Bayanbulak Grassland

Bayanbulak Grassland

Bayinbuluke Grassland: formerly known as yuledus grassland, zhuledus grassland and yuludus grassland, because it is mainly located in Bayinbuluke District, northwest of Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and Jing County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, also known as Bayinbuluke grassland, in the yuledus River Basin.

Bayinbuluke Mongolian means abundant spring - "rich spring". It is an inter mountain basin in the middle part of Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by snow mountains, with an altitude of about 2500 meters and an area of 23835 square kilometers. The grassland is flat with abundant water and grass. It is a typical grass meadow grassland and one of the most important animal husbandry bases in Xinjiang. There is not only a paradise surrounded by snow mountains, but also the Kaidu River with "nine bends and eighteen bends" and the elegant and charming Swan Lake.

In Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, the yuledus River Basin was mainly a nomadic belt of lihuite in Moxi Mongolia. In the 39th year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty (1774), the turkut Mongols led by wabashi were resettled.

geographical environment

position

Bayinbuluke grassland is located in the Intermountain basin in the northwest of Hejing County, Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and in the middle of Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by snow mountains. Starting from Hejing County, you can go directly along national highway 217. Bayinbuluke grassland means "inexhaustible spring" in Mongolian (and "star plain" in Turkic).

Bayinbuluke grassland, located at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, is not very convenient for transportation, and the road condition is also bumpy and rugged. Just because of this, after crossing the snow capped mountains and experiencing the fatigue of the journey, the vast green carpet suddenly appears in front of us, which gives us a feeling of suddenly meeting the Peach Blossom Land.

scale

Bayinbuluke grassland is 363km away from Korla City. It is composed of two high mountain basins, big and small juletus, and hilly grassland. The grassland is 270 km long from east to west and 136 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 23835 square kilometers. The available grassland area is 20519 square kilometers, and the average sea level is between 1500 meters and 2500 meters.

The altitude of mountains around Bayinbuluke grassland is more than 3000 meters. They are typical alpine grassland grassland, alpine meadow grassland, alpine swamp grassland and mountain meadow grassland. The vast grassland is like a huge green carpet, covering the whole earth.

geology

Bayinbuluke grassland is a typical grass meadow grassland with flat terrain and abundant water and grass. It is also one of the most important animal husbandry bases in Xinjiang.

Bayinbuluke grassland is located in the Intermountain basin of Tianshan uplift belt, belonging to Mesozoic Intermountain fault depression. The basin floor is covered by Quaternary sediments. It is a natural scenic spot integrating mountains, basins and grasslands.

The water supply of grassland is mainly the mixture of ice and snow water and rainfall. In some areas, there is groundwater supply, forming a large number of marsh grassland and lakes. Bayinbuluke grassland has 13 springs, 7 lakes and 20 rivers.

The majestic erbin mountain stretches 170 kilometers from east to west and 50 kilometers from south to north. It divides Bayinbuluke grassland into two basins. More than a thousand springs are distributed in the whole grassland, converging with the trickle of ice and snow melting in the basin, forming the mother river of Bazhou Kaidu River. The ancient Kaidu River crosses between the two basins, forming large and small Oxbow lakes and marshes on the grassland. Kaidu River moistens the grassland and breeds generations of life on the grassland.

Grassland history

As far back as 2600 years ago, there were guru activities here.

During the Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the huite tribe of Moxi Mongolia was nomadic in the yuledus River Valley (now Bayinbuluke grassland).

In the summer of 1676, because of the conflict with gardan of Junggar Mongol, more than ten thousand people led by ezirtu Chechen Khan, Erdeni hongtaiji and chuhur wubashi of Heshuote Mongol arrived at the yuledus river basin where huite is located. Ezirtu Chechen Khan was at a loss and stayed in yoledus for several months.

In the first month of the 36th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1771), the "hero of returning to the East" wobaxi led the Mongolians, including some Heshuote, with more than 33000 households and 169000 people. He managed his family, drove and protected livestock, carried supplies, and set out from the lower Volga River in Russia to return to the native land of Western Mongolia. Along the way, he overcame the difficulties of long journey, disease, hunger, and many wars. It took half a year to build a harmonious society Nearly 100000 casualties returned to Yili, Xinjiang. At that time, Russia's yekaterina II expanded to Central Asia and oppressed the turhuts. The Qing government paid special treatment to the returning Mongolian people and gave them a fertile land for nomadic. In the spring of 1772 and the summer of 1773, shuhede, under the order of Emperor Qianlong, made specific arrangements for the pasture of turhute. King Han (Emperor Qianlong's gift) wobaxi was originally placed in jair as a nomad. Because wobaxi wanted to move land for grazing, according to his wishes, Qianlong gave him the zhuledus grassland (today's Bayinbuluke grassland) with suitable climate and abundant water and grass, which he moved to in 1774.

