穿越坎儿井的时空

Time-Tested Kanerjing

在吐鲁番至鄯善哈密的戈壁滩上,人们会看到一条条由土堆组成的直线,这些土堆便是坎儿井的竖井口。行走在吐鲁番市区,清冽的流水沿着条条水渠穿城而过,这些流水都是来自坎儿井。走进吐鲁番的村庄,你会看到许多的涝坝(蓄水池)。这些涝坝里的水皆出自龙口,坎儿井的水就是从龙口里流出来的。龙口其实就是出水口。在坎儿井中行走,是一件颇感快意的事。水流清澈见底,凉风徐徐扑面,清新的泥土味直入胸脾。有竖井口的地方准有树,那树的根就扎在坎儿井内,树身扶摇直上,与地面上的树一比高低。水流的两边多有嫩草,绿绿的很可爱。

With a history of some 2000 years, Kanerjingsubterranean canals is a great creation of various ethnic groups of our country in ancient times. The water in the networks of wells and canals spreading underground flows into surface ditches to irrigate the vast fields in Xinjiang. However, with the social progress and science advancement, the seemingly primitive water-diverting way tends to be abandoned due to its high cost and slow speed. Today, Kanerjing is still working in Turpan Depression and Hami Basion, ...