Journey to the West: Making a Topographic Map of Flaming Mountain

Answer 1

To create a map of the Flaming Mountain in Journey to the West, the following points could be taken into consideration:

** 1. Relationship between geographical location and surrounding areas **
1. The Flaming Mountain was located in the middle of the Turpan Basin, with a total length of 98 kilometers and a width of 9 kilometers from north to south. To the north was the Turpan Basin, where Lake Aiding was 154.31 meters below sea level. The Flaming Mountain range connected the two ancient cities of Turpan and Shanshan from west to east. It was like a red dragon lying on the east side of Tianshan Mountain.
2. In the Flaming Mountain scenic area, there were scenic spots such as the underground palace of 9,000 square meters. There were cultural corridors, Gaochang Celebrity Pavilion, geography and culture hall, circular exhibition hall, etc. From the underground palace, one could see the strange word door in the distance. There were also tourist attractions such as desert motorcycles and armored vehicles, as well as special geographical indicators such as the zero-meter line above sea level.

** 2. Topographic features **
1. Huoyan Mountain was a short fold in the front of the southern slope of Bogda Mountain in the eastern part of Tianshan Mountain. It was formed during the Himalayan orogenic movement. The average height of the mountain was about 500 meters. The highest peak was near Tuyugou in Shanshan County, with an altitude of 812 meters.
2. The entire mountain was made of red sandstones, and the surface was covered with a large amount of red sandstones and shales. There was very little vegetation. The terrain of the Flaming Mountain was a folded structure. The current Flaming Mountain scenic area might only be a small part of the Flaming Mountain range (like a dragon), such as the dragon's chin. On the other hand, the landscape on the back of the Flaming Mountain was even richer. When the road was built along the mountain, there was a tall Flaming Mountain on one side, a narrow river valley on the other side, and a mountain peak as high as the Flaming Mountain on the other side of the river valley. There was a horizontal diagonal at the top of the mountain (the result of weathering), and there were vertical gullies (traces of flowing water) starting from the hillside. Many valleys were left in the belly of the Flaming Mountain due to the fracture of the earth's crust and the cutting of the river. The valleys were covered with greenery and the scenery was beautiful. It was suitable for plants, especially grapes, to grow.

** 3. Special Landmarks and Scenic Spots **
1. In the core area of the Flaming Mountain scenic area stood a 12-meter-high, 0.65-meter-diameter surface thermometer that could measure up to 100 degrees Celsius. It looked like Sun Wukong's Golden Cudgel.
2. In the scenic area, there were embossed cultural corridors that displayed the story of the eighty-one difficulties of the Western Heaven, Gaochang Celebrity Pavilion (with statues of famous people such as Xuanzang), the Hall of Geography and Culture (with a miniature sand table of the whole picture of the Flaming Mountain), the circular exhibition hall (with a gold-cudgel-shaped thermometer), as well as the bronze statues of the four masters and disciples, the iron fan princess, and the statue of the Bull Demon King.

Based on the above geographical information, the topographic map could be drawn through professional drawing software (such as arcsis, autocao, etc.) or drawing tools (such as Adobe Illustrator, etc.). The map must accurately represent the direction of the mountain range, the height of the mountain peak, the location of special landmarks and scenic spots, and other information. At the same time, different colors could be used to distinguish different types of landforms (such as red representing the body of the flaming mountain, etc.).
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