Walking in the Lost Border Desert —— Walking on the Great Wall of Ningxia

As the Great Wall Museum in China, Ningxia can almost find the Great Wall relics of different dynasties and different technical styles in the territory. However, due to the lack of attention and protection, it is suffering from both natural and man-made destruction. Because of this, with this hike.

1 The stage lasted for 4 days: starting from Shikong Town, Zhongning City, passing through the starting point of the Ming Great Wall (the first military division of Lanzhou Military Region). 122 boundary pillar), Lugou Lake, Siyanjing, artillery post, mining area, wind farm, reaching Yinchuan Sanguan, with a total length of about 120 km.

The second stage lasted five days: after crossing the Yellow River from Yinchuan, it passed through Hongshanbao, Qingshuiying, Maobucheng, Xingwuying, Anding Butai and Hongcheng, and finally reached Yanchi. The total length is about 140 km. Qingshuiying and Xingwuying are the two most famous camps on this section of the Great Wall (also known as "Hedong Wall").

Walking on the Great Wall of Zhongning is completely ignorant, but I found a nameless Great Wall.

The train 12: 30 arrived in Zhongning the night before, and I was surprised to learn that Zhongning Railway Station was the original starting point of hiking-Shikong Town. Early the next morning, I left the railway station inn and asked about the location of the Great Wall all the way. Five people in 10 didn't know, and the remaining five said they had heard of it. Only two people can say it in detail, but they haven't been there either.

Go north, cross the river and the railway, climb the big earth slope and overlook the northeast. It's basically walking along the high-voltage line. After the substation, there is no one. At this time, you will find a beacon tower next to your eyes and walking!

Approaching slowly, when I was quite sure it was a beacon tower, I shouted excitedly "Oh, yes". Being alone in Gobi feels great! It takes about 2.5 hours to climb the beacon tower made of stone, which is not too bad.

The mountain and the Great Wall walked for two hours, but gradually disappeared. There are many holes along the way, maybe it is the rabbit's home. . .

In the afternoon, the second and third beacon towers appeared on the mountain beyond the horizon. Considering that they should not belong to the same dynasty, otherwise the distance is not so far, I decided to follow the principle of "walking as close as possible to the beacon tower I saw" After working hard for more than 4 hours, I finally saw the loess high wall! ! ! Field boundary pillar of Lanzhou Military Region. 122: The Great Wall should go out of the previous mountains from here and extend to the vast plains ahead! A few days later, I saw a clear sign on the map of Ningxia I bought: the Ming Great Wall started 25 kilometers northeast of Shikong Town and extended to Sanmaguan in the north. )

I finally found the Ming Great Wall, which was smoother than I expected. I was overjoyed to think that the route along the Great Wall should be clear. No matter whether there is a desert Gobi more than 100 kilometers ahead, there is a flat land at the foot of the Great Wall, and the grass seems a little green. I decided to camp!

The Great Wall is full of mountains and rivers! (Great Wall-the spirit of crossing mountains and rivers)

Walking on the Great Wall for nine days is not too long, but walking endlessly along a broken wall in the vast Gobi will stay in my heart for a long time.

The length of the Great Wall should not be recorded by camera, but by satellite.

There are times when you are tired on the road, but think about it. The ancients built the Great Wall of Wan Li with bricks and tiles. Now you just want to walk. What's so tired?

If there is anything that small human beings can compete with nature, it is the Great Wall. An earthquake can destroy a city, but it can't tear down the Great Wall of Wan Li.

Most of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty is the Loess Great Wall in Ningxia, which extends on semi-desert and semi-Gobi land, accompanied by Xanthium sibiricum, gecko and grave.

The Great Wall of Loess is so charming that it can't be described in words. Although I was numb to see the Great Wall after a long walk, every time I stopped to stare at the loess wall, I felt a heavy sense of history.

This section of the city is built very steeply. Along the steep mountain, it seems that the principle is "build where it is difficult to walk", which is unambiguous. Walking on the Great Wall seems to experience the "temperament" of a tyrant. . . But I don't know if the Great Wall was really built by Qin Shihuang.

This is the place where I first met people on foot until the next day. There is a lonely white house on the deserted Gobi. After approaching, a fierce dog barked. I shouted several times on the slope: "Hello?" . . . Slave ladder

The child leaned out a head and motioned for me to go down.

When I entered the room, the first sentence was: "I'm here to walk the Great Wall". . . The young man only gave a gentle "hmm" sound, and I thought to myself, "It's someone who has seen the world!" . . .

After chatting for a while, I was shocked: this young man is 3 1 year old and has been waiting here for six years, 365 days X 24 hours. Six years? ! I can't imagine what it's like to stay alone in an empty room more than ten kilometers away in Fiona Fang!

Nearby is an artillery unit of Lanzhou Military Region, which regularly delivers water and vegetables. There is a cell phone signal in the room, which uses wind power to generate electricity, a TV set, a radio, a stove and a kang.

Everyone who walks the Great Wall has to pass his door, about 5-6 times a year. I am the first this year.

