Red Mountain is the symbol of Urumqi city. It is a folded fault mountain, standing abruptly in the center of the city, because the mountain is mainly composed of Permian purplish red gravel, so the name Red Mountain. It is separated from the Urumqi River and the Yamalik Mountain in the west. The mountain is oriented east-west, and the main peak is 1,391 meters above sea level. Whenever morning and evening, the rock wall reflects the sun, red light glittering, hence the name. Because the head of the mountain is like a tiger, extraordinary momentum, the craggy rock color red, so it is also known as "tiger head mountain", "red mountain mouth". Red Mountain and the opposite less than a kilometer away from the Yamalik Mountain (commonly known as the Demon Mountain) facing each other. Below the mountain, the Urumqi River runs north and south. Legend has it that the Red Mountain is a red dragon flying in the pool of heaven, landed into a mountain rock, but still restless slowly climbed to the Yamalik Mountain, if the two mountains once together, the Urumqi River is blocked, the city will be turned into a sea of zephyr. So, in 1788, Urumqi, Urumqi, Shangan (a superstitious Manchu local officials), they ordered in the two "dragon" head to build a nine-stage brick "Zhenlongbao". One of the tower on the top of the red mountain survives to this day, while the tower on the head of the Yamalik mountain was blown down by the gale more than twenty years ago, only in recent years the new restoration. Qing Jiaqing four years (1799) had built a temple of the Jade Emperor, the temple "Hall lofty, terracotta chalk wall", commonly known as the red temple. The foot of the mountain also built a big Buddha Temple, Beidou Palace, Jizang Temple and other religious buildings. Local officials and people have climbed the red mountain to the east "remote sacrifice" the custom of Bogda. After the war, the above temples were destroyed in the war. Now the top of the temple for the new in recent years.
Second: the second road bridge
In the folk there is "not to the second road bridge, is equal to not to Urumqi" said. Now walk into the Erdaoqiao, as if a colorful picture of folk customs in front of you slowly unfolded.
Here there is a hundred years old market of ethnic specialties - Erdaoqiao Market, the largest Xinjiang folk street in Northwest China that shows the ethnic culture of Xinjiang, and at the same time, there is also an indoor ethnic shopping and exhibition plaza, an indoor ethnic food and dance plaza, an open-air joy plaza, an 80-meter-high sightseeing tower, a sightseeing Qinghua Square, and an indoor shopping and exhibition plaza. There is also the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar which consists of the indoor ethnic commercial shopping exhibition square, indoor ethnic food and dance square, open-air joy square, 80-meter-high sightseeing tower, sightseeing mosque and 500-meter-long pedestrian street.
All of this makes Ji Guangzu, an old man who has lived in the Erdaoqiao area for more than 50 years, feel a lot of emotion. "In the past, this place was a mud road, soil cottage, when it rained, the house often leak." Seventy-year-old Ji Guangzu lives in Jiefang South Road Street, two-way bridge community Sala Temple neighborhood, he said, the former two-way bridge is everywhere bungalows, the only two-story building is the two-way bridge market building. Looking at the current Erdaoqiao, Ji Guangzu old man said: "The change is too big, a lot of places I do not recognize. High-rise buildings, neon flashes, today's Erdaoqiao has Urumqi's most ethnic commercial street, but also reflects the exotic scenery and Xinjiang ethnic minority business operation characteristics of the place.
Three: Water Park
Urumqi Water Park is located in the southern end of the city, is located in the Yan'erwo Natural Scenic Area, covers an area of 1 square kilometers, the green coverage rate of 80%, built in 1987, is a set of tourism, vacation, leisure, amusement, ornamental for the integration of the Northwest five provinces and regions of the largest, the whole of the country's only one set of garden art and entertainment as one of the comprehensive amusement park.
