Xinjiang Tarim Luntai beautiful poplar forest park in the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the northern edge of the Tarim Basin, Luntai County, South Desert Highway seventy kilometers, where there are more than 400,000 acres of the world's largest area, the distribution of the densest, the best survival of the "Tertiary living fossil" -- natural poplar forests. --There are more than 400,000 mu of the world's largest and most densely distributed "Tertiary living fossil" natural poplar forests, and the National Geographic magazine called the Tarim Poplar Forest Forest Park one of the ten most beautiful forests in China.
The poplar in the Tarim Poplar Forest Park has a 65 million year history of growth on earth, and is the only tree that can survive and reproduce in the sandy and arid environment. Xinjiang Luntai Poplar Forest Park is located in the center of the Tarim Poplar Reserve, the river bay across the landscape is strange, and there is a desert desert forest has a mysterious color. Traveling to Xinjiang, if not to the Tarim Poplar Park in a tour, when a great regret.
The poplar, called "Tokelak" in Uyghur, means "the most beautiful tree". Because of its tenacious vitality, as well as amazing resistance to drought, sand, salinity ability, people also call it "desert hero tree". Poplar, willow, pike, jujube and other desert plants, their life is a book of revelation - about life and death, the first place in the desert and the apocalypse of survival. Poplar, is a kind of sad tree. "Survive a thousand years without dying, die a thousand years without falling, fall a thousand years without rotting."
Tarim Poplar Forest Forest Park sets the natural landscape of the Tarim River, poplar landscape, desert landscape, oil industry landscape as a whole, is a sightseeing excursion, recreation, field adventure, science and technology investigation of the attractions of the Xinjiang tourism line.
The Tarim Poplar Forest Forest Park is rich in wildlife resources. When you walk into the Tarim Poplar Forest Forest Park in the depths of the dense forest, but there are wild sheep, wild deer, wild foxes, rabbits infested with wild grass and wildflowers to provoke the joy of teasing the odd, wild trees and wild fruits straight into the head of the people, the wild gas and wild taste means endless, dense forests, often discourage people, the tall poplar will make you climb on its high branches, the poplar from the Tarim Poplar Forest Park look away from the Taklimakan Desert, the forests and the desert scenery suddenly make each Xinjiang The travelers are wild.
The Tarim Poplar Forest Park wild deer forest incomparable true, everything here is true, real flowers and grass, real trees and real deer, in the city can not be seen, a few pavilions, although there are traces of carving, but by its true and dissolve, in the arid desert hinterland appeared in the paradise, the old trees pumping the new green, the new trees all over the place long, wild deer and song, butterfly and bee, so that many of the Xinjiang tourists friends as if they were going to return to pounce back to the true, also want to enter this forest to live
These are the first time I've ever seen a forest in my life, and I've never seen one.
In the Tarim Poplar Forest Forest Park in the east there is a Western Han Dynasty tombs, according to evidence, is the Han Dynasty officials and soldiers in this accumulation of grain when the remains of the cantonment, although after two thousand years of change, but still can be seen in the size of the tomb. Although there are traces of excavation hundreds of years ago, but still maintain the original appearance of the tomb.
From Luntai County, through the Lunan Oil Base, and across a section of desert, you reach kilometer zero of the highway that crosses the vast Taklamakan Desert. Along the way, the desert vegetation gradually luxuriant, poplar from sparse gradually dense, and then into the eyes can not penetrate the vast Tarim poplar forest forest park.
A few kilometers from the Tarim River Bridge is the entrance to the Tarim Poplar Forest Park. Towering gate building written in the forest park 4 big words, a park linked to the Luntai Oasis and the Taklamakan, a Tarim River leads out of the east green west charm. The world's 1,200 forest parks are distributed in more than a hundred countries, while the desert Luntai Tarim Poplar Forest Park is the only one. Facing the wonders in the desert, you will instantly feel that the original human beings are forest people, the forest gives people everything to live, to the Tarim Poplar Forest Forest Park you realize that you are looking for the roots of mankind.
