A spring of tears

The spring here is clear and bright, and the seasons are not dry

A spring of tears

"The spring of tears" is a world famous classical ballet, which is based on Pushkin's long poem "the fountain to Bachi salayi Palace", and performed by the Central Ballet. It shows a love tragedy that tartar King fell in love with polish princess when Mongolian conquered Europe.

geographical position

Teardrop spring is located in yimama Hede village in the south of Cele County, on the terrace on the right bank of the tributary of Axi river.

The origin of the tear spring is fan edge overflow. The spring water comes from a small amount of precipitation infiltrated from the surface of the tilted plain of the alluvial proluvial fan in front of the Kunlun Mountains. When the seepage water meets the erosion surface aquifuge composed of tertiary brown red sandstone and mudstone, it flows down along the aquifuge to the terrace on the right bank of the tributary of the Axi River and the small gully on the steep cliff. It is exposed in the form of many small springs and converges into a stream. The spring water is clear and transparent, and the flow rate is about 0.3 M / s. The local people regard it as a holy spring. The spring water washes and cuts a red canyon about 12 meters wide and more than 20 meters deep on the red rock stratum. From a distance, it looks like a red waterfall, which is very magnificent. Due to the moistening of spring water, several ancient poplars grow beside the ditch, about 30-40 meters high, 1.6 meters in diameter and 14.2 meters in circumference.

The water culture change is closely related to the precipitation in front of Kunlun Mountain, which can be large or small. Tears spring is regarded as holy spring by local villagers, which is not only a place of worship, but also a function of drinking tap water and irrigating farmland.

The spring water is used by the villagers. The traffic here is convenient and the scenery is beautiful.

main plot

Prelude: in front of Maria's tomb

The king of tartar Gilead Khan loved Maria deeply, but her death made Gilead extremely sad.

Scene 1: Maria's parents' courtyard

Maria's parents are holding a grand banquet for the engagement of their daughter and fiance, Vaclav. The lovers also look for opportunities to quietly come to the hospital to get along with each other and share their heartfelt feelings. While everyone was singing and dancing, King Gilead of Tatar led his soldiers to hide in the courtyard.

Maria and her father led the guests to the courtyard and jumped up Polonaise. Maria's mother, fiance, sister and brother-in-law also joined the dance, and the newly engaged young people were constantly receiving the blessing of their friends.

The soldiers of Gillette and tartar suddenly appeared. They killed and robbed. When Gillette raises her knife to kill Maria, she is shocked by her beauty. Gillette took her away.

Act 2 Scene 1: Khan Palace

Zarema, Gilead's favorite concubine, is looking forward to his return, dancing with other concubines with excitement. When they learned that Tatar's team came back with their booty, they rushed to the Khan palace to greet Gillette, but they were pushed aside by Gillette.

Maria has never been able to wake up from the great blow of losing her family, and now she is suffering from the fatigue of the journey. Gillette assigned Maria A servant to take her to the bedroom.

Act two scene two: Maria's bedroom

Despite all the comforts of the servant, Maria was still in agony.

Gillette goes into Maria's bedroom and expresses her love to her, but she is flatly rejected. Gillette left angrily.

Zarema came and threatened to kill Maria. Instead, Maria wanted to be killed. Zarema listened with mixed feelings to Maria about her hatred for Gillette. There is a new understanding between the two. But when zarema was about to leave, he saw Gillette's hat in Maria's house. Zarema was jealous and stabbed Maria to death. The servant called Gillette in a panic. Zarema begged forgiveness.

Gillette picked up Maria's body and walked out the door.

Act 2 Scene 3: Khan Palace

Tatar soldiers and their concubines are dancing heartily when Gillette suddenly holds Maria's body. Slowly out of the palace.

Epilogue: Maria's grave

Gillette kneels at Maria's grave and wipes the tombstone. He knows that there is nothing more valuable than true love. Maria's illusion suddenly appeared beside the tombstone. She forgives Gillette. Maria's soul turned into a fountain of tears.

Address: Shapotou tourist area

Longitude: 105.194092

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