50 beautiful scenery takes you through the Hexi Corridor!

With less than the Northwest

I don't know the vastness of the heavens and the earth

Not to the Hexi Corridor

I don't know the diversity of China

it's here

Natural and human force

Created together 1,000 kilometers together

Snow Mountain Gallery

(Please watch Hengping, look at Qilian Mountain in the distance in the autonomous county in Sanan Yugu, Gansu Province, photographer@（)

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1,000 kilometers

Beacon corridor

(Please watch Hengping, Jiayuguan and Qilian Mountain, photographer@（North Bank)

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1,000 kilometers

Art gallery

(Please watch Hengping, Zhangye's Horseshoe Temple Grottoes, Photographer@Zhao Gaoxiang)

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Countless beauty scenes are presented here

Countless ethnic epic interpretation here

Numerous civilization creation is integrated here

Be called

China's greatest corridor

(Please watch the horizontal screen, signal the scope of the Hexi Corridor and the main attractions, drawing@吴 （/Planet Research Institute)

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01

The birth of the corridor

initial

There is no corridor at all here

65 million years ago

The Indian Ocean sector and the Eurasian sector collide

As a result, the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau continues to rise

Makes water vapor more difficult to enter

The northwesternwest of the inland

So as to form a large -scale drought

Hexi Corridor

Just in the drought

Its destiny is controlled by drought

The body is wrapped in wind and sand

(The distribution of the Gobi of the Hexi Corridor and the Northwest Desert Gobi, drawing@吴 昕/Planet Research Institute)

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Its western part

The yellow sand in the Kumtag Desert enters eastward with the wind

The pile of the lustrous Mingsha Mountain

(Dunhuang Mingshashan, photographer@（（)

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The strong wind is also eroded

Yadan landforms like Devil Castle

(An Yadan landform, which is known as the "Western Sea Fleet" in Dunhuang Yadan National Geological Park, picture source@视 （)

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Its north

Tengger Desert, Badan Jilin Desert

The soldiers are divided into two roads, and they continue to invade the south

(Batan Jilin Desert in Linze County, Gansu, photographer@（（)

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Even the corridor Beishan, which is two or three kilometers above sea level

It is also strongly eroded

Form a large area of ​​Gobi

Broken rocks are everywhere, and the vegetation is scarce

(Malaysia Mountain Gobi in the northwest of Hexi Corridor, Malaysia Mountain is one of the three mountains of the North Mountains of the Corridor, photographer@（（)

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To south

Danxia composed of red rock formations

Stand up

(Binggou Danxia in Zhangye World Geological Park, photographer@（（)

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Colorful colored hills

Rolling

Both are due to the lack of vegetation coverage

The rock formation is exposed

In the desert

The color is more eye -catching

(Color hills in Zhangye World Geological Park, photographer@（（)

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Hexi Corridor

Both the vibrant and vibrant

But lucky is

A force that can compete with drought

800 kilometers long Qilian Mountains

At an altitude of an average of more than 4000 meters

Standing in the south of the corridor

Peak peak peak

It is more than 5,800 meters high

(Please watch the horizontal screen, the ultra -long Qilian Mountains, and its highest peak group peak, photographer@（（)

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The mountains of the Gaidian Mountains are cut off water vapor

Form snowfall on high altitude zones

(Xuejingyunhai under the main peak of Qilian Mountain, photographer@（)

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Snowfall accumulation year by year

Eventually, 2683 glaciers were formed

The total area is about 1600 square kilometers

Ice reserves are more than the water storage capacity of Qinghai Lake, China's largest lake

(Glacier on Qika Snow Peak, Qilian Hill, Photographer@（（)

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in

The largest valley glacier in the Qilian Mountains

Transparent Dream Kekawa

Combined with two glaciers

From the top of the mountain, flowing like the ice of the ice

(Please watch horizontal screen, transparent Dreamke Glacier, photographer@（（)

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Glacier melts water plus atmospheric precipitation

Commonly remit into the river

Establish a spectacular deposit fan in front of the mountain

(Please watch Hengping, Qilian Mountain Branch Mustang Mountain-Hong Chong accumulated fan in front of Daxue Mountain, photographer@（)

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finally

Shiyang River, Shule River

And the second largest inland river in China

These three major water systems are pierced into the desert Gobi

Kill several "water roads"

Let the miracle come

(Please watch horizontal screen, the Heihe in the desert, photographer@（)

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Water flow also infiltrate underground

Form the secret groundwater system

And in the form of desert spring water

Suddenly flowing out of the hole on the surface

This is the famous Crescent Spring

(Please watch it horizontal screen, Moon Yaquan, Dunhuang, Gansu, is formed by the groundwater of the Party River, photographer@（（)

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then

Qilian Mountain

Dense forest

(Zhangye Su Nan Qilian Mountain scenery, picture source@（（)

