The door of mouth

The door of mouth

From Hami City northbound, over Tianshan, to the entrance. This is the connecting point of Hami, Yiwu and Balikun highways. It used to be an important post station on the ancient Silk Road and a dangerous pass in ancient military affairs.

Introduction to koumenzi

Koumenzi is a gorge of Tianshan Mountain, with mountains on three sides and vast forest sea. Once out of the gorge, it is an open grassland with green fields. Here the weather is changeable, "snow in June" is not rare, winter is a "forest and snow" of the northern scenery. There is a plateau ice rink built here, which is an ideal place for training ice athletes. In summer, golden rape flowers and bright wild flowers bloom in the green grassland and green mountain forest. Beekeepers' shed, beehive, flying bees and creeping sheep add some poetic flavor to the grassland. In case of rain, "endless mountain scenery will be added after rain". The mist gives the mountain forest and grassland a magical veil. The scene of the battle between immortals and demons in the TV series Fengshenbang was shot here. It can be seen that the scenery here gives people the charm of floating in the sky.

Address: Hami City northbound, over the Tianshan Mountains, to the entrance

The myth of Koumen

In ancient times, there was no fjord in the legend of koumenzi. In the north of koumenzi, there was a vast ocean, and some ancient ethnic tribes lived on the shore. It is said that there is a young couple in the tribe. They have loved each other since childhood. When they are ready to get married, the sea demon mercilessly breaks them up and takes away the beautiful girl. The young man was very sad and vowed to fight against the siren to save his lover. He prayed to the sea god and asked for help, and finally moved the God. One night, in his big dream, he suddenly received a magic sword. The shining sword reminded him that it was time to fight against the sea demon, so he decided to come to the seaside and challenge the sea demon. When the sea demon surfaced to do evil, the young man showed no mercy. With the firm belief of eliminating harm for the people, he fought with the sea demon for three days, and finally defeated the sea demon and rescued the girl. Just as he was about to return home, the sea demon used his magic and moved to the mountain to block his way back. However, the young man, holding a sword, used all his strength, roared and cleaved the mountain. With only a roar, the mountain was avoided Big gap. It's said that this is the story of mouth opening in myth and legend.

Although this ancient myth is far away from the scientific concept of the orogenic period of nature, it reflects a kind of beautiful wish shared by people in the world, that is, to cross the eastern Tianshan Mountains, there must be a smooth passage between the north and the south. Koumenzi gorge is the most ideal natural Valley for people to cross the north and south of Tianshan Mountain. East Tianshan has its own traces of human activities. This is the entrance and exit for the world to cross the East Tianshan, and also the dividing point to define the different landscapes of South Tianshan news group.

Longitude: 93.669502258301

Latitude: 43.329498291016

Chinese PinYin : Kou Men Zi