Magical Xinjiang Turpan Flame Mountain
Xinjiang Flame Mountain is the most famous attraction in Turpan. Located on the northern edge of the Turpan Basin, north of the Ancient Silk Road, it consists mainly of reddish sand, conglomerates and mudstones from the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary Periods of the Mesozoic Era. Locals call it "Kyzyltag", which means "Red Mountain".
The Flame Mountain has its own unique natural features. In the late Ming Dynasty, Wu Cheng'en took Tang Sanzang to withstand the Flame Mountain, and Sun Wukong wrote the story of the banana fan into the famous ancient novel "Journey to the West", linking the Flame Mountain with Tang Monk, Sun Wukong, the Iron Fan Princess, and the Bull Demon King, making the Flame Mountain magical and colorful, becoming a strange mountain in the world. When tourists go to the Flame Mountain, they can also see the horse stake that Tang Monk passed by - a pillar of soaring mountain stone still stands in Shengjinkou; a flat-topped hillside in the distance is the stepping stone for Tang Monk to get on the horse; the east of the tethered horse pile, there is a peak in the canyon with a large peak like a long mouth, known as the Eight Commandments Stone; while looking at the wonders, he told the story of Sun Monkey borrowing the iron fan Princess Basho Fan to extinguish the flames of the Flame Mountain, which made the tourists' trip to the Flame Mountain become interesting.
The Flame Mountain, known as Chishi Mountain in ancient times, is located on the northern edge of the Turpan Basin, north of the ancient Silk Road. It's going east-west. Flame Mountain, called "Kyzyltag" in Uyghur, means "Red Mountain", and the Tang people used to call it "volcano" for its heat. The mountain is more than 100 kilometers long, 10 kilometers wide at its widest point, about 500 meters above sea level, and the main peak is 831.7 meters above sea level. Flame Mountain Tong Mountain Bald Ridge, no grass, birds disappeared. Whenever it is mid-summer, the red sun is in the sky, the russet mountain is illuminated by the scorching sun, the sandstone is scorching and shining, and the hot air flow rolls and rises, just like the flames, the tongue of fire stirs the sky, so it is also known as the Flame Mountain.
Flame Mountain is the hottest place in China, with a maximum temperature of 47.8 degrees Celsius in summer, a maximum temperature of 89 degrees Celsius on the surface, and eggs can be baked in the sand nest. Turpan has a typical continental arid desert climate. Although the average annual temperature is only 14.5 °C,
However, the number of days above 35 °C is more than 100 days, and even the hot weather above 38 °C is as many as 38 days. The absolute maximum temperature measured over many years is 49.6 °C (July 13, 1975), and the surface temperature can reach 89 °C, which is a veritable "Chinese hot pole". The average annual precipitation in Huozhou is only 16 mm, half of which is in summer, while toxon's annual precipitation is only 5.9 mm, and it is not surprising that it does not rain or rain all year round, which can be regarded as "China's dry pole".
Flame Mountain has Mantou Mountain, Cloud Ladder, Thousand Buddha Cave, Suspension Bridge, Maimati Compound, Wanfo Mountain and so on.
In sharp contrast to the Barren Mountains of the Flame Mountains, the ravines that run through the mountains are mostly clear springs and trees, forming narrow oases. Among them, the most famous river valley is the grape ditch, in addition, there are Tao'er ditch, Mutou ditch, Tuyu ditch, Lianmuqin ditch, Suber ditch and so on.
"Turpan" is the Uyghur word for "lowest land." Located in the heart of Eurasia, deep inland, far from the sea, surrounded by a large area of arid areas, sandwiched between the Bogda Mountains and the Kuruktag Mountains in the East Tianshan Mountains, forming the famous Turpan-Hami Fall Basin.
Today, the Flame Mountain still stands in the northern part of the Turpan Basin, stretching for more than 100 kilometers, 10 kilometers wide, and more than 500 meters above sea level. In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is called "Mountain of Fire", which is called "Kyzyltak" in Uyghur, which means Red Mountain, and was called "Red Stone Mountain" during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Flame Mountain is lined with ravines, twists and turns, and no grass is born. In the hot summer months, the bare surface can reach a temperature of 75 ° C under the sun baking, and the heat wave rolls over, making people breathless. Due to the relatively horizontal accumulation of strata and the soft and hard rock layers, under the erosion of rain over the years, ravines are formed along the slopes. The material eroded by the mountain body forms a red flood fan skirt in front of the foothills, and the front edge of the fan skirt forms countless polygonal cracks in the arid environment, which is particularly eye-catching.
Although the heat is unbearable, the Flame Mountain is a dam with a natural underground reservoir. It is precisely because the flame mountain in the center blocks the groundwater seeping down from the Gobi gravel belt, so that the diving position is raised, forming a diving overflow zone on the northern edge of the mountain, and there are many springs exposed, moisturizing several oases such as Shanshan, Lianmuqin, and Subash, thus also creating life in this area.