Is Flame Mountain still hot in winter?

Cen Can, a famous frontier poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote the poem "Crossing the Volcano" when he crossed the Flame Mountain for the first time: "When the volcano first appeared, it suddenly appeared in Puchangdong. The red flame burns the clouds in Hu-day, and the hot air flows through the frontier fortress. I don't know yin and yang charcoal, why burn it alone? Winter winter comes here, and the mountain is still a hot air. When people are sweating, they know the nature. "

It means:

The volcano I have heard for a long time was only seen today. It stands high in the east of Puchang County. The red flame burned Hu Tianyun, and the hot airflow transpiration over the frontier fortress. I don't know why the heat energy composed of yin and yang burns alone on this mountain. When the winter comes here, there is still a burst of hot air below the mountain. People and horses are sweating like a pig. Who can explore the mysteries of nature?

The highest temperature in Flame Mountain in summer is as high as 47.8 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature on the surface is as high as 89 degrees Celsius. Hard-boiled eggs can be baked in the sand nest. Turpan is a typical continental arid desert climate. Although the annual average temperature is only 14.5℃, the days above 35℃ exceed 100 days, and even the extremely hot weather above 38℃ is as many as 38 days.

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Legends about the Flame Mountain:

According to Uygur folklore, there is a dragon in the depths of Tianshan Mountain, which eats virgins. In order to kill the people, the local supreme ruler Shatok Bukhara Khan sent Hara and Zhuo to subdue the dragon. After a soul-stirring battle, the dragon was killed by Hala and Zhuo at Qijiaojing in the northeast of Turpan. The dragon was wounded westward, and the whole mountain was dyed red with blood. So Uighurs call this mountain Hongshan, which is what we now call the Flame Mountain.

Mazar piles and stepping stones are located in the southwest of Jinsheng Township, Turpan City 10 km. Looking from the northwest of 3 12 national highway, there is a stone pillar on the top of Fengfeng volcano, which stands tall and looks like a wooden stake, and is called "tied horse pile". Legend has it that Tang Priest tied Bai to a stone pillar when he passed by to learn Buddhist scriptures in the Western Heaven, hence the name. Not far from the horse-tied pile, there is a huge stone, which is said to be a stepping stone for Tang Priest to mount his horse. The Uighurs in Zhamazhuang call it "Atbagra Huogamu".

It is said that in Muhammad's time, a saint named Ali came to the Flame Mountain and tied his horse to a stone pillar. Later, people called this stone pillar "Atbagra Huojiamu" (meaning a stake to tie a horse) as a souvenir. Driving from Mutougou to Xizhou Tiansheng Garden in the hinterland of the Flame Mountain, you can see the sculptures of four eminent monks and apprentices in the Tang Dynasty. I saw the Monkey King walking in the clouds with a banana fan on his shoulder. The Tang Priest came slowly with Pig and Friar Sand and Bai.

The Buddhist scriptures and sculptures of Tang Priest are vivid in form and vivid in expression. Su Qun was built in 1989. Chinese and foreign tourists have come here to take photos, which is one of the new tourist attractions of Flame Mountain. It's a pity that those sculptors are surrounded by high iron fences, like prisoners, making tourists stop and sigh.

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