纪录片《美丽中国》 第53期 风雪塞外（13）（在线收听）

Here, our journey heads northwards

我们深入中国北地

into one of China's wildest places

原始地区的旅程开始了

Leaving Kashgar and the Silk Road behind

离开了喀什和丝绸之路

we travel into the Tianshan

我们一路来到天山

or heavenly mountains.

或称天国之山

This great mountain range defines the border

这座伟岸的山脉坐落于

between China's most northwestern province

中国最西北省区

and neighboring Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

与塔吉克斯坦和吉尔吉斯斯坦的边境交汇处

Its majestic peaks are nearly as high as the Himalayas

他的宏伟顶峰几乎逼近喜马拉雅山巅峰

Forming a natural great wall

形成了一座天然长城

For much of the year it's bound up in ice

尽管常年冰雪覆盖

But the glacial melt water allows evergreen forests to grow

但她的冰川融水却为常绿森林的成长提供了丰足的水源

a far cry from the desert south of here

与南部沙漠遥相呼应

These mountains are the gateway

这些山脉成为了

to some of China's most surprising people and places

深入中国最神奇居民和他们家园的关口