Mirages are also called mirages: this is a natural phenomenon formed by the refraction and reflection of light, and the illusion of light reflected by objects on earth is refracted by the atmosphere, but it has to be admitted that these images are also too scary.
On October 16, 2015, on the Xin'an River in the Huangshan Mountains of Anhui Province, a beautiful city loomed from time to time in the floating mist of the river, and this floating city was the legendary mirage.
The earliest record of a mirage in China comes from the Book of History and Feng Zen:
"Ziwei, Xuan, and Yanzhao sent people into the sea to seek Penglai, the abbot, and Yingzhou. The three sacred mountains are spread in the bohai sea, and they are not far from people, and when they are troubled, the ship wind leads them away. The immortals and the elixirs of immortality are in the air, and their things and beasts are white, and the gold and silver are the palace. Before it arrives, it looks like a cloud; And then, the Three Gods Mountain receded underwater; When it comes, the wind will lead away, and it will not be able to arrive in the end. "
Since ancient times, mirages have been given a mysterious color because they are encounterable and unattainable.
The ancients regarded the mirage as a wonderland on the sea, and Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han sent people to Penglai many times to search for a fairyland in search of a panacea that could lead to immortality. In ancient Chinese legends, mirages are the genus of dragons, which can exhale at sea to form the tower of the city, and are located between the ethereal and ethereal, Shen Kuo wrote in his "Mengxi Pen Talk": "There are clouds in the sea of Dengzhou, for the palace terrace view, the city hall figures, the carriage and horse crown cover, the calendar can be seen."
Compared with ancient mirages, today's mirages have two most significant features: the first is that mirages will appear repeatedly in the same place, and the second is that mirages appear at the same time.
For example, Alaska in the United States, Penglai in Shandong, And Tsimlensk in Russia, the three best viewing places in the world for mirages. Mirages in Alaska generally appear within 20 days of June 20. Most of the mirages in Penglai, Shandong, China, appear in May and June every year, while the mirages in Zimlensk, Russia, appear in the spring of each year.
Of course, although this peculiar landscape is called a mirage, it is not unique to the sea, and in Yanshan, Xinjiang, China, there have also been mirages of "sand dunes in the lake and high-rise buildings in the desert".
Since ancient times, Shanshan has been the main traffic route from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, and many ethnic groups in history have flourished here, so for thousands of years, a strong Western style of Shanshan has been formed. Important geographical location, numerous cultural relics and monuments, rich western style, in the endless Gobi, above the sparkling lake, there are often mirages of wonders.
Regarding the mirage in the desert, there has always been such a legend in Shanshan.
Once upon a time there was a caravan of camels, lost in the heat of the desert, exhausted by the arduous trek and the heat, and the water in their leather bags had long since been drunk, for their lips had been cracked and their spirits were already in a trance. Suddenly, not far ahead, a lake appeared, and on both sides of the lake towered palaces and monasteries, so they ran madly toward the lake, and although they walked through one sand dune after another, the lake, the palace and the monastery were still far ahead, and eventually they all fell on the sand dunes that were running to the mirage.
In Western mythology, mirages are depicted as the embodiment of the devil, a harbinger of death and misfortune. In ancient China, the mirage was regarded as a fairyland, and Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of han once led people to Penglai to find a fairyland, and also sent people to Penglai many times to seek a panacea.
I remember watching a movie called "Mirage", which seemed to be starring Yu Rongguang. In the film, a mirage appears with a variety of exotic women, which eventually leads him to explore the desert. People who have actually seen the mirage are undoubtedly lucky, but the mirage pictured above is a bit scary, and I hope it doesn't scare you.