Rare ＂iron-backed fish＂ reappears in Dunhuang Crescent Spring, attracting tourists to watch (Figure)
On May 1st, a rare sight of iron-backed fish surfaced in Crescent Spring, a famous scenic spot in Gansu. The picture shows an "iron-backed fish" that surfaced about 1 foot long by visual inspection. Photo by Wang Binyin
On May 1st, a rare sight of iron-backed fish surfaced in Crescent Spring, a famous scenic spot in Gansu. The picture shows a large number of tourists surrounding the Crescent Spring to capture the "iron-backed fish". Photo by Wang Binyin
On May 1st, a rare sight of iron-backed fish surfaced in Crescent Spring, a famous scenic spot in Gansu. The picture shows the "iron-backed fish" that surfaced. Photo by Wang Binyin
Zhongxin. com, Lanzhou, May 2 (Wang Binyin, Feng Zhijun) The Tourism Bureau of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province disclosed on the 2 nd that on May 1, rare fish species appeared in Crescent Spring, a famous scenic spot in Dunhuang, an international tourist city. — The sight of iron-backed fish emerging from the water attracted a large number of tourists to take pictures.
In fact, this rare "indigenous" species in Dunhuang has disappeared for many years in Crescent Spring. In late July last year, there was a more spectacular group of fish surfaced in Crescent Spring, which was captured by tourists. However, since then, it has once again "disappeared" from the people’s sight for half a year.
According to the real video uploaded by netizens, there are about two or three "iron-backed fish" floating in the crescent spring on May 1, but visually, about a foot-long "head" is generally much larger than the fish that appeared a year ago, and the onlookers of tourists have not disturbed them to feed leisurely.
On May 1st, a rare sight of iron-backed fish surfaced in Crescent Spring, a famous scenic spot in Gansu. The picture shows several tourists "recognizing" the swimming "iron back fish" with each other. Photo by Wang Binyin
At present, local officials have failed to explain exactly the cause of this unusual phenomenon. However, the reporter noticed that under a series of strict official ecological control measures, the water level of Crescent Spring has been declining for many years, and it has gradually recovered and remained at around 1.5 meters in recent years, and there are often scenes in which the spring water rises and overflows the fence.
Located at the northern foot of Mingsha Mountain, 7 kilometers south of Dunhuang, the crescent spring, known as manhole in ancient times and medicinal spring in common name, has been one of the "eight scenic spots in Dunhuang" since the Han Dynasty, and has become a spectacle because "the ancient sand does not fill the spring, and the spring does not dry up". It is nearly 100 meters long from north to south and about 25 meters wide from east to west. The spring is deep in the east and shallow in the west, and it bends like a crescent moon. It is rumored that there are "three treasures" in Crescent Spring: iron-backed fish, seven-star grass and five-color sand. (End)