On July 7, the surface temperature of the Flame Mountain Scenic Area in Turpan, Xinjiang, known as the "Fire Continent", reached 76 degrees Celsius, and the real-time temperature displayed by the "Banana Fan Thermometer" in the Flame Mountain National Geopark scenic spot was as high as 50 degrees Celsius. Many tourists brave the heat to visit and truly experience the extraordinary "enthusiasm" of the summer in Turpan, the "Fire Island". (Image from IC photo)
Xinjiang Flame Mountain is located on the northern edge of the Turpan Basin. Ancient books call it "Chishi Mountain", Uyghur called "Kyzyltag" (meaning red mountain), composed of red sandstone, from the Langan Quicksand River in Shanshan County in the east to the Turpan Taoergou in the west, forming a red dragon, running east-west, lying in the Turpan Basin, with a total length of 98 kilometers and a width of 9 kilometers from north to south. The general height is about 500 meters, and the highest peak is near Tuyugou in Shanshan County, with an altitude of 831.7 meters. (Image from IC photo)
Mingren Wu Cheng'en's famous mythological novel "Journey to the West"; It is famous for the story of the four Tang monks and disciples who took the scriptures from the Western Heavens. The fifty-ninth and sixtieth times, writing the story of Tang Sanzang Road blocking the Flame Mountain, Sun Xinger's three-tune banana fan, and even put a mysterious veil on the Flame Mountain. (Image from IC photo)
Flame Mountain is the hottest place in the country, the maximum temperature in summer reaches 47.8 degrees, the maximum temperature on the surface is above 70 degrees. Due to the rupture of crustal movement and the cutting of the river, there are still many valleys left in the belly of the mountain, mainly including grape ditch, Tao'er ditch, Mutou ditch, Tuyu ditch, Lianmuqin ditch, Suber ditch, etc. In these valleys, the greenery is shaded, the scenery is beautiful, the water is babbling, and the melons and fruits are fragrant. (Image from IC photo)
In recent days, turpan, the "fire island", has ushered in a continuous high temperature weather of more than 40 degrees Celsius, and the flame mountain more than 40 kilometers away from the city is a heat wave, with the highest temperature exceeding 50 degrees Celsius and the surface temperature being as high as 75 degrees Celsius. (Image from IC photo)
The high temperature weather has not stopped the footsteps of tourists, many tourists brave the high temperature to visit, truly experience the "fire island" Turpan summer "enthusiasm", the Flame Mountain Scenic Area receives more than 3,000 tourists per day, the highest daily average of more than 5,000 people. (Image from IC photo)
Guangdong tourists joked that traveling to Turpan is to experience the high temperature here. Due to the hot weather, the baked eggs in Shawo have become a highly sought after summer delicacy in the local area, with one shopkeeper saying it can sell more than 10,000 a day. (Image from IC photo)