The 1 Most Worth Traveling Places in Xinjiang

1. Tianshan Tianchi

is located halfway up the hill under Bogda Peak in fukang city, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is a national scenic spot in China and a national AAAAA scenic spot.

The total area of the scenic spot is 16 square kilometers (the planned area is 548 square kilometers), with Tianchi as the center, starting from Shimen in the north, reaching Xuexian in the south, Mayashan in the west and Dadonggou in the east, and there are four complete vertical natural landscape zones.

The main scenic spots are Xiaotianchi, Denggan Mountain, Tianchi North Slope Tourist Area, Liquan Cave and so on.

2. Gaochang Ancient City

Located in the Mutougou River Delta at the southern foot of Huoyan Mountain in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Sanbao Township, more than 4 kilometers east of Turpan City, with a total area of 2 million square meters, it was the central town of Turpan Basin from the Western Han Dynasty to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (1st century BC-14th century AD).

It went through the western Han Dynasty, Gaochangbi, Gaochangjun, Gao Changguo, Xizhou and Gaochang Uighur, and the time span was about 14 years.

The ancient city of Gaochang includes three cities: the outer city, the inner city and Miyagi (Khan Fort). There are a large number of religious architectural sites and palace sites in the city site.

3. Kanas Lake

National AAAAA-level tourist scenic spot, National Geopark, National Forest Park, China Nature Reserve, National Natural Heritage, National Low-carbon Tourism Experimental Zone, the most beautiful lake in China, Kanas Lake, with its snowy peaks and green slopes, is known as "a fairyland on earth and a garden of gods".

Kanas Lake Scenic Area is composed of strange natural landscapes such as mountains, rivers, forests, lakes and grasslands, historical and cultural relics such as ancient rock paintings, and unique folk customs of Mongolian Tuwa people, including Tuojing Bay, Discolored Lake, Wolong Bay, fish-watching platform and other major scenic spots.

4. Bosten Lake

is located in bohu county, southeast of Yanqi Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, and is the largest inland freshwater lake in China.

in may p>214, Bosten lake scenic spot was rated as a national 5A-level scenic spot, becoming the eighth national 5A-level scenic spot in Xinjiang.

5. ghost city

is also called Wuerhe Fengcheng. Located in Wuerhe Mining Area, downstream of Jiamu River on the northwest edge of Junggar Basin in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 1 kilometers southwest of Karamay City. There is a unique wind erosion landform with a strange shape, and the local Mongols call this city "Sulumuhak".

ghost city is northwest and east-west, with a length and width of about 5 kilometers, and Fiona Fang is about 1 square kilometers, with an altitude of about 35 meters.

6. Keketuohai

is located in Fuyun County, Altay region, northern Xinjiang, covering an area of 788 square kilometers, 485 kilometers away from Urumqi and 53 kilometers away from Fuyun County. The scenic spot consists of four parts: Irtysh Grand Canyon, Kekesuli, Lake Iremote and Karashenger earthquake fault zone.

it takes beautiful canyon rivers, rocky woodlands, mineral resources, frigid lakes and strange earthquake fault zones as natural scenery, integrates geological culture, regional characteristics and ethnic customs, and is a large-scale tourist scenic spot with sightseeing, leisure vacation, special tourism (hiking, photography, etc.) and scientific investigation as its main features.

7. Tianshan Grand Canyon

Located in urumqi county, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is 48km away from the urban area. The planned area of the scenic spot is 138 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with an average elevation of 22 meters and an average annual temperature of 4-6℃. It is the most complete and ornamental virgin spruce forest on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountain.

The main scenic spots in Tianshan Grand Canyon include Tianshan Dam Leisure Zone, Zhaobi Mountain Holiday Recreation Zone, Gasdaban Sightseeing Zone, Swan Lake Natural Scenic Zone, Niumao Lake Linhai Songtao Sightseeing Zone, Kazakh National Customs Park, Alpine Grassland Ecological Zone and Snow Mountain Glacier Sightseeing Zone.

8. Flame Mountain

is located in National Highway 312, Gaochang District, Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on the northern edge of Turpan Basin, north of the ancient Silk Road, with an east-west trend.

The Flame Mountain Scenic Area includes natural landscape and human landscape. The underground palace covers an area of 9, square meters, including the Westward Journey Cultural Corridor, the Flame Mountain Geography and Culture Hall, the Gaochang Historical Celebrity Hall, the Giant Thermometer Exhibition Hall, the VR "Flying over the Flame Mountain" Experience Hall, and the leisure shopping center.

9. Sailimu Lake

The provincial-level tourist scenic spot, the fifth batch of national-level scenic spots, is the last place to be visited by the warm and humid air current in the Atlantic Ocean in Xinjiang, and there is a saying that "the last tear in the Atlantic Ocean".

Sailimu Lake Scenic Area * * * is divided into six functional areas, namely, scenic area around the lake, grassland nomadic customs area, ecological landscape conservation area, swan and other rare bird habitat protection area, comprehensive tourism service area and original ecological environment conservation area.

1. The Kuqa Grand Canyon

is located at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, in the north of Kuqa County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, 8 kilometers away from Kuqa County. It is called "Kizil Ya" in Uighur, which means "Red Cliff".

It is more than 2,8 meters above sea level and runs east-west. It is a ground fissure with a depth of more than 5 meters and a length of 5 kilometers. It is known as the "Mystery Canyon" and the "Devil Canyon".

The Kuqa Grand Canyon is one of the ten most beautiful canyons in China, and has been listed as a national geological park.