Travel guide of Urumqi

>>The white poplar ditch of west of Nan mountain
The white poplar ditch of west of Nan mountain is the famous summer resort excursion center of south suburb of Urumchi, 75 km from the urban area. The click which belongs to north Tian Mountain draws and becomes the mountain northern foot darkly, is located in the intermediate zone of middle mountain and low mountain, the elevation is 2252 metres, annual rainfall is 500-600 millimetres. Enter the valley of the ditch, only see blue all over the world the hills and mountains are high and steep, cattle and sheep are in groups, the green field of thick forest, the brook is gurgling. The dragon spruce is set off, the yurt is clicked and clicked, small floor one, the scene like the drawn.
On the pasture, in the thick forest, can view and admire picturesque beautiful scenery or rent above one Kazak horse of herdsman play an outstanding role in the broad grassland, or walk in the thick forest depths. Can also view and admire Kazak's herdsman's traditional sport activity horse-racing, hold the sheep, girl to chase . Ditch valley inside have one natural precipice most, above it, one drop more than 40 meters, wide is 2 meter of cliffside waterfalls practise, wave in the wind in vain, urgent to rush down and leave, fall place to be water smoke light to raise, the rainbow is suspended, have musical sound.
If visitors want to award the dim light of night of grassland, can live here in night. There is yurt hostel which scenery management office of south mountain runs on the grass slope, there are restaurants under the slope, can meet visitor's board's and lodging's needs. Night of mountain is cool, visitor must add clothes, keep out the cold dress. In addition, had better provide the flashlight for oneself in order to go out to light .

>>The natural scenic spot of south mountain
South mountain natural scenic spot lie north Tian Mountain offshoot click draw dark to become mountain area of northern foot, more than 60 kilometers from the urban area of Urumchi, distributing has ten large ditches valley which presents the east west trend. It is that one are lofty mountains, forest grassland structure type, here is the fine natural pasture, it is the natural scenic spot that goes to summer resort, recuperates, visits too. The snow capped peak inserts the cloud here, the glacier is sparkling and crystal-clear, the hills and mountains zigzag, the precipitous cliff towers, the gorge is deep, the forest are lush and green, the full slope of the flowers and plants, the spring and waterfall are gurgling, the air is fresh, the scenery is pleasant. Once famous going hunting area, famous pastoral area too when the Tang Dynasty.
The main scenic spot of this scenic concentrate on distribute beauty spot in before mountain belts among valley at the ditch parallel longitudinal surplus, have west white poplar ditch, sweet ditch chrysanthemum platform, east white poplar ditch, water west ditch screen wall facing the gate of a house mountain, temple the ditch and loud west ditch scenic spot place from west to east. Called traditionally (the pasture of south mountain), among them the most famous one is the west white poplar ditch. The west white poplar is located in intermediate zone of middle mountain area and low mountain, 2100 meters above the sea level. in the valley, snow capped peak order some, the hills and mountains are high and steep, the dragon spruce is tall and straight, the grass looks like a carpet. The dense shade sets off the white yurts put, the small exquisite villa, buildings such as the refined and quiet sanatorium, hotel and snack counter, etc., it make this deep mountain valleys add the sparkle even more. Can three or five people get together, sing and dance festively, enjoy oneself to heart's content and amuse; Or ascend a height in a group, walk in the depths of shade of woods, view and admire the picturesque scenery. The young people who like the horsemanship, so long as takes a little money, rent the local Kazak's herdsman's horse, can raise the whip and play an outstanding role in on the wide lawn. The poet wrote loudly and clearly and luckily in " folk song of day " in Qing Dynasty: The stone of Tian Mountain is green like the jade, snow and stone and light all dye green. Stone fall ice turn on sometimes, on the opposite side fall cliffside waterfall, pine hillock very beginning mouse roof beam in the land in midair, want daylight such as meal one by one, exactly such magnificent lifelike portrayal of scenery.

