Not through the Ningxia and Ningxia, land area ratio of Chongqing is still small, with one day can be from north to south across the whole country.
8:30 am departure from the International Hotel in Yinchuan, began to Guyuan embarked. Out of Yinchuan, along the canals clouds, rice fragrance with one of southern scenery. Two hours or so, after a bit over the Yellow River. The median is the Ningxia wolfberry abound place, a time when the harvest season, roads are drying over the Chinese wolfberry, a large, a large, like the red carpet, contiguous open to very bright, very spectacular.
At noon is approaching the car stopped at the county seat concentric lunch. Tongxin County is famous nationwide poverty-stricken counties, resulting in poverty, due mainly to lack of water. After lunch, take a break in the county town guest houses, and we drove away from the nearest highway a village. 1 into the village was a yellowish brown, whether it is cave, houses, streets, traveling, children and adults are disgraced, and even the air in the soil are filled with a strong smell of fish. in the village did not see a young manpower, in addition to two village cadres are women, the elderly and children, men who have left to work. Almost every family has 34 children, and their effect on science in accounting and minority. the whole village to rely on a draft problem only rainwater wells , usually wellhead with large locks, keys in the hands of village head. mayor gave me to open well, looked well water is very shallow, very muddy, and this is a life-saving water, the village young and old. because of drought, planting of food are all dry out and die in the fields, the Government has funded the construction of many migration points along the highway, but these people just do not want to leave here, people can not think of Italy.
Back to the original road across the road, came to mind the famous mosque. Temple is not large, well-known is the non-Islamic traditional style of temple architecture, but rather to give the traditional Han architectural charm of Islam, giving a refreshing feeling. Temple The most prominent place, one huge screen wall, the back is carved with a brick; second floor gallery of the flying top, flowing lines, beautiful. on the second floor hall at the church, the faithful stood outside and tidy yards of shoes, such as a crowded parking lot.
South out of mind, after a battalion, three battalions, five battalions, seven camps ... These rules are interesting places, there is an intersection in the five camps turn right on to the famous Sumeru Grottoes, due to deep mountains, inconvenient transportation , very few people patronize this place, the Buddhist grottoes in China, is not the semi-finals, but I feel the size and degree of protection cave, no less than Datong Yungang and Longmen. Grottoes Lord Buddha statue as high as 20-30 meters, dug in the Northern Wei Dynasty years, the protection of good, flying along the top there is a huge protection statues. around the Buddha statues and murals were preserved. hill visitors much, fresh air, cypress pine, with the surrounding barren ridge in sharp contrast.
After dinner, we drove Guyuan the country's poverty-stricken areas of civilization. Little town, guest houses by the poor condition and there are always thieves haunt. Guyuan in any activities that day, the cinema played "Rumble in the Bronx", carved in the surrounding noisy seeds Sound and litter environment, experienced Guyuan nightlife.
Author: bjwhyan
