Friday, November 14, 2014

Bizarre Forests - 怪树林


The poplar forest Guaishulin Bizarre, sometimes known as "bizarre forests", is actually a vast area with a considerable number of withered poplars. The peculiar poplar tree forest is located in Ejin Banner (Ejina Qi in Chinese) in the westernmost part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The dried poplar, the wizard postures may make visitors feel a bit bleak and scary. However, these poplar trees are not dying. They have been there for centuries. In other words, they are actually living fossil of the nature.


Ejin Banner has one of the three extensive Euphrates Poplar tree forests in the world, with a total forest area of 30,000 hectares. In 1992, the Ejin Banner Euphrates Poplar Forest Nature Reserve was established. Every October, when leaves turn yellow, the whole area becomes a sea of golden leaves, attracting thousands of tourists and photographers who flock to enjoy the amazing autumn scenery. As one of the three remaining diversifolious poplar forests in the world, the place attracts tourists and photographers from all over the world. Photo shows various bizarre poplar trees in the forests in Ejin Banner (Ejina Qi in Chinese) in the westernmost part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.


在额济纳旗达来呼布镇西南28公里处,是一片东西宽、南北长的辽阔地带。这里枯死的胡杨“陈尸”遍野,呈现出古老的原始风貌。冥冥之中,渗透出一股狰狞恐怖的气氛,令人毛骨悚然。这就是神秘的“怪树林”。

怪树林位于达来呼布镇东南20公里处的荒漠中,这里曾是一片茂密的胡杨林,由于河水改道,水源断绝造成树木大面积枯死。因枯木形态各异、奇形怪状而得名“怪树林”。这片枯树林仿佛在向世人诉说着对生命之水的强烈渴望,体现了它们与恶劣自然环境顽强抗争的不屈精神。怪树林在额济纳旗达来呼布镇西南28公里处,是一片东西宽、南北长的辽阔地带。这里枯死的胡杨“陈尸”遍野,呈现出古老的原始风貌。


苍凉的“怪树林”,据说是黑将军及众将士不死的灵魂所在。相传,当年黑城有一个守将名哈拉巴特尔(即黑将军),此人英勇善战,威名远扬。后来,有大兵进犯功城,来兵把河水截断,黑将军在既无援兵,又无饮水的困境中,率兵突围。出战前,黑将军将70多车金银财宝和一顶镇城之宝—西夏皇冠全部投入城内的枯井中。为了不使亲情骨肉遭受入侵者蹂躏,黑将军把自己的一双儿女推倒井里,封土填埋。黑将军带领士卒冲出城外,一路拼杀,最后战死在离城西不远的怪树林。


形成原理
怪树林实际上是大片胡杨树枯死而形成的。胡杨是一种奇特的树种,生命力极强。近代以来,由于人类的不合理开发,极大的破坏了胡杨赖以生存的生态环境、特别是额济纳河断流,沿河两岸的大片胡杨林因缺水而枯死。胡杨特有的耐腐特性,使大片枯死的胡杨树干依然直立在戈壁荒漠之上,形成形态怪异的悲凉景观。


胡杨蒙古语称为“陶来”,是落叶乔木,木质纤细柔软,树叶阔大清杳。耐旱百涝,生命顽强,是自然界稀有的树种之一。额济纳胡杨林区是世界仅存三处之一,且保护最为完整。现有数百年的胡杨,仍枝繁叶茂,领尽大漠瀚海风骚,是大自然独钟的奇迹。


胡杨是树木中起源最早的类群,被称之为植物的“活化石”,一棵胡杨的主根,可以穿越地层一百多米,“生而不死一千年,死而不倒一千年,倒而不朽一千年”。
漫步在浓郁的胡杨林中,仿佛进入神话般的仙境。茂密的胡杨千奇百怪,神态万般,或挺拔、或似苍龙腾越,令人惊喜不已,叹为观止。每到深秋,树叶金黄,矗立在沙海中的胡杨更显娇美动人,风光无限。





































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