What is the real Ordos like?

Ordos

In most people's impression

It is a northwestern city famous for its cashmere and coal.

It seems that its surface scenery

Nothing more than cattle and sheep farming, deep mines

But in fact

It has

Colorful Earth

(Aerial photography of the colorful land of Ordos, photographer @Ren Shiming)

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Quicksand Gobi

(Accumulated quicksand and exposed rocks, photographer @苏大)

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Red Salt Lake

(Salt lake in the Maowusu Desert of Wushen Banner, photographer @任世明)

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Snow in the Desert

(Snow scene in Wengong Mangha National Desert Park in Ordos, photographer @Ren Shiming)

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Yellow River meanders

(Hetao Plain, Yellow River and Yinshan Mountains, photographer @陈剑峰)

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Clouds and mist

(A horse in the sunset, photographer @苏大)

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Countless stunning scenery

The achievements of Ordos

Richness and diversity

But few people visit for this purpose

This is a world of great beauty that is unspeakable

Maybe I've been waiting.

Waiting for someone with a discerning eye

Come here to appreciate it

Magnificent, vigorous, colorful and magnificent

(Ordos topography and location diagram, drawn by @Chen Jingyi/Planetary Research Institute)

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Hardcore Earth

When we set foot in Ordos

You will find

This is a plateau with open sky and land.

Sunset

Like gold in a furnace

(Sunset in Ordos, image source: Visual China)

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Nightfall

Then the stars shine

(The starry sky in Kubuqi Desert, photographer @黄登一)

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Clouds cover the sky

It rained heavily

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Prairie Storm, photographer @苏大)

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It's this

Violent and wild temperament

Dating back to ancient times

The Primordial Era

About 3 billion years ago

The land of Ordos

Belong to the earth

One of the most primitive ancient lands

" Ordos Ancient Land "

(The gneiss system excavated from the Zhuozi Mountain area is more than 2 billion years old. Photographer @苏大)

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In the next 2 billion years

It has experienced numerous geological tectonic movements.

Gradually deep underground

Formed a very hard

Extremely stable basement rock

Geologists call it a craton .

Meaning "core of the land"

On the surface

The original tropical forest once blocked out the sun

The dinosaur family once dominated here

Genghis Khan Otog Bird, etc.

First discovery of prehistoric fossils

In Ordos

(Dinosaur fossils displayed in the museum, image source: @Visual China)

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The dense vegetation at that time

After hundreds of millions of years of burial and evolution

Transformed into today's

Juhou Coalfield

(Ordos open-pit coal mine, picture source: @Visual China)

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at the same time

In billions of years

The most active geology, the most luxuriant life, the most extreme environment

All broken into dust

Transformed into the colorful earth

Built on solid bedrock

Locally it is called " arsenic sandstone "

It turns into mud when it meets water and turns into sand when it meets wind.

Very easy to peel off and expose

The surface shows deep and shallow grooves

When the layers of colors all over the mountains

Coming into view

We are like reading

An epic poem about the earth written by soil and stone

(Arsenic sandstone, photographer @郭宇)

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The world has changed

The movement of the earth's plates, the re-creation of the universe

The core block of Ordos

But always the same, constant

earthquake

Stay away from here

You can only do some "destruction" on its edge

Numerous ancient ruins

Saved from this

(Display of the epicenters of earthquakes in China in recent years, drawn by @陈景逸/Planet Research Institute)

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Yanshan Movement

and the creation of the world's third pole

Himalayan Sports

Facing the " hard core " here

Also defeated

Only around it

Tearing out a number of basins

(Distribution diagram of Ordos and its surrounding areas, drawn by @Song Nan/Planet Research Institute)

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Ordos relies on this force

Rise all the way

Finally formed

Nowadays, the altitude of 1100-1500 meters

Ordos Plateau

Its highest peak is

Wurenduxi Peak

Because the peak is extremely flat

People also call it

"Table Mountain"

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Table Mountain, photographer @苏大)

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The power of the earth

It's really hard to shake it

So

When this hard-core land

Encountered from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The roaring Yellow River

What does it matter if we win or lose?

