What are the famous tourist attractions in Xinjiang?

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is world-famous as the land of singing and dancing, the land of melons and fruits, and the land of gold and jade. It is located in the middle of the Eurasian continent and the northwest of the motherland, covering an area of ??1.66 million square kilometers, accounting for one-sixth of China's territory. Xinjiang has a vast territory, rich resources, magnificent mountains and rivers, boundless sea, ancient sites everywhere, numerous ethnic groups and strange folk customs. Tourism resources are extremely rich. There are 68 types of tourism resources in the country, and Xinjiang has 56 types, accounting for 83% of the country’s tourism resource types. Xinjiang has more than 1,100 scenic spots, ranking first in the country. In this vast land, glaciers and snow ridges and the vast sea of ????Gobi are growing. The plateau landscape is contained in the Tianshan Mountains, Altai Mountains, Kunlun Mountains and other world-famous mountains. There are numerous snow-covered glaciers, majestic peaks, flying springs and waterfalls, and rare and exotic animals. To the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the vast rivers, mountains and sea are majestic and ever-changing. The mirror-like mountain lakes set off the endless forest sea, and the oasis on the edge of the desert is cut off by the Gobi. There are criss-crossing roads, fragrant flowers and fruits, and singing on stringed drums, which are full of poetry and painting. There is the world’s second highest peak at 8,600 meters above sea level and the lowest depression in China at 154 meters below sea level. There is a river flowing thousands of miles away, vast tracts of blue grassland, and the bizarre Gobi fantasy and mysterious desert wonders. The well-preserved original flora and fauna populations show the true nature of the unique nature.

The natural scenery of Xinjiang and the long-standing culture of the Western Regions combine to form a unique and charming cultural landscape in western China. The famous ancient city of Loulan and Gaochang was once the capital of the kingdom on the ancient Silk Road. Its numerous grottoes and Thousand Buddha Cave shine with the brilliance of ancient Western culture. A large number of rock carvings and numerous ancient tombs in primitive society are the imprints of life left by our ancestors. The rich historical relics add deep connotation and unique color to Xinjiang's natural scenery.

Xinjiang is another real and open folk custom "museum". Due to different cultural and historical backgrounds, different religious beliefs and different settlement areas, the thirteen ethnic groups have formed their own unique cultural customs. The blend of these humanistic customs and unique natural landscapes makes Xinjiang full of novelty and mystery.

There are Altai Mountains in the north of Xinjiang, and Kunlun Mountains, Karakoram Mountains and Altun Mountains in the south. The Tianshan Mountains, as a symbol of Xinjiang, traverse the central part of the country, forming the Tarim Basin in the south and the Junggar Basin in the north. The area south of the Tianshan Mountains is called Southern Xinjiang, the area north of the Tianshan Mountains is called Northern Xinjiang, and Hami and Turpan Basin are called Eastern Xinjiang.

The snow and glaciers of the three major mountain ranges in Xinjiang have formed more than 500 rivers, which are distributed in the basins in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The larger ones include the Tarim River, Ili River, Irtysh River, and Mana River. There are more than 20 rivers including Si River, Ulungu River and Kaidu River. On both sides of many rivers, there are countless oases, pastoral streets, villages and towns facing each other, and the scenery outside the Great Wall is full of "ten miles of peach blossoms and thousands of willows". This is the main base for people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to carry out their livelihood activities from generation to generation. Xinjiang has many lakes with beautiful natural landscapes, with a total area of ??9,700 square kilometers, accounting for more than 0.6% of the total area of ??Xinjiang. Among them are the famous ten lakes Bosten Lake, Lake Aibi, Brento Sea, and Ayageku. Li Lake, Sailim Lake, Aqigkule Lake, Whale Lake, Jili Lake, Aksayi Lake and Aisiman Lake.

Xinjiang’s continuous snow ridges and numerous ice peaks have formed unique large glaciers, with a total of more than 18,600 glaciers and a total area of ??more than 24,000 square kilometers, accounting for 10% of the country’s glacier area. 42%, with ice reserves of 258 million cubic meters, making it Xinjiang's natural "solid reservoir". Large deserts account for 2/3 of the country's desert area, of which the Taklimakan Desert covers an area of ??336,700 square kilometers. It is the largest desert in my country and the second largest mobile desert in the world, second only to the Rub' al Khali Desert on the Arabian Peninsula. The Gurbantunggut Desert in the Junggar Basin covers an area of ??48,000 square kilometers and is the second largest desert in my country. The desert contains rich oil, gas and mineral resources.

The land of Xinjiang is rich and beautiful, vast and magical; the people here are hospitable, generous and enthusiastic, but also simple and friendly; this is the kingdom of poets, the treasure house of painters, and the paradise of historians. A tourist paradise!

There are 47 ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, including 13 main ethnic groups. Their eating habits are different, creating countless delicacies and snacks in Xinjiang. Their unique cooking methods and eating habits are unique in the world's food culture!

Be sure to try the local roasted whole lamb, as well as the real Xinjiang mutton skewers, lamb meat and hand rice.

The staple food in Xinjiang is mainly pasta. The more common local food is called "Nang", which is apricot yellow, thick around the edges and thin in the middle. There are varieties such as sesame naan, meat naan, layered naan, and gram naan. It is a kind of cake made by mixing flour with fermented dough, kneading the dough with light salt water, and baking it. When making it, numerous small holes are poked in the thin part of the bottom of the naan heart, and it is attached to the wall of the naan pit and simmered. After ten minutes, the crispy and delicious "naan" will be out of the pan. This kind of "naan" can be kept for a long time. Therefore, many tourists bring this kind of food back to Xinjiang to taste it.

Due to the long sunshine time in Xinjiang, the fruits here are sweeter than those in other places. Therefore, Turpan’s grapes and cantaloupe are even more famous at home and abroad.

