Lop Nor No Man's Land refers to 97,000 square kilometers of area, not the location of the lake basin, and so far there is still no single person trying to cross Lop Nor No Man's Land. Penggamu disappeared in the southeast of the region, 300 kilometers from the dry lake basin, away from the atomic bomb test area is even further. Yu Chunshun took a logistical support vehicle for two days before entering the region on the northern shore of the Lop Nor lake basin at the start of the trek, he walked more than 30 kilometers towards the south and was killed in the middle of the lake basin. Some people's so-called records of claiming to have crossed Lop Nor alone are jokes that lack scientific common sense.
Exploring Lop Nor
In the 1930s, the famous explorer Sven Hedin tried to drive a wooden boat across to the south shore of Lop Nor, but failed because of the shallow water, and in June 1996, Yu Chunshun, who trekked into Lop Nor from the north shore and was killed because of the high temperatures and thirst, didn't go much farther than Sven Hedin, either. This time the Guangdong tourists will break their record, complete the north bank of Lop Nor to the south bank of more than 200 kilometers across the trip.
At present, the crossing of Lop Nor still exists a variety of dangerous factors, such as team members lost, encountered sandstorms, etc., in addition, the trip is still very difficult, the wind, food and shelter, a week without water to wash and clean, to do their own hands to set up and take off the tent, food is simple, drinking water, etc., the challenger is a serious test. Although the organizers of the detailed measures, but the participants can not avoid the challenge of nature to challenge the reality of the first to challenge themselves.
Site appearances along the way
Sunji Han Dynasty Beacon Tower - 60 kilometers away from Korla, a well-maintained ruins of the ancient beacon tower. Some scholars, based on the defensive significance of the construction of the Great Wall, believe that the western end of the ancient Great Wall should include the ancient beacon tower in Yuli County, and if this holds true, the beacon tower should be the beginning of the Western Great Wall.
Yingpan Han Dynasty Ruins -- a well-preserved ancient ruins in the Lop Nor region. There is a circular city wall, 300 meters in diameter, the wall remains nearly 6 meters high, west of the city there is a stupa site, broken adobe to form a pyramid shape. Two kilometers north of the ancient city on a high platform, there are stupa base, stupa base west of the famous ancient tomb complex, the largest tomb complex for the Lop Nor region. According to the information, Yingpan was a government-run military post, on the one hand, also guarded the middle of the Silk Road, playing a role in protecting merchants, on the one hand, the Peacock River flows right next to the city, the land can be reclaimed.
Longcheng Yadan - one of the three major Yadan groups in the Lop Nor area, located on the north bank of Lop Nor. The Yardangs are all oriented east to west, with long strips of Yardangs, which look like swimming dragons from afar, so they are called Longcheng.
Tuyin, a Han Dynasty logistic post site discovered and named by Chinese archaeologists, has very few remnants, but was a military stronghold on the Silk Road in ancient times.
Yu Chunshun's Tomb - Located on an earthen platform not far from the exit of the Tieban River, Yu Chunshun lost his way and walked here in June 1996, and died of thirst and exhaustion. He died only 2 kilometers from his own hand-filled water and food supply sites. Now there is a cemetery tombstone, has been a must-visit place for the trip to Lop Nor.
Lop Nor Lake Center Marker - at the end of 1997, an engineer according to the map latitude and longitude measurements of the center of the lake, although no one test, has become a landscape. 1997 marking the point of only buried an empty gasoline barrel, in February 1998, Guangdong's first women's Lop Nor expedition tree after the first wooden monument, has now added several stone pedestals, wooden monument, and the first women's Lop Nor expedition, the first women's Lop Nor expedition, has now added the first wooden monument. Several stone pedestals, wooden monuments, became some of the walk Lop Nor left a souvenir of the place.
Kumuktag Desert - a high-altitude desert, located between Altunshan Mountain and the lake basin, China's third largest desert, and known for its unique feathery sand belt.
The Peacock River -- originating from Bosten Lake, flowing through Korla, Yuli County into the Luobu Desert, now the middle reaches of the river channel filled with quicksand, occasional sparse poplars and reeds, red willows, downstream of the river channel is not even an inch of grass, a dead, reduced to a desert, the river channel on both sides of the occasional boom fell to the ground of the withered poplars.
Ancient City of Loulan - the ruins of the ancient Loulan State. Now, you can still see the ruins of residential houses, some utensils of residential houses, stupas, ancient tomb complexes, a small stupa on the colorful paintings although after thousands of years, still recognizable.
Red willow ditch - the south coast of Lop Nur a red willow soil package composed of the Gobi Beach landscape.
Milan Ancient City Ruins--Silk Road South Road town, once the capital of Loulan, now has the most well-preserved is a huge garrison. There are also scattered residential and pagoda temple ruins. The famous winged flying frescoes stolen by Stein were excavated in the ruins of the Milan monastery.
