Zhangye Travel Notes　My home is in a place with abundant water and grass

Complete the Qinghai Lake ride and return to Xining. I met Brother Jiao in Xining. That was the first time Brother Jiao and I met. At that time, Brother Jiao was not called Brother Jiao. When we first met, she said her name was Pig's Feet.

There are still three or two days of vacation, and I plan to visit Shapotou. Brother Jiao originally planned to go to Qinghai Lake first. However, the weather forecast predicted rain in Xining the next day, which disrupted everyone's plans, but it happened to be sunny in Zhangye. Brother Jiao plans to take the circular route first to Zhangye and Dunhuang. The first time I got to know Zhangye was in the movie "Home is a Place with Rich Water and Grass". I was amazed and fascinated by the Horseshoe Temple in it.

Brother Jiao traveled from Beijing to the northwest alone, but I didn’t want to date her. Although she looked fresh and refined like an elf when we first met, my impression was that she was still a little girl. The most important thing to go to Zhangye is for the Matisi Temple, and the Matisi Temple is very important to me, so I plan to go alone. That night in Xining, I bought a ticket to Zhangye and told Brother Jiao that I only had ten yuan in my card and could not go to Zhangye. The simple Brother Jiao believed it and said he could lend me money.

When I woke up early the next day, it really started raining in Xining. I quickly sent postcards to my friends. Brother Jiao, Aunt Li and Panpan went to walk the Great Circle Line together. In a flash, I joined this three-person team. Looking back now, what made me join this team was probably because of Aunt Li's existence.

The view outside the car window was vast, and there was a sudden heavy snowfall. I left my seat and walked to the link of the car. I quietly looked at the snowy scene outside the car window and the continuous Qilian Mountains in the distance.

Passing the Shandan Military Horse Farm, we are now in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing, how great, and how great the Hexi Corridor is.

Looking back, I found that Brother Jiao was also sitting at the junction looking at the snowy scenery outside the window, so we took our first photo together.

Five years ago, on a high-speed train from Xining to Zhangye, two people stood aside and went to the junction of the carriages to look at the sudden heavy snow outside the car window. This may have been the beginning of the story.

The weather has turned sunny, the blue sky and white clouds, and the Qilian Mountains make people feel comfortable and happy.

After settling in, head to Colorful Danxia. The sky clears up after the rain, and the colorful hills are washed away by the rain. It is the best time to see the colorful Danxia. We are lucky.

Although we went together, we were not very familiar with each other. Most of the time we stayed alone to watch and take pictures.

The colorful danxia under the sunny blue sky is still stunning.

The eyes enjoy it, but I don't like this kind of enjoyment. I hope to be able to walk through the colorful Danxia. But in order to better protect this Danxia wonders, the scenic spot is strictly managed, so we basically can only stay at the observation deck.

When I see those roads, I really want to go on them.

The combination of colorful hills and Danxia constitutes the colorful pictures in front of you. The colorful hills are very fragile and easily damaged, which is why the scenic spot is strictly managed.

There are not many people, and the scenery seen from several observation decks changes somewhat.

Near a certain observation deck, I was finally able to walk on the road. In anticipation of taking photos, I took a few photos of Brother Jiao.

It feels so good to walk down the viewing platform and onto the road. Every inch of land tells the legends of our motherland from ancient times to the present.

The filming location of the movie adds a little artificial smell of fireworks to the desolate environment.

Finally I can feel it up close. This is not a palette dropped by God to the world. It was formed after various complex geological movements. is a geological relic that is based on millions of years as a landform unit and is non-renewable and non-replicable. Everyone is responsible for conscious protection.

When I was sorting through the photos, I found that there were photos in the same frame as Brother Jiao at that time. I couldn’t remember whether Panpan or Aunt Li took the photos. thank you all.

We stayed until sunset. It was beautiful here, but the experience was too shallow due to management issues.

It would be great if you could set up a tent among the colorful hills of Danxia and watch the sky full of stars at night.

I don’t remember what I ate or what I did when I returned to the city in the evening. There is only this photo in the folder that night. I just remember that Brother Jiao was very patient in teaching Aunt Li how to send the original photo on WeChat. He was very patient.

The next day there was still blue sky and white clouds, and we finally arrived at the Mati Temple that we had longed for.