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Grassland Qingqing

(Shandan Army Racecourse, Picture Source@（（)

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Under the Qilian Mountain

River valley wetland, waterweed and beautiful

(Please watch horizontal screen. In late autumn, the scenery of Heihe scenery near the National Highway 312 in Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, photographer@（晓)

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From then on, it is no longer controlled by the desert Gobi

And becomes a

Can be used for all things to grow and travel through human beings

Hexi Corridor

Formal formation

However

It is not an ordinary corridor

It is connected to a wider mountain river

The key to the peace of the country's country

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The greatest connection

In general cognition

Hexi Corridor connects the Central Plains and the West Regions

Silk, tea, porcelain, jewelry, seeds

Come to the Silk Road in the east of this corridor

To form

(Desert camel bell on the Hexi Corridor, photographer@（North Bank)

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But from a wider perspective

Hexi Corridor is not just connected to things

Instead

The Western Western Regions and the East Central Plains are four directions

crossroads

The four major sections that have a profound impact on Chinese history

Actually through the Hexi Corridor

Connect

(Please watch horizontal screen, diagram of the Silk Road, drawing@吴 昕/Planet Research Institute)

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Han Dynasty

Huo Qubu defeated the Huns here

Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and other four counties in Hexi

This is established one after another

(Wuwei South Gate, in the middle of the city wall, Wuwei is called "Liangzhou", the Qianliang, Houliang, Beiliang, and Nanliang of the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the Daliang in the early Tang Dynasty set up Wuwei as the capital city. , Photographer@， 师)

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Sui Dynasty

Emperor Sui Emperor Patches the West of Hexi Corridor

And invited the western regions to hold the "World Fair"

To show Guowei

(Qilian Mountain Biandukou Yonggu Town, Emperor Sui Yang entered the Hexi Corridor from Biandu, photographer@吴 （)

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The day before the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty

Mongolian and Tibet leaders are here to talk

History is called "Liangzhou League"

Since then

Tibet is officially included in the central government jurisdiction

(Wuwei Baita Temple, the Liangzhou League happened in this area, photographer@（广)

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At the end of the Qing Dynasty

Zuo Zongtang recovered Xinjiang via the Hexi Corridor

Maintain China's territorial integrity

then

Countless border fortress rises to the ground

Great Wall, Guanzhang, Chengchi, 隘 隘

Or stand in the desert

(Site of the Shibao City in the wasteland, photographer@（蚂)

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Or hang on the top of the mountain

(Jiayuguan Cantilen Great Wall, photographer@Zhang Yang's Xiaoqiang)

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Or stationed on the bank of the river

(Rabbit Pier in Heihe River, photographer@（（)

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Or Watching the field of wheat waves

(The wheat fields of Mao Bulan Village, Yongchang, Gansu, are located in the Great Wall, photographer@（（)

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Or take a look at the towering snow mountain

(Jiayuguan and Qilian Mountain, photographer@（)

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Or look up at the loneliness

(Site of Zhangye Blackwater Country under the night sky, photographer@（)

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The Hexi Corridor has also become

One of the most dense areas of China Beacon Border City

(The Great Wall Defense System of Hexi Corridor, including the Great Wall, Guanzhang, Castle, and Fang. In order to ensure the display effect, the number of castles and 燧 is not fully marked.

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That is

"Long wind tens of thousands of miles, blowing Yumen Pass"

(Jiuquan Yumen Pass site, Xiaofangpan City, photographer@（（)

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That is

"The Yellow River is far from the white clouds, a lone city Wanzhishan" "

(Blacks and water goes away between the mountains, the lower right is a small rabbit pier, photographer@吴)

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That is

"How can I do it, build the Great Wall"

(The small Jiayuguan in the Snow Mountain and Gobi, photographer@（)

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That is

"Ye Yun has no city Guo, rain and snow are even deserted"

(Please watch it horizontally.

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But many regimes, many interests

The Hexi Corridor often conflicts constantly

Fascin

The sad song of countless ethnic groups

Frequently staged here

Such a turbulent corridor

Is there a chance to change your own destiny?