Milan Farm - Right next to the ancient city there is a construction corps regiment, because the place has benefited from the snow water of the Arjinshan Mountain since ancient times, there were conditions for the existence of agriculture and animal husbandry, so in addition to the modern people who are reclaiming the land, there was a well-developed irrigation system in ancient times. You can visit the descendants of the Lobo people at the Ethnic Company of Milan Farm. Graphic / Lin Weisheng
Expert guidance
One, Lop Nor in recent years there are often exploration teams into, but are not alone, often several vehicles with the same line, because the site has no drinkable water source more food.
Second, April to August is the sandy season, the temperature can be as high as 50 ℃, when the wind is strong, the sky is dark, flying sand, the locals do not dare to enter easily. General expedition, expedition are to avoid this season.
Three, those who enter the need for adequate sustenance, good vehicle equipment, familiar with the local situation and road, direction of the guide, equipped with a navigator, radio, generator and so on.
Four, collective entry, individuals should abide by the team discipline, do not walk alone away from the team. Due to the lack of medical conditions, people with chronic diseases are not suitable to enter the region.
Fifth, fall into Lop Nor, the temperature of 10-32 ℃, pay attention to the wind and sand equipment; winter into Lop Nor, pay attention to warmth: the lowest temperature up to minus 8 ℃ and Beijing temperature is similar. Wind speed is small, in addition to bring down jacket, cold shoes, masks, gloves, fleece hat, warm water bottle, skin care crack prevention supplies should also be prepared.
Sixth, due to the lack of water is not possible to have the conditions to take a bath, into the Lop Nor people should be prepared, the local climate is dry, a few days without washing will not be sticky and itchy.
Seven, pay attention to environmental protection, do not damage the ancient ruins. Individuals abandoned items to focus on packing deep burial.
Xinhua Urumqi, July 17 (Xinhua Qu Zhihong Qiu Hongjie) a piece of blue water, a line of wild ducks. Sounds unbelievable, but this is a reporter recently in the "Sea of Death" known as the Gobi Desert Lop Nur saw the scene.
According to the Lop Nor is located in Xinjiang Bayin'guoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Ruoqiang County Party Secretary Zhang Yaping introduced, in 2001, Lop Nor Potash Science and Technology Development Limited Liability Company in the development of potash brine here, and now has been pooled into a small and large total area of 21.6 square kilometers of salt water lake. The lake's blue ripples have become a brand-new landscape of this rarely visited Gobi Beach.
On the shore of the salt water lake, there stands a white building, which is the production site of this potassium salt company. Tang Zhongfan, the company's executive deputy general manager, said the experimental plant, which has an annual output of 20,000 tons of potassium sulfate, has begun industrial tests, which means that Lop Nor will soon start producing potash fertilizer, which has never been done before. Lop Nor's valuable resources are turning into wealth.
Some data show that the potash resources in the Lop Nor area are rich in reserves, which were proved in 2002, the storage capacity reached 500 million tons, with a potential economic value of 800 billion yuan. Geologists believe that this place is fully equipped to become China's largest potash production base of resource potential.
Lop Nor was once the center of water and salt accumulation in the Tarim Basin, which was called "Salt Marsh" in ancient times. With the change of geographic conditions, it gradually became an endless Gobi, cold in winter, hot in summer, windy all year round, extremely dry, known as the "sea of death".
Luobu Potassium Salt Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. has invested about 120 million yuan in the development of Luobu Potassium Salt so far. According to the development plan, the company's ultimate production capacity will reach 2.2 million tons of chlorine-free potash per year. It is expected that when the first phase of the project is completed in 2010, the production capacity will reach 1.2 million tons per year. At that time, it will be the world's No. 1 potash fertilizer company, Tang Zhongfan said.
Potassium fertilizer is mainly used in agricultural production, and is an indispensable fertilizer to improve soil and enhance the quality of agricultural products. According to the investigation of Lop Nor Potash Company, the market of potash fertilizer is very big, at present, China consumes more than 7 million tons of potash fertilizer annually, and more than 80% of them rely on imports. The production of potash fertilizer in Lop Nor can change this situation to a certain extent.
The potash production base under construction is also part of the town of Lop Nor, which is under construction. The town, founded in April last year, is probably the youngest in China and the first governmental institution to be born in Lop Nor in more than 1,500 years after the ancient state of Loulan.
Guo Climax, the first mayor of the town, told reporters that the future Lop Nor town in his mind is a modern industrial town with perfect infrastructure and basic functions, integrating the chemical, mining and tourism industries. At present, only 200 people in the town of Lop Nor is located in the "Sea of Death" hinterland, the area of more than 54,000 square kilometers, known as "China's first big town".
Guo climax said, a full 740 kilometers, connecting Hami, Lop Nor town and Ruoqiang highway has been listed as a provincial highway plan is being surveyed and designed, will soon be put into construction, and will be completed in three years. A cell phone communication tower is under construction, two months later with the center of Lop Nor town within a diameter of 60 kilometers will be able to call the cell phone. A drinking water pipeline is also under construction, which will bring water from Arjinshan Mountain 50 kilometers away to the hinterland of Lop Nor. After more than a thousand years of silence, Lop Nor is bursting with vigor.