Korla cuisine includes South, hand-grabbed rice, Korla fragrant pear, Bosten Lake grilled fish, mixed noodles and so on. Korla fragrant pear is a specialty of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and a symbolic product of China's national geography. Korla fragrant pear is known as "the treasure of pears" and "the prince of fruits" because of its pleasing color, sweet and smooth taste, rich aroma, thin skin and fine meat, crisp and refreshing taste, more juice and less residue, melting on the ground, storage resistance and rich nutrition.

Due to the unique position and important influence of Korla fragrant pear in economic development and social life, Korla city is proudly called "Pear City" by local people. Around September 20th every year, Korla fragrant pear is the best. Korla fragrant pear originated in Chinese mainland. According to historians' research, it was brought to Xinjiang from the mainland by Zhang Qian when he was in the Western Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 2,000 years.