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Taming the Yellow River

When we look at China from space

You will find the Yellow River

After breaking out of Gansu and Ningxia

Heading directly north

Forming a huge "几" bend

What kind of power is it?

The Yellow River has such a tortuous path

The answer is

Ordos Plateau

(Sketch of the Yellow River and the Ordos Plateau, drawn by @Song Nan/Planet Research Institute)

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Himalayan Sports

Let the hardcore Ordos rise proudly

Its surface is far above the water

The Yellow River can only look up at

Relatively less water on both sides of the river

(Ordos is a land higher than the level of the Yellow River, photographer @李平安)

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Therefore

This stubborn highland

There is an internal flow area that is independent of the external flow area.

There are also areas surrounded by the Yellow River Basin.

Non-Yellow River Basin

(Sketch of the inland area and the Yellow River Basin, drawn by @Song Nan/Planet Research Institute)

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Rejected the nourishment of the river

Most of the land is landscaped

Almost entirely from atmospheric precipitation

One-handed control

Four isohyet lines

Crossing from Ordos

From southeast to northwest

The land is getting drier

(Annual rainfall distribution in Ordos, drawn by @陈景逸/Planet Research Institute)

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Made from rainwater washing away loess

Thousands of ravines

(Hills and gullies of the Ordos Loess Plateau, photographer @苏大)

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To the vast grassland

(Please watch in horizontal mode, sheep herding on the Ordos grassland, photographer @苏大)

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Then to the interweaving of yellow sand and grassland

Maowusu Sandy Land

(The scratch-like marks on the sand surface of Maowusu Desert are the tracks of cars. Photographer: @任世明)

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finally

In the place where neither the rain nor the Yellow River can reach

Ordos Inland

The birth of China's seventh largest desert

Kubuqi Desert

(Kubqi Desert, photographer @樊辉)

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(Kubqi Desert and the Yellow River, photographer @陈剑峰)

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certainly

The Yellow River does not want to conquer

This land

In the Kubuqi Desert

Still retains

The Yellow River and this land

Traces of battle

Qixing Lake

As a relic of the old Yellow River course

Like a peacock's feather

Blooming in the desert

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Qixing Lake, photographer @杨晓)

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China's largest desert lake

Hongjiannao

Also located on the border of Ordos

Its deep groundwater

Possibly connected to a tributary of the Yellow River

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Hongjiannao, photographer @Ren Shiming)

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Flowing through Ordos

Ulanmulun River

Dusitu River, Wuding River, etc.

All of them are directly connected to the Yellow River water.

but

The above rivers and lakes

At most, we can only nibble away

The edge of Ordos

Yellow River Water

Never able to penetrate its hinterland

(Distribution diagram of closed flow areas in Ordos, drawn by @Song Nan/Planet Research Institute)

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From the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the human world

The mighty Yellow River

There is really nothing we can do about this hardcore place.

I can only take a detour obediently

700-mile Yellow River

Like a yellow dragon

Crawling at the feet of Ordos

This formed a fusion

Snow, desert, grassland, wetland, canyon

And so many other stunning views

“Scenic Belt Along the Yellow River”

(Yellow River, photographer @陈肖)

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From northwest to southeast

The Yellow River dances wildly from afar

Everything grows miraculously wherever it passes

(The Yellow River at the junction of the Hetao Plain and Ordos, photographer @陈剑峰)

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Nourished by the torrent

Juhetan Wetland

Rich in Yellow River carp

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Juhetan Wetland, photographer @张洪科)

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The vibrant wetlands

The yellow sand block stands tall

When we change our position and perspective

The wonder of sand and wetland coexisting

It appears before your eyes

(Kubqi Desert and wetlands coexist, photographer @叶长春)

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Also here

The Yellow River crosses

The dividing point between the upper and middle reaches

The amount of sediment in the middle reaches of the river increased

About 92% of the total sand

The sand along the way

Continuously injecting into the water

After the Yellow River entered this place

Only then did it truly become the "Yellow River"

(The river in the foreground is Heilaigou, a first-level tributary of the Yellow River, which eventually flows into the Yellow River. Photographer: @陈剑峰)

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The Yellow River here is

Facing the strong cold air from Siberia

Ice and white

Comparison between the Yellow River and the Iceberg

Great visual impact

(The Yellow River in Ordos has entered the ice flood season, photographer @张世瑜)

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The river continues to meander

Soon we arrived at the Kubuqi Desert.

