How about Turpan Flame Mountain Scenic Area?

The mountain is not high, but there are immortals. The Flame Mountain is such a mountain. Turpan Flame Mountain is a national 4A-level scenic spot and a provincial-level scenic spot, located in the northern edge of Turpan Basin, and is the most famous scenic spot in Turpan. It is located in the northern edge of Turpan basin, north of the ancient Silk Road, and it runs east-west.

The Flame Mountain has long been famous all over the world, thanks to Wu Cheng'en's China classic novel Journey to the West Through the Flame Mountain, which is another difficult test for Tang Priest and his disciples. In the book, it is said that "a flame of 800 Li is surrounded by nothing." After crossing the mountain, even the copper brain covers the iron body and turns into juice. " For the specific location of the "realistic version" of the Flame Mountain, it is recognized as the Flame Mountain in Turpan, Xinjiang.

The flaming mountain in Turpan is called "Kiziltag" in Uygur language, which means "Red Mountain". Tang people used to call it "volcano" because it was very hot. The ancient book is called Chishi Mountain, and the Uighur language is called Qizil Tage, which means Hongshan. The burning mountains run east-west

Flame Mountain belongs to Danxia landform, and its geological landscape is formed by anticline. Together with flowing water landscape and water landscape, these landscapes have been formed for about 700 thousand years. Flame Mountain is an anticline mountain formed in the process of orogeny in Turpan Basin, where nothing grows and the mountain is bare. After rain erosion, many parallel V-shaped gullies were formed on the hillside. These ditch gods are shaped like flames, hence the name Flame Mountain.

The Flame Mountain Scenic Area starts from Liusha River in Gan Lan County in the east and reaches Taoergou in Turpan in the west, with a total length of100km and its widest point of10km. The flaming mountain is heavy and bare, and nothing grows. In midsummer, when the sun is in the sky, the earth's atmosphere is transpiration, and the flame clouds are burning around, which is very spectacular, so it is also called the Flame Mountain. In ancient times, there were many poets among border officials.

The Flame Mountain in Turpan is indeed the hottest place in China. The highest temperature in summer is as high as 47.8 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature on the surface is as high as 70 degrees Celsius. Eggs can be baked in the sand nest. Due to crustal movement and river cutting, many valleys have been left on the mountainside, mainly Taoergou, Mumu, Yu Tu, Lianmuqin and Subo. However, these valleys are shaded by trees, with beautiful scenery, flowing water and fragrant fruits.

According to legend, the story that Tang Sanzang learned from Foshan in the Journey to the West and the Monkey King borrowed a banana fan three times happened here. Foguang Mountain is located in the middle of Turpan Basin, which is mainly composed of red glutenite and mudstone of Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary. The mountain is rugged and full of gullies. Nothing grows on the mountain, and the bedrock is bare. In the hot summer, under the strong sunlight, the heat wave of Hongshan is rolling, and the red smoke clouds are steaming everywhere, just like a burning flame.

The flaming mountain in Turpan has its unique natural characteristics. In addition, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wu Cheng'en banned Tang Sanzang from learning Buddhist scriptures, and the Monkey King wrote the story of the banana fan into the famous ancient novel The Journey to the West, linking the Flame Mountain with Tang Priest, the Monkey King, Princess Tiefan and Niu Wangmo, which made the Flame Mountain full of magical colors and became a wonder mountain in the world.

Visitors to the Flame Mountain Scenic Area can also see the horse-tied pile when the Tang Priest passed by-a flying stone still stands at the mouth of the rope; A flat-topped hillside in the distance is a stepping stone for Tang Priest to mount his horse. In the east of the tied horse pile, there is a mountain peak across the canyon, on which there is a huge stone like a long mouth, called Bajie Stone. While watching the wonders, I talked about the story that the Monkey King put out the fire with an iron fan in the Flame Mountain, and my trip became full of interest.

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