Shihezi guanyin Ditch and Poplar River Grand Canyon
2 min readShihezi guanyin Ditch
There is a guanyin Ditch in the mountain 15 kilometers southeast to the Purple mud Spring in Xinjiang Shihezi. According to legend, Xuanzang and his disciples went to thewest on a pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures, one day, when they were passing the South Mountain, they felt exhausted and thirsty, and Xuanzang’s situation was even worse. he was in poor health after the long journey, with eyes closed, abnormal sweating, and a hard breath, so the disciples were very worried. In desperation, Wukong pleaded buddism godness Guanyin for help, who showed the mercy to drop the sweet dews into the mouth of Xuanzang, and soon, he got well. Guanyin then made a magic art to them for regainingstrength. After then, Xuanzang and his disciples were able to continue their journey Today, the Guanyin Ditch has become a fascinating scenic spot.
Poplar River Grand Canyon
The poplar River grand Canyon is located in Urho District of Karamay, which is more than 100km away from the Karamay City. The grand Canyon winds of more than 30km, twenty or thirty meters deep and about 300m wide; it is the typical Yardang landform that appear on the steep canyon walls, the landform is towering, people will feel refreshing when seeing this uncanny workmanship of nature. The Poplar River is affectionately called the”Mother River”by local residents, flowing slowly at the bottom of the canyon; the dense wild poplar forest is luxuriantly green, as well as several diversifolious poplars, rose willows, and green willows growing among, which makes the Grand Canyon more exuberant. Such a green gallery in the hinterland of a scorching desert will surely amaze the tourists.
