In spring, there are hundreds of flowers; in autumn, there is the moon,
In summer, there is cool wind; in winter, there is snow.
If there are no worries in my heart,
is a good time in this world.
Everyone,
Everyone longs for every day in life,
To have a good mood,
But real life often…
It is difficult to fulfill everyone’s wishes.
So,
find a pleasant scenery,
Let go of oneself, nourish the heart,
became one of the purposes of travel.
Peaceful years, worth living in this world
At the end of March and the beginning of April in Nalati, it was the time when winter was ending and spring was beginning, with ice and snow not yet melted. The lofty mountain peaks were still covered in snow, draped in silver. Snowy mountains held an unchallengeable position in Nalati, majestic and towering, reaching straight into the sky.
In the fluctuating warmth of spring, the sunshine shone somewhat capriciously, as if trying to pierce through the frozen snow. The snowy mountains were shrouded in clouds, with icy waters playingfully flowing. Indeed, the majestic snowy mountains subtly sensed danger, and the lingering tremolos flowing from their bodies indicated that the moment had arrived.
In the past, plum blossoms fragrant came from the bitter cold, and today, wild lilies push through the ice to bloom.
For spring, the Nalati wild lilies are the welcome flowers of Tianshan Mountain. At the end of March, when other parts of Tianshan Mountain were still under the influence of the Siberian cold front, the Ili River Valley, with its westward-facing gateway, had already welcomed the warm and wet air currents from the Atlantic Ocean. They were like a pair of warm hands, awakening the sleeping beauty. It began with the white and yellow ice-breaking flowers being the first to push through the snow and ice from the earth and struggle to bloom.
Under the ravages of the severe winter, dragging a frozen body, I used my trembling hands to dig through the soil pressing down on me. I was suffocating, with the air around becoming increasingly thin. Stepping on the "bodies" of my companions, I made a final struggle, using the power of blooming flowers to resist all hesitation before dawn. Finally, there was some loosening. The sudden influx of air became my final lifeline, which I greedily breathed in. At the moment I broke through the soil, the sunshine was just right, the breeze was gentle, and tens of thousands of golden rays emerged, creating a radiant glow. This must be the happy line after the dark clouds.
The snow-capped mountain seems to have surrendered, slowly melting into the majestic Aerial Grassland. The snow water nourishes this fertile land, moistening the delicate posture of the wild lily, healing the wild lily that has been reborn from the flames. Perhaps this is a way to continue and coexist in a different form.
I hope the years are peaceful and the world is full of vibrant colors.
Please be strong in the darkness and confusion, because the best is yet to come. What you need to do is to continuously maintain a longing for a beautiful life.
"The lute covers half, the beautiful face is obscure. Snow melts into water, clear and trickling."
There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes. Some stories and growth can only be experienced by yourself. The fragrance of the Nalati wild lily is left for everyone to savor!
The Nalati wild lily (scientifically known as White Saffron) is really beautiful, but please remember that deliberately eating them or brewing them into tea will not cause harm to humans. No matter where you go, just appreciating their beauty is a happy thing.
- About the Nalati Wild Lily –
The Nalati wild lily, scientifically known as White Saffron, is the only wild saffron plant in China. It is distributed in the Nalati Aerial Grassland at an average altitude of 2200 meters and is one of the earliest blooming plants in Nalati, with important ornamental value as a wild early spring flower.
Flower Language: ‘Happiness is coming soon’. She awakens from the vast snowfield, swaying and gently moving in the spring breeze, as if a girl’s light and graceful dance, charming and touching. She is a lively and lovely creature of spring, conveying vitality and hope to everyone. Her scent of happiness is refreshing and soothing. Whoever it is will take a deep breath, as refreshing as drinking nectar. She spreads out and extends among the tender grasses, like white sails raised on the sea, full of colorful starlight, heading towards happiness!
Botanical Characteristics: It is a perennial herb with flat-round bulbs covered by a shallow yellow or tawny membranous sheath. It has 4-15 strip-shaped leaves with inward-rolled edges. The flowers are solitary or in clusters of 2-4, with snowy white petals, gray-purple backs, and orange-yellow stamens. The style is filamentous with cuneate tooth-like stigmas, the ovary is spindle-shaped, the capsule is oval, and the seeds are brown.
Blooming Period: The buds appear when the snow melts at the end of March and the beginning of April, and quickly enter the blooming period. The peak blooming period is from late April to early May, with the late blooming period starting in mid-May. The blooming period of a single flower is 4-6 days. Its blooming period coincides with the yellow top-ice flowers, breaking through the ice and blooming competitively.
Shooting Locations and Techniques: The best shooting locations are near Tianmu Platform, Chapu River, Nomadic Households, and沃尔塔交塔 (Voltagiao Tower, note: this is a direct transliteration and may not have an exact English name). You can use a wide-angle lens to capture the flower bushes, looking down to capture the depth of the flower sea, and looking up to stretch the lines of the flower bushes; a macro lens can be used to capture the flowers, controlling the extreme number of the aperture to highlight the subject with a shallow depth of field.
Friendly Reminder: The flower stamens have no medicinal value, and the bulbs are poisonous. Please do not pick and eat them!
Would you like to come to Xinjiang to see the wild lilies that have revived from the earth?
Xinjiang Tourism Inquiry Hotline: 0991-8585456 (Same)