with sand. , the water is extremely sweet. "

There is a poem that praises: "The bright moon is rising, half of the clear wave mirror is brighter, the wind and sand are gone, and the deep water is in full bloom."

A clear spring lies like this in the embrace of Mingsha Mountain, in the vast desert. What kind of existence is this? Yes, this does not seem to be the place where the slender and graceful Crescent Moon Spring should come. place. I suddenly thought of several princesses in history who married far away from the Western Regions. They were pampered and raised in the palace. Suddenly one day, they were married to a nomadic tribe thousands of miles away with rough folk customs. Is it similar to the fate of Crescent Moon Spring?

However, this scene is not abrupt, the mountains and springs are so harmonious and touching. Perhaps, Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring really were a love affair in the past life, and in this life they have turned into sand mountains and clear springs, accompanying each other. I suddenly thought that this Crescent Moon Spring is the teardrop of the Scarlet Pearl Fairy, and that flawless jade would rather break into yellow sand than never leave and look at each other forever.

After leaving Crescent Moon Spring, we started climbing Mingsha Mountain. The word "climbing" is the most accurate way to describe climbing a sand mountain, because as soon as you step up, the sand collapses and you take another half step down. Fortunately, with the help of the climbing ladder, we climbed halfway up the mountain in no time. Everyone stopped and found an untrodden place to view and take photos.

The pure and flawless sand, the soft and lovely sand, made everyone's childlike innocence sprout, and they rolled around on the sand and had fun.

From the mountain, you can see the entire Crescent Spring, especially the color of the spring water, which is dark blue, like gems inlaid in the golden desert.

The peaks of Mingsha Mountain all around are like ancient Egyptian pyramids, magnificent and majestic. Looking around, we can see the blue sky, the golden sand, and a small oasis, and poetry comes to us in an instant:

Dunhuang has been prosperous since ancient times,

The crescent moon lies on the yellow sand.

Thousands of years of Silk Road past,

Camel bells dreaming of the end of the world in the Gobi.