Everyone on the plane had their own concerns. Minister An’s promise to have detailed discussions with experts on the plane was not fulfilled. I believe that Minister An himself did not have much confidence in this scientific research expedition. Everything is unknown, dangerous and uncertain.
Measurement.
The direct flight destination is Kuqa County, a city in the west of the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang. It is said that the capital of ancient Kucha was here. The Chinese government once excavated an ancient city pool of ancient Kucha around this city. Therefore, many historical and archaeological experts believe
The ancient capital of Kucha was located in this place. This is where I feel a little confused. Historical and archaeological experts have identified the ancient city of Kucha as the ruins of the ancient city of Aai in Kuqa County. So why did Minister An say that we should go to the desert to explore it?
What about the ancient capital city of Kucha?
Writing this, I have to mention some knowledge about Qiuci. Ancient Qiuci was one of the thirty-six ancient countries in the Western Regions. The Protectorate of the Western Regions was located here during the Han Dynasty. It was the residence of the Protectorate of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty. It was called Qiuci from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty.
This is the Uighur. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was renamed Yilibabali. In the 23rd year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1758), it was named Kuqa, and the Minister of Kuqa Affairs was established. In 1884, Kuqa was established directly under the Fumin Department, with jurisdiction over Shaya and Xinhe.
County boundary. In 1902, it was renamed Kuqa Zhili Prefecture.
Kuqa County is located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, sloping from northwest to southeast. The terrain can be divided into three parts: the Tianshan Mountains in the north, the alluvial fan-shaped gravel land and the alluvial plain in the south. The main river is the Kuqa River.
, Weigan River, Laisu River, Erbatai River, etc. The Kuqa River flows through the north, and the Weigan River runs diagonally through the southeast to form an alluvial plain. It has a warm temperate continental arid climate, with dry and cold winters, hot summers, and large temperature differences between day and night.
, the average annual temperature is 11.4C, and the average annual precipitation is 65 mm. The fan-shaped gravel wall is connected to the famous Taklimakan Desert. The Tianshan Mountains include the Kuqa Grand Canyon, also known as the Kiziliya Grand Canyon, located in the Tianshan Mountains
At the southern foot of the mountain range, 64 kilometers north of Kuqa County (anciently known as Qiuci) in the Aksu Prefecture, it has a latitude of 42°8′ north and a longitude of 83°5′ east, with a length of about 5.5 kilometers from east to west. The average altitude is 1,600 meters, and the highest peak is 2,048
m. The canyon runs north-south, with the widest point 53 meters and the narrowest point 0.4 meters.
The Kuqa Grand Canyon was discovered by a young Uyghur shepherd while grazing in midsummer 1999. It was rated as a national 2a tourist attraction in January 2002, and was selected as one of the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Canyons in China" in 2003.
There are 42 named scenic spots in the canyon. 1.4 kilometers away from the mouth of the canyon, there is a Tang Dynasty grotto on the cliff about 35 meters high. There are remaining murals and Chinese characters on the south, north and west walls of the cave. It is 700 meters away from the canyon.
There is another canyon nearby. UNESCO has conducted two inspections of the Grand Canyon.
Kuqa Grand Canyon is a rare dry land natural scenic spot in China. It is composed of a huge red-brown mountain group. It is called "Kiziliya" (red cliff) in Uyghur. It is actually formed by hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain erosion and flash floods.
The Grand Canyon is approximately a north-south arc-shaped trend. The opening is slightly curved to the southeast, and the end is slightly curved to the northeast. It is composed of a main valley and seven branch valleys, with a total length of more than 5,000 meters. The natural drop from the end of the valley to the mouth of the valley is more than 200 meters. The canyon is deep.
It is generally 150 meters to 200 meters wide. The valley bottom is 53 meters wide at its widest point and 0.4 meters at its narrowest point. It is a typical ground-slit valley, allowing only one person to pass through it with his head bowed and his body bent sideways.
The rock formations of the Grand Canyon are mainly sedimentary rocks. After being fractured by the Tianshan Mountains and crustal movement, the rock formations underwent a series of wavy bends. Obvious folds and fracture lines can be seen on the side walls of the canyon. Judging from the fold characteristics of the Grand Canyon,
The folds in the Grand Canyon all have more than two fold groups. The fold shape reflects the mechanical background and structural conditions of the fold formation to a certain extent. According to the landforms in the Grand Canyon, the rock layers can be divided into upright folds, oblique folds, and inverted folds.
Folds, etc., among which oblique folds are the most common.
There are many kinds of wonders in the canyon, the most famous of which are the legendary Tongtian Cave, Treasure Cave, Jade Girl Spring, and Xuanxin Stone. Of course, the most magical thing is the "Tang Dynasty Thousand Cave" dug on the cliff.
The Buddha Cave is the Aai Grottoes. The Chinese culture preserved in the grottoes is complete and rich. It is unique among hundreds of grottoes in the ancient Western Regions and is comparable to the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang at the same time.
