Everyone has a seed of the northwest in their hearts,
When summer is coming,
It took root and sprouted, and blossomed.
When the scenery outside the window goes from winter to spring,
The temperature is getting warmer and the rain is pleasant,
The outside world still seems so good.
Darkness and cold will eventually be dispelled by the sun,
Even at this moment, you can only think of it simply at the window.
Think about the sun, think outside the window,
Think about it, the summer is coming.
Green meadows, all over the bison and sheep, when summer is coming, I will start to miss the northwest again!
It seems to be a long dream, moving quietly, light and dark.
Green meadows emerged from the loess soil, and the whole wilderness rolled in the wind.
The wind blew away the yellow soil and blew away the snow.
Cattle and sheep emerge from the grassy hillside and are dyed a gentle grass color.
Listen, the shepherd's song, intermittent, coming down the mountain ridge.
Grains of sand floated up and down, and I don't know how many miles I traveled.
And as I stood in the middle of the desert, I could still hear them whimpering, like sighs.
Northwest, like a cheerful dream!
Those who are usually seen and those who are not seen are driven into dreams and meet.
01
Zhangye
"Zhang Guo arm liquid, to pass through the western region"
Almost everyone who has been to Zhangye has never forgotten Zhangye, missing its purity, its tranquility, its freedom and vastness...
Many people said that they had been to Zhangye only to find that their favorite was Zhangye.
Zhangye is located in the northwest of Gansu Province, 547km away from Lanzhou, is one of the four counties of the ancient Hexi Corridor, formerly known as "Ganzhou", the geographical location is dangerous: west of Jiuquan, Jiayuguan, east of Wuwei, and Wuwei and called "Jin Zhangye, Yinwuwei", to the north to the Badain Jaran Desert into Inner Mongolia, to the south over the Qilian Mountains to Qinghai.
Zhangye has always been a shining pearl on the ancient Silk Road, the richest area of the Hexi Corridor, stretching more than 1,000 kilometers of Qilian Mountains, more than 700 kilometers in Zhangye territory, snowy mountains and glaciers, forest grasslands, desert Gobi, colorful Danxia, oasis fertile land, Heihe wetland... Low-key Zhangye, what a landscape!
02
Horseshoe Temple
One of the three major art caves in a Buddhist resort
Horseshoe Temple is the only group of grottoes in the middle of the snow-capped mountains and the highest altitude in the mainland, and together with the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and the Anxi Yulin Grottoes, it is known as the three major artistic treasures of the Buddhist resorts of the Hexi Corridor.
It has a history of more than 1,600 years and is a collection of grotto art, the scenery of Qilian Mountain and the yugur customs.
The Thirty-Three Days Buddha Cave is the main building of the Horseshoe Temple, a seven-story stepped building carved along the mountain, where you can see many ancient Buddha statues, after seeing such a spectacular scene, you really have to sigh the wisdom of the ancients.
03
Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon
Comparable to colorado's Grand Canyon
At first glance, "Pingshan Lake" will think that it is a lake, just like Lop Nur, perhaps at some time it had water, but now "Grand Canyon" is the definition that really belongs to it.
"China Geography Magazine" said that it is "comparable to Zhangjiajie" and "comparable to the Grand Canyon of Colorado", and it is such a magical canyon, but it has been raised in the deep boudoir and many people do not know.
This Grand Canyon on the ancient Silk Road, accompanied by hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain and sunshine, wields the god axe of nature, and uses intoxicating creativity to engrave this colorful mountain into an incomparable and breathtaking gorge beauty scroll.
The overall geology of Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon belongs to the red layer of geology, dark red, the canyon is sand and gravel as the background, cone-shaped, from the bottom to the top of the valley distributed biological fossils of various ages, like a walking western large.
04
Badain Jaran Desert
The most beautiful desert in China
As the third largest desert in China, Badain Jaran is famous for its peculiar shape and high and steep sand dunes, and can be seen everywhere in Badain Jaran sand gullies, sand cliffs and sand peaks, rolling yellow sand, a thousand-year-old desert, and the momentum is particularly spectacular.
The relatively niche Badain Jarin was rated as "China's Most Beautiful Desert" by China National Geographic Magazine, with thousands of acres of yellow sand, vast winds, the earth, hard and soft; the sky, deep and far away.
As a desert, sand mountains are the soul here, the wind blows everywhere, the sand mountains are undulating, rippled, staggered, through different color temperatures of light, colorful, brilliant sunset, beautiful as satin.