>>Borgeda mountain
It is an offshoot of east of Tian mountain, emerge from the fracture area of Urumchi in the west, extend to east, extend to the boundary of Balikun, total length is more than 300 kilometers. Ridges and peaks and one pile of screen-like mountain peaks during that time, dangerously steep and incomparable.
It is that the imposing manner is grand even more that the highest peak Borg reaches the peak, it rises sheer from level ground, the sky is inserted directly, have much style of renouncing the world splendidly. Among a great deal of highest peak of Tian Mountain, it is most high for Borgeda, height above sea level its can only rank third too, but its reputation is far superior to peaks . For a long time, in western various nationalities' mind, it is a mountain peak rich in most god that Borgeda, it has been deemed in gods' residence , source of the purple air by people all the time and prostrated oneself . Borgeda is up to a word to come from Mongolian, i.e. " gods "'s meaning. Ancient some nomadic people of the Western Regions have the custom of worship famous mountain early, because it is tall and big and dangerously steep that Borgeda, praised as " God Mountain " , " grandfather's peak " by these nationalities, the person on horse get down who see it, the person walk to see one knock the head, even officer pass by here stop the car to visit.
The main peak of Bogeda lie in the south of Tianchi, it have 3 peaks exist side by side, become the " mountain " shape, The middle peak is slightly high, 5445 meters above the sea level, the east peak has an elevation of 5287 meters. Look three peaks from far, stand erect on a stretch of boundless and indistinct snow and sea, just as three hold up it and hold the giant on day, soldierly bearing and extraordinarily brave, let people sigh with all sorts of feeling. So this beautiful scenery that is called " three peaks of snow and sea " by common people is extolled by past dynasties men of literature and writing, have written a large number of praise poems. Qiuchuji who is true man of Changchun, praise among the " whether constellation rounds of platform southeast look at Yinshan Mountains " that piece: "Three peak get up, insert cloud to be cold, wall horizontal to wind ravine set while being old. " in Qing Dynasty scholar Songbolu praised stupidly" three peaks rested on and drew near definitely, inserted dark green and dark". Wangshunan who is the writer of " the record of Xinjiang " write out big and grand of three peak, it say " mountain south stretch arm place at the sky, hold the Western Regions high from head to day ". We can have a taste of the wonderful places of three peaks more or less from here.
Borgeda famous with strange, definitely with danger, three peak hold high heaven stand upright, all in white, the spirit is unusually high. It is that a thousand peaks compete in beauty under three peaks even more, ten thousand gullies leave a good name, the scenery is pleasant. As far as the eye can reach, all over virgin forest and mountain pasture grassland, spring onions cage fresh and green, the scene like the drawn. Ascend Borgeda mountain, the ones that made you pleasing most are, can see the scene in four seasons within one day. Happen among July and Augusts, the grain is on the occasion of midsummer at bottom, the mountain flower is in full bloom everywhere, fragrance is full of wildly, but people's sense that the summer heat burns more or less; Wait for you to climb to halfway up the hill, the summer heat disappears at once, think Spring is very much in the air, the grass looks like a carpet everywhere, like the silk and blanket, vigorous little life is being burst out in all lives; Step on up, feel gradually slight chill in the air attack people, meadow like before jade green either, and begin to become withered and yellow, give somebody a kind of feeling in autumn; When reach by snow line, feel there is a nip in the air, it is white to look, the snow only assassinates so that can't bear to open your eye. The snow line reaches the summit of Borgeda have very a distance, there are some characteristics even more in the scenes there, mount peak can't by general hiker, only professional athletes can do it . Since 1980, Borgeda was classified as 10 peaks opening to the outside world by the country, a lot of Chinese and foreign hikers had a taste of elegance of it already. Borgeda already become the famous mountain in the world.