After closing my eyes for a while, the huge roar of the plane and the speculation about the unknown journey made me unable to calm down. I opened my eyes again, and I took a peek at the others, except for the well-dressed Mr. Su who was still using his straight
Except for Dr. Lin, who was staring at Dr. Lin with complex eyes, everyone else was closing their eyes and concentrating. I looked at the watch and saw that the time was already pointing to two o'clock in the afternoon. So I looked out of boredom at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window of the plane and forced myself to
I no longer think about the unknown and dangerous future...
At 3:40 in the afternoon, the helicopter pilot finally said that our destination was about to arrive, and the plane would land at a military airport in the Xinjiang Military Region.
After a nearly four-hour flight, we didn’t get the nutritional supplement of lunch in the air. When we got off the plane, everyone seemed a little tired. The person who came to pick up the experts was a military leader from the military airport, who first arranged for us to arrive at the airport.
restaurant and had a late lunch.
As soon as lunch was over, we were told that the military vehicles heading to Kuqa County were ready. So we all got on a green military caravan truck and continued to Kuqa County.
After a bumpy gravel road all the way, in the evening, we finally arrived at our destination - Kuqa County, Xinyang City. When the military truck stopped and the tarp opened, I jumped out of the truck and felt like I was in a dream. Cars, airplanes,...
It was the car again, and the day passed like this without breathing.
After getting off the car, I looked around at my destination. We entered a large courtyard with a five- or six-story hotel-style building on the front. I felt that this should be a guest house for a certain ministry stationed in Xinjiang. From the guard station
Judging from the clothes of the two soldiers, it was still an armed police force guest house.
Sure enough, when we all got out of the truck, three people wearing armed police officer uniforms walked out of the guest house and greeted us with smiles on their faces.
After Minister An and Instructor Shui came up to greet us, we all entered the guest house.
Under the arrangement of an armed police officer, several young girls who appeared to be recruited from outside the guest house greeted us warmly and arranged several rooms. Minister An instructed us all to pair up and enter the room to rest. He, instructor Shui, and Lin
The doctor and three armed police officers left the guest house and did not know where they went.
I was in a room with Mr. Su, an antiquities expert. After entering the room, I threw myself heavily on the soft bed and shouted, "I'm so tired!" But Mr. Su didn't.
Instead of answering, he sat silently on the edge of the bed with a dull expression and didn't know what he was thinking. I looked at him and felt bored, so I closed my eyes.
I don’t know how long it took, but when I felt like I was about to fall asleep, a scene suddenly appeared in my mind: My comrades and these experts who were traveling with me were riding camels and walking in the vast desert with the sunset like blood.
There was the pleasant sound of camel bells ringing in our ears. Suddenly, a black mountain stood abruptly in front of us, as if it suddenly emerged from the golden desert. At this time, all the people who were originally docile marching...
The camel shook its body like crazy, turned around and ran away. Everyone was caught off guard and was thrown onto the desert by the crazy camel. Of course, I was among them. As soon as I got up from the sand, a strange little sound came from all directions.
It got into my ears, and I looked around in panic. Suddenly, the yellow sand under my feet squirmed. I lowered my head and saw, Oh my God! In the blink of an eye, countless red worms squirmed out of the yellow sand.
After seeing the shape of the worm clearly, I shouted: "It's the "worm of death"!" Then a shrill scream came from my ears, and a puff of blood suddenly sprayed all over my face and body.
As soon as I turned my face, oh my God! It was Mr. Su. His body fell straight towards me, and his head had disappeared. My liver and gallbladder were shattered, and with his fallen body, a huge "worm of death"
It was raising its bright red and fuzzy head towards my head...
I screamed hysterically, opened my eyes suddenly, and sat up from the bed. The soft lights in the room turned on at some point, and the window outside the room was already dark. I thought Mr. Su should have turned on the lights.
of.
I shivered and felt a chill all over my body. It turned out that I had a nightmare and was covered in cold sweat. I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and let out a long breath.
At this time, I turned around and saw, eh? Mr. Su from the clinic was gone. I listened carefully and found that there was no sound in the bathroom, and there was no light inside. Could it be that he had gone out?
I shouted to the bathroom: "Mr. Su?", but there was no reply. It seemed that he had really gone out. I stood up and walked to the door of the room. Just as I was about to reach out and open the door, I saw the door.
The handle turned with a "click", and as the door opened, Mr. Su, with tears on his face, stood in front of me blankly.
I quickly put on a smile and asked as if nothing had happened: "Are you out, Mr. Su?"
He forced a smile, said "Oh", then covered his face with his hands, lowered his head and ducked past me. I turned around and said, "Mr. Su, I'm going out." Then he walked out of the room and took the room with him.
Door. I know that Mr. Su definitely doesn’t want me to see him cry and be embarrassed.
Standing at the door, looking at the empty corridor, I smiled bitterly, where am I going? It seems that Mr. Su must have gone to see Dr. Lin, and then for some unknown reason, he burst into tears. I vaguely felt that this Su
There must be a mysterious relationship between Mr. Lin and Dr. Lin.
After hesitating at the door, I decided to go to Jiao Yiming and Pang Xiaotai's room to see what they were doing.