Embark on a road trip to Wumeng Prairie Xinjiang Populus euphratica scenic spot ushered in the golden season of tourism

Xinhuanet, Urumqi, September 24 (Reporter Liu Bing) In September, the Populus euphratica forests in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are full of autumn colors. Populus euphratica scenic spots such as Lem and Yiwu in Xinjiang have held tourism festivals with Populus euphratica as the theme to welcome the arrival of the golden tourism season of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.

In Rem Kazakh Autonomous County, located in the eastern Junggar Basin, the local government will hold the "First Horse Racing Conference and Populus euphratica Tourism and Culture Festival" on September 25. In addition to sightseeing and photography activities in the Populus euphratica forest, there will also be horse racing with ethnic characteristics, songs and dances by the Akan Ayites of Kazakhstan, thousands of people gliding on the Mingsha Mountain, and the kiness "World's Loudest Mingsha Mountain" award ceremony.

Rem Kazakh Autonomous County is located in the northeastern part of Xinjiang, about 160 kilometers away from the county seat. There is a Populus euphratica forest covering an area of ??about 35 square kilometers. There are about 30,000 Populus euphratica trees in the Populus euphratica forest base, most of which are more than 200 years old. The "ancestral tree" found here in Shanxi, a tourist attraction, has a diameter of 3.1 meters and is known as the "King of Populus euphratica in the world."

On September 28, Yiwu County will hold the "China Xinjiang International Populus euphratica Festival and the Second Yiwu County Populus Populus Festival". Activities include the awarding ceremony for Yiwu Populus euphratica Scenic Area to be awarded the national 4a-level scenic spot, thousands of people strolling through Populus euphratica forest, root carving exhibition, photo exhibition, melon competition, melon tasting competition, melon eating competition, etc. Populus euphratica forest in Yiwu County is located 10 kilometers east of Naomaohu Town, Yiwu County, covering an area of ??476,000 acres. In recent years, the local government has invested nearly 50 million yuan in the construction of a 4a-level Populus euphratica forest scenic spot.

Populax euphratica first appeared in the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. It is known as a living fossil of ancient tree species. Because it grows in the Gobi Desert, it is resistant to salt and alkali and wind and sand. "It can survive for a thousand years, survive for a thousand years after death, and last for a thousand years." It is known as the "Hero Tree". At present, Populus euphratica forests are mainly distributed in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and the Hexi Corridor in my country.