The separation from the Yellow River

Heige Laowan

Yellow sand that holds the high ground

Silently watching

The Loser: The Yellow River's Disappearance

Silently declaring victory

(Heigelao Bay, photographer @李琼)

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Looking back at the Yellow River

Calm water surface

Like a quiet lake

Choose to leave quietly

But the Yellow River is the Yellow River after all.

When it comes into direct contact with the subsequent plots

Its mighty current turns into a sharp sword

The cliffs on both sides

Chopping neatly

Forming canyon landscape

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Qiankun Bay of the Yellow River, photographer @李平安)

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Continue southeast

The famous Laoniu Bay

The Yellow River gradually touches

Loess Plateau

(Laoniuwan, the intersection of the Great Wall and the Yellow River, photographer @崔永江)

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However, the front

Impact of water storage on Wanjiazhai water conservancy project

The water flow is gradually slowing down

The sediment contained in it has settled

The muddy river is also on the way

Gradually clear to blue

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Baozita Grand Canyon, photographer @行影不离, map @刘志鹏/星球研究院)

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When we change our angle

Observing the same canyon

You will find that it is like

The "little feet" of the earth

Playful and cute

(Topography of Baozita Canyon, drawn by @Songnan/Planetary Research Institute)

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Afterwards

Yellow River Road

Crossing the dam

(Wanjiazhai Water Conservancy Project, photographer @翟鸿宇)

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Crossing the Bridge

(The bridge across the Yellow River in Ordos, photographer @陈剑峰)

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Yellow River Central

A pair of "mother and child islands"

Niangniang Beach and Prince Beach

Like a cruising fleet

Never dock

(Niangniang Beach, photographer @张洪科)

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The Yellow River at Niangniang Beach

Slow down, be quiet and gentle

However, away from

After the Ordos Border

The Yellow River still reveals its unruly nature

Roaring at Hukou

So far

Passing through Ordos for 728 kilometers

It accounts for about 1/8 of the total length of the Yellow River.

"Yellow River Scenic Belt" Tour

Basically over

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Brave Paradise

But this is not the end

This hard-core land

Not only did he tame the Yellow River

It also gave birth to

Brave Life

Ordos

There are more than 1,500 species of wild animals

More than 400 species of wild plants

(Ordos egret, photographer @苏大)

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Among the rare birds

Relict Gull

Extremely picky about the environment

Usually in arid areas

Reproduction in desert lakes

Hongjianao in Ordos

The only one in the world

One of the habitats available for its survival

There are more than 16,000 relict gulls here.

About 60% of the world's total

(The relict gull during the breeding and feeding period in Hongjiannao. The relict gull is the latest gull species discovered by scientists. Image source: @Visual China)

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And this land of endless life

It will also bring

Human attention

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The courage to stand firm

(Man and Himself)

About 70,000 to 140,000 years ago

The most ancient inhabitants of Ordos

That is, " Ordos people " (Hetao people)

Here to appear

At that time

Giant ostrich, Ordos giant deer

Wild horses, wild donkeys, primitive cattle, woolly rhinoceros

In this unobstructed world

Leisurely eating and having fun

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Salawusu Ruins Group, where 45 ancient animal fossils were discovered, including 11 bird species and 34 mammal species, photographer @朱金华)

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Ordos people

As the earliest hunter on this prairie

Also growing wildly here

They used deer antler hammers and deer antler grass as weapons.

Fighting against beasts that are several times stronger than oneself

Finally, the captured prey is roasted on fire.

