Crossing the Sun Moon Mountain
Leaving Chaka Salt Lake, the driver drove again, this time it was noon, and planned to arrive at Qinghai Lake before the evening, just in time to see the sunset over Qinghai Lake!
Constantly crossing various mountains and rivers along the way, Zhao Cui was no longer as excited as in the morning, and fell asleep leaning on Ma Xiaoliang after eating some beef and other snacks!
Ma Xiaoliang was also sleepy, feeling that only the driver was awake in the car, maybe the driver had rested when they went to play!
Suddenly, the car stopped, and the driver woke everyone up, saying that Sun Moon Mountain had arrived, and they could go down for a walk! Sun Moon Mountain, when Zhao Cui heard this name, he seemed to have heard of it, and Ma Xiaoliang couldn't remember it for a while!
In fact, the origin of the name of Sun Moon Mountain is related to Princess Wencheng. Legend has it that when Wen Chenggong took the initiative to go west to Hefan, he was very sad, and the king of Tang accompanied her with a treasure mirror to comfort her, asking her to go to the place where Han and Tibet divided, take it out and take care of it, and you can see her hometown and her parents and relatives from the mirror.
After hardships, tossed to Chiling, the princess thought of her own heart, then took out the treasure mirror to look at, the mirror only showed her own emaciated face and the Chiling Mountains under the slanting sun, she only understood at this time, her parents were for the country and the community and coaxed themselves, grief and sadness, the treasure mirror was thrown out, fell in half, just fell on the two hills, the east half of the west, reflecting the afterglow of the sunset, the west half of the east, shining on the rising moonlight, the Sun Moon Mountain got its name.
I have to say that the wind of Sun Moon Mountain is really unforgettable, and the mountain wind in the mainland is completely different, you can't see the trace of the wind at all, the sky at this time is still the sun hanging, there is no sign of black clouds pressing the area, flying sand and stones, tiles shaking trees, but the wind is everywhere, layer by layer to wrap people tightly, forced to tear away.
The wind penetrated the skin, and the cold was blowing, making Ma Xiaoliang and Zhao Cui, who were dressed in summer clothes, shiver in the sun and were blown by the wind.
At the foot of the mountain, the locals of Xila set up stalls selling all kinds of accessories, both men and women, wearing cotton clothes, fur hats and masks, and only staring straight at you with a pair of eyes.
The rough, dark face and a pair of rough, dark hands make people feel the harshness of the plateau.
Along the slopes of the Sun and Moon Mountains, there are neatly arranged small flags of various colors.
"Why are there so many flags here?" The herdsman told Ma Xiaoliang that this was a prayer flag, and the scriptures were printed on the cloth, and the wind blew the flags, as if the wind was chanting the scriptures day and night.
Oh, I see. A few kilometers down the mountain, there is a meandering stream in the recess of the grassland on the side of the road, and the tour guide said that it was the princess who came here to miss her hometown with mixed feelings, and then merged into a stream, and it flowed backwards to the direction of her hometown Chang'an.
It can be seen that the princess traveled a long distance to this wild place with her feelings! Zhao Cui hugged Ma Xiaoliang tightly, afraid that he would be blown away by the wind, in case he was thrown here, he really wanted to cry without tears!
The two returned to the car, and after a while, the others came back, and the driver continued to move forward, and after a long time, a lake appeared on the edge of the sky in front of him, and Zhao Cui asked curiously where was the front?
The driver said: "Qinghai Lake!" Zhao Cui became excited, shaking Ma Xiaoliang's arm, Qinghai Lake has arrived, Qinghai Lake has arrived!
The speed of the car is very fast, gradually Qinghai Lake from far and near, a large boundless lake is attacking them, and they see the lake in the mainland, Qinghai Lake is so big, no wonder the ancients also called it here: "West Sea"!