Xinjiang is very big, maybe you can't travel all over the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, maybe you can't appreciate the charm of the 36 countries in the western region, but you can definitely go to Turpan in eastern Xinjiang. Xinjiang is too big and beautiful in our hearts, there are mountains, there are meadows, there are deserts... Encompassing all the beautiful scenery except the sea, each of us has a dream of Xinjiang and wants to see the great rivers and mountains. Each of us has another dream of traveling to the west, following the footsteps of the four masters and apprentices across the Flame Mountain.
Located on the northern edge of xinjiang's Turpan Basin, the Flame Mountain is mainly red in appearance, with ravines and ravines, also known as "Red Mountain". Flame Mountain is the hottest place in China, the surface temperature can reach 89 degrees when the hottest, the highest air temperature also reached 49.6 degrees, is a veritable "Chinese heat level". But the heat still can't resist the enthusiasm of tourists.
The Flame Mountain is famous for its Journey to the West, and the plot of Sun Wukong borrowing a banana fan is also vividly remembered. Many friends want to see the true appearance of the Flame Mountain because of their childhood feelings, and under the fame of Journey to the West, the Flame Mountain still has more than 3,000 visitors in the hottest time.
The Flaming Mountain in Journey to the West is hot and on fire all the time. Spontaneous combustion of coal seams in Xinjiang is not uncommon, and underground coal seams become inclined coal seams in crustal movements, which come into contact with oxygen and high temperatures in the atmosphere and cause spontaneous combustion. The fire lasted four years and was not extinguished until 2013. So the Flame Mountain is indeed worthy of its name. You can imagine how hot the Flame Mountain is.
The Flame Mountain Scenic Area is at the entrance of the Lianhuo Expressway, along the way, the landform is no longer the vast next door, and the high and low mountains appear in front of you, I think the Flame Mountain is not far away. After getting off the highway, you can see Sun Wukong at the door carrying a banana fan in the distance. The red mountains come into view, and the heat wave is coming, and even in the autumn, you can feel the thick heat. With an excited mood, he hummed the theme song of Journey to the West on his mouth, as if he had walked into the scene of Journey to the West. Tickets 40 yuan a piece, the heart is still stealing this ticket is very cheap! But when I went in, I realized I was wrong.
The whole scenic spot is not large, except for the protagonist Flame Mountain, the rest is some introductions and sculptures related to Journey to the West, introducing the sculptures of Xuanzang and some historical figures and some history and formation of flame mountains. When I came to the ground after walking through the West Corridor and finishing the Golden Hoop Rod Thermometer, I found that this fare was really not worth it. Let the tourists not have fun, there is always a feeling of unfinished. On the ground are some self-funded projects, camel riding for photos, paragliding, helicopters and so on.
There is an altitude of zero meters at the foot of the mountain that is worth seeing, from the Flame Mountain Monument to the foot of the mountain for about an hour, if in the summer, facing a high temperature of nearly forty degrees and a surface temperature of nearly seventy or eighty degrees, I think most tourists will not choose to go on foot. In this way, the whole Flame Mountain looks no different from looking at the car, and we can completely drive the car to the entrance of the scenic spot, take a few photos and continue the next trip. So spend 40 yuan into the scenic spot to see the same scenic value? I think it is not worth it, not because the ticket is expensive, but because the scenery is the same, there is no need to spend more than 40 yuan. Of course, tourists who have a strong interest in geological landforms and culture in the westward journey are still worth visiting.
In recent years, the Flame Mountain has newly built a Flame Mountain Scenic Area next to the Flame Mountain Scenic Area, which is the most frequented by tourists, and the two scenic spots are very close, but they are all the same mountain, but some of the man-made play projects inside are not the same, and the fee is also 40 yuan per person. In a short distance, the appearance of two homogeneous scenic spots, let me have a lot of confusion, I once thought that it was another entrance to the scenic spot, almost wanted to go there to see, careful observation only to find that there is a green fence around, simply can not pass.
Why are these situations happening?
In today's tourism development is in full swing, the emergence of many homogeneous scenic spots is inevitable, and it is sometimes difficult to match the price and scenic content, in fact, these are understandable. In the face of more and more tourists, in the face of more and more tourism needs, these will definitely happen, and when the development of tourism in various places is more and more mature, these status quo may change. What we can do is to enjoy the fun that nature brings us, follow the heart, no matter which scenic spot, no matter which wild scenery, whether it is charged or not, and whether the ticket price is high or not, as long as it is the desire of the heart, as long as it can make us happy, it is worth it. Of course, it is also necessary to go rationally, after all, it is not easy to make money.
Why there are two scenic spots in the very close distance is worth thinking about. Which scenic spot is more worthy of appreciation, and is it necessary to build two scenic spots, and what is hidden in it? I think all this phenomenon should improve over time, and so on.
In general, it is still worth the trip to come to Flame Mountain, come to Turpan to appreciate the charm of nature, and feel the culture brought to us by famous works.