Remaining ashes, burnt bones and stone flakes

Gradually covered by the years

Going underground

The remains of the Ordos people

It is the first in China

There is an exact location of the discovery

Human fossils and the stratigraphic record

(The discovery site of the Ordos Man fossils, photographer @朱金华)

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Time has come to the present

About 4200-3500 years ago

The ancestors of Ordos

Gradually mastered bronze technology

They will see everything

Record this

That's a piece

A world where all kinds of creatures compete for freedom in the frosty sky

Tiger and wild boar fighting

(Gold belt ornament with tiger and pig fighting pattern, photographers @刘艳晖,柳叶氘, map @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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Goats standing opposite each other

(Round sculpture of two goats, photographers @刘璐,柳叶氘, drawing @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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Hedgehog is cute

(Hedgehog-shaped silver ornaments, photographers @刘钢、柳叶気, map @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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Tigers have no shame

(A small ornament of two tigers mating, image source: @李理, Ordos City Museum, map by @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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And has been tamed

Camels Became Our Ancestors’ Companions

It seems like walking in the vast desert

(Bronze mirror with a camel-riding pattern, image source: @陈国曦, Ordos City Museum, map by @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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The unrestrained and brave ancestors

These vivid images

Decoration in daily life

Bronze, gold and silver products

They are collectively referred to as

" Ordos Bronze Ware "

After each fight with history

Surviving artifacts

Each has its own soul

They try their best to show

The bravery of the holders

(Double-bird ring-headed bronze dagger, photographer @傅鸿超, map @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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The first existing bronze dagger in China

The first and only set

Golden crown of the northern tribal leader

All unearthed in Ordos

The decoration of the golden crown looks like

The mighty eagle soars high above

Overlooking the grassland where the strong prey on the weak

(Eagle's golden crown, photographer @脉影, map @刘志鹏/Planetary Research Institute)

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When we travel back to that era

Oncoming

A warrior from Ordos

He must be riding the fiercest horse

The sharpest dagger is on my waist

The eagle above the sky

Singing between heaven and earth

Maybe he is singing

Father-like plateau

Maybe he is singing

Mother River

(Please watch in horizontal screen, horse herders and horses on the grassland, photographer @苏大)

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Lightweight and practical

Ordos bronze ware

Bronze artifacts from the Central Plains during the same period

Most of them are heavy ritual objects

The Central Plains and the Northern Ethnic Groups

Gradually divided

Although the surface vegetation and climate

More suitable for grazing and hunting

But due to the cutting of the Yellow River

Ordos directly

The core area of ​​the Central Plains Dynasty borders

(Sketch of the changes in the northern boundary of my country's agricultural-pastoral transition zone in different periods, drawn by @松楠/Planetary Research Institute)

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As the Central Plains and grassland

The frontier of collision and exchange

Ordos

Destined to become a battleground for all parties

A place of competition

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Bloody Battle

(People and people)

King Shang conquers Guifang

King Zhou conquered the Xianyun

Duke Wen of Jin defeated the Rong and Di tribes

Guifang, Xianyun and Rongdi

All of them were once entrenched in Ordos

Northern nomads

King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period

Going deeper into the heart of Ordos

One of the earliest Great Walls of China was built here.

King Zhaoxiang of Qin followed closely behind

Southeast of Ordos

Incorporated into the territory of Qin

(The Great Wall of the Warring States Period, photographer @Guo Yu, map @Liu Zhipeng/Planet Research Institute)

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After Qin Shihuang unified the Central Plains

With the military might of conquering the six kingdoms

Send General Meng Tian to attack the Xiongnu in the north

Conquer Ordos

To facilitate the army to rush to the front line

Qin Shi Huang

An ancient "highway" was also built

Qinzhidao

(Qin Zhidao, photographer @Guo Yu)

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Yellow River

It has become the "moat" of this land.

