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Chapter 17 Movement Six Hongyuan: Beautiful scenery, where are you

Hongyuan, the name was chosen by the beloved Premier Zhou Enlai, which means the grassland that the Red Army walked through.On this grassland, Tibetans live nomadically, and ethnic activities such as Guozhuang, equestrianism, wrestling, archery, etc. are extremely active.It is said that the people living here can dance if they can walk, and sing if they can talk.I can't wait to see this unique ethnic style. Before coming to Hongyuan, I had a rough idea of ​​the places that can be visited nearby.I remember a passage that reads like this: the vast and beautiful wetland grassland, the majestic snow-capped mountains and forests, the tragic and moving Long March culture, the vast and mysterious religious thoughts, and the gorgeous and passionate Tibetan customs.All of these make me crazy.

I yearn for the weathered conch in Dagze, and the vast forest in the north of Shenshan Mountain.I yearn for the Baihe River in Moon Bay, watching the sunset dye the sky and flowing water red.I yearn for the tranquility of Mase Temple and the holy water of Zhazhen Liangzi.I also yearn for the majestic temple of Maigui Temple, with its beautiful scene like forests of banners and clouds of incense. Along the way, I was fascinated by my own fantasy. When Guan Yuan said that this is Hongyuan.I was literally taken aback. The largest grassland in the legend is flocks of cattle and sheep. On the grassland, there are scattered hydrangea-like shrubs or dwarf trees.The Gesang flowers all over the mountains and plains are probably past their flowering period, and the legendary deer is nowhere to be seen. Isn’t there still a swan?Where did it go?

To be honest, I prefer Zoige's endless short grass and the free herdsmen.The Hongyuan grassland in front of me was surrounded, and there were only cattle and sheep, but no human habitation. Entering Hongyuan County, we wanted to find a hotel to stay in, but there were no open doors.Back at the intersection, I saw some neat tents at the end of the path from a distance, thinking that it was a hotel in a tourist area, right?So I drove the car in, the path was like sheep intestines, and when we walked to the end, we found that we had rushed to the gate of the garrison.Soldiers with guns stopped our car.Guan Yuan rolled down the window.The other party asked: "What are you doing?" We replied: "Looking for a hotel." The other party was still very serious: "There is no hotel here, you go quickly." Sensen Yuanyuan called out at this time.We were all beating drums in our hearts, and discussed with the soldier guarding the gate to drive the car in a little bit so that we could reverse the car, but he seriously refused.We couldn't turn around, so we had to go out backwards.

After being tossed like this, my mood really fell to the bottom. Hongyuan is far from what we imagined.We are not in the mood to go to the primeval forest where the pines are bursting, and we are not in the mood to travel long distances to Chazhen Liangzi, which separates the Yangtze River from the Yellow River. We just want to leave this tense town as soon as possible, lest the joyful mood during the journey will be wiped out. After discussing with Guan Yuan, I decided to return immediately and go to Vachetalin just passed by. The sky fit the mood very well, and it started to rain.We galloped all the way, and walked for a long way in the rain, only to feel that the car was too quiet, and the music was forgotten.

Lighting a cigarette for Guan Yuan, both of them were in a low ebb.I turned around and looked out the window, looking at this piece of grassland without tourists, and felt that they have lived in such silence for thousands of years. When the cattle and sheep are exhausted, spring will give birth to weeds.Every year, no matter who you belong to. He opened the coffee and took a sip, the warm liquid flowed into his abdomen, and he felt refreshed. After an unknown period of time, I stared intently at the scenery outside the window and found that the sky had cleared up again.The weather on the prairie is really changing rapidly.All of a sudden, I saw a big rainbow hanging over the grassland, and I couldn't help shouting excitedly, which frightened Guan Yuan a lot.I pulled her arm and exclaimed, "Rainbow! Rainbow!"

Guan Yuan pulled over and stopped the car.We leaned against the car window and looked out.My God, how long has it been since I was a child to see a complete rainbow!If you look closely, there is actually a double rainbow in front of you!The perfect arc crosses most of the green grassland.I suddenly had the joy of childhood, wanting to rush to the rainbow bridge, cheering for a while, but after all, I grew up and knew that I would never be able to walk to the rainbow bridge, and I would never be able to touch the beautiful miracle from heaven.Growing up is indeed frustrating. The rainbow on the prairie is different from what I saw when I was a child. It is so complete and stays so long, it does not seem like an illusion, but rather like someone really built such a jaw-dropping arch bridge out of thin air.

When I met a rainbow on the road, I was full after watching it.By the time we set out on the road again, the bad mood of running into a wall in Hongyuan Town had long since dissipated. The music in the car also became cheerful, and I turned my head all the way until I couldn't see the grassland and the rainbow before turning around. Just because we didn't go to those planned Red Plains attractions doesn't mean they aren't beautiful enough. Maybe it's because we were traveling during the Olympic Games and the management was strict.When I have time in the future, I will come back again to see the beautiful Hongyuan in the legend!

Along the way, we stopped and went, getting out of the car from time to time to play with Sensen Yuanyuan for a while.Therefore, we did not reach Vachetalin until the afternoon.
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