The water park has a unique landscape, pleasant scenery, garden pavilions, small bridges and rivers, pieces of carpet-like green fungus lawn, flowers blossom. On both sides of the road, green trees, flowers and grass. The 180,000 square meters of natural waters, distributed with wild reeds, form a natural ecological wetland. The blue ripples of the water, speedboats, yachts in the water color DaiBei lake through, thousands of meters of the ancient Great Wall, curved and twisted, one end in the depths of the playground, one end of the straight out of the water, commonly known as the "old dragon head" outside the Seychelles. Ethnic architecture is a major feature of the park, three hundred meters of the viewing gallery stands in front of the area, tall and majestic. Reflecting the regional culture of the pavilion, standing by the lake, beautiful and spectacular. Elegant green grass to the lake, mountains, pavilions, corridors connected together, symbolizing the unity of our people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, working together to build a better home confidence.
The water park has nearly 60 amusement facilities of various types, and among the top ten amusement parks in the country, super-large "three rings of the atomic car", 58 meters of the giant "Ferris Wheel", the only one in the country with four super-high combination of the "bungee tower". "bungee tower", "time and space shuttle free tower", international standard go-kart track and unarmed rock climbing, as well as the first large-scale integrated marine aquarium in the northwest, holding up the spine of the park's amusement; snow huts, ancient fortresses and Dai building, windmill building composed of paradise resort for the amusement of Provides a place of leisure; on the south shore of the lake, with Xinjiang's unique grapes, fruit trees, flowers and fruits of the moon garden for the water park constitutes a more beautiful scenery. Today's water park with beautiful scenery, flowers and trees, cultural atmosphere, become an excellent place for Chinese and foreign tourists.
Four: Baiyun Ski Resort
Baiyun Ski Resort - Resort was built in 1997, one of the first four 3S-level ski resorts in Xinjiang. Snow is located in Urumqi County, water ditch town of Dongwan scenic area, 35 kilometers from the center of Urumqi, covering an area of more than 2,000 acres, with two natural ski slopes, a large tow cableway 3, small tow cableway 3. Has a junior, middle, senior and cross-country road 13, snow circle road 6.
V: Salt Lake
The Xinjiang Salt Lake is on the side of the highway from Urumqi to Turpan, only one hour away from the city. Located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the salt lake is 72 kilometers from Urumqi and 12 kilometers from Dabancheng to the east. Brand new small wooden houses and pergolas have been built on the sandy beaches around the lake, and a long, newly repaired wooden trestle bridge leads into the depths of the Salt Lake.
The salt lake covers an area of 37 square kilometers and the area arranged to float on the lake is a salt pit of about 3 square kilometers. There are abundant surface water resources near the salt lake, 10 kilometers northwest of the lake is a larger than the salt lake area of Chaiwabao freshwater lake, they belong to different water systems, but the water within the strata seems to be connected.
The Xinjiang Salt Lake and the Dead Sea in the Middle East have almost the same high buoyancy, but the composition of the lake water is different. The Dead Sea's main ingredient is magnesium chloride, followed by rock salt, while the Xinjiang Salt Lake's main ingredient is mannite, followed by rock salt. The rich salt content of the Salt Lake can make a person float on the water without sinking.
Precautions:
To the salt lake water, can be different from the general swimming, the body can not have any wounds, otherwise it will be brine "kill" unbearable pain. Salt Lake brine concentration is high, in order to prevent harm to the body, in addition to swimming clothes and pants, but also must have three things: earplugs, nose clip, glasses. This is to prevent the brine on the inner ear, nasal cavity and eye irritation.
Xinjiang is a beautiful and mysterious place, where the regional customs not only has a rich tourism value also has a high human value, Turpan grapes, Hami melon, Korla's pear, crispy and crispy naan, lamb kebabs, rice, etc. you taste; and Dasan City, a beautiful girl for you to sing for you to dance; in the prairie of Ili ride; go to Devil's Castle, go to the Grand Canyon, go to the Flame of the Princess! Tomb, to the Grand Canyon, to the Flaming Mountain ------