万里长江第一镇

The First Town the Mighty Yangtze River

阵阵狂风夹着来自各拉丹东雪山的寒气沿着空旷的河面向我们扑来,刚才还是晴空万里,骄阳似火,转眼间却是乌云密布,阴风大作。此刻我们正站在被称为“万里长江第一桥”的沱沱河大桥上观赏长江源的壮丽景色,突变的天气一下打消了我们的兴致,大伙赶紧向河边的“街”上逃去。这所谓的“街”,只不过是沱沱河边沿青藏公路两旁修建的一些低矮的平房所包围的一段长约300米的路面而已。此时街上已空无一人,只有几只狗和乌鸦迎着寒风在垃圾堆旁寻找可食之物。尽管时值七月,人们却早已钻进那挂着厚厚门帘的平房里。

The seat of Tanggulashan Township, Golmud City, Qinghai Province is the first human inhabited place from the sauce of the Yangtze River and is known as the First Town on the Mighty Yangtze River or Tuotuoheyan on the map. Rising in the Geladandong Snow Mountain, the highest peak of the Tanggula Mountains, the Tuotuo River, which is believed to be the major source of the Yangtze River, flows by. A bridge on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway spans the river. Thus, many people from all over the country settle and run ...