People who have been to Urumqi always fly their hearts far away and go out to look for distant scenery. In this way, Hongshan, which is close at hand, was left out in the cold.
Hongshan is beautiful and has many touching legends. Hongshan is abrupt in the center of Urumqi, named after the Permian purplish red sandstone of the rock is ochre red. The mountain is 1.5km long, 1km wide and 9 10.6m above sea level. It is said that in 1785 and 1786, Urumqi was flooded for two consecutive years, and the people were in dire straits. The reason is that Feilong in Yaochi, Tianshan Mountain is in charge and will merge with Yaoshan Mountain in the west of Hongshan Mountain. In that case, Urumqi will become an ocean. So, in the fifty-third year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1May 788), a pagoda was built on Hongshan in the capital of Qing Dynasty, and a pagoda was built on Devil Mountain, which blocked the dragon, and it was safe from now on.
In the evening, I drove up the mountain and stepped into it, only to find the mountain picturesque. This is a veritable red mountain. Not only the cliff flying in the air is red, but also the first stone steps up the mountain are red. Although the weather is still very hot, as soon as I set foot on the mountain road, the coolness and grass fragrance immediately came to my nose. The mountains and trees on both sides are dense, full of green. It's time to water. All kinds of sprinklers in the bushes spray like flowers, bringing a crystal clear, elegant and rainbow, so that passers-by do not feel that this is the depths of the northwest, but walk in the green of the south of the Yangtze River.
Climbing the mountain, there is a three-story overlooking building, carved with beams and painted with cornices, which is magnificent. Climb the stairs and overlook the railing, and you can have a panoramic view of the city. Looking to the north, the Tianshan Mountains are magnificent and cross the east and west. The ice and snow on the main peak of Bogda are shining cold in the sun, crystal clear, elegant and bright. Looking around the city, overlooking the green, high-rise buildings rise from the ground, stand tall and straight, bright and exquisite, showing a vitality.
Overlooking the south of the building, the breeze blew all the way, and the gloomy summer heat was suddenly swept away. When you get to the top of the mountain, you will find that the wind on the mountain is very clear, long and cold. Let the wind sweep away, and there will be a refreshing feeling immediately. Although the weather is hot, you can go to the mountains. It is very comfortable and comfortable to have this kind of wind to wash, and it feels beautiful in summer.
Not far away, a tall white statue came into view, which was the national hero Lin Zexu. When I saw it, the statue was carved out of white marble, more than 3 meters high, sitting on a red granite pedestal. The statue is huge and majestic, with an indomitable awe. In terms of image, Lin Zexu wrote a poem in the 25th year of Daoguang, that is, 65438 A.D.+0845 A.D. 65438 A.D.+02.4 A.D., and wrote in red: Ren Kuangge, drunk in Hongshanzui. Where the wind is strong, fish scales are sprinkled.
Lin Zexu (1785- 1850), with a word of blessing and a word of silence, was an official of Hou (now Fuzhou) in Fujian. 1838, Daoguang appointed him as an imperial envoy to take charge of the navy of Guangdong and Guangxi. With the feat of destroying opium in Humen, he became a hero of the Chinese nation to resist foreign aggression. After the Opium War in Humen, just as he was waging an indomitable struggle with the British invaders, he was deposed by the fatuous Daoguang Emperor in 1840 and sent to Yili, Xinjiang. People only know that Lin Zexu is a hero selling cigarettes, but few people know that he is an expert in water control. When he was working in Fujian, he presided over water conservancy work and made many achievements. On the way to Yili, the emperor asked him to help manage the Yellow River. 1842 after the completion of the river project, it was sent to Yili. During his stay in Xinjiang, he trudged north and south of Tianshan Mountain, presided over the construction of farmland water conservancy, built farmland irrigation, and worked hard for water control in Xinjiang. /kloc-in the first month of 0/845, it was transferred back to the mainland by the imperial court, but it left a good reputation in Xinjiang. People erected a statue of Lin Zexu on this red hill, which not only expressed people's love for this national hero, but also implied that he would go to Zhenshan Town with his wisdom and talent to keep one side safe.
To the south of the statue, opposite the valley, stands a 9-level brick tower with a height of 10.5 meters, which is the Hongshan Tower. Looking at the sunset, the tower is thin, leaving a shadow of vicissitudes and fatigue, as if the guardian dragon had been tired for many years. With this tower on the mountain, it becomes a little aura, which is also a magical omen. Turn around and look at the strange mountain opposite. In the sunset, there is the same tower echoing from afar. Standing under the tower, I opened my eyes, looked at the sunset, looked at the wide streets, looked at the endless traffic, looked at the growing city, and suddenly felt that Xinjiang was rising. Today, we are no longer worried about floods as in the past, because Xinjiang has not only risen, but is about to enter the era of large-scale development, and a brand-new Xinjiang is coming. Watching the pagoda gradually melt in the afterglow of the sunset, an idea became strong: this pagoda is just a microcosm, and what really binds the dragon is the hardworking and brave people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.