Badain Jaran Desert has the world's largest mingsha area, the central area is relatively high in the 200-500 meters of the mingsha mountain, many sand dunes can be sung with the wind, known as the "world singing sand kingdom", high and low sand dunes are slightly steep, rolling down the sand grains produce a huge sound, these sounds from afar, like rumbling thunder, earth-shaking, dull and far-reaching.
05
Off-road crossing of Badain Jarin
Challenge "Desert Everest"
The altitude of badain Jaran Desert is between 1200-1700 meters, and the relative height of Sand Mountain can reach more than 500 meters, which is called "Desert Mount Everest", conquering Sand Peak has become every off-road person who has visited Badain Jaran, a lifelong off-road pursuit!
If you want to deeply appreciate and witness the five wonders of Badain Jaran's "Qifeng, Mingsha, Lake, Sacred Spring, and Ancient Temple", it is better to take an off-road vehicle deep into the hinterland of badain Jaran Desert, enjoy the desert scenery along the way, and stop on call and get off the bus to visit.
In the past, my friends recalled: "The first day was very afraid of motion sickness, I have been trying to adapt, and when I waited for the second day and the third day, it was too exciting, the whole desert was like a huge playground, I was the child who sat on the roller coaster and sped around in life."
A small partner who has experienced desert hiking: "When climbing the desert Everest, the last few steep slopes, basically no strength, climb up two meters, then slide down a meter, really use both hands and feet, climb to the point of crying." But the moment I reached the summit, as soon as I looked up, the sunset just fell on the horizon far away from the desert, and I felt that I was both small and the world was beautiful."
06
Desert camping
Wine with lamb chops & desert with starry sky
The most unmissable delicacy in the Great Northwest is beef and lamb! The little partner supports the canopy, sets up the stove, uses the prepared ingredients, makes a lamb chop dinner, and then has a glass of wine, and wants to live just like this
For the small partners to provide the desert section of the whole special meals, including northwest specialties, special farmhouse dishes, etc., at noon put on the table and chairs, set up the canopy, enjoy an outdoor special cold meal on the shore of the desert lake, in the afternoon on the desert side, enjoy a leisurely And comfortable Mongolian afternoon tea.
At night, next to the camp, under the stars, light a bunch of bonfires, set up a stove to eat a desert BBQ, then some beer, sing and dance, bloom the most brilliant fireworks in the desert, and then lie on the sand ridge and wait for the meteors to cross the sky, and talk about the ideals and life stories with friends around you.
If wine with lamb chops is a pleasure for the taste buds, then the desert with the starry sky is a visual feast on this trip.
Pulling open the tent in the early morning, the blue of the sky, the yellow of the desert, and the green of haizi in front of the eyes, even the wind seems to stop, the surprise suddenly came, the little friend sitting in the tent sighed: "Although I have seen Haizi outside, but the moment the tent is opened, I was still surprised, and everything is worth it at that moment."
07
There was a sea hidden in the desert
The beautiful sea in the depths of the desert
Deep in the Badain Jaran Desert, where annual precipitation is less than 40mm, more than 140 lakes are hidden! The locals call it "Haizi", if you don't come here, it is really incredible, in the vast desert, there can be so many colorful Haizi.
These sea seeds are pink, blue, green, yellow, purple, white... It is said that these strange colors are determined by the trace elements contained in the lake water, such as pink lake water with high potassium ions, and green lake color with higher magnesium ions... Some of these lakes can't even be named, can't be searched on a map, and only local indigenous drivers can find them.
The most popular of the Badain Jaran Desert is the Pink Lake, which varies in color and water throughout the year, and every May, it is the best time to see it.
No wonder a small partner said: "Before going there, I thought that the drone could see a very shocking scene, but standing in front of The Red Sea, I knew that the dreamy feeling was irreplaceable by any photos and videos." ”
Pink lake shines with charming colors, like the "eye of the desert", standing on a high place or using a drone to photograph it, eating melon netizens commented: "Far looks like pork belly, up close looks like watermelon juice", you see?
Walk into the two-color lake that has just appeared on the cover of China National Geographic, and put yourself in the center of a whole field of rose-colored light and shadow, you can walk, jump, sit quietly, lie flat... In every way, it is colliding with the most colorful colors!
This is one of the most magical lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, affected by the concentration of saline minerals in the lake, the amount of water and the temperature, the south lake is pink, the north lake is blue, the locals also call them "two-color lake", the lake color purple, blue accompaniment, water birds fly on the lake, like a colorful palette.
08
Zhangye Colorful Danxia
China's most splendid Danxia landform
Before many small partners did not come to Zhangye, they always thought that the northwest had no color, only gray and yellow sand, and the Gobi without end; after coming to Zhangye, they would understand that the northwest also had such a brilliant color!
