Shazi Lake

There is an open valley with an area of about 1.2 million mu in the southwest of Tuoli County between baluke mountain and Mayle mountain. At the lowest part of the valley, there is a wetland formed by snow water. In spring or wet years, a small lake is formed in the middle of the wetland, which is called Sazi in Kazakh. Shazi grassland includes all the scenery of the western grassland. Shazi grassland is surrounded by mountains on all sides. There are pools of water in the hinterland of the grassland. More than ten Mound Tombs are distributed on the east side of the lake. The terrain features three types of landforms: Mountain (subalpine, middle and low mountains, hills), sloping plain and valley. In the sun, the golden grassland sways in the breeze and waves, which makes people feel very happy. Cattle and sheep, yurt and the blue sky are like a ladle of water spilled out of the window.

Shazi lake is like a light blue ribbon, soft and beautiful. The golden flowers everywhere, cattle and sheep like clouds, and yurts like dots make up a picture of the ancient silk road full of poetic and picturesque feelings, which can make people fully experience the romantic feelings of returning to nature and taste the long and unique national culture outside the Great Wall. It is not only a good place for summer vacation and leisure, but also a resort for grassland tourism and summer recuperation. Shazi lake is 90 kilometers away from the county seat, adjacent to 318 provincial road, and the traffic is very convenient.

Shazi Lake

Shazi lake was published by Jiangsu Phoenix literature and Art Publishing House in 2015 by Ding Yan.

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Modern transportation technology shortens the geographical distance, but does not shorten the cultural distance between ethnic groups. In this world, how can people of different classes, races, colors and beliefs coexist peacefully? In China, the problem is particularly serious. Ding Yan noticed that most Chinese people are curious about the border areas, eager to understand the current situation there, rather than just satisfied with the introduction of geography and the description of facial makeup. But the reality of Xinjiang is so incredible, full of all kinds of misreading. In Ding Yan's view, it is perhaps the most effective way to understand Xinjiang that people do not pretend, disguise or evade, and truly reveal the normal life of ordinary people.

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Modern transportation technology shortens the geographical distance, but does not shorten the cultural distance between ethnic groups. In this world, how can people of different classes, races, colors and beliefs coexist peacefully? In China, the problem is particularly serious. Ding Yan noticed that most Chinese people are curious about the border areas, eager to understand the current situation there, rather than just satisfied with the introduction of geography and the description of facial makeup. But the reality of Xinjiang is so incredible, full of all kinds of misreading. In Ding Yan's view, it may be an effective way to understand Xinjiang * by not pretending, not pretending, not avoiding, and truly exposing the normal life of ordinary people.

About the author

Ding Yan: poet and writer. Born in Hami, Xinjiang in 1970s, Han nationality. He graduated from the school of journalism of Renmin University of China and the College of Humanities of Xinjiang Normal University. He began to write poetry in 1987. He moved to Urumqi in 1993. In 2010, he moved to Dongguan, Guangdong Province. He is a contract writer of Dongguan Academy of literature and art, vice president of Dongguan youth Poetry Association, and a member of China Writers Association. His works include midnight vineyard, mother's book, novel Mulan, prose works factory girl, double life, dating with life for 40 weeks, Wang Luobin's music map, hunger is a flying stone, the first 365 days of life, poetry anthology my free writing, etc. He has won the third "top ten outstanding young poets in contemporary China", the fourth "non fiction" outstanding award in Shenzhen original network literature competition, and the first prose award of Guangdong Young industrial workers literature award. "Factory girl" won the "top ten good books of China" in the first half of 2013 by Sina reading, the top of the list of excellent works of Chinese Reportage in 2013, and the 9th Wenjin Book Award.

This is Ding Yan's third documentary work after "factory girl" and "double life". Its style has always continued the characteristics of "Ding Yan style": sharp, direct, poetic and dynamic. The author has been to Shazi Lake three times, and has gone deep into the herdsmen's yurts, the county market, and the Youcheng desert. Between the lines, the author reveals the deep experience and deep thinking that cannot be felt without personal experience.

Address: Shazi Hunan is 90km away from Tuoli County, adjacent to 318 provincial road, with convenient transportation.

Longitude: 88.141296

Latitude: 47.844898

Tour time: 2-4 hours

Traffic information: self driving or taking shuttle bus.

Opening hours: all day