In Yumin, lingering in the sea of flowers in May

..... Sometimes it is strange that we turn a blind eye to the ordinary beauty around us and have to travel thousands of miles to find fleeting youth. Perhaps, as Sanmao said, we don't love flower beds, but we love wild flowers that grow with the seasons in the wilderness and the touch of the breeze blowing through the earth.

The first time I came to Tujia Liao grassland to see the mountain flowers, as early as six years ago, I saw another kind of vastness and height of the grassland in northern Xinjiang. In May this year, we came to Yumin twice, just to see the most beautiful mountain flowers in the best season.

? Baluchistan Mountain means "richness and abundance" in Chinese. The continuous green hills rise and fall to the horizon, the canyon is adjacent to the wide hills, and the low and dense vegetation cover forms a beautiful natural pasture, which is not inferior to the prestigious Ili grassland.

In order to develop tourism, Tacheng began to promote "Mountain Flower Festival" and "Red Flower Festival" in recent years. The "Mountain Flower Festival" is dominated by wild peony, which blooms in early May every year and spreads into a red sea of flowers. Because the flowering period is only ten days, it is natural and wild, which is particularly eye-catching. "Safflower Festival" is the artificial planting of safflower on grassland, which has both ornamental and commercial value and further promotes summer and autumn tourism.

..... The weather forecast said it would rain the next day, so we decided to get to Shaoyao Valley before the sun went down. However, over the hill, at the end of the line of sight, a graceful water stopped us. This is the lake where the poet Li Bai was born, originally in Ala Lake in China. I don't know whether it is the reflection of clouds in the sky or the extension of grassland under my feet. In my eyes, the water in Lake Ala is the same as the sky, mysterious and ethereal. I want to stop talking, quietly snuggle up to baruch Mountain, look at Tujia Liao grassland and draw an indelible landscape picture.

Overlooking Lake Ala for a while, we saw that the sun was about to set in the west. We drove on, and the red peony flashed on the blue hillside by the roadside, which made us sure that the flowering period was just right. Suddenly turned into a long and narrow valley, patches of blooming peony were printed in front of our eyes, and we almost jumped with surprise.

At night, there are few tourists and the valley is silent. We enjoyed a sea of flowers for ourselves, and quickly recorded this blooming flower feast with our eyes and cameras for fear of fleeting. The afterglow of the sunset shed a layer of golden gauze, red peonies spread on green hills and fields, or purple or yellow wildflowers dotted in the middle, flowers swaying in the breeze, and the grassland like a static screensaver became colorful and full of vitality in a short while.

It was not until sunset that we reluctantly left Peony Valley and spent the night in the small courtyard of the Corps at the foot of the "Little White Poplar" post. As night falls, our barbecue continues, reliving the pastoral fun of childhood and looking up at the starry sky that has not been seen for a long time.

? ..... Although they come for flowers, they can't ignore food and customs. Turning to Tacheng, we visited the Sino-Kazakhstan border trade exchange, which specializes in various commodities in Kazakhstan. Bibac has many kinds of ports, good quality and low price, and there are no fakes. I happened to find a handmade ice cream shop next to my hotel, which tastes mellow, sweet and sour, and the price is gratifying; I went to see the lamb leg bread, which not only needs to be booked in advance, but also can't be packed and taken out. Suitable for on-site baking and eating while it is hot.

In short, this trip to find flowers is so happy and complete that I can't help secretly looking forward to the next season's Red Flower Festival.