Absolutely beautiful on the water

Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

Beautiful scenery of Qinghai Usut water Yadan. Photo by Chen Xianlin (People's Photo)

I went to Qinghai to see the vast Gobi and the majestic snow-capped mountains, and to feel the loftiness and vastness there, but along the way, I was completely enchanted by the large and small lakes there. Needless to say, the vastness of Qinghai Lake, the beauty of Emerald Lake, and the extraordinary beauty of Usut Water Yadan are shocking and make people stay.

The car drove along the 315 National Highway into the northwest of the Qaidam Basin, and the scenery on both sides of the road gradually undulated from the endless Gobi Desert, and some broken walls and remnants of hills appeared in front of the eyes. At first, it was a few pieces, and then it was a series of groups, although it was a barren land with no grass, there was no other color except yellow, but the magic of nature made it a magnificent geological wonder, and it was also a unique Yadan landform group in the Qaidam Basin. We resisted the temptation to enter this magical city.

These pieces of sandstone formed by the folds and fractures of rock formations have been shaped into vivid group carving images after thousands of years of caressing and carving by the wind's great hands. They are like castles, like camel caravans, like tigers, like leopards, like giants or seats, or lying down, you can open your imaginary wings and make these stagnant sandstones come alive and move. Everyone admired and admired, their eyes were a little busy, and their thoughts were also dragged out of the distance.

We continued to drive forward, and when Usut Water Yadan appeared in the field of vision, we suddenly felt that it was an emerald embedded in the desert mound of heaven, and it was also a teardrop left by the goddess. In this barbaric land, a bay of clear water suddenly appeared, making people suspect that they had seen the eyes or had a dream. The water of the lake was suddenly deep blue and suddenly light blue, and the Yadan group formed by thousands of years of wind erosion fell in this blue space, forming a magical picture. From a distance, those strangely shaped rocks are submerged by the lake, and the bare parts such as islands and reefs, such as sails, and ships, can form an ocean-going fleet, which has the momentum of ten thousand ships going to sea and a huge soup. The sound of the wind in the ears is like a wave roaring and roaring, faintly as if there is an ancient sound coming, circling and reverberating between the heavens and the water, making people's hearts wander, exquisite eight poles, feel the soul soaring, and suddenly arriving at another mysterious world beyond the earth.

In fact, there was no water here, but many years ago, due to a flash flood, the water of the Nalingle River that originated in the Kunlun Mountains was diverted, flooding the area, thus forming a unique water Yadan wonder in the world today, and also making the arid desert glow with a flexible breath of life. Standing at the water's edge, the lake water is within reach, the azure water surface is pure and clear, the white clouds cast a reflection in the lake, as if looking at the mirror, the lake sky is one color, connected into one, making people open-minded and relaxed. Where there is water, birds can always attract birds to inhabit, flocks of water birds and wild ducks coiled on the surface of the water, flying and falling, they are not afraid of people, and are very willing to be close to people, the more crowded the place, the more they gather to join in the fun.

Climbing up the sand dunes by the lake and looking down on the Yadan community in the water from a high place is another wonder. Those rocks are like a swarm of whales playing with sand, turtles facing the sun, and like a lined yurt, like mushrooms, like bunkers, like wheat stacks, varied, unpredictable, let people directly sigh at the creation of the gods, both charming and shocking. The sky is full of ducks and geese, the water is sparkling, and the vicissitudes of sand and gravel and the tender lake water are inclusive of each other, reflecting each other and intertwining into a beautiful and wonderful picture.

The ancients had a sigh of "the landscape is special, and the large bell is strange". Land and sea floating and sinking and time and space changes can always create fantasy scenery, we can't help but sigh: only by protecting the ecological environment and taking good care of the beautiful scenery around us can we protect the earth's homeland.