Ask, "Are you lonely?" Such a question didn't make any sense, so I stopped to talk to him for three hours. I also borrowed a pair of giant scissors for shearing wool and cut my right hand nails.

When I left, I filled all the water bottles and ate a bowl of fried rice with shredded potatoes. Thank you!

Lugou Lake Site, located in Guangwu Township, Qingtongxia City, passes by the Great Wall on foot and you will see a cultural relic.

Net search: 199 1 In the autumn of, a Neolithic cultural site was discovered in Lugou Lake, where Wenguan in Qingtongxia is located, with a total area of 30,000 square meters, and most of the cultural layers were exposed. It is found that there is a large number of Neolithic culture, and many pottery fragments and stone tools are collected, including stone axes, stone mortars, scrapers, sharp hammers and so on. These stone tools have obvious signs of being used. Pottery pieces belong to pointed sand pottery, with solid and delicate texture and geometric patterns, belonging to pots, bowls and other utensils. According to textual research, these pottery pieces and stone tools belong to the Neolithic Age, also known as "microlithic culture".

Dizzy! If I had known this, I should have looked at the ground carefully and picked at least one pottery, but I walked past in a daze. It seems that we should do more raiders before going out in the future.

It was only later that I learned that there were rock paintings in four wells behind Lugou Lake, but I didn't notice them at that time. . .

The beacon tower of vicissitudes of life, like an old man, tells a hundred years of history.

At 4 pm, I walked to the mining area. This is the biggest gap along the Great Wall. The whole mountain was cut off. A path leads to a small town in Alashan in the west and is said to be Qingtongxia Railway Station in the east.

When I walked into the street, the driver of a truck saw me and stopped to give me a lift. I declined politely, thanking him for his kindness!

Go to the private house where the sand pickers live, communicate simply, and enter the house to charge the camera. It took me more than 2 hours to charge, and it was getting dark when charging, so the simple sand digger left me to live.

The first time I saw the sand digger, I was deeply impressed: my face was dusty and black, which made my eyes look white and bright-just like those coal miners who just came out of the coal mine in those photos!

In the evening, the workers are chatting in the house, but they don't quite understand their conversation. They just talk and laugh. Their life seems simple and happy, with no worries. . .

It's freezing outside, and firewood is burned inside to keep warm. When it's hot, you go shirtless. When you take off your clothes, you feel heroic and feel much closer to everyone. . . Four or five people sleep quietly in a warm room.

In the morning, I got up with the sand pickers and continued on our way, while they started their day's work. These workers come from neighboring villages and all claim to be "coming to work". They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They are really lovely people. After walking a long way, I looked back at the red brick house at night and was silently grateful.

On the third day of my trip, I finally met fine weather, loess, blue sky, white clouds, the Great Wall and me on foot.

Between heaven and earth, all sentient beings seem to have become a drop in the ocean, and only the Great Wall is with me.

At noon, the sun is getting brighter and brighter, and white clouds are floating under the blue sky, making the earth light and shadow crisscross, and the magnificent scenery is exciting.

After passing the Helanshan wind farm in the afternoon, the wind is very strong! ! ! Just a few kilometers, three stops, really unbearable. Curse in the strong wind while walking. This period of wind directly hurt my knee, which also makes people understand that besides heavy rain and extreme cold, the wind is also hard to bear.

The ancient Great Wall and modern civilization seem to coexist harmoniously. However, the wind serving mankind has been eroding the Great Wall for thousands of years, fearing that the soul of ancient civilization and history will eventually turn to dust and disappear in a gust of wind.

Because I was still anxious, I walked several kilometers behind the wind farm until sunset.

We camped in a relatively sheltered place to avoid being blown away by the strong wind in the middle of the night. There were only stones and mud on the ground. . . It began to blow as soon as it got dark, and the whistling wind never stopped for a moment. . . At night, the wind suddenly changed. Considering the harsh natural environment, it is good to test the equipment. . .

The wind blew the yellow sand all over the sky, and my tent had no internal account, so the dust flew directly over the tent! I don't care so much, so I sleep under the quilt.

Get up and check the next day. After testing, my DIY short ridge tunnel account, after pulling the wind rope, should have no problem dealing with a 6 or 7 wind.

I woke up in the morning and found that the quilt was covered with a thick layer of loess. Excuse me! The four bottles of water I brought with me are also frozen hard: it is estimated that the temperature was MINUS 6 or 7 degrees last night. . .

Sandstorm+cold+dry climate should be regarded as a more extreme environment. After this night, I have a further understanding of the demand for equipment.

A night of strong winds brought clear skies to Wan Li.

Sky blue, blue dead people don't want to die. . .

Real frontier fortress. In the desolate land, there is tenacious survival, or guarding the Great Wall from generation to generation. It suddenly occurred to me that the desert is lonely and straight, and the long river sets the yen.

Arrived at Sanjiangkou at 2 pm, which was two years ago. Two years ago, I made up my mind to come to the Great Wall here in the future. This time, I got what I wanted and felt satisfied. Looking back, I walked the winding Great Wall for four days. At the moment of three passes, all my hard work vanished and my heart was full of satisfaction.

