The car turned to the West, facing the Helan Mountain go through. Newly constructed asphalt is not very wide, but tidy flat, on-street types of the two lines of tall and straight poplar.
Our car over a long list of student teams. Them in twos and threes to go hand in hand, carrying bags, talked and laughed for.
The driver asked them to do, the driver replied, nearby schools, to the Helan Mountain autumn outing.
After listening to these words can not help but froze a bit.
The Helan Mountains, in my mind, has been standing in Yue Fei's "River Ran Red," in that one:
"Jingkang shame, not yet been finalized snow; courtiers hate, when eradication? Driving a long car walks, lack of Helan Mountain.
Hulu aspiration hunger meal of meat, joke about drinking the blood of the Huns. To be from scratch, pick up the old mountains and rivers, overturned Que. "
Of the Helan Mountains, so impassioned, so armored cavalry of the Helan Mountains, so being grand, vehement of the Helan Mountains, --
Autumn outing? !
But looking out the window autumn Lang Lang, a yellow poplar street, under the shade of the beating, is a picture of the young faces. Even distant Helan Mountains, but also a gentle pulse line ah.
Cars and motorcycles to the Helan Mountain, turn a corner and began to open along the north foot of Helan. Rock paintings in front of a pass, one could still very far.
Helan Mountain Range in my left side, almost next to the highway, do not seem to high, but it is in the Gobi Desert on a flat where they stand, the whole mountain like a brown belt stretch into the distance, not see a trace of green.
Foot street strewn with large and small stones rolled down the hill, occasionally there will be a road was completely submerged rocks can only be cautiously opened from above in the past.
The other side of the road is the vast Gobi Desert, and then in the past is to take the Yellow River. Within the flow of the Yellow River in Ningxia has become a thin net Hetao irrigated the fertile plains, coupled with north-south orientation of the Helan Mountains, the western block to the cold and wind and sand, creating unique agricultural conditions here.
"The Yellow River 100 victims, only a set of rich." Say is this set of. States can then Xixia as rapid development and prosperity, is inseparable from the geography of this mountain a river.
Pointing to a col at the driver in front of me to see that thanks to sikou twin towers on there. I am looking for a long time to find, standing in gray gray tower of the Helan piedmont, it is difficult to distinguish.
Western Xia Dynasty were also a Buddhist, and there had been built Xia, one of the largest of the two temples. But then the height of the monastery of cigarettes is now only a solitary two towers, construction has already vanished. Basilica of the original is said to have a rest and was later set on fire by locals. Because they want to look for the temple monks buried treasure. Stuff burned on the ground, and underground stuff like to find them.
Did not find the treasure to find is not known, two towers as a heritage conservation is now finally up.
I was standing on the far side of the road boulder took photos, there is no interest in the past, take a look at. I am looking forward to the rock art, those years ago left a happy shepherd rock paintings.
I looked up staring at a block of stone on the slopes so awkward to see, but how could not find signs on the front of the note patterns. The above so many stones, apart, Wang Dan was lying together on the leopard Where is it?
Along a path into the saddle in the distribution of rock art on the steep slopes on both sides. There are rock paintings are a sign of the rock below, the above is a description of rock paintings and a copy maps, facing the plan can be relatively easy to identify those shallow traces of stone.
The history of some of these rock paintings have been made thousands of years. Patterns are mostly animals, hunting, human, Facebook, are abstract, but very lively. Shamans and totem patterns left traces of civilization at that time.
Most rock paintings of the line width of about one centimeter, is a hard thing out of the stone chisel, and some nicks is said to have been one centimeter deep. But now, staff had to put some more light traces of white chalk drawings delineate edges in order to help visitors to identify pattern shapes. After all, long time passed, even traces of carved in stone will gradually disappear.
May be convenient to watch it, a lot of stones engraved with rock paintings have been moved down from the hill, placed on the roadside. A lamb, a doe and a few deer, a herd rushing home shepherds, are quietly lying on the rocks under the hot sun.
I was standing before a beautiful spotted deer can not help but reach out and gently stroked the rough stone surface. Close your eyes, let the index finger glide along the shallow notch, trance glide for a thousand years time.
A meandering stream flowing along the foot of the mountain, buzzing sound of the water here was the only sound. Here it is probably too far, and it seems still in the initial stages of development, very few visitors. With me into the pass only a pair of young people, with a puppy.
Turning the corner, the left, a steep cliff path stretch.
Whether or not to go up to see them? Too lazy to climb. Have been not too fond of hiking, unless the mountain is very dangerous, climb up Gouci Ji. Example Huashan. That was my last stop at the end of a more exciting is always looking forward to make the entire journey.
I was always thinking about Wang Dan's light but could not find the leopard, and perhaps above to see it, but should also go and climb a Helan Mountain Bar.
Hands and feet to climb halfway up the mountain, they're tired, but in fact did not climb the tall, also 10 meters look. But look at the surrounding mountain, Yue Fei has been somewhat able to understand how to write it then the magnificent words of the. Facing the way a mountain, no one will give birth to more ambitious involuntary.
I was sitting on a boulder head of breath, watching the towers under the hot sun of the Helan Mountain. Opposite the rock cliff cenlle act together in the sky pointing. I said, and it is not high, but in addition there is no other adjective to describe the majestic one to speak for themselves with a mountain of rock.
The two young men have with their puppies will come up. Steep mountain roads are narrow, the four small short-legged dog is not quite enough to make all the way to go stumbling, dangerous extreme, almost slide down the hillside on several occasions. It again and again advised the owner that it be careful, I can not help but remind silent.
"The little Bengou, had been dropped in the bottom of the stream where once." Owner with a smile said to me.
I carefully looked at, it really is only damp dog. "It is called what?"
"Chouchou."
"Chouchou! Come with me to shoot photos, OK?"
Dog hear me call it and jump over the running of, and does not recognize health, let me put it in her arms, but also very cooperative in looking at the direction of the lens.
After washing out of photos I found, this is my favorite pictures of this trip is one.
Good-bye to continue Padaoshanding of Chouchou and its owner, I turned down. Ah between the Helan Mountains and I have enough.
Authors: Botticelli
