South Xinjiang and Tibet are separated by only one mountain. There are highland scenery, mysterious canyons comparable to those in the American West, plateaus, glaciers, blue skies and snow-capped mountains, and everywhere is pure and transparent.
South of the border is not affected by snow and ice, in addition to the first three months of the year, the other seasons can come . It has four more months of travel time than the northern border. You can choose a time when you are not busy to come, enjoy the beautiful scenery, taste the exotic folk style, see the culture of the Silk Road, dream back to the Western Region, retrace the ancient trade routes.
Kashi is the epitome of Xinjiang, a major commercial town on the ancient Silk Road, where Chinese and Western cultures mingled and wrote a glorious history.
Into the old city, the streets are crisscrossed with winding paths, every residential house has a strong Xinjiang characteristics, Persian wood carvings, Buddhist lotus pillars, Indian plaster carvings, Russian-style architectural decorations can be seen everywhere, proving that the Indian civilization, the Arabian civilization, the ancient Greek civilization, etc. because of the ancient Silk Road left a deep imprint on the place. The ancient Silk Road has left a deep imprint here.
Walking along the streets and you brush past the faces are exquisite three-dimensional, full of Western style . When you come to Kashgar, you will see a folk dance performance in the Old Town Square, where Xinjiang girls welcome tourists from all over the world with delicate postures and joyful dances, which instantly draws you closer and makes you feel that the people of Xinjiang are very warm and cordial.
In the ancient city of Kashgar, you must go to the Bazaar to experience the market life of the Kashgar people. The handcrafts here are very delicate, rich in national characteristics, pieces of art, the market also has a variety of national musical instruments, most of which are also handmade. The most important thing is that the food here is very rich , grilled whole sheep, grilled lamb kebabs, sac pit barbecue, grilled buns, grilled eggs, sacs, cold yogurt, watermelon, cantaloupe, bright red pomegranate ...... food should have everything, and it is mouth-watering.
There is a beautiful water and grass, and the lake reflects the white sand hills and distant snow-capped mountains, changing colors in the sunlight from time to time, and also real, as beautiful as a jewel. The lake is surrounded by grass and sheep, and the combination of these beauties seems to be like an artistic painting out of the ordinary. It is said that the Liusha River in the Journey to the West is here.
In Baisha Lake, you can see Gonggel Peak, Gonggel Peak at an altitude of 7,719 meters is pyramid-shaped, the whole body is composed of rocky ice and snow, ice peaks sticking straight into the dome of the sky, elegant manners, extraordinary temperament. In Baisha Lake, you can get a glimpse of the majestic Gonger Peak, and then reflected with the Baisha Lake, the scenery is very beautiful.
The reddish-brown mountains are covered with snow, and the sturdy, robust, and broad mountains look like a kind old man wearing a white hat, sitting solemnly on top of the mountains. As the Kunlun Mountains, "the ancestor of the mountains", Moustagh Peak day and night with the Kara Kuri Lake, glaciers and snow-capped mountains reflecting each other, a day can be mapped out in several colors, the scenery is beautiful and incomparable.
Climbers are extremely interested in this, Sven Hedin several times to climb the Moustagh peaks have failed, but the scenery here is unforgettable: When the glacier south of the semicircular arc of the rock wall above the rise of a full moon, I stepped out of the tent into the darkness of the night, intoxicated with this piece of land before my eyes. the most spectacular view I had ever seen in Asia." It wasn't until 1956 that a team of 31 climbers from China and the Soviet Union made the first ascent of Moustagh.
The Wensu Grand Canyon
When you click on the most white part of the map of Xinjiang on Google Earth, and zoom in closer, you'll see a reddish-brown blotch, and as you continue to zoom in closer, you'll see that between the snow-covered mountains and the Gobi wall, you'll find two intersecting canyons, with a wide, reddish alluvial belt. . These two huge winding canyons, as well as its distribution of more than a thousand different forms of branch valleys, this, is the Wensu Grand Canyon.
In the Wensu Grand Canyon in Aksuk, it is mainly composed of two winding canyons, Kuduruk and Ochik. Here you can see the karst landforms, Danxia landforms, Yadan landforms and other geological complexity and uniqueness of the human landscape is very visual impact, known as the Xinjiang "living museum of geological evolution".
Deep valleys, peaks and forests, gentle slopes and cliffs, reflecting each other's interest, as far as the eye can see. There are not too many daily tourists here, so come here and take your time to explore this natural museum.
If you go to South Xinjiang in the fall, be sure to go to the Tarim River to see the poplar forest. In Uyghur, the poplar is called Tokelak, meaning "the most beautiful tree", and the Tarim River is the longest inland river in China, known as the "wild horse without reins", with a total length of 1,321 kilometers. The poplar forest is a typical desert forest and meadow vegetation type in the Tarim River Basin, which is distributed from the upper river valley to the lower river bed. Every autumn, a large area of poplar forest colorful, blue sky, golden leaves, red willow, blue water, the combination of these together, as if a heavy watercolor painting, attracting tourists tend to rush.
Wada
Wada is the oasis in the center of the pendant child. It pillows the Kunlun in the south, lying in the desert in the north, half of the sacred mountains, half of the enchanting basin. Throughout history, the cultures of various countries collide here, exchanges, by some scholars called the Western "Pearl of the Orient".
Here are thousands of miles of grape gallery, the vastness of the desert and the beautiful scenery of the Kunlun Grand Canyon , all the way to the unique scenery, wash your tired mind.