Its north and south banks

Both of them have the long Great Wall built during the Qin Dynasty

The Northern Great Wall divides this land

Separated from the Mongolian Plateau

The Central Plains Dynasty within the Southern Great Wall

And shut him out

Ordos

Like a natural battlefield

Only the most skilled warriors

Only then dare to enter the fight

(Distribution diagram of the Qin Great Wall around Ordos, drawn by Liu Zhipeng, Chen Jingyi/Planetary Research Institute)

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Central Plains Dynasty

The first to launch an offensive

Qin Shi Huang

(From Jia Yi's "On the Qin Dynasty")

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"He ordered Meng Tian to build the Great Wall in the north to guard the frontier, pushing the Xiongnu back more than 700 miles. The Hu people did not dare to go south to graze their horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows to complain."

Emperor Wu of Han

Send generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing

Using Ordos as a springboard

Attack to the northwest

(From "Records of the Grand Historian: Biographies of General Wei and Cavalrymen")

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"(Huo Qubing) sealed the Wolf's Lair Mountain... and ascended the vast sea"

(Dragon head bronze stove from the Eastern Han Dynasty, unearthed in Ordos City, collected by Inner Mongolia Museum, photographer @柳叶氘)

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Grassland tribes

Not to be outdone

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties

The last bloodline of the Xiongnu tribe

Helian Bobo enters Ordos

Founding of the Great Xia Kingdom

And built the capital here

That is, " Tongwan City "

(Tongwan City, image source @Esri Image Map)

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Surrounding Tongwan City

Wuding River

It seems to be telling the story of the war.

The sorrow of the common people

(From "A Journey to Longxi")

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Poor bones by the river, still the man in the spring girl's dream

At the turn of the Tang and Song dynasties

The Dangxiang tribe established the Western Xia Kingdom

Part of Ordos

Together with Tongwan City

Incorporated into the territory of Western Xia

The Western Xia, together with the Song, Liao, and Jin dynasties,

Created a new era in Chinese history

The Second "Three Kingdoms Era"

(Chengchuan Ancient City, which was specially built by the Tang Dynasty for the migration of the Dangxiang people, and then the Dangxiang people established the Western Xia Kingdom. Photographer @Ren Yuhao, map @Liu Zhipeng/Planet Research Institute)

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then

The Mongols' powerful fighting power

It instantly swept across the entire Eurasian continent

They went south through Ordos

Destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, Western Xia and other empires

Founding of the Yuan Dynasty

This is the history of China

For the first time, a minority

The great unified dynasty

Unfortunately

Genghis Khan

During the conquest of Xixia

Sudden death

(Dragon head silver wine cup, showing the temperament of the Yuan Dynasty, picture source @Erdos City Museum, map @Liu Zhipeng/Planet Research Institute)

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now

Mausoleum of Genghis Khan

Located in Ordos

Standing between heaven and earth

(Genghis Khan Mausoleum, photographer @郭宇)

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After countless baptisms of blood and fire

Ordos during the Ming Dynasty

The Great Wall, which symbolizes the border of agricultural civilization

Excluded

The Yellow River flows from the Mongolian Plateau

Cut down

Become a unique and ambiguous existence

(Distribution diagram of the Ming Great Wall around Ordos, drawn by Liu Zhipeng, Chen Jingyi/Planetary Research Institute)

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That’s why

It still retains

The largest group of cave temples in the northern grasslands

Aerzhai Grottoes

This is also the place where Genghis Khan

The Khan's tent during the attack on Xixia

On this land

Maybe I only believe in gods and heroes

(Aerzhai Grottoes, photographer @Guo Yu, map @Liu Zhipeng/Planet Research Institute)

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The courage to change the world

(Man and Nature)

After the founding of New China

Ordos has always been

Cashmere raw material output advantages

With the opening up of China's foreign trade exports

Quickly seize the international market and become famous all over the world

(Shepherding sheep on the deserted beach, photographer @苏大)

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And this hard-core land

Hundreds of millions of years ago

Buried Treasure

It was finally excavated and benefited the local people.