Xinjiang Food

Roast mutton, roasted whole lamb, thin-skinned steamed buns, grilled steamed buns, fragrant naan soup, pulled strips

Hand-picked meat, horse breasts, smoked horse intestines Oil dumplings, oil tarts and braised pork

Kuqa noodle soup, stuffed leather dumplings, oil dumplings, Parmu milk tea, horse milk milk wine

Traveling to Xinjiang, accommodation in Urumqi, various autonomous prefectures, and autonomous counties It is not a problem in major cities and counties. The hotels range from high-end foreign-related star hotels to ordinary hotels with complete facilities and convenient transportation. There are also many hotels and guest houses.

In Turpan, there are vineyards around the hotel, which have a unique style, such as Turpan Hotel, Oasis Hotel, etc.

In Yili, which is "south of the Yangtze River beyond the Great Wall", all hotels have beautiful environments and good facilities, such as Friendship Hotel and Hulejia Hotel.

The hotels in Kashgar are well-developed, with modern facilities and strong local ethnic characteristics, such as the Nivak Hotel and the China-Pakistan Friendship House, which features Pakistani cuisine. Affordable guest houses can also be found everywhere, with prices ranging from 25 yuan to 50 yuan.

There are many sparsely populated areas in Xinjiang where accommodation is inconvenient. Some places not only have no hotels or guest houses, but also no residents. They only have their own cars and other means of transportation and tents.

The terrain in Xinjiang varies greatly. There is Lake Edin in Turpan, the second-lowest depression in the world after the Dead Sea in Jordan, and Mount Khogri, the second-highest peak in the world after Mount Everest.

Xinjiang has numerous inland rivers, mountains and flat lakes, as well as countless hot springs, gas springs and glaciers. Climbing mountains and overlooking desert oases, hilly wilderness, grasslands and forests, ice peaks and snow ridges, and lake basins are all vivid in your mind. In the vast grassland, wild flowers are colorful, cattle and sheep are fat, and the grassland scenery is picturesque.

In Xinjiang, you can not only enjoy the world-famous Yadan landform, wind-eroded mushrooms, caves, stone forests, but also unique natural landscapes such as mirages in the desert and the roar of flying sand. And there are countless rare desert animals and plants for tourists to watch.

Xinjiang’s cultural tourism resources are also uniquely charming. The “Silk Road” runs across Xinjiang. The ruins on the ancient road, such as Gaochang Ancient City, Loulan Ancient Ruins, Hami King’s Tomb, Xiangfei Tomb, etc., are worth visiting. Condolences. Coupled with the strong ethnic customs and sweet fruits of the four seasons, it is indeed a desirable tourist paradise.

There are 236 ancient cultural sites, ancient tombs, ancient buildings, ancient cave temples (Thousand Buddha Cave), stone carvings and modern memorial buildings with historical, artistic and scientific research value in Xinjiang, 10 of which are listed It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. There are 16 Buddhist Thousand Buddha Caves, more than 550 relatively complete caves, thousands of cultural relics sites, and 22 nature reserves. In addition, the discovery of Altay rock art gallery and Junggar dinosaur fossils has attracted the attention of experts and scholars at home and abroad.

Xinjiang has developed transportation, forming a three-dimensional transportation hub with aviation, railways and highways centered on Urumqi and radiating to the surrounding areas.

Aviation Xinjiang is the province with the longest aviation routes and the most terminals in China, including Urumqi, Kashgar, Hotan, Aksu, Kuqa, Korla, Qiemo, Yining, Altay, Karamay, Tacheng and Fu Yundu has an airport. Among them, Urumqi has flights to all parts of the country.

Railways Xinjiang has built three railways, namely the 1,892-kilometer Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway (Lanzhou-Urumqi), the 1,446-kilometer Southern Xinjiang Railway (Turpan-Korla-Kashgar), the 460-kilometer The western section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway (Urumqi-Alashankou), in particular the western section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway, connects my country with the European continent, forming a transportation trunk line from Lianyungang, Jiangsu in the east to Rotterdam in the Netherlands in the west, promoting the connection between Xinjiang and Xinjiang. Economic and trade exchanges and the development of international tourism among the CIS, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East and other countries.

Highways Xinjiang’s highway network extends in all directions, and all 86 counties and cities in the region are connected by highways. Its main highways are the Wuyi Highway, the Uqa Highway, the western section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Highway, the China-Pakistan Highway, and the Tianshan-Duku Highway. , Kui Highway; in 1995, the 520-kilometer-long highway through the Taklimakan Desert was also completed and opened to traffic. The three provincial highways, Lanzhou-Xinjiang, Qingxin-Xinjiang and Xinjiang-Tibet, are the main transportation roads between Xinjiang and neighboring provinces and regions. In addition, 25 international passenger and freight transport lines have been opened between Xinjiang and neighboring countries such as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. Usually when traveling to Xinjiang, you first go to Urumqi, and then take other means of transportation to go to various destinations.

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Xinjiang has been known as the "Land of Song and Dance" since ancient times. All ethnic groups are good at singing and dancing, and along with the Silk Road Along with the sound of camel bells on the road, Xinjiang songs and dances spread to Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Central Asia, West Asia and even Europe.

At present, the art industry in Xinjiang is developing rapidly. Qiuci music and dance, Gaochang music and dance, Shule music and dance, Yizhou music and dance and Yuebanyue of the Xiongnu people north of the Tianshan Mountains are all music and dance treasures seen in the annals of history.

Aksuba Yingoleng

Bortala Changji

Karamay Turpan

Urumqi Altay

Shihezi Silk Road

Tacheng Yili

Hami Hotan

Kashgar Kizilsu

Korla