Huoyanshan in the Turpan basin, the local called "kyzyl Le Tage", meaning "Red Mountain." From Turfan to the east section of Shanshan, there are more than 100 kilometers Wanting undulating red peaks. This is the one thing about 100 kilometers from north to south and 10 km wide and 7, with an average height of 500 meters or so young folds low hills. The peak is located in the vicinity of-sheng Jinkou, elevation 851 meters. It is mainly from the Mesozoic Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary red red sandstone, conglomerate and mudstone formed. Mountain vigorous twists and turns, mainly due to the ancient water erosion on the slopes covered with round after round of gully. Mountain grass, bare rock, and often covered by the layer of weathered sand. Summer, in the scorching sunlight, the heat wave the red rock, purple-red clouds shrouded transpiration, hot air rising, red sandstone sparkling light, looking like clouds of flames at the burning, hence the name Huoyanshan. Here is the most hot regions, summer temperatures as high as 47 degrees Celsius, is said to peak temperatures of up to 80 degrees Celsius.
, A great poet Cen Shen Tang frontier fortress There is a poem: "volcano towering red booths mouth, thick volcanic May Fire Dragon. Fire Dragon mountain condensate is not opened, the birds thousands of miles can not come." Then a poem that goes: "Volcano in June should be more hot, red booths must pedestrian crossings. "Ming Chen Cheng, a poem, a great poet said:" a blue smoke a red, burning heat of arrogance want to empty. spring is not semi-muddy, such as the summer, who Road West has a serious fire. "
And Huoyanshan barren stark contrast to the ridge which roads lead through the mountain of the valley, ditch most of springs gurgling, tree-lined, narrow roads lead to the formation of an oasis. The most famous river valley when the number of Grape Valley, in addition to wood ditch, W Jinkou ditch, Subas ditch, Lianmuqin ditch.
On the Flaming Mountains and Grape Valley, where Uighurs are also folk legends, the story to the effect that: Tianshan a dragon, designed to eat the Boys & Girls, brave youth, and Cho Ha La pitched battle dragons seven days and nights will eventually Nielong chop near seven Kadoi , and its hacked seven-segment, today's Huoyanshan is a blood-stained body into the dragons, the chops and turned it into the mouth of the blood of the Grape Valley, wood turning a clean ditch. Silk Road Turpan Museum of Art, there is now Kazakhstan, and Cho La clay like.
Flaming Mountains is located in the northern edge of the Turpan Basin. Ancient known as "yama", Uygur language called "kyzyl Le Tage" Hongshan¡³ ¡²means, from a red sandstone structure, the east Piqan County Blue River Shahe, Turpan Sinopodophyllum west ditch, forming a red Dragons, east-west, lying in the Turpan Basin, the length of 98 km, 9 km from north to south. General height of 500 meters or so, the peak in the Tu Yugou Piqan County near the elevation of 831.7 meters.
        Huoyanshan is the eastern Tianshan Mountains Bogda mountain slope with a short pre-folds, formed in the Himalayas during the campaign. Rudiments of mountains formed 1.4 billion years ago ago, the basic landscape pattern was formed 1.41 billion years ago before going through a long geological years, crossed the Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary geological era a few.