Huoyan Mountain

Flaming Mountain Turpan (Tulufan) Desert Xinjiang China

Turpan has long been the centre of a fertile oasis (with water provided by the karez canal system) and an important trade centre. It was historically located along the Silk Road, at which time it was adjacent to the kingdoms of Kroran and Yanqi. The name Turfan itself however was not used until the end of the Middle Ages - its use became widespread only in the post-Mongol period.[1] The center of the region has shifted a number of times, from Yar-Khoto (Jiaohe, 10 km to the west of modern Turpan) to Qocho (Gaochang, 30 km to the southeast of Turpan), and to Turpan itself.[2] Historically, many settlements in the region have been given a number of different names, some of which refer to more than one place – Turpan/Turfan/Tulufan is one such example. (Others include Loulan/Kroran/Korla, Jushi/Gushi, Gaochang/Qocho/Karakhoja, Hezhou, and Jiaohe/Yarkhoto.)

The peoples of the Kingdoms of Nearer and Further Jushi (the Turpan Oasis and the region to the north of the mountains near modern Jimasa), were closely related. It was originally one kingdom called Gushi, which the Chinese conquered in 107 BC.[3][4] It was subdivided into two kingdoms by the Chinese in 60 BC. During the Han era the city changed hands several times between the Xiongnu and the Han, interspersed with short periods of independence.[5]

After the fall of the Han dynasty in 220, the region was virtually independent but tributary to various dynasties. Until the 5th century AD, the capital of this kingdom was Jiaohe (modern Yarghul 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of Turpan).[6]

From 487 to 541 AD, Turpan was an independent Kingdom ruled by a Turkic tribe known to the Chinese as the Tiele. The Rouran Khaganate defeated the Tiele and subjugated Turpan, but soon afterwards the Rouran were destroyed by the Göktürks.

Nahe Turpan: Flammende Berge (Huoyan Shan) Near Turfan city (Tulufan): Flaming Mountains / 吐鲁番市: 火焰山

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List of Best Things to do in Turpan, China

Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)
Turpan Museum
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)
Karez System
Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta)
Flaming Mountains (Huoyan Shan)
Uygur Ancient Village
Grape Valley
Shanshan County

The Flaming Mountains of Turpan (火焰山)

Flaming mountain, also known as “Red Mountain”, is located in the north of Turpan in China’s northwest Xinjiang Region. The average height is 1640ft (500m), while the highest peak is around 2726 ft (831m). It is the hottest place in China with the highest temperature around 48 dC (118 dF).

It became very popular due to a classical Chinese novel, The Journey to the West by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) writer, Wu Cheng En, and its charming hero, the Monkey King. It is described that the Monkey King stirred up trouble in Heaven and kicked off the oven for making immortal pills. Charcoals fell from the sky to where the Flaming Mountain now lies. Therefore, the mountain is hot throughout the year. Hundreds of years later, when the Monkey King escorted his master, Tang Sanzang (a famous Chinese monk in Tang Dynasty 618 - 907), to acquire Buddhist scriptures in the Western Paradise, they were interrupted by the mountain. So the Monkey King borrowed a magic palm-leaf fan to stop the flame in order to pass the mountain safe and sound.

Flaming Mountains

The Flaming Mountains have become the Turpan's most popular tourist attraction thanks to the Journey to the West, one of the four classical Chinese novels written by Wu Cheng'en. According to the novel, the Monkey King made havoc in heaven and kicked off Lord Laozi's furnace used to make immortal pills. It fell from the sky to where the Flaming Mountains lie.

The Flaming Mountains are also called Red Mountains since it is made up of red granite.

Camel Ride at the Flaming Mountains near Turpan.MOV

My co-host, Chris Tozzi, and I set off on a somewhat brief but nonetheless utterly novel camel ride at the Flaming Mountains near Turpan in Xinjiang, China (East Turkestan).

Flaming Mountains | Eggs Can Even be Roasted [Turpan / East Turkestan / China]

Flaming mountain, also called “Red Mountain”, is located in the north of Turpan in China’s northwest Xinjiang Region. It is the hottest place in China with the highest temperature around 47.8 °C (118 °F) and surface temperature over 70 °C (158 °F) in summer. Because of the high temperature, eggs can even be roasted at that time and no vegetation exists there.

Scientific explanation cites the Flaming Mountain, one branch of Tianshan Mountains, was formed in the tectonic plate movement on the earth's surface during the formation of the Himalayas 50,000,000 years ago. The spontaneous combustion of the underground coal seam makes this area hot.

