傑·文化-中國南疆之旅10:天山神秘大峽谷Kit.Culture -China’s S Xinjiang Tour 10: The Grand Canyon of Tianshan Mountains

南疆之旅第3天，天朗氣清，早上從庫車市出發經吐禾高速再右轉入被譽為中國地貌景色最美的獨庫公路(下註)抵達天山神秘大峽谷。沿途只見高聳巍峨的雅丹及丹霞地貌連綿不斷，美景令人目不暇給。接近大峽谷入口河谷時，景色越見雄奇壯偉，一排排赤紅色石山聳立河畔，不時夾雜着七彩丹霞山峰，在陽光照射下，金光閃爍。步入峽谷，只見路勢平緩，沿途山崖高聳，奇形怪狀，地層扭曲摺疊痕跡清晰可見，可說是地質奇觀。中午離開峽谷時，陽光反映右方的崖壁上金光閃亮，有如黃金照壁，令人嘆為觀止。

天山神秘大峽谷位於新疆庫車市（古稱龜茲）城北64公里，天山南麓羣山環抱中的天山之中。自1999年發現後，採取邊開發，邊接待遊客同步走的方針，參觀人數與日俱增。

大峽谷區域平均海拔1,600米，最高山峯2,048米。組成峽谷的奇峯羣山由赭色的泥質沙岩構成，當地維吾爾語叫做“克孜利亞”，即紅色的山崖。

神秘大峽谷正處在當今中國九大影視基地之一的克孜利亞勝景中。龐大的紅色山體羣形成於距今1.4億年前的中生代的白堊紀，經億萬年的風剝雨蝕，洪流沖刷，形成縱橫交錯，層疊有序的壠脊與溝槽，遠看如詩如畫，狀若“布達拉宮”，仙天瓊閣；近瞧若人似物，如夢似幻，惟妙惟肖，神韻萬端。令人有鬼斧神工，奇景天成之慨嘆。尤以谷口處的三座山體（奶頭山、麗人山、佛面山）最為壯觀。特別在夕陽斜射，朝霞映山，極目遠眺，色豔紅天。大有不是火焰山，勝似火焰山之奇感。

1999年，一名當地牧羊人在距谷口1,400米深處，高約35米的崖壁上，發現一個始建於盛唐時期的石窟，內有残存佛像壁畫，就文字記載和繪畫藝術而言，在古西域地區至今已發現的300多座佛教石窟中絕無僅有，實屬罕見。

註: 獨庫公路，即217國道獨山子至庫車段，是連接新疆南北的國道217線南段，因橫穿天山，又稱天山公路。它北起北疆石油之城克拉瑪依市獨山子區，南至終點為天山南麓、塔里木盆地北緣的南疆阿克蘇地區庫車市，全長561千米，一半路段海拔在2000米以上，最高處位於海拔3,400米以上的鐵力買提達坂。獨庫公路是一條名副其實的景觀大道，從起點的獨山子大峽谷，到沿途的那拉提、巴音布魯克草原，再到終點的庫車天山神秘大峽谷。

來源: 百度百科

On the third day of the trip to southern Xinjiang, the sky was clear and clear. In the morning, we departed from Kuqa City via the Tuhe Expressway, then turned right onto the Duku Highway (bet), which is known as the most beautiful landscape in China, and arrived at the mysterious Grand Canyon of the Tianshan Mountains. Along the way, you can see the towering Yadan and Danxia landforms. The beautiful scenery is dizzying. As you approach the valley at the entrance of the Grand Canyon, the scenery becomes more majestic and majestic. Rows of red stone mountains stand on the riverside, occasionally mixed with colorful danxia peaks, which sparkle with golden light under the sunlight. Entering the canyon, you will see a gentle road with towering cliffs and strange shapes. The twisted and folded traces of the strata are clearly visible. It can be said to be a geological wonder. When we left the canyon at noon, the sunlight reflected the golden light on the cliff on the right, like a golden screen wall, which was breathtaking.

The Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon is located 64 kilometers north of Kuqa City, Xinjiang (ancient name Qiuci), in the Tianshan Mountains surrounded by mountains at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Since its discovery in 1999, the policy of simultaneously developing and receiving tourists has been adopted, and the number of tourists has increased day by day.

The average altitude of the Grand Canyon area is 1,600 meters, and the highest peak is 2,048 meters. The peaks and mountains that make up the canyon are composed of ocher-colored muddy sandstone. They are called "Kizilia" in local Uyghur, which means red cliffs.

The mysterious Grand Canyon is located in the scenic Kiziliya, one of the nine major film and television bases in China today. The huge red mountain group was formed in the Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era 140 million years ago. After hundreds of millions of years of wind erosion, rain erosion, and torrent erosion, it has formed criss-crossing, orderly stacked ridges and grooves, which look poetic from a distance. It is as picturesque as the "Potala Palace" and the fairy palace; up close, it looks like people and things, like dreams and illusions, lifelike and full of charm. It makes people sigh with miraculous craftsmanship and wonders. Especially the three mountains at the mouth of the valley (Naitou Mountain, Beauty Mountain, and Fomian Mountain) are the most spectacular. Especially when the sunset is slanting, the morning glow reflects the mountains, and when you look far into the distance, you can see the bright red sky. There is nothing like the Flame Mountain, which is even more amazing than the Flame Mountain.

In 1999, a local shepherd discovered a grotto built in the Tang Dynasty on a cliff about 35 meters high at a depth of 1,400 meters from the mouth of the valley. There were remaining Buddhist murals inside. In terms of written records and painting art, , is unique among the more than 300 Buddhist grottoes discovered in the ancient Western Regions, and is indeed rare.

Note: Duku Highway, that is, the section of National Highway 217 from Dushanzi to Kuqa, is the southern section of National Highway 217 connecting the north and south of Xinjiang. Because it crosses the Tianshan Mountains, it is also called the Tianshan Highway. It starts from Dushanzi District, Karamay City, the oil city of Northern Xinjiang, in the north, and ends at Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, southern Xinjiang, at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. It has a total length of 561 kilometers, half of which is above 2,000 meters above sea level, and the highest point Located at an altitude of more than 3,400 meters, Tietimai Tidaban. The Duku Highway is a veritable landscape avenue, starting from the Dushanzi Grand Canyon, to the Nalati and Bayinbuluke grasslands along the way, and then to the mysterious Grand Canyon of the Kuqa Tianshan Mountains at the end.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia