The railway station square in front of sunny.
I came up the driver side and talk about the price, while waiting to see whether there are suitable companions together car rental, said while there will be a train arrival.
I would like to see where there are four: the Western Xia Imperial Tombs, Helan Mountain rock paintings, Sand Lake and the western movie. These places scattered around the city of Yinchuan, ranging from a dozen to several tens of kilometers. Elsewhere is also easy to handle, only the Helan Mountains, rock art, the farthest away from Yinchuan, and there is no bus. (In fact is still there, but I did not find, was encountered in the journey of several Yinchuan told me that what the township had to take to a car, half-way off on it.)
Then taking into account the time, so we decided a car rental. However, the cost of rental for me is too great a burden on people, it is best able to find one or two people to share about.
The train finally pulls into the flow gradually pouring station. Has over a woman and a 3, would also like to car rental, but in the end feel the price is too high, there is no Tanlong.
Seeing the sun rose higher, delaying the trip back on too tight, after all, on this day He walked again far too many places.
A grit one's teeth, walking.
Driver physiognomy is not honest, but the first under the premise of the price I do not have much choice. On the final price is set to run a total of 4 points, 220 per person, package tickets. I understand that this is not Mai Menpiao, from the relationship between the driver brought into care, the money he earned.
Car just out of Yinchuan City, the drivers open for fare increases, asked me to pay the tolls back and forth a total of 40.
Often heard such things before, wilderness driver for fare increases, otherwise they throw you off, you are forced to have to agree. Besides, the car I was the only one person.
I calm a bit, with a tone of a joke, how can you like ah, let's talk about good Well, how can the temporary fare increase.
Drivers half-truths to say, the ah, that is, until this time to add money, you do not agree have to agree.
I do not look at him, cold tone, and if so, then let's go back now to open, I do not take your car. But his face is still a little smile.
The driver paused and said, in fact, not so much tolls a total of 10 yuan.
I thought for a moment away from home, completely lose it is impossible, and can retire when stepping back bar. Besides this is only the beginning of the day trip, his car had to take it one day, and if true folding back, this time I can really not afford to delay.
Well, I nodded and agreed, an additional 10 dollars on the bar.
The next along the way, the driver occasionally complained that only one person that he pulled me big loss, and regret. My response is that I let him pack ticket matter is that I lose, because I have a student card ah, in order to let him earn the money I lost a half a vote. Anyway, two people to come forth to say, to not lonely.
To the Western Xia Imperial Tombs of the road along the eastern foot of Helan construction, and the Helan Mountain are separated by large tracts of the Gobi Desert. Gobi Desert is a row of nine Tomb. Only on the 3rd hills have been developed into attractions, and the construction of a "matching" museum and the Wax Museum.
My goal is on the 1st Mausoleum and the Mausoleum II, also known as double-ling, because these two hills close together. From the highway to the pairs of hills there is a long distance, but has been able to see the Gobi Desert and on the flat land a few yellow dots, that is a remnant of the tomb, and Duan Qiang.
As double-ling has not yet developed, from the road to no road between the Ling Qu. Would like to go in, then go to fend for themselves.
Fortunately, Lu is not too difficult to walk. Covered with gravel of the Gobi Desert, the low shrubs bloom with little green. During the rainy season the water flow down from the Helan Mountain in the Gobi Desert on a shallow groove cut out marks, so I often have to hands and feet.
Not enough air is clear, some a little hazy, with the midday sun stalemate together, seems to have everything solidified lived.
I think that he has Zoulehenjiu, and with the distance between pairs of hills but does not seem much shorter. Too much open space, visual distance is always banned.
Until the back can not see my car has been, and double-Ling finally clear up gradually.
Could not help but start to run toward the direction of pairs of hills up and run faster and faster. My breathing and footsteps around the absolute quiet in the heavy response. I feel what is working through the solidified things, air, or time.
