火焰山这座古今闻名的神奇山岭,既是储藏能源的宝库,也是冶炼人生的熔炉。上世纪50年代我有幸在那里参加石油勘探,经历了一段激情燃烧的岁月,刚从学校出来步入人生的起点,就接受了火焰的洗礼。时光流逝,往事如烟。回忆当年那如火如荼的野外生活情景,令人终生难忘。虽然相隔整整半个世纪,但火焰山那灼热亮丽的红光,至今还在心头闪耀。那是1955年夏天,我由西北大学地质系毕业,响应祖国的召唤奔赴大西北,被分配到新疆石油公司地调处。小时候就听人传说火焰山是唐僧西天取经路过的地方,这次我们能 Flaming Mountain, the ancient and famous magic mountain, is both a treasure trove of energy storage, smelting life furnace. I was lucky enough to participate in oil exploration there in the 1950s. After a period of passion and burning, I just came out of school and entered the beginning of life and accepted the flame’s baptism. Time goes by, the past is like smoke. Memories of wild life scene that year, it is unforgettable. Although separated by a full half a century, but Flaming Mountain that bright red hot glitter, still in my heart shine. That was the summer of 1955, I graduated from the Department of Geology of Northwestern University, in response to the summons of the motherland went to the Great Northwest, was assigned to the Xinjiang Oil Company to mediate. When I was young, I heard people say that Flaming Mountain is the place where the monk passed by.