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The ancient city of Gaochang was built as a garrison town in the first century B.C. The nomadic Jushi people, who were native inhabitants of the territory, invited the Chinese Han dynasty to take over, giving them their allegiance. During the successive dynasties, it was ruled as Gaochang Prefecture, Gaochang Kingdom and West Prefecture. By the 14th century, the city was damaged and abandoned due to warfare between Mongolian aristocrats and Uigurs. After 2,000 years, the weather-beaten ancient city still displays its past greatness and glory even though the walls are incomplete the magnificent outline remains.

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Driving in Turpan

The point of this footage is just to capture life in Turpan as it passes by from the rear passenger seat of a tour van. It's bumpy, things go by too fast, there's nothing overly spectacualr here...but I filmed it anyway because I didn't want to forget what it looked like.

吐鲁番火焰山,Tulufan Huoyanshan

吐鲁番火焰山,Tulufan Huoyanshan

Blazing before flying over the flaming mountains

Were blazing at fat joint before flying over the flaming mountains. Spark one up and don't forrget to enjoy life!!!!

The Flaming Mountains

According to the Uyghur myth, the Flaming Mountains were formed when a child-eating dragon was slain by a hero. The color of the mountains in the afternoon sun is blood-red (hence the myth). This is also the hottest and driest place in China with temperatures exceeding 130 degrees in the summer and with fewer than 16mm of precipitation per year!

An uyghur rawapist of Gaochang ruins, Turpan, Xinjiang 高昌故城

2013.9.19新疆ウイグル自治区トルファン市の高昌故城Kara- Khoja (قاراھوجا in Uyghur)にて。
ロバ車に乗って遺跡を訪れると何処からか異国の音楽が聞こえて来る。

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ウイグル族の男性がラワープを弾きながら歌っていた。遺跡にラワープの音がよく響く。

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第13集「維吾爾族傳統拉麵」～新彊維吾爾自治區吐魯番市
　　本集來到洋溢著異國風情的城市新疆，品嚐維吾爾族的「拉哥曼麵」。拉哥曼麵在燙過的麵用冷水洗過，能更增加嚼勁與口感，是中國其他地方都少見的作法。另外也介紹了加入棉花種子油揉製而成的維吾爾族主食「麵餅」。

華文版世界首發　日本ACC製作團隊　中國麵食大探索
榮獲日本亞馬遜網路書店五顆星推薦的佳作！
日本精英製作團隊耗費多年策畫，從高級餐廳到家常麵食　絕對滿足您的視覺享受。

實地走訪中國各地千變萬化的特色麵食，發掘中國庶民美食的獨特魅力！

　　日本精英製作團隊，深入報導中國各地獨樹一格的麵食世界。從最簡單的靠雙手拉扯延伸的「拉麵」、使用菜刀切割的「刀切麵」、手持小麥粉麵糰用利刀刨削的「刀削麵」，一直到使用指尖捏出貓耳形狀的「貓耳朵」等等，將有各種千奇百怪的製麵絕活技巧要介紹給您。

　　麵食的原料部分，也是千變萬化，除了小麥粉之外，還有燕麥製作的「怎麵」、高粱製作的「紅麵」、日本常見的蕎麥粉製成的「蕎麥麵」等。

　　料理的方法更是變化萬千，從最平常的「湯?」、「炸醬麵」、「擔擔麵」，再到「牛奶麵」、「翡翠芙蓉龍蝦麵」、「??(Biang-Biang)麵」、「那仁麵」、「黃麵」...等等，許許多多從來沒吃過、沒看過的各種麵食都要呈現在您眼前。

　　麵食並不是什麼高級料理，而是與所有民眾生活息息相關的庶民美食。本節目藉由探訪各地麵食文化而邂逅許多各形各色的人們，希望可以傳達觀眾認識更多元的文化。

The 99 Peaks Trail

Back in September 1999 a huge earthquake shook central Taiwan causing many buildings and land features to get damaged, that is exactly what happened to this mountain, a lot of the upper soil and forests came tumbling down to the bottom, leaving a rather craggy top.

Most of the area has been closed off to help the local wildlife to grow, but I followed the '99 Peaks Trail' up 'Huoyan Mountain' to see the peaks up close.

火焰山， Flaming Mountain

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Amazing China: Flaming Mountain and Grape Vally | CCTV English

Areas around the latitude of 42 degrees north on earth are mostly konwn for their cool and pleasant climate. But there is one exception, which is famous for its incredible heat. This is the Flaming Mountain in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. #AmazingChina #HiChina #SeeChina

The Ordeal.

friends (some of you don't think i view you as such after hearing the idea), i had wanted to invite you to an academic lecture for my 21st birthday. i have reduced that to a 3min rant by a seemingly-not-but-very-sober me videoed at Flaming Mountains, Turpan, Xinjiang, China, to be disseminated online. language: mainly mandarin spoken hysterically.

note the primary colours aesthetic.