Autumn tour of the first bay of the Yellow River
Where is the most beautiful scenery in the world? The Yellow River nine curves and eighteen bays, the most beautiful or the first bay. I have long admired the vastness, strength and magnificence of the Chinese Mother River, and I want to witness her beauty for myself. The opportunity came, taking advantage of the National Day holiday, to meet with friends and drive to the first bay of the Yellow River Jiuqu to visit and watch, in order to relieve my longing for her.
The first bay of the Yellow River is located in Tangke Town, Ruoerge County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, which is the junction of Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces. The first bay of the Jiuqu Yellow River originates from the Yellow River in the Bayan Kara Mountains and flows through Sichuan Province. The Yellow River has a cross-cutting diameter of 300 meters here, and the Baihe River cross-cutting diameter is 400 meters. In this section of the Yellow River, it is the boundary river between Sichuan and Gansu. Hexi is Gansu and Hedong is Sichuan. The Yellow River comes from the Gansu side, the river is like a fairy's streamer slowly drifting from the sky, gently caressing the edge of Sichuan and then turning around and floating back to Qinghai, so this place is called "the first bay of the Yellow River in Jiuqu".
We drove all the way to the Yellow River First Bay Scenic Area. At noon, I finally arrived here. First of all, I saw several bright red characters of "The First Bay of the Yellow River Nine Curves" above the gate, and I couldn't resist the joy in my heart, got off the car and walked for a while, eagerly climbed a small mountain bag, and the beautiful scene around me jumped into my eyes.
"The Yellow River rises in the sky, and the red sun sets in the middle." The Yellow River flows through the Sogezang Temple in Ruoerge Tangke Town and merges with the White River, forming the "S" shape of the Yellow River Nine Curves First Big Bay strange natural scenery under the world; shaped like a dragon day by day, the heavens and the water are connected, a hundred flowers are competing, and a hundred birds are competing for the original ecological grassland, and the white pagoda of the ancient temple is accompanied by each other, interlaced and dotted, and the wind and rain are in the same boat. There are many islands in the first bay of the Yellow River in Jiuqu, with red willows, water birds soaring, and fishing boats crossing, forming a wonderful scenery of "sunset and lone birds flying together, and autumn waters are long and colorful", which is called "a solemn illusion in the universe" by Chinese and foreign scientists. Ten thousand trickles of water merge into a large river, and thousands of turns return to the dangerous shoals. The gushing long stream of The People of Jisi, the first bay of the Yellow River.
Some people exclaimed: The Yellow River has come and fallen on the grassland, and it has turned thousands of times back to this place. Blue sky, green land and white clouds, meandering white river. The century-old temple Suozang Temple, mulberry smoke around the sky. The river song god colt rides on the wind, the heroic epic King Gesar. The ancient site of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiamuka, agricultural culture spread civilization. The ancient tea horse road spread friendship, and the horseback culture lasted for thousands of years.
It is also here that the earliest version and evolutionary basis of the heroic epic rap of "Ling Gesar" are deduced, and various stories of Gesar's heroic deeds in that year are circulated.
To get to the first bay of the Yellow River, you need to pass through Tangke Town. The town of Tangke is flat, lush with water and grass, belongs to the plateau cold monsoon climate, is an alpine wetland reserve, and is the hometown of the three famous horses in the country - Hequ Horse.
Hequ horse: that is, the horse produced in the "Hequ" area where the Yellow River and the White River meet, also known as the Qiaokema, together with the Inner Mongolian Three Hippopotamus and the Xinjiang Ili Horse, is called the three famous horses in China. It is mainly produced in the area of Tangksogezang in Ruoerge County, Sichuan, and later multiplied to Maqu and Luqu in Gansu.
Hequ horse is an ancient and excellent local horse breed in China, and in ancient times, the Hequ horse was often used for rides, tributes, and conquests, and was favored by successive generations of civilian and military generals, and repeatedly made great military achievements. Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once praised him with the verse "Bamboo batch with two ears and two ears, and the wind into the four hooves is light"! According to research, "the horses in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang have the pedigree and physical signs of the Hequ horse", that is, the Qin war horses are mainly hequ horses, which shows that the Hequ horses have played an important role in the unification of the six kingdoms of the Qin State and the world.
Climb to the top of this solid wooden boardwalk built along the mountain to see the most beautiful scenery of the first bend of the Yellow River.
The hilly plateau is like a small island, floating in the river. There are many islands in the first bay of Jiuqu, red willows are forested, and there are many kinds of flowers, golden pheasants and hares hiding in them, water birds flying, fishing boats crossing, is the paradise of golden pheasants, yellow ducks, hares, red-crowned cranes and black-necked cranes. There is a hill in front of the Sokzang Temple, the top of the hill can be overlooked, but see the White River to the sky, the Yellow River gracefully bends north and passes away, the grass is connected to the water, the water is even the sky, the sky is vast, the two rivers are elegant and chic, like a couple, hand in hand to the northwest of the sky, people are open-minded. At sunset, the tents, wisps of cooking smoke, the sound of pastoral songs, the galloping of horses, the picturesque and beautiful place. The white pagoda of the ancient temple, accompanied by the Yellow River, is more natural and mysterious. Nestled on the slopes of the first slope is the famous Sok Tsang Monastery on the steppe, which is the best place to watch the sunrise and sunset. From afar: the vast grassland is full of cattle and sheep, and it naturally merges with the vast blue sky, like a wonderful color oil painting. This idea of the unity of heaven and man was understood and expressed by the original living Buddhas on this high land, which was breathtaking!
