Top ten tourist attractions in Turpan

The top ten tourist attractions in Turpan include: Gaochang Ancient City, Jiaohe Ancient City, Aydin Lake, Flame Mountain, Shashan Park, Karez B&B Park, Turpan Museum, Kumtag Desert, Grape Valley, Tuyu Goumazha Village.

1. Gaochang Ancient City

Gaochang Ancient City is located near the location of Huoyanshan Township, about 46 kilometers east and south of Turpan City. Gaochang City went through changes of more than 1,300 years, including Gaochang County, Gaochang Kingdom, Xizhou, Uighur Gaochang, and Huozhou, and was destroyed by war in the 14th century AD.

2. Jiaohe Ancient City

Jiaohe Ancient City is located in Yaer Township, about 13 kilometers west of Turpan City. During the Western Han Dynasty, it was the capital of the "Cheshiqian Kingdom". In the Tang Dynasty, it was Jiaohe County under the jurisdiction of Xizhou. The "Anxi Protectorate", the highest military and political institution of the Tang Dynasty stationed in the Western Regions, was once located here.

3. Lake Aiding

Aiding Lake is the "basin floor" of the Turpan Basin, about 40 kilometers south of Turpan City. The lake basin is about 40 kilometers long from east to west, about 8 kilometers wide from north to south, and covers an area of ??about 152 square kilometers. The lake surface is 154.43 meters below the sea level of the Yellow Sea, second only to the Dead Sea in Jordan (-392 meters), and is known as the second land lowland in the world.

4. Flame Mountain

The Flame Mountain is located 10 kilometers northeast of Turpan City, running east-west, 98 kilometers long and 9 kilometers wide, with the main peak at an altitude of 831.7 meters. In "Journey to the West", there is a story about Sun Wukong borrowing a banana fan to extinguish the fire in Huoyan Mountain, making Huoyan Mountain famous all over the world.

5. Shashan Park

Shashan Park is located in Pizhan Township, Shanshan County, close to Shanshan County on the north side, with an average altitude of 300m. Shashan Park uses library wood A park established in the special environment of the oasis contact zone on the northern edge of the Tagg Desert has begun to take shape since its establishment in 1990.

6. Karez Folk Park

The main business projects of the folk park include ancient karez, karez museum, ethnic song and dance restaurants, residential hotels, vineyards and shopping malls. It is a tourist attraction integrating catering and accommodation, ethnic singing and dancing, leisure vacation, sightseeing and shopping. Since the completion and opening of Karez, 15 million yuan has been invested in the construction of Karez Hotel, Karez Museum, Karez Ethnic Restaurant, etc.

7. Turpan Museum

The Turpan Museum is a miniature encyclopedia that understands the society, politics, military, economy, and culture of Turpan in the past dynasties. The entire exhibition is divided into three parts: the exhibition hall of cultural relics unearthed from the Turpan area, the exhibition hall of ancient corpses unearthed from the Turpan area, and the exhibition hall of giant rhinoceros fossils.

8. Kumtag Desert

Kumtag Desert is one of the few deserts in the world that is in close contact with the city. It is also the Kumtag Desert alongside Tianchi and Bosten Lake. Ge Desert is one of the three national key scenic spots in Xinjiang.

9. Grape Valley

Turpan Grape Valley is a national 5A-level scenic spot and the peach blossom garden of Huozhou. It runs north-south, with a total length of about 8 kilometers and a width of 2 kilometers from east to west, with the Grape River crossing the middle. Grapes are widely planted in the ditch, which is lush and green. There are complete varieties of grapes. It can be said to be a museum of the grape family.

10. Tuyugou Mazar Village

Tuyugou Mazar Village has completely preserved the ancient Xinjiang traditions and folk customs. They have inherited the ancient habit of building houses with loess for more than 2,000 years, and the buildings are all made of loess. Economical, warm in winter and cool in summer, and beautiful in shape, it has typical ancient national characteristics.