Legend has it that the Euphrates Poplar tree could live for three thousands years, and when it dies, it would not tumple for another three thousand years, and when it does collapse, it would not decompose for another three thousand years…..
In Xinjiang, along the 70th km of the Taklamakan Desert Highway, there’s a wild poplar forest, what appear to be “dead” trees stand tall among the green ones….
传说中胡杨是一种生命力极强的树,可以活上三千年,死后却又三千年不倒,倒下后,又三千年不朽…..
在新疆塔克拉玛干沙漠公路上地70公里处附近,就有一大片的野生胡杨林。即便传说可能有点夸大,但是胡杨可以在相对缺水的沙滩中生长得极其茂盛,也还真是不简单。 (more…)