乌尔禾风城，又称魔鬼城，是典型的雅丹地貌区域，位于新疆维吾尔自治区准噶尔盆地西北边缘的佳木河下游乌尔禾矿区，呈西北、东西走向，截至2016年09月17日，长宽约在5公里以上，方圆约10平方公里，地面海拔350米左右。
白垩纪时，乌尔禾风城是一个巨大的淡水湖泊，经过两次大的地壳变动，湖泊变成了间夹着砂岩和泥板岩的陆地瀚海，地质学上称它为“戈壁台地”[1]。乌尔禾风城景区内主要景点有灯光亮化夜游、油田体验区、七剑下天山、卧虎藏龙拍摄地、魔鬼夫妻等。
据考察，大约一亿多年前的白垩纪时，这里是一个巨大的淡水湖泊，湖岸生长着茂盛的植物，水中栖息繁衍着乌尔禾剑龙、蛇颈龙、恐龙、准噶尔翼龙和其它远古动物，这里是一片水族欢聚的“天堂”，后来经过两次大的地壳变动，湖泊变成了间夹着砂岩和泥板岩的陆地瀚海，地质学上称它为“戈壁台地”。
关于魔鬼城有一段神奇的传说。传说这里原来是一座雄伟的城堡，城堡里的男人英俊健壮，城堡里的女人美丽而善良，城堡里的人们勤于劳作，过着丰衣足食的无忧生活。然而，伴随着财富的聚积，邪恶逐渐占据了人们的心灵。他们开始变得沉湎于玩乐与酒色，为了争夺财富，城里到处充斥着尔虞我诈与流血打斗，每个人的面孔都变得狰狞恐怖。天神为了唤起人们的良知，化作一个衣衫褴褛的乞丐来到城堡。天神告诉人们，是邪恶使他从一个富人变成乞丐，然而乞丐的话并没有奏效，反而遭到了城堡里的人们的辱骂和嘲讽。天神一怒之下把这里变成了废墟，城堡里所有的人都被压在废墟之下。每到夜晚，亡魂便在城堡内哀鸣，希望天神能听到他们忏悔的声音。
Northwest of the Junggar Basin is the Wuerhe (also "Urho") region, where there is a unique wind-eroded geological feature commonly referred to as "wind city" because of the frequently howling winds. Due to its eeriness, it is also commonly referred to as "Ghost City". At night, strong wind blowing, sand flying and stones rolling, make frightful and dreaded sounds. The native Mongolian people call it "Sulumuhak," while the local Kazakh people name it "Shytirkrsi," and both names have the same meaning - Ghost Castle.
The Wuerhe Ghost City, also known as the "Wuerhe Wind City", is located 100km northeast of Karamay City, against the Halahlat Mountain, covering an area of about 30sqkm. Geologically it belongs'to the Permian period. The city is in the shape of ahorse shoe and there is only one through path. The weathered rocks are in various forms and shapes,such as the towering stone mushrooms, stone bamboo shoots, stone pavilions, stone columns, wide streets, narrow lanes and caves cutting down to the rocks, lively shape of birds, animals, fishes and human bodies, which really spark one's imagination.
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