White stone

White stone

Baishitou is located at the north foot of kallik snow mountain, the main peak of Tianshan Mountain in the east of Xinjiang, about 2 km east of koumenzi, and about 70 km away from Hami City. Between the green grassland and the dense pine forest, there is a white boulder the size of a cow.

Baishi scenic area is composed of five tourist areas: hanqigou, songshutang, Mingsha mountain, baishitou and Tianshan temple, covering an area of 100 square kilometers.

natural resources

Some people say it's an "alien" (meteorite). In midsummer, Hami is hot and dry, but here it is cool and humid, and the scenery is charming. Lush grassland, tall and straight pine, large mountain flowers, and herdsmen's unique cabin It attracts Chinese and foreign tourists. Baishitou scenic spot not only displays its unique natural landscape with its unique alpine grassland, but also has its long history and beautiful magic legend. The combination of the three makes the beautiful natural scenery covered with a layer of mysterious color, which is very charming. Baishi scenic area is composed of five tourist areas: hanqigou, songshutang, Mingsha mountain, baishitou and Tianshan temple, covering an area of 100 square kilometers. Therefore, you can enjoy the snow mountains, flowing water, forest, grassland, flowers, sunny rain, morning and evening at the same time. The scenery of the four seasons is changeable, the environment is quiet and the climate is pleasant. The boundless prairie, green grass like mushrooms, wild flowers competing, sheep like floating clouds, pine forest dotted with yurts, hospitable Kazakh herdsmen holding bowls of milk tea, butter, melodious sound of Dongbula, constitute a quiet summer resort.

legend

There is also a magical legend about the origin of white stone. A long time ago, there lived a nomadic tribe here. The beautiful princess Betty, the daughter of the tribal chief, fell in love with the handsome shepherd Yanqin. They loved each other and often dated at the edge of the pine forest. Every time after the meeting, Yanqin would break a pine branch and bring it back to her. Their sincere love made a demon in the sky feel very jealous. One day, the demon dropped a lot of locusts. In an instant, the forest withered and the green grass died. Bessie couldn't see the green. His worried eyebrows were locked and depressed. Yanqin decided to relieve his sweetheart's worries. He clasped his arms on the trunk and kept shaking, praying for the pine tree to be green again and make his Bessie smile again Rong, shaking, his clothes were cut, and his arms were bleeding. Yanqin was very happy to see that the pine trees turned green. He forgot the fatigue and pain, and hugged all the pine trees with his bleeding arms. All the pine trees he had hugged turned green. But when all the pine trees turned green, Yanqin was exhausted and fell down. After hearing the news, Betty came to hold the corpse and cried. Her tears poured out I don't know how long I cried when I went to the earth. When my tears dried up, I fell down beside Yanqin and died. People buried them together in the grass beside the pine trees. Soon after, two white stones grew up in the place where they were buried together. White stone is the homonym of Bertie.

Human resources

There are many ancient temples and cultural sites in baishitou scenic spot. The ruins of the ancient temple include the Tianshan Temple (Guandi Temple), and the ancient cultural relics include the Tianshan Tang stele, which is located more than 30 steps to the east of the Tianshan temple. Renshang stele and burnt pottery site of Han Dynasty in songshutang. The large-scale smelting sites and the Tang stele on Tianshan Mountain are in contrast, "full of ice and snow for thousands of years, including the Han Stone Tang stele.". Ten kilometers away from baishitou, on the willow bank, on the grassland with thousands of hectares of green waves, Mingsha mountain is wonderfully presented. It is one of the only four Mingsha mountains in China, which is the most perfect, the best and has a beautiful legend. (name of four Mingsha Mountains: Mingsha mountain in Hami, Mingsha mountain in Dunhuang, Shapotou in Ningxia, Xiangsha Bay in Inner Mongolia).

Address: at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, 70 kilometers northwest of Hami City

Longitude: 93.685287475586

Latitude: 43.324741363525

Chinese PinYin : Bai Shi Tou