Going around the White Pagoda at the foot of the Qilian Mountains is something I like to do.

I keep the photos I took of Brother Foot.

Horseshoe Temple appears in front of you. When I saw the temple and grottoes carved out of the cliff in the movie "Home in a Place with Rich Water and Grass", I knew I would definitely visit here.

Climb the thirty-three-day grotto.

My legs were disabled after riding, so I slowly followed everyone.

Next to the Thirty-Three-Day Grottoes in Matisi Temple, there is a Standing Buddha Hall, which is the largest single grotto in China. The Buddha statues are solemn and spectacular, but photography is strictly prohibited.

There are 21 grottoes on seven floors above and below the Thirty-three-day Grottoes, neatly arranged on a cliff more than 100 meters high, with countless Buddha statues and murals. Tunnels are dug into the rock wall to connect the various layers, with layers of stone and winding corridors.

Blue sky, white clouds, snow-capped mountains, prayer flags, Buddha statues and murals, Horseshoe Temple has what I want most.

Different from the strict management of Qicai Danxia, there was almost no management of the Horseshoe Temple five years ago. The huge Horseshoe Temple is full of precious historical relics. Coming here is all about self-consciousness.

The sun shines down from the overhanging wall, the wind blows and the flags blow, and the flags blow and the wind blows.

Horseshoe Temple at the foot of the Qilian Mountains has excellent natural scenery, humanities and history.

The weather was excellent and there were not many people. Sitting by the grotto carved on the overhanging wall, I could see the Qilian Mountains in the distance through the prayer flags.

The photo Brother Jiao took for me when we first met.

Coming down from the thirty-three-day grotto, I saw Yourong. I saw him in Baitana, but there were so many people riding bikes in those years that I didn’t feel particularly impressed. But when I saw him again, it was this picture, alone on the edge of the cliff, lonely and fearless, and I seemed to see myself.

Brother Jiao ran down alone. It turned out that she wanted to roll grass. After we got together, I gradually understood Brother Jiao’s preference. She didn’t just like rolling grass, but also rolling in the desert and snow. This was an expression of her love for the earth.

Brother Jiao was satisfied after rolling on the grassy slope, and suddenly felt that this little girl was very interesting, loved nature, and had a pure heart.

At noon, I was a little tired, and Yourong and I started chatting in front of the Thirty-Three-Day Grotto. The foot brother who set up the tent was very happy.

Yourong took out the wine from his backpack. The moment he took out the wine, I felt like I had met myself two years ago. We just drank and chatted.

This is the state I expected before coming to Matisi Temple. Just stay here, walk around after sitting for a long time, sit down when tired from walking, and take a nap when tired.

If I remember correctly, the headscarf and glasses that Brother Foot was wearing at that time were mine.

Horseshoe Temple is very big, so we stopped and walked. This was the state when I first met Brother Jiao, just like a child.

I have kept in touch with Aunt Li ever since. When making the proposal video, Aunt Li recorded two scenes of blessings.

This is our foursome at King Gesar's Palace.

After selectively walking some places, we finally came to Thousand Buddha Cave, where large and small Buddhist niches are scattered on the cliff.

Here is another kind of solemnity.

It should be near King Gesar's Palace, where you can ride horses. I had several dreams when I was a child, and most of them came true. Another dream is to ride a horse on the grassland. The horse was ridden several times, but it never galloped.

But this time, I left behind precious historical photos of the same frame when I met Brother Jiao.

Any of your praised beauty is not as good as the first time I met you. It’s Brother Jiao. After we get together, look back at her appearance when we met. This is how she looked.

Returning to the Xixia Youth Hostel in the evening, my vacation is coming to an end. I want to return to Nanning, while Brother Jiao continues north along the Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang. Brother Jiao was unusually quiet that night and didn't say a word.

We met in Xining and got to know each other in Zhangye. No one thought that one day, a long time later, we would be together and start a long-distance relationship between Nanning and Beijing. We met and fell in love, overcoming a geographical distance of 2,300km, just like a heroic dream.

Thank you all, thank you for all the chances and coincidences, thank you for everything that allowed me to meet you. Thank you for making my world wonderful and interesting, thank you for making me feel happier than ever before, thank you for making me so powerful, together, and fearless.