Music leads the way part three: Yili
People call them heavenly horse. Partially because they are from here, the heavenly mountain. Partially also because they are just so gorgeous, heavenly-like. They are actually a crossbred of Russian and Mongolian stocks. Famous for their durability and perfectly- proportioned body!
The colorfulness of Xinjiang region owns to its salad-plate mixed culture of ethnical groups. Besides Ugure, there are other 46 ethnical groups living in the rich land of Xinjiang and Mongolians are among the largest ethnical groups in Boertala region
As early as 13 century, Mongolian script was created on the basis of the script of Huihu or ancient Uygur, and Lamaism revered. And this monastery is the biggest lama monastery in the region. But to our surprise, it looked almost deserted...
Bortela region is Xinjing's Easter island. For a long time, the origin and purpose of these stone men standing in the middle of grassland remained a mystery. The most- acknowledged theory is, these stone men were carved as monument and placed in front of for outstanding ancient Turks' tomb. There were many more of them before 13th century, before Islam came to Bortela region since then, these stone men were seen as the symbol of heathenism and most of them were destroyed
This theory put to rest many other bizarre theories, but they remain an enigma.
Sailimu, meaning "blessing" in Mongolian, is located Boertala region, Mongolian autonomous prefecture. The high altitude of more than 2000 meters makes it the highest mountain lake in Xinjiang. The high altitude also gave the air here a crisp clean bite, the water crystal azure sparkles.
The road gearing back towards the city of Yining felt slightly more boring than bucolic. Lush hills, picturesque villages and empty roads leave place for the unpaved narrow country roads busy with motorcycle traffic. But if you have learned to think positive by now, you would find at least one positive thing; it is easier and safer to hitchhike here...
Hitchhiking is not only economic, but also can be good time for informative collection. I just heard from that guy that I can pick whatever fruits I see here, as much as I like...see? If you run out of water or even money, you will still survive here in Yili easily.
