{"id":18452,"date":"2018-08-20T09:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T09:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=18452"},"modified":"2018-08-28T22:41:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T22:41:23","slug":"china-xinjiang-urumqi-coal-factory-in-red-fire-mountain-huoshaoshan-%e6%96%b0%e7%96%86%e7%81%ab%e7%83%a7%e5%b1%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/china-xinjiang-urumqi-coal-factory-in-red-fire-mountain-huoshaoshan-%e6%96%b0%e7%96%86%e7%81%ab%e7%83%a7%e5%b1%b1\/","title":{"rendered":"China Xinjiang Urumqi : Coal Factory in Red Fire Mountain \/ Huoshaoshan \u65b0\u7586\u706b\u70e7\u5c71"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We left Urumqi early in the morning, went Tian Shan first then move into Gurbantunggut Desert, also the second largest desert in China after Taklimakan Desert. Then stopped by Dahuangshan Expressway a little and shoot pictures of\u00a0Fire Mountain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Fire Mountain<\/strong> is located on the Gobi Desert in the Karamay Nature Reserve.\u00a0\u00a0At the first look, the land is as if just been burn, the color is brownish red.
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Fire Mountain \/\u706b\u70e7\u5c71 vs Flaming Mountain<\/a> \/\u00a0\u706b\u7130\u5c71<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fire Mountain is different from Turpan’s Flaming Mountain<\/a>. Flaming Mountain is famous for it high temperature (up to 80’c) and it’s “Journey to the West story” but Fire Mountain is famous for it mountain color, that is reddish. If you look around you see no other colors than reddish.<\/p>\n

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Xinjiang Coal Factory<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Opposite of where we stopped is the coal factory.\u00a0 Glad to have spotted one of huge coal factory during my trip in Xinjiang.\u00a0\u00a0Xinjiang contains more than 150 billion tonnes of resources, making it one of China’s largest under-developed coal provinces.<\/p>\n

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The biggest feature of Fire Mountain<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The biggest feature of Fire Mountain is that many small hills are composed of red and orange rocks. The color is bright and the texture is hard. The entire hilly area is reddish especially under the hot sun.<\/p>\n

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Why it is so red?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The rock of Fire Mountain is actually not red, it is baked into red due to the combustion of the underlying coal seam. The rocks here are all bare and almost no green if you look around, quite a unique landform for tourist attraction.<\/p>\n

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Final thoughts :<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We did not really walk into the Fire Mountain but just had a brief stop.\u00a0 Took few pictures across the street.\u00a0 Opposite of the Fire Mountain is the coal factory.\u00a0 Glad I have seen one of the coal factories as Xinjiang is famous for its natural resources.\u00a0There are about 122 minerals that have been discovered in Xinjiang, the biggest province in China, also one of the richest.<\/p>\n

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