That Danxia Mountain, the color will confuse your eyes, one after another, is the endless multicolored stretch, climb up the high boardwalk, stand on the commanding heights, stand in the center of the Hexi Corridor, sigh the infinite mountains and rivers.
The dazzling sunset, half the Gobi, half the rainbow, the wilderness and the brilliance, at the same time break into your eyes, so that you just want to open your arms fiercely, embrace this unique confusion of the northwest, here, even the air exudes a distant atmosphere, it seems to be scrambling, want to tell you the story of their own.
09
The ultimate trail of off-roading
Travel through the Badain Jaran Desert
Detailed road book
D1 Zhangye all day collection day
Today, small partners from all over the world gather in the important town of the ancient Silk Road, "Zhangye", which has the reputation of "plugging the Jiangnan". Embark on a journey through The Badain Jaran, the third largest desert in China.
Friends who arrive early can visit the Great Buddha Temple, Shanxi Guild Hall, Minqin Guild Hall, Heishui National Ruins and many other places of interest and historical sites in the city. Zhangye's northwest cuisine is also not to be missed, and the friends have a dinner and drink together that night to get to know each other.
D2 Zhangye - Horseshoe Temple - Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon - Alxa Right Banner
After breakfast, head to the Horseshoe Temple Grottoes, which was excavated in the Northern Liang Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, with a history of more than 1,600 years, and is one of the three major artistic treasures of Hexi Buddhist holy land, together with Mogao Grottoes and Yulin Grottoes, which has a high artistic value.
After the end of the horseshoe temple, the little friends continue to the Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon, where the canyon is deep, the peaks are strange, and nature uses the creativity of the magic to engrave the colorful mountains into an incomparable and breathtaking landscape picture. A bottomless canyon, showing great vigor and magnificence.
D3 Badain Jaran Desert Crossing - Pink Lake - Freshwater Lake
After breakfast, the little partner will embark on the ultimate off-road road in China, known as the first holy place in the off-road adventure industry, badain Jaran Desert, today we, like all explorers, stand on the Badain Jaran Desert, open a self-challenge mode, and go deep into the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert. True desert cross-country crossing is very exciting, with unknown landscapes behind each dune, or rolling sand dunes or closely connected lakes.
That night, I arrived at tamsui Lake to camp and eat a meal of authentic hand-held meat, which was delicious.
There is no one in silence, only faint lights, curtains on the ground, toasts to drink, outside the hustle and bustle of the city, there is such a pure land that makes the little friends completely miss contact, drink freely. Such a starry night, a long-lost peace, this will be the most unforgettable experience and night of a lifetime.
D4 Badain Jaran Desert Crossing - Various beautiful lakes are crossed in turn
After breakfast, the little friend continues to set off to the hinterland, and what is constantly presented to us during the crossing process is not only the vast desert landscape, there are countless beautiful lakes along the way every day, and human exploration of the unknown has never stopped, and it is this stimulation and curiosity that constantly drives us to the far side.
After lunch, the little friend first took a shower, continued to set off in the afternoon, and arrived at Badain Jarin Zuimei Lake in the evening to camp.
Tonight's theme, Desert BBQ, think it's delicious, paired with sweet and juicy melons, angry campfires, hi up! , the sky is full of stars, friends dance and sing to embrace nature, drink wine and eat meat, talk about the world, no brothers and no off-road, in this silent desert hinterland, free yourself.
D5 Badain Jaran Desert Crossing - Colorful Danxia - Zhangye City
After breakfast, the little partner continues to travel through, enjoy the beauty of the last two lakes, we will wear out the Badain Jaran Desert in the afternoon, bid farewell to the Badain Jaran Desert, except for good memories and footprints, we will not leave anything, before the evening will arrive at the colorful Danxia, enjoy the colorful Danxia beautiful sunset.
Adventure can not lack a sense of ceremony, in the evening friends held a celebration banquet in Zhangye to share the bits and pieces of this road.
At this time, everyone has a deeper understanding of the classic words of "no brothers, no off-road", this special adventure journey, this unforgettable Badain Jaran cross-country adventure experience, no matter how much everyone finally gains, has written their most memorable chapter and interpreted their most unique life.
D6 Zhangye City - Warm Home
An expedition that combines a long civilization with challenging oneself and conquering nature, an advanced trip to the ashes-level off-road adventure masters, the desert hinterland depends on each other and gets along day and night, so that everyone's friendship is far more direct and unforgettable than ordinary tourism, and we who have long been brothers and sisters will embrace each other today.
No brothers, no off-road, meet together for the next adventure plan.
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