After a five-hour long journey, we finally came to the rear banner of Ulate.

Qi, a word that I was very puzzled about at first, suddenly became clear, and it is equivalent to a county-level administrative agency in other parts of our country.

When I came to the Urad Rear Banner, I realized that, oh my God, the Urad Rear Banner was actually at the foot of Yin Mountain.

In the classroom of primary school, who has not shaken their heads and memorized the folk songs of Han Yuefu:

Thorn Lechuan

Under the Yin Mountain

The sky is like a dome

Caged four wilds

……

After checking the map, I learned that Yinshan Mountain runs more than 1,200 kilometers from east to west.

It can be figuratively said that Beijing is at the east end of Yinshan Mountain, and Urad is at the west end of Yinshan Mountain.

And the Helan Mountain, which is the favorite of the peach blossoms of the mountain temple, the Helan Mountain of Alxa, and the Helan Mountain that Yue Fei is full of Jianghongli, actually runs north-south and lies south of the Yinshan Mountain Range.

Helan Mountain is not only a geographical indication for entering Alxa from Yinchuan, but also a cordiality of the mountain that must be passed on the road to stone mining.

At the foot of the main peak of Helan Mountain, which is 30 kilometers southeast of Alxa, there is a southern temple, which enshrines the spiritual pagoda of Cangyang Gyatso.

The peach blossom of the mountain temple once climbed the main peak of Ao Bao at an altitude of more than 3,500 meters for this purpose.

A stone friend once said that the four words "mountain, temple, peach, flower" are comparable to Cangyang Gyatso.

Shansi Peach Blossom said that she was also the first time to come to Urad Houqi, for the mountain temple Peach Blossom who is accustomed to Alxa Taobao, its holy place-like location has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and cannot be shaken, so at the beginning of the trip to Urad from Alxa to the north was a little swaying.

Or the little apple is powerful, she encouraged the peach blossom of the mountain temple and said: "You don't know, Urad is also one of the real main production areas of Gobi stone, rich in stone species, huge resources, coupled with the difference between region and culture, maybe we can find the stone that people regard as chicken ribs and we particularly yearn for."

"Do you know, especially the Gobi wax stone produced in the local agate lake, the grease is outrageous, the color is gorgeous and charming, and the unique geographical environment is endowed, it is easy to appear your favorite landscape stone. ”

Little Apple's words made Yamaji Peach Blossom eager to try, and finally disintegrated Yamaji Peach Blossom's inner indecision.

The peach blossom of the mountain temple thought to himself, in the pursuit of the landscape stone road that can be appreciable, can be enjoyed and played, the landscape of Fengling, the landscape of Yingshi Lingbi Taihu Lake, and the landscape of water stone have already been hot, if you go to Agate Lake to have a jade pure Gobi wax stone landscape, wouldn't it be beautiful.

It's a pity that the trip to Agate Lake didn't give much of a good impression to the peach blossoms of the mountain temple, after all, I didn't even pick up some decent Gobi stones, let alone landscape wax stones.

When she came to Urad Houqi, her eyes were full of anticipation.

Located in the northwest of Inner Mongolia, Urad Houqi is under the jurisdiction of Bayannur and is one of the 19 border counties of ethnic minorities in Inner Mongolia.

It borders Mongolia to the north, with a border length of 195.25 kilometers and a plateau continental climate. Urad Houqi has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 9 sumu, covering an area of 25,000 square kilometers, and is a border flag of ethnic minorities with Mongolia as the main body and Han nationality as the majority.

There are scenic spots such as Wolf Mountain, Bayinmanduhu Dinosaur Fossil Reserve, Shandai Ancient Temple, etc., which have been rated as "2012 China's Top 100 Flags in New Energy Industry", ranking sixth in the country and first in the autonomous region.

There are countless stone pavilions here.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of September 22, the 8-day "2013" Urad Houqi first Gobi Stone Exhibition was grandly opened, and the masses who came to watch the event were endless.