As the saying goes: not to the Yellow River is not willing, all Chinese and foreign tourists who come here for sightseeing, they are happy to enjoy the scenery of the first bay of the Yellow River. Photographing the first bay of the Yellow River is best at sunset, pedaling on a high slope on the side of the road, facing the west, the S-shaped Yellow River glows red phosphorescence under the sunset, and the red glow after the sun falls into the horizon is the best time to shoot. In addition, there is a "Tang Kesok Tibetan Temple" and a Tibetan village on the edge of the Yellow River, and when photographing Tibetan folk customs, there are also pieces of prayer flags on the banks of the river, which adds a bit of mysterious imagination to the beautiful First Bay of the Nine-Curve Yellow River.
It is the largest grassland in Sichuan Province, with an area of nearly 30,000 square kilometers, consisting of meadow grasslands and swamps. The grasslands are flat, endless and sparsely populated. The Red Army's 25,000-mile long march passed through here many times, leaving behind many moving stories and revolutionary sites that can be sung and wept. Autumn is the golden season of the grasslands, where the sky is high, the blue sky is white and white clouds, and the visibility is very high, which is very suitable for playing at this time. Between heaven and earth, the grass is green, the flowers are blooming, the fragrance is quiet, and there is no end in sight. The meadows are dotted with countless small lakes, the lake water is blue, and the small rivers are like vines connecting large and small lakes, the river is clear, and the swimming fish are visible. Here you can enjoy the scenery of the meadows, listen to the melodious songs, fish for the Yellow River fish for cooking, ride horses on the grasslands, and watch the sika deer farm.
The first bay of the Yellow River, located in the heart of the grassland, her vastness and magnificence will make you move and shock! You can listen to Mother's River about history... Feel the magnificent song of the rushing river of human growth in the twilight sky. At night, there is a soft light in the tent by the river, the bonfire under the moon is roaring, and people dance, sing to the mother river, dance to the mother river, and express our admiration and love for you. When the setting sun turns red and sets toward the side of the mountain, the whole river valley is shrouded in a golden yellow. The green grass on the banks of the Yellow River, wildflowers everywhere, lying in the grass, lying in the flower clusters of Gesang flowers, give people a feeling of returning to nature, so that your body and mind can get unprecedented relaxation.
The first bay of the Yellow River, the clear river is gentle, the blue sky and white clouds, green grass and flowers, tent cooking smoke, cattle, sheep and horses, circling eagles, picturesque, meteorological.
Take the scenic escalator to the observation deck, ascend to the far horizon, but see the yellow and white two rivers competing for the current, the wind posture is about, the style comes and goes, meandering away, like a flying streamer and Hada, floating from the end of the sky. It has no majesty, no turbid waves, no waves lapping at the shore, no embankment above the surface, only affectionate bending and winding around the Tonker prairie... Watch the sunset from the observation deck, and the meandering Yellow River is particularly enchanting under the sunset. At this time, people suddenly have a sense of worship, and have a new understanding of man and nature, this world is too magical, too beautiful!
When the setting sun turned red and set toward the side of the mountain, the whole river valley was shrouded in a golden yellow. The magnificence of nature and the desolation of the sunset make people emotional and moved. The sunset was drunk, the sunset was drunk, and my heart was drunk.
Standing on the high mountain slope, you can see from a distance: the S-shaped Yellow River glows red phosphorescence under the sunset, and it meanders freely, and the majestic courage and calm demeanor can only be possessed by the first bay of the Jiuqu Yellow River.
Address: Zhenping County Literary Association Author: Wang Yuan
October 12, 2021
About the Author
Wang Yuan, female, from Nanyang, Henan. He is a member of the Chinese Essay Literature Association and the Henan Writers Association. He has published 2 million words of literary works in People's Daily, Henan Daily, Yellow River Literature, Tokyo Literature, Essays, Selected Essays, Hot Wind Magazine, Nanyang Daily, and other newspapers and magazines. He has published collections of essays such as "The Depths of White Clouds", "Peaceful As a Song", "Wild Chrysanthemum", "Another Kind of Family Affection", "Song of Jade Township", and reportage "Zhenping Characteristic Economy" and "Zhenping Folk Customs". Among them, the prose "Gourd Melon" won the first prize of the national poetry prose "Hualong Cup" Grand Prix, the prose collection "Wild Chrysanthemum" won the second prize of the provincial "May Fourth Literature Award", and in recent years, it has won the second prize of the Nanyang Literary and Artistic Achievement Award for three consecutive years, and is one of the few female writers in the Nanyang writer group. And for ten consecutive years, he enjoyed the honorary title of professional and technical leader of the state allowance. In 2000, he was hired as a visiting professor by Zhongshan University of Literature in Nanjing.
Wang Yuan's works display area, click below to read
"We Henan People" by Wang Yuan
Wang Yuan, "Beautiful Qiandao Lake"
"Autumn Taigong Lake" by Wang Yuan
"Autumn Day Dagu Glacier" by Wang Yuan