Pingshan Lake on the other side of the mountain
Men Xiaofeng
This mountain is famous, it is heli Mountain. Heli Mountain and the Qilian Mountains, which are separated by hundreds of miles to the south, are far away, and the two mountains in the north and south form the world-famous Hexi Corridor. Heli Mountain is a natural barrier to the north of the Gongwei River West Corridor, and on the other side of the mountain is Pingshan Lake, in fact, Pingshan Lake does not have a lake, but a large area of barren hills with sparse vegetation. Pingshan Lake is located in The border area between Zhangye, Gansu and The Alxa League of Inner Mongolia, from Pingshan Lake across a small river ditch that dries up in all seasons, it enters the Alateng Chao Kesumu under the jurisdiction of the Right Banner of the Alxa League of Inner Mongolia, which is the meaning of the township, Pingshan Lake is a Mongolian township, from the administrative division under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou District of Zhangye City, Gansu Province.
Although it is only 50 to 60 kilometers from Zhangye city to Pingshan Lake, more than 40 years ago, Pingshan Lake was not accessible by car, and it was only possible to walk for 14 hours to the township government.
More than twenty years ago, I went to Pingshan Lake with several radio and television technicians. When I walked to the Renzu Pass, I knew the danger of this place. To Pingshan Lake must pass through renzukou, renzukou locals also known as renzongkou, is a valley naturally formed by the Heli Mountain fault zone, the Ming and Qing dynasties once set up a pass here, and now the beacon tower on the top of the mountain remains, the car meanders along the valley, the narrowest part of the valley is less than thirty meters, the valley does not see sunlight all year round, and the narrow side of the road is an upright cliff. It's getting late, the road is getting harder and harder to walk, the car is looking for the rut print in the river dam, in fact, there is no existing road for you to walk, sometimes the road up on the rainy day and the way back is not the same road, which depends on the size of the rain, the rain will change the direction of the river, the driver drives along the river, looking at which places are flat can take the car, choose the route by yourself, the car in the rugged mountain road dangling for two or three hours to the Pingshan Lake Township government seat.
The seat of the township government has a street that is too short to be short, the streets are lined with adobe bungalows with crooked gray heads and dirt faces, there are only three or three pedestrians on the street, and later I learned that there are only more than seven hundred people in Pingshan Lake Township, and there are even fewer people who settle here, the only school in the township is only a few students, the township government does not even have electricity, relying on simple solar power generation, this kind of battery can only maintain two or three hours of lighting electricity when the weather is clear, and the television set can only receive one. Still intermittent, radio and television technicians have come here many times and have not been able to solve the problem from the root. The Pingshan Lake Township Government was pitch black in the dead of night, and the occasional dog bark broke the silence of the night.
Because of the relationship between work, I have been to Pingshan Lake several times, and then a simple rural road was built here first, and after many efforts, domestic electricity was also sent in, and the changes in Pingshan Lake were silent.
In recent years, pingshan lake on the other side of the mountain has quickly "fire", with the rapid heating up of tourism, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon has been excavated and developed, here the peculiar landform and strange scenery, attracting photographers and tourists from all over the world, they come to Pingshan Lake, and the beautiful natural scenery of Pingshan Lake spread to all places. Pingshan Lake Township firmly seized this opportunity and actively developed tourism, a large number of herdsmen drummed up the money bags of herders, the local government raised more than one billion yuan due to the situation, and built a first-class highway from Zhangye City to Pingshan Lake, and pingshan Lake on the edge of the sky was instantly in front of the eyes.
In the summer, a rainy morning, we set off from the city along the newly built highway to Pingshan Lake, although the highway has not yet been officially opened to traffic, but soon out of the city to Renzukou, the original rugged mountain road along the valley has been replaced by the Renzukou Tunnel, Renzukou Tunnel and Shannanguan Tunnel open in both directions, shortening the entire trip. Unconsciously, the car we took went to the seat of the Pingshan Lake Township Government, through the car window I did not believe in their own eyes, it was two or three years have not come to Pingshan Lake, the appearance here has undergone earth-shaking changes, the streets are lined with new high-standard housing, blue tiles and white walls appear more fresh in the clear sky, I know that the Mongolian nation advocates the blue sky and white clouds of life, this housing color fits their pursuit of original ecological life, the street in front of the township government is paving red plastic roads, The sky of Pingshan Lake is blue sky, the clouds of Pingshan Lake are white clouds, and the picture of Pingshan Lake is the most beautiful picture of the new era.
We interviewed a young herdsman in Daoerji, he was a young man who returned to his hometown to start a business, the generous Dolji led us to his home, he told us that this new house is a government-built settlement house for herders, there are nearly 100 square meters, the house has water, heating and electricity facilities, the living function is perfect, the large-screen TV on the TV cabinet can see more than forty sets of programs twenty-four hours, and the ethnic-style carpet in the living room highlights the characteristics of the Mongolian people. Dorgy said that the house has very little money, most of it is subsidized by the government, and Dorji's face is full of joy, when we ask them if their whole family lives here all year round? Dorgy smiled and told us that it was only three seasons, and that in the winter their whole family would live in the city, where they had a building. From Dolgi's mouth, it was learned that the herders of Pingshan Lake had received government subsidies to build comfortable settlement houses.
Dolji is the representative of the young herders of Pingshan Lake, he graduated from school to the Pingshan Lake where he was raised to start a business, watching the gradually popular tourism industry in Pingshan Lake is rising, he seized the opportunity to develop tourism, opened Mujiale with the support of his family, and cooperated closely with travel agencies, tourists who come to Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon are willing to come here to feel a different kind of ethnic customs, his Mujiale business has been booming, he wants to buy a few yurts to expand the scale of operation. In order to take care of each other, under the influence of returning grazing to grass, Dorji's mother, who makes a living from grazing, put down her whip and opened a small supermarket next door to her son MuJiale to sell special goods from Inner Mongolia.
Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon local government in order to support the rapid development of ethnic areas, not only loans to build roads to the outside of the mountain, but also called on local enterprises with economic strength to invest in improving tourism infrastructure, a tourism entity has begun to take shape, after its completion of the scenic area reception level will be higher, tourists can enjoy quality services here, through the canyon, danxia, see the stars, jumping bonfires and a series of activities are in development and practice, especially the soon to open the Ganping Highway, for the access to Pingshan Lake provides convenience, Pingshan Lake on the other side of the mountain has become a Kangzhuang Avenue leading to the outside world under the connection of a smooth road, and today's Pingshan Lake is running rapidly towards a happy tomorrow.
(About the author: Men Xiaofeng, male, chief reporter of Ganzhou District Radio and Television Station, member of Gansu Television Artists Association, has more than 300 literary works published in people's dailys, prose selections, Gansu dailys, Anhui dailys and other newspapers and magazines at or above the provincial level, more than ten prose works have won grade awards in the province's literary essays, and many TV essays planned and created have been broadcast on provincial television stations. ）