Father's love is a mountain, and mother's love is a river. Cui Wei's towering Qilian Mountains stretch for 800 miles from east to west between Qinggan and Gansu, and large and small ice and snow water radially flow to both sides of the ridge, creating a complex and diverse landscape and the legendary Silk Road, and also nurturing a magical land and people. My father's mountain is naturally tall and majestic, and the Qilian Mountain, which stretches for 800 miles, and the mother's river is a number of tributaries and undercurrents formed by glacial snowmelt, and thousands of large and small emerald lakes formed by runoff and undercurrents.
"Look at Qilian immediately, the strange peaks are high in the sky. Go west to Jiayu, and there is no green cloud in condensation. This is a poem written by Chen Di, the governor of Gansu after he went to office in the ninth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1557). Qilian Mountain is a mountain with many treasures, with extremely rich resources, and it is naturally an important place for soldiers to compete for in the past dynasties. Some river valleys or lower mountain passes between the south and north of the Qilian Mountains have become important transportation arteries and military defense fortresses in the past dynasties. And what we have to know is: from the 3rd century BC or even earlier, the earliest ethnic group living here was called the Xiongnu, the name of this ethnic group was the Xiongnu, and the name of the ancestor of this nation was like thunder, that is, the ancestor of the Jiuli ethnic group who had competed with the Yellow Emperor for hegemony and was forced to migrate. A branch of this nation stands like a high mountain in the northwest plateau, fighting for survival for generations, and has been injecting a strong and thin genetic blood for the continuous integration of the Chinese nation. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu people raised their offspring here, six animals lived, they gave a warm and sacred name to every mountain and river that raised them, the Xiongnu called the sky "Qilian", Qilian Mountain is the meaning of "Tianshan".
The Lai River originated in the Qilian Mountains and was named after the Lai Palm. "Lai Lai" is naturally a Xiongnu language, meaning "a place with trees", this river flows through Jiayuguan, Suzhou, Jinta after the ice ditch, joins the weak water of the Heihe River, and finally flows to the Juyan Sea of Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia. However, outsiders do not know that the Zarai River is a river with a geographical concept, and it is the "boss" of many small rivers in Jiuquan. The foothills of the Qilian Mountains stretch like palm prints, along the terrain through different canyons, flow north, west or east, and then blend together, either forming lakes or continuing to meander in the form of light and dark currents, nourishing and flourishing into a vast oasis. From east to west, the rivers in Jiuquan include Maying River, Fengle River, Guanshan River, Hongling River, Qingshui River, Linshui River, Hongshui River, Binggou River and so on.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "the star flag reflected Shule, and the cloud array was on Qilian." "Iron Horse Binghe, Huo Quai's conquest of Hexi, Jiuquan County was set up here, and it has since been included in the Chinese territory. Jiuquan County has Lufu County, and this river has an auspicious name, Lufu River. Because this river flows eastward from Jiayuguan through the north of Jiuquan City. Therefore, this section is called the Great North River that the common people are familiar with. Some experts have verified that the transliteration of the word "Lai Lai" in Mongolian is the meaning of "rabbit". Maybe the river comes and goes fast, like a rabbit. The Mongolian people call the Le Lai River also known as "Duole Water", and the very pleasing Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac is called the "Hello Year".
I am a native of Jiuquan Suzhou, born and raised in Si, studying, working, living, and the place where my figure has always lived. The mother river that nurtures this land is called the Korai River, and this river has an extremely unusual name in ancient documents, called silkworm water. Today's research shows that "Hu silkworm" is the same as "Hulan", and in Mongolian, "Hulan" means red, red water, which is the same as the hue presented by seasonal rivers. When I was young, the wings of my dreams had reverie many prosperous cities; in middle age, I also traveled to the famous places that everyone talked about; when I was not confused, I liked to drive to the mountains and rivers that were less visited and slightly remote. Come and go, suddenly look back, the sunset of the long river, the weak water is not weak, the galaxy, wading in quicksand, a little verdant, touching and kissing our faces, as always, tenderness as before. Looking up at the distance, the South Mountain, I know whether Lingnan is good or not with me, the tree is thousands of feet high and does not forget the roots, the water flows thousands of miles and always thinks of the source, the heart has a soul, the heart is thinking, "but the road, this heart is my hometown, I can't help but feel it:
Thousands of miles of begging for the weak, fearless of the road; picking stars and sleeping snow pillows, picking the moon and sending peach charms; feathered birds singing far away from the mountains, swimming fish and playing with reeds; fireworks in the world are shaking, and the taste is faint and forgetful.
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