Houqi is one of the largest sources of stone resources in the west, rich in agate, opal jade, jasper, tree jade, crystal, yellow wax stone, Fengling stone and more than 40 kinds of gem-quality mineral crystals. At the same time, the first Gobi Stone Exhibition was held at the same time, the third National Ornamental Stone Expo was also held in Bayannur, the municipal seat of Urad Houqi, and it was also a pure herdsman Gobi Stone Exhibition jointly created by the Municipal and Banner Ornamental Stone Associations relying on good local resources.

The exhibition has a unique style and is widely acclaimed.

At the same time, the exhibition also held a variety of cultural activities such as large-scale stone exhibitions, boutique exhibitions, stone appreciation and treasure exploration in Agate Lake, open-air camping, bonfire parties, ethnic cultural performances, and large-scale calligraphy and painting brush meetings.

After admiring a number of stone museums, as well as the boutique exhibitions at the upcoming exhibition, and meeting first-line stone friends from all over the world, I realized that everything was my own loneliness.

With a population of only nearly 70,000, the Urad Houqi was established as early as 2007 with the support of the government.

Then the establishment of Shibo City, with more than 100 merchants stationed.

The stone farmers and stone friends of Urad Houqi not only have close local transactions with each other, but also interact frequently with nearby Linhe, Yinchuan, Wuhai, Zhonghouqi, Alxa, etc.

Everyone calls friends and accompanies the exhibition as a feast at their doorstep, and you can get a glimpse of it from this enthusiasm.

With the successful promotion of the annual ornamental stone cultural tourism expo, it has attracted stone merchants, stone friends, players and collectors from all over the country to come and communicate with each other.

The stone friends of Urad Houqi, especially most of the elites who are active in the stone world, are no less theoretical and practical than other places in the promotion of stone species, or specific to the design of the exhibition hall, the interpretation of the base, and the display of space, which can be said to have formed a core leading force in the local and surrounding areas.

Kowloon in the exhibition designated strange stone exhibition and trading market carefully looking for the strange stone in his mind, he found a strange stone here, the locals called the vein stone, asked the little apple what is going on, the little apple even said that Kowloon did not know, how not even this understand.

Little Apple said that this variety has only just come out a few years ago, and she also pays special attention to it.

The man who runs this stall is less than forty years old, named Bo Kai, a native of Baotou City, as soon as he opened his mouth, the duck man made a big noise, talking about the head of the vein stone, he put a frame of red vein stone in front of Jiulong, and introduced the vein classification of the vein stone while shouting.

The first type: tree seed veins.

The veins of the tree seeds are scattered on the seed material in the same shape as the tree seeds, and the color of the veins of the tree seeds is different from that of the tendon and vein seeds, and the degree of "jade" is usually high, and the veins of the seeds and the seeds are crystal clear, which is lovely.

The second type: caviar veins.

The veins of the fish roe are similar to the aggregated fish roe, and the outer bulges are crystal clear, and the degree of "jadeization" is usually very high.

The third type: longan veins.

The shape of the longan vein is similar to the caviar vein, and it is characterized by a circle of "eyes" on the prominent small drum bag, like a bulging longan.

This kind of gangue stone is relatively rare.

Fourth: flowers and birds painting veins.

This vein is very precious, its texture is like the branches and flowers in the Chinese flower and bird paintings, the texture is clear like a miniature carving, and the whole grain is like a miniature version of the painting, which makes many painters and sculptors sigh and sigh at the magic of nature!

Fifth: natural veins.

This kind of vein belongs to the abstract shape texture, although it is not concrete, but it conforms to the principle of formal beauty, simple and generous, comfortable and atmospheric.

Sixth: clever veins.

This clever color is for the veins and natural veins of flowers and birds.

Many of the fine grains and flowers have magically appeared in clever colors, which is breathtaking.

If there are more than three colors (including smart colors) on a fine grain of gangue stone, then its value increases exponentially.

"May I ask, where is this vein stone produced and how is it formed?"

Kowloon is a person who loves to break the casserole and ask the end, and he will not easily touch stones with no provenance.