Saturday, December 1, 2012

From the three "the great rivers flow" (Photos)

Long before the birth of human history, the Tianshan mountains this across Central Asia and the western region of China, is a huge mountain to the East and the west, has been standing in between heaven and earth.

As one of the great mountains, Tianshan Mountains will not only in ChinaXinjiangOne divides into two. -- the southern Tarim Basin and Northern Junggar basin; more importantly, it has epoch-making from "heaven" as the world has 3 great rivers, SYR: Chu, Yili river.

Said the 3 rivers "great", is not only that they start from thousands of meters above sea level, snow mountain, after millions of gullies, grassland and desert, from China to the countries of Central Asia, show a strong vitality, but these vary in length, the fate of different rivers have in different historical period, with the same generous, inoculation the immortal monumental human civilization. Even in the thousands of years later, Chinese Xinjiang and the countries of Central Asia, many cultural beliefs, customs, all can find the "root" from here, to find their origin.

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For example, today the Kyrgyz people, in fact, as early as thousands of years ago, the vast land of their "roots" was buried deep in the Chu River Basin. He is as old as shanhaiching Name: leaf water. Source out of the Tianshan Mountains, Chu wandering in the desert, as the Silk Road travelers with water. In its glorious history, not only occupied a central crossroads key position that, to make the Tang Empire to rely on the river city, to create a huge "western Changan"; and after Giuva Na Luke and Koch Kerr convergence of two rivers, become more and more huge -- North through Boam Canyon, formed the Chu River basin fertile...... Although it was fate destined to disappear, disappear in the Mu Cloud Kum desert, but who can say, spreading it on both sides of the past will "disappear in smoke"?

The flow of a river SYR Darya, is the longest river in Central Asia "". As the mother river of civilizations of Central Asia, SYR Darya tolerance fled west north Xiongnu, nourished the Turkic, Karluk, Sogdian peoples, bearing these ethnic variety of glory and shame, glory and decline...... The river passes through the Uzbek, Tajik and Kazak 3 Republic, becoming one of the important "source" of the Aral sea. Although after 1960, with the loss of a large number of water, the SYR Darya finally disappeared in the desert, dubbed as the "water conservancy experts can not find the direction of the river", however, historians still believe, it will obtain eternal life......

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Compared with the previous two river, the Yili river history is one of the most mystery. For example, once "gained some fame for a time" the mystery; for example, fine early stone age who lived in primitive human "plug" sort of person, whether they were from the east or from the West?...... In addition, many biological growth in the Yili River Valley are mysterious, according to the "notes in the western regions" records: the Qing PeriodTravelingSeventy-one in the river, once said that he saw in the river more than two meters long "ferocious strange fish" -- when one has passed away, the expert textual research, he said "the strange fish", in fact is the Yili River unique precious species of Moina sturgeon.

From the three rivers flow under the Tianshan Mountains, like the three sisters a female compatriots, they in their loyalty, passion and endurance, staggered in time and space, compose gave or old, or modern, or very touching, tragic desolation of the civilization of the song......

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The road is clear of the soul, the Chinese dynasties envoys, merchants, monks and the army, and a number on the "difficult to complete the dangerous road", through the Chu River Valley to the western countries.

Chu River broken Yecheng is located in the "crossroads of Asia", the Tang Empire once be busy at putting up installations, completely copied out a "western city of Changan".

Chu River Valley is still preserved many old customs, such as the Kyrgyz dingqin, both parents need to bite bows, and drinking their blood in blood......

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According to "Datang Western mind" records: Xuanzang climb the Tianshan, experienced a disaster westbound biggest: seven days of hiking, and encountered a storm, with heavy casualties...... Later, Xuan Zang learned from the local population, they climb the Tianshan Mountains offshoot called Ling mountains, glaciers covered by thousands of years long, want to cross it must be "".

In fact, the so-called Ling mountain, which is today at the junction of China Xinjiang and the Kyrgyz Tianshan mountain peak group. Flip it, Xuan Zang said goodbye to the Xinjiang Gobi desert, into a beautiful valley -- Green Mountains stretches thousands of miles, rich natural resources, including a variety of rare medicinal herbs, the Millennium wood, as well as gold, silver, copper and other huge reserves of mineral deposits. In these mountains, vertically and horizontally with a spacious valley corridor, living in the original and happy people......

Have been a few months did not rest good Xuan Zang Guowang joy. A blue eyes, hook-nosed Hu Shang Jia told him: here is the Chu River Valley, rich is rich, is due to a given from heaven river, the river, named chu......

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In Central Asia the map, mostly arid regions in yellow. Among these, only originated from the Tianshan Mountains to the Chu River Valley, a mountainous oasis blue "". This oasis, is a legend in the Chu River valley.

The name of the Chu Chu River valley. This article from heaven to the river, rely on complex Tianshan Mountains and Pamir Plateau, in turn, the Great Valley out of the huge potential for. The valley was east-west, 200 kilometers long, 80 km wide at the maximum, average height of 3700 meters on both sides of the xuefeng. Because the valley scenery along the way scenery and China's Silk Road is like, so the geographer and called it "small Hexi corridor".

Come a long way down the green river, to this piece of barren land.

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Chu River Valley has been moist rich river, river valley is aspect of many small tributaries, people can see the spectacular aerial when -- Chu River valley was the Xuefeng mountains around, many rivers flowing, irrigation with beautiful mountain.

Philosophers say: Valley is the soul. The Chu River Valley of the soul, is that from the Tianshan road. Tianshan Road, a total length of 2500 km, is a shortcut connecting Central Asia steppe and desert in Northwest China, is also the most dangerous ancient hill road. The Chinese dynasties envoys, merchants, monks and the army, have a batch after batch of hesitation on this road westbound, after Chu River Valley, arrived in the western countries.

Human civilization from this road. For example, the Kyrgyz people born in the Chu River basin. According to recent Kyrgyz and Chinese historians have found, Chu River Valley of human history can be traced back to 201 bc. On the Kyrgyz people records, from the earliest "records of the historian", said the book "the Kyrgyz people Li Kun" or "from Kun", think they are the descendants of Turkic people, because of the war and other reasons, the final migration, was the land of admission, and established their own kingdom.

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