Ordos

Proven coal reserves

About 1/6 of the country

Proven natural gas reserves

About 1/3 of the country

(Distribution diagram of coal mines and natural gas resources in Ordos, drawn by @Song Nan/Planet Research Institute)

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Such a huge amount of mineral deposits gave rise to

One of the largest open-pit mines in China

Heidaigou open-pit mine

It can be mined within a day

More than 90,000 tons of coal

Filling about 1,500 train compartments

These coals

It can be converted into about 200 million kWh of electricity

Satisfy about 60,000 families

Electricity demand for the whole year

(Heidaigou open-pit mine, image source @Esri Image Map)

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Ordos

Rapidly rising from this

2000

Its coal production is 56 million tons

Only 4 years later

It reached 117 million tons

Became the first city in China to produce over 100 million tons of coal annually

Although industry is developing and cities are being built

But since ancient times

Land desertification problem

Not yet resolved

The worst period

Kubuqi Desert

Every year, sediment is input into the Yellow River

About 160 million tons

Ordos Wetland

The water surface is shrinking and the island in the middle of the lake is disappearing.

The relict gulls that nest here are almost extinct

Rectification and governance are imminent

(A barren desert with flying sand and rocks close to the Yellow River, photographer @李琼)

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Ordos almost mobilized the whole city

Curbing the spread of deserts

And relying on emerging technologies

The journey of sand control started

First

The construction of flood diversion gates and diversion channels

Ecological embankment, etc.

Diverting the Yellow River into the desert

(The Yellow River and the desert coexist, photographer @苏大)

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From late November to March of the following year

The Yellow River surrounding Ordos

Ice drift and rising water levels

Floods occur after thawing

On one side there is water shortage, on the other side there is desert drought

After verification by relevant expert teams

The locals officially use Lingshui to irrigate the desert

The hinterland of the Kubuqi Desert is rapidly forming

Nearly 60 square kilometers of ecological wetlands

With nearly 20 square kilometers of water

More than 20 species of plants naturally resume growth

More than 10 kinds of water birds live here permanently.

Villagers even raise crabs here to make a living.

(Crabs in the Kubuqi Desert, photographer @曹敦美)

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second

The stems of wheat straw or other plants

Digging into the sand

Forming a grid-like " grass grid "

This move stabilizes the sand dunes while

It is also convenient to use in the grass grid

Planting

(Grass Grid, Photographer @Soochow University, Map @Liu Zhipeng/Planetary Research Institute)

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With the support of the State Forestry Administration

In the Kubuqi Desert

Build the largest germplasm resource bank in western China

More than 1,000 species have been cultivated

Cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and salt-tolerant plants

Forest coverage rate in Ordos

It has also increased from 6.1% in 1980

It jumped to 26.91% in 2018

(Please watch in horizontal mode. The picture shows the Kubuqi Desert after treatment. In addition to human factors, global warming and increased precipitation are also very helpful for vegetation growth. Photographer: @苏大)

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third

Is to develop photovoltaic sand control industry

Components of photovoltaic panels

In addition to absorbing solar energy to generate electricity

It can also effectively block wind and prevent wind

Prevent dust from flying and moving

Reduce water evaporation

Protecting the growth of vegetation

(Photovoltaic panels and green plants, photographer @苏大)

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Lush green grass under photovoltaic panels

You can also raise sheep and ducks

Helping people get rid of poverty and become rich

Power generation on the board, planting under the board, breeding between the boards

The goal of sand control and soil improvement

In such a virtuous cycle

Naturally reached

(Ducks under photovoltaic panels, image source: Visual China)

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Kubuqi Desert

Average annual effective sunlight

Up to 3180 hours or more

To develop the photovoltaic industry

Provides unique conditions

then

China's largest single

Photovoltaic sand control project

Born out of necessity

(Please watch in horizontal mode, comparison between photovoltaic sand control and uncontrolled land, photographer @苏大)

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Implemented in this way

Kubuqi Desert Control

Extremely successful

Green visible growth

(Comparison of remote sensing images of Ordos, drawn by @Song Nan/Planet Research Institute)

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Number of sandstorms

Sharp decrease

(Number of sandstorms, map by Liu Zhipeng/Planetary Research Institute)

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The once desolate Maowusu Desert

Cultivate tracts of fertile land

(Farmland in Maowusu Desert, photographer @Ren Shiming)

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Even as desolate as the Kubuqi Desert

Farms also emerged due to sprinkler irrigation technology.

