"These desert sculpture images vividly spread the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and sand, show the blending and promotion of culture, art and ecological civilization, and give people a strong artistic infection and profound ideological enlightenment." Lv Genshun, a tourist from Tianshui, Gansu, said that the desert sculpture has become a cultural and artistic landmark branded with the spirit of Minqin, which makes the desert glow with new vitality, highlights the powerful shock of the combination of art and ecology, and brings unprecedented visual impact and enjoyment to tourists.
"Appreciating sculptures and celebrating the New Year in the desert has become a New Year custom, a new normal and a new fashion." Li Rong, director of Minqin County Cultural Tourism Service Center, said that more than 100 sculptures made stunning appearances, which witnessed a miracle of turning "sand" into gold from scratch and built the world's first international creation base for desert sculptures. Friends from all corners of the country heard the news and came in an endless stream, feeling the achievements of Minqin's ecological environment management and witnessing the achievements of Minqin's ecological civilization construction.
Minqin County is located in the northeast of Hexi Corridor, downstream of Shiyang River Basin, surrounded by Badain Jaran and Tengger Desert in the east, west and north. For half a century, the local people persisted in fighting against sandstorms, which gave birth to the ecological miracle of "sand oasis, oasis and blue sea" and condensed Minqin's spirit of "diligence, tenacity, building barriers and keeping oases forever". Here, deserts, rivers, wetlands and Gobi complement each other, and the special geographical location has created unique natural scenery and peculiar topography, which is known as the pearl on the plug.
In recent years, Minqin County, based on its own resources, insisted on scientific prevention and use of sand, made use of the natural scenery and unique desert customs of Saibei, adhered to the win-win concept of "One Belt, One Road" cooperation, and built a "Silk Road Dream" with "sand" as the medium, and held three consecutive international creative camps for desert sculpture, vividly spreading the harmony between man and sand with brand-new ecological concepts, cultural symbols and artistic styles. The vast desert has become a continent for artistic, ecological and cultural tourism, and the reputation of "China Minqin Desert Art Capital" has spread all over the world.
According to statistics, during the 20021Spring Festival holiday, Minqin Desert Sculpture Museum received 27,500 tourists, with a maximum of 8,000 in a single day.