Answer

Just on the oasis of the Hexi Corridor

03

The greatest creation

The Shiyang River Water system that originated in Qilian Mountain

Nourish the Wuwei Oasis

Heihe Water

Nourishing Zhangye Oasis, Jiuquan Oasis

Shule River Water

Nourishing the Dunhuang Oasis and so on

(Said the water system and oasis of Hexi Corridor, drawing@吴 昕/Star Research Institute)

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From the Han Dynasty

I started immigrating to Tuntian here

Establishing developed oasis agriculture

To this day

Hexi Corridor to account for 19%of Gansu's cultivated land

32.3%of the province's grain produced in the province

And supplied 43%of commercial oil

97%beet and 98%cotton

(Please watch horizontal screen, Zhangye Oasis Agriculture, Photographer@Zhao Gaoxiang)

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The strong productivity of the oasis

Also for the greater creation

Foundation

The copper galloped horse unearthed in the Tomb of Leitai Han

With the stunning shape of "Ma Stefan"

Show us the Hexi Corridor thousands of years ago

Superb bronze craftsmanship

(Copper Benma, now hidden in the Gansu Provincial Museum, photographer@Shi Yaochen)

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at the same time

Hexi Corridor as a key hub connecting the Quartet

Civilizations from the Western Regions, Qinghai -Tibet Plateau, Mongolia Plateau, and Mainland Mainland

Meet here

The end of the Hexi Corridor became a

Corridor

Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhist culture

Complete and coexist here

(Please watch Hengping, the plaque of the Wuwei Temple, photographer@（（)

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Like Buddhist Grottoes almost all over the period

It even runs through the entire Hexi Corridor

(Dragon distribution diagram of the grottoes in the Hexi Corridor, Drawing@（（/Planet Research Institute)

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Or back to Dan Ya

(Please watch it horizontally, and the third three days of the Zhangye Horseshoe Temple on the cliffs of the mountain, the 33 -day grotto. This mountain belongs to Danxia landform, photographer@（)

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Or hidden in the canyon

(Please watch horizontal screen, distributed in Yulin Grottoes photographer@（蚂)

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The blend of multiple civilized elements

It also made the Hexi Corridor a one

Art gallery

Carving, color plastic, murals, etc.

It's shining here

Such as Tiansi Mountain Grottoes

Sit in the water

Big Buddha with a height of 28 meters

(Tianshan Grottoes, next to the Huangyang River Reservoir, picture source@（（)

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Another example is Zhangye Xixia Great Buddha Temple

The lying Buddha with a length of 34.5 meters and a shoulder width of 7.5 meters

It is also China's largest indoor wooden tire clay sculpture Buddha

(Please watch Hengping, Zhangye Great Buddha Temple lying Buddha, photographer@（)

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And the most exciting thing is

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

(Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu, and the Wudi Desert behind it, photographer@（警)

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It is by many regimes and ethnic groups in the Hexi Corridor

Co -creation

From Qin to Yuan from the past

Only formed today

The largest existing scale in the world

The most abundant Buddhist art sacred place

(Cave 217, Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, "Guan Wuliangshou Classic Change" in the Tang Dynasty, photographer@()

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The blend of multiple civilized elements

Let the Hexi Corridor become one

Ethnic corridor

Tianzhu's Tibetan, Su Nan's Yugu clan

Mongolia in Subei, Aksak's Kazakhs

And Han, Hui, Dongxiang nationality

They are producing life in their own ways

Create a unique culture

(Please watch horizontal screen, Tianzhu grabs the Mongolian bag of the happy dragon grassland, photographer@（广)

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end

Hexi Corridor

When we stare at its body again

What we see

It is the magnificent mountains and rivers in the northwest

It is a diverse and inclusive civilization blending

It is the city of the city of the city.

We will also see

Numerous behind this

In adversity, suffering, frustration

In pain, loneliness

The pioneers and creators who are diligent

They are here

Work hard

(Fields under Qilian Mountain, photographer@（（)

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it's here

guard

(Please watch it horizontally, the site of Suoyang City, photographer@（宸)

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it's here

create

(At the beginning of 2020, Snow Manchuria Spring, Photographer@（（)

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Construction here

Wanjia Light

(Please watch Hengping, Qilian Mountain Snow View and Jiayuguan City Resident District, photographer@（（)

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Everything

For the Hexi Corridor, the Quartet can be connected

Puttering in the country

They are in Hexi Corridor

With the spirit of continuous exploration and aggressive

Build homeland and seek development

It's overlapping this sentence

"Tian Xingjian, a gentleman continuously improved"

And China Ping An Over the years

It also inherits the original intention of entrepreneurship

Adhere to "seeking survival in competition and seeking development in innovation"

Create value with professional

And today's Hexi Corridor

Still the greatest corridor in China

It connects vast

(G30 Lianhuo high -speed Gansu section, photographer@（（)

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Endless connection

(Lanxin Expressway Railway Hexi Corridor Section, Photographer@（（)

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connect

Past and Future

(Jiayuguan Guancheng, photographer@（（)

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Go to Hexi Corridor

Go to feel the loneliness of all

Go to feel the heavens and the earth

Go to feel the greatest corridor in China

Creation team in this article

Writing | GHJ & King Logic

Picture | Zhou Yiguang

Design | Yang Ning

Map | Wu Xintian

Audit | Shanyuelou & Xiang Xiangxiang & Chen Jingyi

Cover Photographer | Jiang Hong & Gao Jian

Shanhe chapter video cover photographer | serious

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