The history of desert control in Xinjiang is a magnificent epic spanning thousands of years. From ancient dynasties establishing agricultural settlements and defending the frontier to ensure border security, to the systematic ecological restoration carried out with modern technology in the People's Republic of China, it chronicles the Chinese people's tireless struggle against a harsh natural environment and their eventual achievement of harmony with it. The Han, Tang, Yuan, and Qing dynasties curbed desertification and protected oasis ecosystems, among other things, by establishing administrative institutions, promoting farmland cultivation, building irrigation works, and planting trees. Of these efforts, the afforestation and irrigation projects promoted by Zuo Zongtang after he recovered Xinjiang, including the planting of "Zuo Gong Willows," had a particularly far-reaching impact. In modern times, especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, desert control in Xinjiang entered an entirely new, science-driven phase. National initiatives represented by the Three-North Shelterbelt Program and the Taklamakan Desert "sand-locking" project, combined with technological innovations such as straw checkerboard barriers, terrestrial algae for sand stabilization, and "photovoltaics plus desert control," have successfully brought about a historic reversal from "the sands advancing as people retreat" to "the greenery advancing as the sands retreat." These efforts have not only improved the ecological environment but also promoted economic and social development, and their achievements and experience have benefited the world through international cooperation.
When I was revising this chapter, I asked my husband to help me check the scientific knowledge in it. As a result, my husband was moved to tears by the love story of these three generations of sand control people...
This chapter corresponds to the vision of a family of three on a grass grid seen by Deputy Envoy He Jie in the Western Han Dynasty.
It is a very famous event in history that Zuo Gong carried the coffin and went to war. At the beginning of this year, I went to kneel in front of Zuo Cemetery and found a map of Xinjiang covered on his tomb. Tears burst into my eyes and I couldn't stop it... Zuo Gong will live forever!
This chapter took three days to write. The first draft was originally a very tragic description of battle, but later it was all deleted. Anxi's last day should be such an ordinary and tragic day... Because every day before this may be their last day...
In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Guo Xin left Chang'an when he was 14 years old. In 766, after Hexi was cut off, 25-year-old Guo Xin was appointed as the queen. In 781, at the age of forty, he was granted the title of Protector of Anxi and Prince of Wuwei. In 808, he died for his country at the age of 67. The core setting of the novel: Guo Xin was granted a title at the age of 40, died for his country at the age of 67, and guarded Anxi for 53 years (14-67 years old). After being granted the title, he guarded the isolated city alone for 27 years (781-808).
These chapters are so desperate, but they are not the most desperate...
According to the calculation from the first year of the Dali calendar in 766, the second year of Jianzhong in 781 is fifteen years.
Try to use a more restrained way of writing to describe this tragic journey... Otherwise, you won't be able to bear your emotions first...
I wrote these chapters with tears... I don't want them to die, but this is the best result after artistic processing. The actual situation will only be more tragic...
The real situation is more likely to be that more horses died than people... The road chosen in the book has only been seen from a distance, and the route does not directly pass through the Beiting Protectorate.