The Stubbornness of Millennia—The Strange Forest

♻️♻️The Strange Forest, located in the southwest of Dalaihubu Town, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is composed of a large number of dead and bizarre Populus euphratica trees. 🍂🍂🍂 ✅✅The Populus euphratica, a 'living fossil' that is said to 'live for a thousand years without dying, die for a thousand years without falling, and fall for a thousand years without decaying', has suffered severe ecological damage due to irrational development by modern humans, especially the drying up of the Ejina River, which has caused a large number of Populus euphratica trees along the riverbanks to die from lack of water. The dead Populus euphratica trees lie scattered across the land, creating a scene of devastation, hence the locals call this place 'the graveyard of Populus euphratica, the monument of the Grim Reaper'. Supported by their unique resistance to decay, the dead trunks maintain their most primitive appearance, standing stubbornly in the Gobi Desert, forming a landscape that is fierce, terrifying, desolate, and mournfully beautiful. 🗻🗻🗻 ✅✅The Strange Forest at dusk is the most beautiful time of the day, with the dead branches, in all their wild and unrestrained forms, becoming even more desolate and majestic under the glow of the setting sun. They resemble galloping warhorses and warriors wielding weapons, their stubborn postures telling the tale of life's last struggle and defiance, while also admonishing humanity to cherish the ecology and protect the environment in order to truly safeguard our own home. 🏜🏜🏜