Autumn Ejin Banner, Paradise or Hell?

It is so hard to describe the shock it gives to me. It is the paradise that exists only in dreams; it is also the hell that witnesses the greatest torture exerted on life.

Here is the home for 30,000 hectares diversifolious poplar forest, which is one of the three existing diversifolious poplar forest in the world. In each autumn, it becomes a golden fairy land and shows off her beauty. About ten days’ beauty, it has prepared for a whole year.

The locals believe that the poplar is a symbol of vitality – they say that it lives for one thousand years, remains standing for one thousand years after its death, and does not decay for a further thousand years after falling down.

However, it is the real hell for the poplars. There is no worse thing to display the dead body in such a place for two thousand years. The hope for a new life has to wait for two thousand years. Perhaps that is the reason why they look so miserable.

The famous Black City is located at southeast of Ejin Banner, the east side of Ochina River. It was built in the Daqing year (A.D. 1036), Western Xia dynasty. Today, only relics left here. All the glories and miseries have gone. Lucky one, isn’t it?

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