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Xinjiang Overview
About Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the west of China is a vast and mysterious land. Muslims are majority and the way of life and landscapes don't make you think you are in China at all! Take the Xinjiang tour off the beaten path following the ancient Silk Road with endless flat dry landscape, you will visit many abandoned ruins of old city that flourished when the route was still in use.
All the oasis towns in Xinjiang are great to visit, such as Turpan, Urumqi, with the Heavenly Lake Tianchi, beautiful old mosques, interesting bazaar, abundant donkey carts, the grape-vine lined streets，the "grape valley" with 40 different kinds of raisins, melons and featured local handicrafts. Xinjiang is an ethnic melting pot. The mixture of Chinese and Uigur culture impressed visitors much. You can be invited to visit a Uigur home, dine with the grape family and enjoy a display of traditional Uigur dancing and singing. Everything is lively, making visitors marvel at the incredibly harmonious co-existence between man and nature as well as various religions and culture.
Xinjiang Attractions
Totally 4 attractions
Heavenly Lake - Urumqi
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The breathtaking Tianchi
( Lake of Heaven )
The breathtaking Lake of Heaven is definitely worth exploration. Some travellers intend to visit for a couple of days and end up staying for weeks in lakeside yurts. There are many local Kazak families.
Idigar Mosque - Kashgar
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Id Kah Mosque ( Idigar Mosque )
Idigar ( Aitika) Mosque is China's largest mosque, and able to hold 6,000 worshippers. On religious feast days, up to 50,000 worshipper come for Friday prayer.
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A local woman in the Grape Valley
According to the investigation, the Xinjiang grape altogether has more than 50 varieties. Especially in Turfan, everywhere is planting the grape, accounts for the entire boundary grape sown area above 90%, simply has become "grape's kingdom".
Karez Well - Turpan
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Karez Well: the sub-
terranean canal system
In an ancient and fantastic underground irrigation system - the Karez wells - snowmelt from the mountains is channelled to the oasis over long distances underground ( to prevent the water from evaporting) using the force of gravity.
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Rolling Xinjiang Travel News
* Construction of Second Desert Road in Xinjiang Accelerated
* Kashi Airport to Extend in October
* Shrinking glaciers in Xinjiang sound climate warming alarms