Some of the potatoes produced here

Produced as potato chips

On supermarket shelves thousands of kilometers away

For people to buy

(Potato fields in Kubuqi Desert. The circular shape of the farmland is due to the limitation of the irrigation radius. Photographer: @苏大)

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at the same time

On the long river

Dozens of Yellow River bridges

Built in sequence

(Please watch in horizontal screen, Yellow River Bridge, photographer @叶长春)

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Colorful Earth

Baoshen Railway is loaded with trains

Connecting to the distance

(Baoshen Railway, photographer @杨诚)

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In the vast desert

Provincial Highway 215, known as the "Sand Crossing Highway"

Also fully connected

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Sand Crossing Highway, photographer @苏大)

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Kubuqi Desert

It has also been developed into a tourist attraction.

(A sightseeing off-road vehicle going deep into the Ordos Xiangshawan Scenic Area, photographer @陈彦)

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A new building as white as a lotus

Rising from the Ground

Winter Snow Color

Perfect integration with architecture

(Kubuqi Desert Lotus Hotel, photographer @李晓春)

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Ordos

Relict Gull National Nature Reserve

It was also formally approved

Large numbers of relict gulls and other migratory birds

Return to the Ordos Wetland

(Please watch in horizontal mode, Relict Gull Nature Reserve, photographer @孙华金)

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This world is changing with each passing day

Behind all the changes

They are people who dare to fight against heaven and earth.

Ordos people

After 10, 20, 30 years of hard work

Even a lifetime of effort

They may be

The couple who stayed in the wasteland

(It took Yin Yuzhen and his wife 25 years to turn 70,000 acres of desert into an oasis, and they are still working on it. Image source: @Visual China)

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They may be

Grassroots cadres who take desertification control as their own responsibility

(On July 23, 2018, staff from Hangjin Banner, Ordos, demonstrated rapid planting of Salix psammophila. It took about 10 seconds to plant two seedlings, which increased the survival rate and speeded up work efficiency. Image source: @Visual China)

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them

Maybe he will be called an advanced model or an expert in sand control.

I prefer to call them

warrior

Ordos, Ordos

Great heroes have been seen here

I have also experienced brutal wars

Only true warriors

Only in this way can this land

Rejuvenate and revitalize

Looking back

Changes of land and sea over billions of years in paleogeological history

Hundreds of millions of years of evolution and reproduction in paleontological history

The magnificent history of human civilization over tens of thousands of years

All of them have been performed in Ordos with great excitement

Looking into the future

This hard-core land nurtured

Brave people

Always on this land

Building homes and spreading hope

This is Ordos

The most beautiful scenery

(Please watch in horizontal mode, the Yellow River and the Kubuqi Desert on the Ordos Plateau, photographer @陈剑峰)

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This article was created by

Written by: Ordo

Image: Grateful Heart

Map: Song Nan & Chen Jingyi

Design: Liu Zhipeng

Cover Photographer: Soo Da

Reviewer: Yunwukongcheng, Tomorrow will be better

Special thanks

Ordos Museum

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[2] Liang Bing. A Draft History of Ordos[M]. Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press, July 2009.

[3] Yang Zemeng. Confessions from the Ancient Times: Ordos Bronzes[M]. Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press, January 2008.

[4] Ordos Museum. The 800-year-old magic lamp: the history and culture of the Ordos Mongolian people worshipping Genghis Khan[M]. Hohhot: Inner Mongolia University Press, April 2015.

[5] Liang Xia, Yang Yong, Gong Wangbin, et al. Discussion on desertification characteristics of the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert in western Inner Mongolia [J]. Geological Review, 2015(04):167-176.