>>People's park
Originally known as " the park happy together " and commonly called as " the west park ", it is the oldest park in the city, here is originally only a lacustrine bog in the west bank of the river of Urumchi, the ancient tree is lush and strongly fragrant all around. Laid out this place into the place where officers had a rest while building Urumchi in the 20th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1755 ). Mere thread begins to build the garden in nine years (1883 ). Yang ZengXin who headed the administration in Xinjiang in 1918 extended, dredged the lakebed, rebuilt the lake bank, imitate the ancient palace style of central plain area, has built phoenix's pavilion of Chaoyang, and then build temple the Dragon King, Zuixia pavilion, Xiaochun pavilion, Jianhu pavilion, aldo build the "Ruiwei gros hall" in order to commemorate the scholar of Jixiaolan of Qing dynasty. The forest reach to the sky in the garden now, the flowers and plants are everywhere. The garden in the garden where the winding path leads to a secluded quiet place, bizarre and motley " Crystal Palace " intersperses the sculpture in front of the front yard by the pavilion, there are beauty spots such as children's amusement parks, skating rink on land,etc. and facility. Ancient bronze mirror lake bluish waves, can suffused with little boat, fly to the eaves paint one, very happy eyes item. By spring and autumn, exhibition of the flowers, potted landscape exhibition, the exhibition of paintings of the book, photographic exhibition occasionally. Often lift the gala of ice carving and launch the movement of skating in three nine-day periods after the winter solstice of midwinter .

>>Glacier of the first
Glacier is source of Urumchi river, more than 120 kilometers southwest of urban area day of the mountain dose, elevation is over 3800-4000 metres, about 2.4 -km-long, 500 meters wide on average, area is 1.95 sq. km., distributed magnitude 76 modern glaciers around it, because modern glaciers are centralized, the glacier ground form and sediment are very typical, the ancient glacier trace is kept intact clearly, so the glacier has reputation of " glacier and living fossil " on the first, become our country and observe and study the best place of modern glacier and ancient glacier trace. Light blue but sparkling and crystal-clear and brilliant glacier and silver waterfall here, make people's clicking the tongue call very. In front of icing tongue, scientific research 80 over a long one that worker dig heavy to ice hole, such as fairy tale silver hall of snow white. Entrance to a cave drop of water tiny drop lay, make people associate it with mythical legend " whether water curtain ice hole ". On the cliff all around, the marmot jumps joyously, the snow lotus competes blossom, a scene overflowing with vigor. Unique scene that can enjoy the vertical view of Tian Mountain and take in the round way. The glacier alluviation ground form here is very obvious, for carrying on the geological guests whose science made study tour, can seek and visit the course of the development among hundreds of millions of years of river of Urumchi from here .

>>Mosque
Lie in the North of Jianzhong way, city most heavy Hui Islamic temple, can hold a thousand people to admire, the 1906 in the period of establishing in Qing Dynasty Qianlong and Jiaqing (clear mere thread is 32 years), have rebuilt and extended. It is a Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection of autonomous region now. The point different wit other is, Shaanxi old temple audience hall department central plain area ancient traditional brick timber structure, the architectural style booked in glazed tiles, sit in the west eastwards, tall and big more than ten meters. The front part of the audience hall is the type of having a rest only, 40 supports the roof beam shelf, the esthetic and imposing manner particularly with the bright red huge pillar. On the arched door, it is gentle to carved with " the Koran ", the worker is exquisite, make people highly praise. Back is Wangyue floor, it is the place for climbing to watch the moon haunt, declare to abstain from meat, wine, etc., octagonal pavilion which is four of above and eight of the wound. This kind of building form is very rare in Xinjiang.