When I was breathing heavily, when standing on a fence before, double-Ling finally complete and clear to show in my eyes. 2 tomb, facing the north, slightly staggered a certain position, one after the vigil the previous one. Ling Qu area is not large, rectangular, cone center line of the tomb in the wall slightly rearward position, latitude and longitude lines on the surface was full of the same deep dent. The parapet wall around the tomb only a few short paragraphs intermittent, but barely can determine the original location.
I climb over the barbed wire, through the wall in front of a tomb, said that through the exact location of the original wall, slightly above the ground onto a square platform, the platform before the one with the platform, the same high short soil before the beam has been out into the mausoleum. Xixia thousands of years ago, perhaps that is the piece of platform offerings to their ancestors, devotion, kneeling down to worship the.
Liang walked along the earth's tomb, before standing in front of me, looking very serious just a weathered mound, is not very high, up to four, five meters only. Opposite the location of soil beam collapsed obvious traces of base with a pile of adobe. Perhaps Mumen location bar, I guess.
Walk around in a circle around the mausoleum, in the tomb to see a number of deep holes to try to reached into the depth, but in the end did not dare.
Repeated the courage, it would only touch the surface of the earth the next. A very hard feeling. Tomb of the year are said to have thick, sticky rice with the stew soup and clay built on the local specialty, and of no less than rock solid.
Oblique through the parapet wall is the tomb of another. 2 the same tomb shape, but the back looks slightly smaller number. Such an approach built after the previous one, is said to be father and son Tomb of amending the law. So behind this one, it must be son.
I stood under the shadow of Canqiang, forget the eyes have been gradually integrated with the Gobi Desert, the tomb of melting, and strive to play to their imagination, trying to depict the beautiful they are thousands of years ago, or solemn, but in any case can not do. In my eyes they are just piles of loess, the year that changed not a short-lived, but brilliant moment of dynasty.
Tangut tribe, living the history of the Northwest, from the late Tang began to rise, with the help of various timing of growth, gradually form a local separatist forces.
In 1038, Yuan Hao became the emperor, the country's big summer. Is located in the Northwest because of its motherland, known to history as the Western Xia.
Western Xia Han Liao absorbing culture and technology, a hundred years, the political, economic, and cultural development that reached its peak.
Western Xia Dynasty and the Liao, Jin, Song, Mongolia during wartime and constantly become enemies and then repaired.
Mongol gold, eliminate Dali, 1227, and destroying the Western Xia. ①
一百八十九年history, the first half used to develop the latter half for the decline. Whether the development or decline, are quickly and thoroughly.
Legend of Mongolia then on several occasions while the unsuccessful attack on the Western Xia, Genghis Khan, the last time foreign crusades, but on the battlefield of the Western Xia people's Poison, died from his injuries. Mongolians are not made funeral secret until the capture of the last one cities, killing and looting have made it to air their hatred and sorrow. Within a few months, Mongolian cavalry traveled throughout the Western Xia, the Guozhi Chu, Cuncaobuliu. Tomb of course can not be spared, all of the tombs have been completely destroyed, and some are still being destroyed even added after a fire. Xia thus almost completely disappeared in history.
Compared to the history and legend, I sometimes like to believe that legend. In fact, who can say how much clear difference between the two does.
Everywhere around, the sight of the office, only the distance Helan Mountain stands quietly. Perhaps only if it is the true witness of all.
The expansive Gobi Desert, I stand alone in the hot sun between pairs of hills, that moment, but rather quiet, boundless serenity.
Slowly walked back to his father's tomb, the tomb of the hands is a son of the soil under. Although the tomb had already been out to know nothing, but would prefer to believe that their souls are still having left this piece of land.
The soil scattered in his father's tomb, I turned out of the Ling Qu, in climbing over the fence before, from the ground and picked up a broken piece of glazed tiles, into the bag. To do my souvenirs bar.
The driver handed me an jujube, is waiting for me when picked around.
Our next destination was the Helan Mountains, rock art, and finally if you really want into the Helan Mountain.
Authors: Botticelli