Into the Tarim Poplar Forest Park main gate, the first to meet the eye is the three hugging not cross the old poplar tree, tourists all stop here, go down to look at these three peculiar trees. They are empty inside the trunk, but the crown is still leafy, casting a large green shade, shading off the burning sun, Xinjiang tourists see these three peculiar trees, the first to come to the spirit, giving people unlimited flying dream, feel that it is the essence of life, is the soul of the illusion.
The entire Tahe poplar forest park is divided into three areas of visitor services, sightseeing and sightseeing area, recreation and entertainment area, tourists in the appreciation of the magnificent poplar forest landscape, but also be able to meet the set of food and beverage, lodging, entertainment, shopping needs.
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Where is Hotan Poplar Forest Scenic Spot
Hotan Poplar Forest Scenic Spot is located in the Tarim Desert Highway in Korla, Minfeng County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Minfeng County, Hotan Region, Xinjiang is located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, where there are many, many poplar trees.
Every fall, the poplars in the desert are golden. Combined with the light and shadow of the sand dunes and the texture of the desert, the sky and the earth display a bleak beauty.
Hotan poplar forest scenic area is not required admission. To put it bluntly, it is a piece of land, feel free to enter and look around.
Huyang is characterized by strong adaptability, heat and drought resistance, generally distributed in the lower reaches of various rivers and water systems, and is one of the desert riparian tree species formed under arid, sandy and salty conditions.
The poplar tree is particularly tenacious, and its age can reach 200 years. Poplar is a typical submerged arid plant, so it is distributed in a "corridor" style on both sides of the river.
The young poplar trees are lush, containing protein, sugar and livestock need a variety of trace elements, is the cradle of the survival of wildlife in the arid desert area.
The main role of the poplar tree is to prevent wind and sand, to create a suitable oasis climate and the formation of fertile soil, is a natural barrier to the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in desert areas, so the poplar tree is also known as the "guardian angel of the desert".
The most beautiful poplar forests in Xinjiang - Huludao poplar forests of the 33rd regiment in Yuli County
Every year in mid- to late-October, the poplar forests in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang's southern border are the most beautiful, and you can see poplars everywhere around the Takaramakan Desert for a week. South Xinjiang has many poplar forest parks or scenic spots, the most beautiful or located in Yuli thirty-three regiment of the Huludao.
From Korla, along the G218 National Highway, towards Ruoqiang direction, through the Yuli County, about 160 kilometers, to the Yuli County thirty-three regiment, do not turn left into the regiment (you can go to dinner, accommodation), turn right to the south and go straight, all the way to the road signs indicating "Huludao". Finally, you will pass through a section of the embankment on the rubbing road.
After arriving at the parking lot, see is the Tarim River, you need to take the ferry across the river, and then take a unique "interval car" desert cross-country for two kilometers, and then finally take the boat to arrive. The return trip also needs to change three times.
Upon arrival, you will climb up the sandy hill and see the beautiful scenery, and the distance, the hard journey, and the tired body are no longer reasons for refusal at this moment.
Note:
1. This is the original attraction, not a scenic spot, currently managed and operated by the island owner.
2. Each year is limited to the middle and late October when the poplar leaves are golden and most beautiful. In winter, you can see the poplar fog with good luck.
3. There are a small number of yurts on the island where you can stay and eat, but the reception capacity is extremely limited, so you need to book early. Thirty-three regiment only two or three hotels can receive, also need to book in advance. In addition to this reception capacity in 90 kilometers away from the Yuli County.
4. Huludao can fly drones.
5. Entering the desert, it is recommended to prepare snow cover or sandproof shoe covers.
6. This is a clean land, please pay attention to environmental hygiene, do not throw any garbage, even a cigarette butt.
Here are two panoramic pickups of Huludao
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