>>The geographical centre of continent of Asia
Only unique " Asia mainland geographical in the center " is about 30 km from southwest of urban area office, east longitude is 87.19'52", North latitude is 43.40'37" It is the continent of Asia that is in the point which does not have position of centre of weighing apparatus. " heart of Asia " is determined by the branch of Xinjiang of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and passed country qualification formally in 1992. At present, a grand " heart of Asia" indicates the tower rises sheer from level ground, every letter A of first in English form Asia, represent Asia; It regular diameter meter of stainless steel balls, represent the earth, hang down the heart again under the steel ball, the detachment tower concentrates new Asia on pursuing miniaturly, represents the heart of Asia; The total height of body of the tower is 18 meters. Tower 66.667 wasteland plan ten thousand Nation amusement development base of city promote trade and investment to Asia various countries as " heart of Asia" around the heart in the future.

>>Red mountain:
The towering red mountain in the city center the mountain rock is towering, the imposing manner is outstanding. Whenever at dawn and dusk, the rock wall is red and only sparkling under the sun, because gain the name. The mountain lie presents the east west trend, the elevation of highest peak is 1391 metres. Because hilltop like fierce tiger, high and steep rock is red, also call " tiger hair mountain " , " red spar ".
Red mountain and on the opposite side insufficient kilometers of far refined Mali Keshan (commonly called as the evil spirit mountain ) confront each other . Under the mountain, the river of Urumchi runs south and north. It is said red mountain is a sudden red huge dragon in Tianchi, falling turns the mountain rock, behave oneself Keshan crawl in refined agate slowly, if once two mountains close up, the river of Urumchi is blocked, will turn a land that abounds in rivers and lakes of vast sea in the urban area. Then 1788 year, Urumchi interconnected system fit one say local officer of Manchu of superstition still, order to build a blue brick of nine grade " town dragon's treasure " on two " huge dragons " head respectively. Among them the tower on the red mountaintop is retained so far. Red mountain and tower of two mountains now, become one of the wonderful scenery in the urban area. Red mountain is through the afforestation of many years, has already laid out into " the red mountain park ", the green tree of red pavilion, the red rock of blue and green tower, there don't be graceful bearing. Group was each carved one to set up the carved statue slowly and what the red mountain of commemoration is afforested of national hero's forest of Qing Dynasty again in recent years, add the youthful elegance for old red mountain. Climb " views the floor in the far distance " on the red mountaintop, have a panoramic view of the overall picture in the border town . Red mountain has already become the symbol of Urumchi.

>>Tianchi
Tianchi is from scenic spot to 110 kilometers of Urumchi, Tianchi lies in the north of China of this scenic spot, here is the shower pool of empress of Wangmu according to legend once. Tianchi above sea level 1980 meters, 3-4 kilometers long, the widest place is 1.5 kilometers, up to 105 meters in the deepest place. The lake water is limpid and completely green, the dragon spruce around is dense, the back is that Borgeda peak white snow, the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains forms pleasant high mountain scenery of Tianchi. Time of midsummer, it is nice and cool near Tianchi, it is the best place against summer; By winter, here is the good high mountain rink.
Visiting Tianchi can go by car from Urumchi, the mountain path is winding while going up a hill, follow a brook surging forward, this is water from Tianchi, limpid stream evoke the white spray bludgon the rock into, make people feel a share of fresh breath.

>>Polish the scenic spot of the ditch with a waterstone
The 5 kilometers in the suburb northeast of urban area of Urumchi in scenic spot to polish by ditch with a waterstone, it polish with a waterstone ditch river wear flow from it. The ancient wood of two sides is whirling, the current of spring gushes. Ancient temple, pavilion platform are interspersed among them. As far back as Qing Dynasty, here had already laid out into the excursion center. Expire by midsummer, crowded each time. Rebuilt and extended nowadays, has already formed a park of the suburbs. There are famous hot springs, long-term water temperature 28 --30 ?, includes potassium, sodium, magnesium, potassium nitrate, radon, many kinds of elements such as zinc, have certain curative effect, can drink to arthritis, dermatosis, etc. as the mineral water. Built up a massage physiotherapy hospital of hot spring here in 1982, introduced the medical apparatus of Japan, the scale is new. Many non local visitors specially come here and recuperate in hospital.