Natural ecology

Bayinbuluke prairie is less affected by human activities, which has preserved a variety of rare species in the world and become an ideal breeding habitat for wild animals such as swans. There are 128 species in 23 families of birds, 24 species in 12 families of mammals, 4 species in 2 families of reptiles, 2 species in 2 families of amphibians, 5 species in 2 families of ichthyosae and a variety of invertebrates. Landscape is basically in the original state, with monopoly and irreplaceable.

Bayinbuluke grassland is covered with green grass, flocks of cattle and sheep, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The terrain is undulating and vast, with a wide variety of plants and excellent natural ecology. It is one of the animal husbandry bases in Xinjiang, with vast territory, flat terrain, abundant water and grass, and high-quality "butter grass" everywhere, feeding more than 600000 cattle and sheep.

It is rich in Yanshan horse, Bayinbuluke big tail sheep, Chinese Merino sheep and yak, known as "plateau tank", known as "four treasures of Grassland". In midsummer, the grassland is full of flowers, the sheep are wandering like white clouds, and the yurts like snow lotus are located in it.

In Bayinbuluke grassland, there is also a swan reserve inhabiting the largest wild swan population in China, a summer resort of Gongnaisi Forest Park, and an aerxia scenic spot with a treatable hot spring.

Cultural characteristics

Culture and art

Bayinbuluke grassland is inhabited by nine ethnic groups, including Mongolian, Han, Tibetan and Kazakh, with splendid and colorful ethnic customs.

From the fourth to the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth lunar month, you can take part in the annual grassland event "Nadam meeting" in Bayinbuluke, and watch traditional performances such as horse racing, wrestling, sheep racing, yak racing, ethnic costumes, ethnic songs and dances. During this period, a large number of tourists came to Bayinbuluke prairie to enjoy the jubilant grassland, the vigorous and heroic posture of Bayinbuluke mountains, the steadiness and elegance of black headed sheep and yellow headed sheep, the ferocity of wild blood yak in Bayinbuluke Tianshan Mountain, the extraordinary wrestlers, the skilled folk artists and the singing voice of grassland nightingale. In addition, you can also buy national souvenirs at the material exchange meeting.

You can take part in the local Donggui Nadam Art Festival on the fourth day of the sixth lunar month. The fourth day of June is the traditional festival of Mongolian turhute - "tagrang Festival", "tagrang" is the "OBO" of Mongolian sacrifice and blessing in turhute, and "tagrang Festival" is the festival of sacrificing OBO. Donggui Nadam Art Festival, which originated from "tagrang Festival", opened with a ceremony of "sacrificing Oboo". On the same day, on the taglin mountain, early in the morning, lamas wearing cassocks and armed with law enforcement tools sat outside the yurt, chanting sutras and offering sacrifices to Buddha. Mongolian and Tibetan believers, dressed in costumes and surrounded by cigarette chains, walk around Obo, the largest one on the grassland, chant sutras, hang prayer flags, worship Buddhas and gods, and bless each other, so as to keep the mountains quiet and the people and animals prosperous. After that, horse racing, wrestling, archery, yak racing, camel racing, sheep fighting, Diaoyang, costume performance and folk art exhibition came one after another The grassland immediately began to boil. These competitions on the grassland make visitors forget to return.

Grassland food

Roast whole sheep, roast meat, pilaf, noodles, roasted bun, Bayinbuluke grassland tea are all local specialties. After dinner, you can have a bowl of mare's milk wine.

Scenic spots

Swan Lake Nature Reserve

The famous Swan Lake is located on the grassland, in the southwest of Bayin Township, about 60 kilometers away from Bayinbuluke district government of Hejing County, Xinjiang. Swan Lake is actually a large area of swamp composed of many interconnected small lakes, which is the first Swan Nature Reserve in China. The nature reserve has abundant water and grass, humid climate and beautiful scenery. There are 128 species of birds, belonging to 14 orders, 30 families and more than 80 genera, including 53 species of Passeriformes and 75 species of non Passeriformes; 95 species of breeding birds, accounting for 74%, including 34 species of resident birds, inhabiting the largest wild swan population in China, which is the habitat for bird breeding and summer. There are more than 20 species of mammals, including 2 amphibians and 5 fishes. Among them, 8 species belong to class I national protection, such as snow leopard, black stork, Golden Eagle, white shoulder carving, etc., and 25 species belong to class II national protection, such as Swan, argali and snow

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