Tour Guide Words of Flame Mountain in Turpan, Xinjiang

As we all know, the hottest place in China is Turpan, and the hottest place in Turpan is Fangdang Huo Yan. The highest temperature in summer is above 47.8℃. Every midsummer, the red sun is at the head, the atmosphere is transpiration, and the smoke clouds are lingering, which is very spectacular.

The name of the flaming mountain → the characteristics of the mountain

Tourists, through the window, we can see that thing in front of us, just like a dragon lying in the middle of Turpan basin, and Hongshan is the flaming mountain.

The name of Flame Mountain mainly comes from its shape. Look! The bedrock of the Flame Mountain is exposed, the reddish-brown sandstone glows in the scorching sun, and the hot airflow rolls up, just like thousands of flames burning, so it is named "Flame Mountain", which is called Chishi Mountain in ancient books, and "Qizil Tage" in Uygur language, which means Hongshan. Cen Can, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once passed by the Flame Mountain and wrote: "The Chitingkou volcano is steep and the volcano is thick in May." . The volcano is full of mountains, and birds are thousands of miles away. Dare not come. " Chen Cheng, a traveler in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote a poem describing: "A piece of smoke is red and the flames are burnt out. The mud in late spring is half that in summer. Who knew there was Zhu Rong in the west? "This can be called a vivid portrayal of the Flame Mountain.

Flame Mountain is long and narrow from east to west, with a total length of 98 kilometers and a width of 9 kilometers from north to south. Generally, the height is about 500 meters, and the highest peak is 83 1.7 meters. Although the surface of the Flame Mountain is bare. Due to crustal movement and river cutting, there are many idyllic ravines hidden in the mountains, such as Grape Gully, Yu Tu Gully, Taoergou, Mutou Gully and Shengjinkou Canyon. In these valleys, streams linger, melons and fruits are fragrant, flowers and trees are lush, and the scenery is charming, just like the scene of "Flower and Fruit Wharf" in "Fire Island".

The formation of the flaming mountain → the best observation point wins Jinkou.

Maybe some tourists will ask: How did the Flame Mountain come into being? How many years ago? The answers to these two questions can be traced back to 65.438+0.4 billion years ago. At that time, the Himalayan orogeny gradually formed the embryonic form of the mountain range because of the short piedmont fold of Bogda hillside in the eastern Tianshan Mountains and the change of the crust. Since then, it has experienced a long geological period, spanning several geological ages of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary, and with the special climate environment, it presents today's geological form.

Tourists, the best place to observe the structure of the Flame Mountain is Shengjinkou. Please get off and take photos in front of the stone pier marked "Flame Mountain", and then listen to me.

Shengjinkou is 30 kilometers west of Turpan, connecting Xinjiang with the inland national highway 3 12, and crossing the flaming mountain by the Mutougou River. Shengjinkou Mountain is steep and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. There is another origin about the name of Shengjinkou: In the past, local people called Shengjinkou a "seepage mouth", because the river in Mutougou became less and less after flowing out of Tianshan Mountain, and when it reached the Gobi Desert around Shengjinkou, the river was almost completely infiltrated, so it was called a "seepage mouth". Later, people thought the name was unlucky, so they renamed it "Shengjinkou" with its homonym, which has been used ever since.

[The Story of Flame Mountain: Journey to the West Myth → Uygur Folklore] Tourists, the name of Flame Mountain is not only because of its unique appearance structure, but also because of its legendary fairy tale.

The Journey to the West's Tang Priests and Mentors were prevented from studying Buddhist scriptures in the West, and Princess Zhi Dou of the Monkey King was one of them. The Journey to the West wrote in the 59th and 60th chapters, "Tang Sanzang Road blocks the flaming mountain, and Sun Walker has a three-tone banana fan": "The west road has the country of Shahari, and the place where the sun sets is called" the end of the sky ". There is a flaming mountain here. There is no spring and autumn, and it is very hot all year round. The burning mountain has 800 miles of flames, and nothing grows around it. After crossing the mountain, even the copper skull and iron body Hwa-Sung Do juice. " Although this description is somewhat exaggerated, the basic characteristics of the four seasons are hot and nothing grows, which is completely consistent with the actual situation of the Flame Mountain. It can be seen that the author did not fabricate it out of thin air.

In the eyes of ordinary people, goodness is the highest beauty, so the ending of the story that happened in the Flame Mountain is still that justice will defeat evil, which is described in detail in Uygur folklore. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a dragon in the depths of Tianshan Mountain that ate virgins, and people were worried about it. Determined to kill dragons for the people, the local supreme leader sent a warrior named Hala and Zhuo to subdue the dragon. After a thrilling struggle, Hala and Zhuo split the dragon with their swords and finally subdued it. After the dragon was injured, it rotated along the mountain, and the whole mountain was dyed red with blood. So Uighurs call this mountain "Hongshan".

Beautiful legend, profound meaning, make people daydream. Tourists, when we face the Flame Mountain, we will stop to think about it, and we will definitely feel that the wonders of the Flame Mountain are not enough, and the story of the Flame Mountain will not be heard. In order not to leave regrets, we will visit Gaochang Ancient City, Baizixi Thousand Buddha Cave and other scenic spots, all of which will pass through the Flame Mountain, so we can fully appreciate the wonders of the Flame Mountain from different directions. I hope the trip to the Flame Mountain will leave you with good memories.