Which city in Gansu Province is Tansha in the south?

First of all, the talking sand is in the south of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province.

Talking about sand generally refers to Mingsha Mountain.

Mingsha Mountain is a national key tourist scenic spot, located in the northwest of China, 5 kilometers south of Dunhuang (coordinates: 40 05' north latitude, 94 40' east longitude). It is a magical and magnificent tourist attraction in Gansu on the Silk Road. Located seven kilometers south of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, it is in the transitional zone between Badain Jaran Desert and Taklimakan Desert, covering an area of about 200 square kilometers. There are two strange places in Mingsha Mountain: if people fall from the top of the mountain, the sand under their feet will whine; The footprints left by people who climbed the sand mountain during the day were gone the next day. Mingsha Mountain and Sha Feng are undulating, and the mountain is "like a dragon winding" and glittering like a golden mountain. Mingsha Mountain was once called "Shajiao Mountain".

"Vivid and sand, cold also since the noise, potential doubt, Yin, such as mine. The wind is still sharp and the human umbilical blade is uneven. " This vivid poem is a description of the wonders of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang by poets in the Tang Dynasty. Mingsha Mountain has attracted people with its vivid natural wonders since ancient times. It was recorded in the Western Han Dynasty that Mingsha Mountain seemed to play orchestral music of bells and drums. The History of the Later Han Dynasty quoted Ji Jiu Ji of the Southern Dynasties as saying that Dunhuang's "singing sand in the mountains is different from hanging springs in the water". Geographical Records of Old Tang Dynasty records that Mingsha Mountain "When the weather is fine, Shaming hears Gancheng". Dunhuang suicide note contains Mingsha Mountain: "In midsummer, horses practice it, and the sound vibrates for dozens of miles. Children in the city are all at the peak of the Dragon Boat Festival, frowning together and roaring like thunder." Dunhuang County Records in Qing Dynasty listed "Sunny Shaling" as one of the eight scenic spots in Dunhuang.

Leaving Dunhuang to the south, you can see the rolling Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang at a glance, with Mogao Grottoes, a famous tourist attraction in Gansu Province, in the east and Danghekou in the west, stretching for 40 kilometers, 20 kilometers wide from north to south, about 100 meters high and the highest peak 17 15[ 1]? rice. 1650m above sea level, just like two sand arms stretching around the crescent spring. Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring in Dunhuang are twin sisters in the desert Gobi. "The mountain is famous for its spirit, and the water is beautiful with spirit". No matter how many tourists travel in Gansu, whether they have a bird's eye view from the top of the mountain or swim by the spring, they will be yearning for it, and they do have the feeling of "singing sand mountains and washing their hearts with crescent springs".

It has been more than 3000 years since Mingsha Mountain was formed, and the records of Mingsha Mountain have a long history.

Xin Qiji's Three Qin Records in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "There is Shajiao Mountain in the west of the river, with steep peaks and peaks, surpassing the rocky mountain, and its sand grains are coarse yellow and dry." Shajiao Mountain here is the Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang.

The Wei and Jin Dynasties' Old Stories of Xihe recorded: "Shazhou, the weather is mysterious, that is, there is sand singing, and there is smell in the city. When people swim in the sand mountain, there are few couples, or if they don't swim, they will be afraid and dare not move forward. "

Due to the further integration of nationalities in the Tang Dynasty, a large number of written records appeared. The Sha Zhou Tu Jing says: "The flow is uncertain, the deep valley is the mausoleum, the high rock is the valley, the peak is like a cut, the smoke is picturesque, and there is no land at dusk." "Yuanhe County Records" records: "Mingsha Mountain is a sacred mountain, located in the south of the county seat. Its mountains are covered with sand. The mountain peak is steep and steep, surrounded by sand ridges. Back like a blade, people will sing when they climb, and their feet will fall with them. After a night of blowing, they will be as old as ever. " Dunhuang documents of the Five Dynasties recorded: "Mingsha Mountain went to Zhou Shili. Its mountains are 80 miles long from east to west, 40 miles long from north to south and 500 feet high. Pure sand gathers here. This mountain is miraculous, and the peak is cut into pieces. "

Second, sand singing refers to deserts or sand dunes. Due to the influence of various climatic and geographical factors, the fine sand particles mainly in time are shaken by the wind, and the sand slides down or moves with each other. Many grains of sand are rotating in the airflow, and the place where the surface cavity causes the "diabolo" effect to buzz is called the sand singing place. In the west of China, Mingsha Mountain is mainly a desert, and these dunes pile up into mountains, so it is also called Mingsha Mountain.

Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang, Shapotou in Zhongwei, Ningxia, Xiangsha Group in Yinkentala, Dalat Banner, Inner Mongolia, and Mingsha Mountain in Bakun, Xinjiang are called the four famous Mingsha in China.