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A Brief Introduction to Tourism in Xinjiang
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Local Feature 1 of Xinjiang: The Ancient Silk Road
The Silk Road was an internationally significant historical passage that connected ancient Chinese, Indian, Persian, Arab, and ancient Greek and Roman cultures, facilitating exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations. This ancient route, starting from Chang’an (today’s Xi’an) in the ancient capital of China in the east and reaching the eastern shore of the Mediterranean in the west, passes through Xinjiang for half of its length. Therefore, Xinjiang is a place where Eastern and Western cultures converge, leaving behind many historical relics.
Along the extended Silk Road in Xinjiang, there remain numerous world-famous passes, castles, grotto temples, tombs, beacon towers, and more. The best-preserved sites are the ancient cities of Gaochang and Jiaohe in the Turpan Basin. In addition, Xinjiang is home to numerous Buddhist cave temples, with the larger ones being the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves, Kizilgaha Thousand Buddha Caves, Senmusem Thousand Buddha Caves, and Bezikerike Thousand Buddha Caves. On the ancient Silk Road, the most fascinating site is undoubtedly the ancient city of Loulan. Located in the northwest corner of Lop Nur, it was the throat of the southern route of the Silk Road and once thrived with commercial travel; today, only the ancient city site buried by shifting sands remains.
Local specialty 2 of Xinjiang: Homeland of Fruits and Vegetables
A Xinjiang folk song says, “The grapes of Turpan and the melons of Hami, the fragrant pears of Korla are praised by everyone, and the pomegranates of Yecheng are the best”, which describes the four famous fruits of Xinjiang and its reputation as the Homeland of Fruits and Vegetables.
Xinjiang is a renowned “Homeland of Fruits and Vegetables”, with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables of excellent quality. Fresh and dried fruits are available throughout the year in the market, such as pomegranates, grapes, figs, apricot kernels, apricots, mulberries, flat peaches, pears, pistachios, walnuts, seabuckthorns, Kashi melons, Hami melons, and others.
Local specialty 3 of Xinjiang: Unique Landforms
Xinjiang is rich in natural tourism resources, with a vast territory and diverse landscapes.
The Pamirs, Kunlun Mountains, Tianshan Mountains, and Altai Mountains stand tall against the blue sky, covered in snow; the Tarim and Junggar basins are vast and flat, seemingly endless; the geographical environments of numerous intermountain basins and valleys are even more varied: the Ili River valley has abundant precipitation, lush mountains and clear waters, resembling a region south of the Yangtze River; the Erdos Basin is connected by lakes and has abundant water and grass. There is also the world’s second-largest desert, the Taklamakan Desert, known as the “Sea of Death”, and the world’s second-highest peak, K2 (8,611 meters), with a height difference of 8,765 meters from the world’s second-lowest point, Ayding Lake in Turpan (-154 meters). There are a total of 14 peaks over 8,000 meters in the world, with 4 in Xinjiang, and over 20 peaks over 7,000 meters. The mountains are steep and the basins are vast, forming a typical vertical landscape with unique desert, mountaineering, exploration, and tourism conditions, as well as scientific research value.乌尔禾 also has the “Ghost City” with unique wind-erosion landforms that have been shaped over ten thousand years, which is magical and beautiful, full of exotic charm.
In addition, mirages in the desert, mysterious singing sands, the Yadan landforms in the Lop Nur Depression, dinosaur and silicified wood fossils in the Junggar Basin, and desert sunrises and sunsets that resemble a magical realm are all great destinations for tourists seeking adventure and exploring scenic spots.
Local specialty 5 of Xinjiang: Xinjiang Song and Dance
Xinjiang has been known as the “Homeland of Song and Dance” since ancient times. The ethnic groups residing here, such as Uyghur, Kazak, Kirgiz, Tajik, Mongolian, Xibo, Manchu, Uzbek, Tatar, and others, are all skilled in singing and dancing. As early as the Han Dynasty in the second century BC, Yutian music and dance were already introduced to the Central Plains, which had a certain promoting effect on the music and dance art of the Central Plains.
The Kazak people are a nation that loves singing. A Kazak proverb says, “Songs and horses are the wings of the Kazak.” Kazak folk songs are melodious and sonorous, and with the accompaniment of the winter pipa instrument, the atmosphere of the grasslands is particularly strong. Kazak dances are highly rhythmic, with a rugged performance style, often using “shoulder movements”, and adopting the “horse stance” in their footwork.
Kirgiz folk songs have a lively and cheerful rhythm, and their dances are characterized by the “shoulder lift”. In addition, female dances often include the action of blowing a “mouth harp”, which is unique to this ethnicity and not found in other ethnic groups.
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