A month later, Pan Zige helped prepare a lot of equipment and food, and prepared all the things we would bring with us when we went out this time. Just like that, under the farewells of Pan Zige, Uncle Wang, and the third uncle, Qin Yu and I Jie, Lei Zi, Lone Wolf and Linggu went to Kunlun Mountain.
Kunlun Mountain, also known as Kunlun Xu, China's No. 1 Sacred Mountain, Mountain of Ten Thousand Ancestors, Kunlun Qiu or Yushan, is a large mountain system in central Asia and the backbone of the mountain system in western China.
Starting from the east of the Pamir Plateau in the west, the entire mountain range traverses Xinjiang and Tibet and extends to Qinghai. It is about 2,500 kilometers long, with an average altitude of 5,500-6,000 meters and a width of 130-200 kilometers. It is narrow in the west and wide in the east, with a total area of more than 500,000 square kilometers.
The highest peak of the Kunlun Mountains is Gonger Peak in Wuqia County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Gonger Peak is the basic skeleton of a plateau landform and an important natural zone boundary in Qinghai Province.
In ancient times, it is said that the Yaochi mentioned in myths and legends is the Black Sea at the source of the Kunlun River. It is 4,300 meters above sea level. The lake water is very clear, there are flocks of birds, and there are many wild animals. It is a colorful place.
The Yiniugou that passes through the Kunlun River also has precious Yiniugou rock paintings. Yuxu Peak and Yuzhu Peak have been covered with silver for many years, and the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist.
Kunlun Spring, located on the north bank of the Kunlun River, is the largest non-freezing spring in the Kunlun Mountains. It forms the wonder of Kunlun's snow in June and is tens of meters deep. The northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains is close to the center of the driest Asian continent and belongs to the warm temperate Tarim Desert. and Qaidam Desert.
The annual precipitation increases slightly with the increase of mountain altitude. The warm temperate desert is replaced by the alpine desert. It is composed of the unique cushion-like camel's hair and Tibetan chrysanthemum. It originates from the rivers on the northern slope of the Kunlun Mountains. It has a long origin and flows into the Tarim Basin. and the internal drainage system of the Qaidam Basin.
Kunlun Mountain has a prominent position as the "ancestor of all mountains" in the cultural history of the Chinese nation. The ancients called Kunlun Mountain the "ancestor of dragon veins" of China. Many myths and legends handed down in ancient China are related to Kunlun Mountain, and are considered to be the ancestral home of the Chinese nation. ’s birthplace.
However, Kunlun Mountain is not the "Kunlun Mountain" mentioned in many myths, but the Kunlun Mountains. The mythical Kunlun Mountain is the "Kunlun Fairy Mountain" that exists in reality.
In ancient mythology, it is believed that there is a fairy "West Queen Mother" living in Kunlun Mountain. According to legend, the Queen Mother of the West lives on the top of the Kunlun Mountains. She is a Taoist god with a human head, a leopard body, and a long tail. She is served by two blue birds and is related to the East Queen Mother. The princes and princes were in charge of men and women's cultivation and immortality.
Kunlun Mountain was also considered by the ancient Chinese to be the edge of the world. Coupled with the year-round snow in Kunlun Mountain, white was used to symbolize the West in ancient China.
Looking up at Kunlun means looking up at the source of the Chinese territory. Looking up at Kunlun means looking up at the source of Chinese culture, because Kunlun is more than just a mountain range. In the pre-Qin period of China, the Kunlun myth was once produced with Kunlun Mountain as the carrier of the dungeon. .
It is recognized by the cultural academic community that the Kunlun myth system is the original source of China's five thousand years of culture. The Kunlun myth is also primitive culture, the philosophy of the early people, and the concepts and aspirations of human beings in their childhood.
Here, Kunlun in the geographical sense, Kunlun in the mythological sense and Kunlun in the sense of cultural personality are three entities that penetrate each other, have broad connotations and connect the past and the present.
For China's ancient ancestors, Kunlun Mountain was distant, mysterious and terrifying. The Gate of Hell in Kunlun Mountain is even more of a mystery that you can't guess. Many people want to explore and decipher the so-called "Gate of Hell".
But in the end, his mystery has not been deciphered. The long span and high altitude of Kunlun Mountain, the snow-capped mountains and glaciers of Kunlun Mountain, the dangerous and magical environment of Kunlun Mountain, and the majestic majesty of Kunlun Mountain are enough to make every visitor eager to try it out but become ecstatic at the thought.
Awe widens the distance, and speculation creates mystery. Therefore, all myths and stories have regional prerequisites.
It is said that the shepherds living in the Kunlun Mountains would rather starve their cattle and sheep to death in the Gobi Desert because there is no fat grass to eat, than dare to enter the Kunlun Mountains and go to the ancient and silent valley with lush pasture.
This valley is Death Valley, known as the "Gate to Hell" of Kunlun Mountains. The valley is full of wolf furs, bear bones, hunters' steel guns and lonely graves on barren hills, exaggerating to the world a gloomy and terrifying... The smell of death. The following is a true story witnessed by a geological team of Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources.
I remember that in 1983, there was a herd of horses raised in the Alar Ranch in Qinghai Province. The horses were greedy for fresh grass and strayed into Death Valley. A herdsman just took over the job and felt the great responsibility, so he ventured into the valley to search for it. The missing horses.
What was the result? A few days after this man entered Death Valley, the missing horses appeared, but they did not come back. The people who came to look for him saw his body on a hill. It looked miserable. Bet, all the clothes were torn.
Moreover, his feet were bare at the time, his face was filled with anger, his mouth was wide open, and the shotgun was still held tightly in his hand, as if he was determined to die.
But strangely, there were no injuries or signs of attack on his body. Investigators at the time were wondering, who was the culprit?
Everyone was puzzled. Not long after this tragic disaster occurred, the geological team working nearby was attacked by Death Valley just like the deceased person.
In July of this year, when it was hot summer outside, there was a sudden snowstorm here. After the snowstorm, there was a sudden thunder roar, and the cook who was cooking for the geological team fainted on the spot. , seeing the cook fainted, other colleagues rushed over immediately and rescued the cook. Fortunately, the cook slowly woke up.
He recalled that at that time, he only heard a thunderclap from behind, and he suddenly felt numb all over his body, his eyes went black, and he didn't know anything. When the team members started working the next day, they found that the entire hillside had changed. The loess has turned into burnt black, like ashes, and the animals and plants have all disappeared. The bones of dead cattle and other animals are everywhere. It is really desolate.
The geological team suddenly felt that something was wrong and quickly inspected the valley. They found that there were obvious magnetic anomalies in the area, and they were distributed over a wide range. The deeper into the valley, the higher the magnetic anomaly value.
Geologists believe that under the action of electromagnetic effects, the magnetic field in the valley and the air discharge generated by the charges in the clouds have made this area a minefield, and the targets of lightning strikes are often running animals. This explanation seems to explain the recent Reasons for several things.
In addition, geologists also discovered that there is an underground river under the swamp at the bottom of Death Valley. If someone steps on the swamp, they will immediately fall into the river and be pulled into the abyss by the great attraction of the underground river.
This is like the Devil's Cave on the Indonesian island of Java. I heard that the six large cave entrances there have a magical power. As long as any object passes through the cave entrance, it can suck it into the cave like a hungry tiger pouncing on food.