Take a bus to the "Central District" at Yinchuan Tourist Bus Station, get off after crossing the Yellow River, and see a bus named "Yinchuan-Tao Le" on the roadside. This bus passes through Hengcheng. Walking into the Great Wall again, the whole body quickly changed back to the appearance of "natives".

We set out at noon and arrived at Shuidonggou after 5 pm. It's cloudy and I don't want to go. I had a brainwave and simply set up a tent in the tourist public toilet in Shuidonggou for the night. The environment is not bad, and you don't have to go out to pee and fetch water ~ ~ hey. . . Unfortunately, there are no photos.

Visit Hongshan Castle, because it belongs to Shuidonggou Scenic Area, a new temple has been built in the castle, and the cave of Tibetan soldiers has not been handed in. The picture shows the urn door of Hongshan Castle. It should be refurbished.

Walking on the highland, you can see the Mu Us sandy land in the northeast, and the endless horror sand is yellow!

Starting from Hongshanbao, let's move on. In the morning, it rained lightly in Mao Mao, Gobi. Although there are no photos to take, it is still good for hiking. I hitchhiked to Manhattan on the way and bought 10 white steamed bread. Then I crossed the Great Wall and continued to Qingshui Camp. Just after 4 pm, we arrived at Qingshui Camp. There are only a few stone pillars around the camp, which say "cultural relics". Besides, there is no protection. The remains of Qingshuiying are well preserved, but I don't know how long this situation will last.

The reason why the city gate is lower than the ground is that the soil on the city wall collapses and forms a soil slope.

Walk into the empty camp and imagine that soldiers practiced martial arts on this land hundreds of years ago. The era of Kingoma Iron is long gone. What remains unchanged is the bleak wind, which messed up the grass on the ground, scattered broken pottery fragments and a few white bones on the ground. There was silence all around. . . In the evening, I set up my tent in the barbican of Qingshui Camp and spent the night with Bing Gu underground.

A few hours after Qingshui camp, the Great Wall split in two and went hand in hand! This is the first side and the second side.

On the third day, I got up, and there were two small camps in front of Qingshui camp, where I filmed the scene left by "stabbing mausoleum" (to destroy cultural relics in order to make movies). In fact, it was not bad to set up a tent here yesterday, with the shelter of the studio and water at the door. But this water source looks a little scary: there are many shiny flowers on the ground on both sides of the stream, and the water is salty.

The Great Wall is like a dragon.

Passing a small temple, there are many bottles of Erguotou in the temple. I was short of water and fuel, so I just took pictures as a souvenir. Guanyin in the temple was moved to the open air, and in the distance was a corner of the camp wall of Maobu City.

Too much hair doesn't make a city (far away in the picture). . .

The land here is called Gaoshawo. As the name implies, the more you walk, the more sand you have. Walking in frustration, I looked up and suddenly saw a faint red brick bungalow in the yellow sand in the distance. In my impression, only Xinlongmen Inn has such a scene, and such a place is also inhabited? I can't believe my eyes! Maybe. . . They are descendants of the soldiers who guarded the Great Wall in those days and will never leave their land for generations. . .

At half past six in the afternoon, I went to a family and asked for water. The host invited me into the room, and the tile floor in the room was very clean, which was a far cry from the bad dust outside. It's a family. It runs in the family. Grandparents are the heads of the family. The son works in other places, and the daughter-in-law takes care of her grandson.

Despite repeated refusals, a large bowl of separately cooked noodles was handed to me. Sleeping on the extra-large kang for two people at night, covered with a thick wool quilt, I found that wool has stronger temperature control ability than down, which is too extravagant. . . Grandpa, as the head of the family, sleeps alone in a room, and I sleep with him as a guest, which shows how to treat guests!

Beacon towers and trees on the Great Wall. . . Grandpa looked at the photo and said, "This is our tree". . .

The next morning, a large pot of fried potato shreds, fluffy white rice mixed with some yellow rice, is newly cooked, 2 bowls of rice down to the throat. . .

All these, except gratitude or gratitude! ! !

On the morning of the fourth day, I waved goodbye to the enthusiastic border people and soon arrived at Xingwuying, where farmers cultivated land. Xingwuying is a big camp, with two gates, west and south, which have collapsed. The picture shows the collapsed west gate of Xingwuying.

Xingwuying is a fork in the road, and the "head side" and "second side" are separated. Due to the sandstorm, Toulu is "unbearable". If you follow the second road, the next camp is Anding.

Unfortunately, the Great Wall was almost buried by yellow sand in some sections. . .

What's more, some bridge piers have been hollowed out, and there are rooms and storage rooms inside. According to my inference, people in poor years have no place to live, so they hollowed out the Great Wall and took charge.

On the fourth night, camping near a village caused panic among the villagers.

On the fifth day, it was sunny and I was on my way. After stability, the Great Wall turns south here.

Continue to walk south along the Great Wall. I saw expressway at noon. Then the Great Wall walked along the highway and passed through the Red City. There is a slogan on the wall to protect the Great Wall.

Get on the road, get a ride, get on the bus. This last section > 10 km of the Great Wall! The car arrived in Yanchi, ending the hiking trip of Ningxia section of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty.

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