The rolling Yarkant River moistens this vast oasis of shache like mother's milk, which is lush and full of green. Shache is an ancient and rich oasis, inhabited by 745,000 people from 13 ethnic groups, including Uygur, Han and Tajik. It is the most populous county in Xinjiang and a traditional agricultural county in Xinjiang.
Shache County has a continental arid climate with four distinct seasons, dry climate, abundant sunshine and large temperature difference between day and night. Suitable for the growth of cash crops such as cotton, wheat, corn, rice, fruits and vegetables, and rich in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery resources.
Shache is a national commodity grain production base. In 2009, the planting area of various crops in the county was 2,974,200 mu, and the grain output was nearly 550,000 tons.
Shache is a national high-quality cotton production base, and "Yeerqiang" brand cotton has won the national famous brand. In 2009, the cotton planting area was 650,000 mu and the output was 60,000 tons.
Shache is rich in almond, apricot, pomegranate, walnut and other fruit resources. Shache county Badamu has a long history of cultivation, and it is the production base of famous, excellent and special Badamu economic forest in China. Shache specialty fruit almond has passed the national geographical indication (origin) product certification. In the past three years, the area of fruit trees in shache county will reach 6.5438+0.2 million mu, including 700,000 mu of almonds and 50,000 vegetable greenhouses, and the production, wholesale and retail bases of vegetables and fruits in Yehe Valley and neighboring countries will be built.
Shache county is a traditional county for animal husbandry, fishery and poultry production. In 2009, the county slaughtered 6.5438+0.07 million livestock, with a total output of 45,000 tons of meat, 6.5438+0.00 million poultry and an aquaculture area of 54,000 mu.
Shache county is rich in forest resources, with a forest coverage rate of 1 1% and an annual logging volume of150,000 cubic meters.
Shache has a vast territory and rich products, with a total area of 8955.69 square kilometers. There are more than 20 kinds of metallic and nonmetallic minerals such as gold, lead, copper, iron and coal in the southern mountainous areas. At present, a lead-zinc ore dressing and smelting base has been built, with an annual mineral processing capacity of 60,000 tons and an annual output of 55,000 tons of electrolytic lead and 220,000 tons of sulfuric acid, ranking eighth in the country. It is a lead smelting and sulfuric acid production base in the whole southwest region.
Shache is the origin of Yeerqiang jade. According to "Xie Bin's Travels in Xinjiang", "The Yarkant River produces jade, the big one is like a bucket, the small one is like a fist inkstone, and the heavy one is hundreds of kilograms." In July 2003, a farmer in Shacheka Township found a huge jade weighing more than 3,500 kilograms at the source of Yehe River, which caused a sensation.
Shache has a long history and is a traditional commercial, historical and cultural city. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, it was a famous tribal country in the Western Regions. During the Western Han Dynasty, merchants gathered on the Silk Road, goods piled up like clouds, people crowded and prospered, and shache became an important town south of the ancient Silk Road. In the Ming Dynasty, shache was also a famous Yerqiang khanate, which once became the political, economic and cultural center of Xinjiang and even Central Asia. Today, it increasingly highlights the status of the central city of the Yarkant River basin in southern Kashgar.
Shache, located in the south center of Kashgar, is at the intersection of National Highway 3 15, Provincial Highway 2 15, the second line of South Xinjiang Railway to be built soon and China-Pakistan Railway. The domestic transportation is convenient, the road network is criss-crossed, and it extends in all directions with overseas transportation, which accelerates the trade with surrounding areas and countries.
During the Yerqiang khanate, shache culture once became the main body of Uygur culture. Twelve Muqams, a traditional Uyghur divertimento composed by Princess Yerqiang, a famous poet and musician in shache, has been circulating for hundreds of years, and it still resounds in the north and south of Tianshan Mountain, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad.
In 2007, shache successfully held the "Twelve Muqams" Culture and Art Festival, and famous scholars at home and abroad and "Twelve Muqams" artists gathered in shache, which was unprecedented. Shache is the hometown of "Twelve Muqams" and the famous hometown of music and culture in Xinjiang.
As an ancient city with rich Uyghur culture, shache county welcomes thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year. Visitors who come here for sightseeing can not only feel the charm of the famous Muqam, the soul of Uygur music, but also have scenic spots and historical sites with unique national style, which attracts Chinese and foreign tourists with its unique national culture, cultural relics and historical sites, humanistic landscape and rich ethnic customs.
There are 14 key cultural relics protection units in the autonomous region and 42 county-level cultural relics protection units in the county, which is an ancient cultural city with a long history.
As a central city in southern Kashgar, shache has continuously improved its infrastructure such as electricity, communication, transportation, commerce, logistics, shopping, leisure and entertainment, and its urban appearance is becoming more and more modern.
Traditional ethnic handicrafts in shache have been developing, including traditional flower caps, bronzes, instrumental music, carpets, sculptures, silks, Uyghur knives and other handicrafts. As an important town on the ancient Silk Road, shache has a long history of sericulture production and is known as the Silk Capital. Shache's silk is colorful, simple and changeable, with bold and unrestrained patterns without losing delicacy. Shache Uygur craft knife is famous for its exquisite materials, sharp blade, excellent production and unique style. Shache has a long history and culture, inheriting the ancient food culture of Uygur people. There are many snacks with unique local characteristics. Roasted squab is a new flavor food in shache after roasted whole sheep, grilled fish and other traditional Uygur snacks. Shache roasted squab is full of game, delicious in color, fresh and tender in taste, and delicate in meat, which is memorable.
In recent years, shache county has been aiming at Kashgar's regional advantages in implementing the development strategy of building the economic center of Central Asia and South Asia, and has accelerated the construction of a garden-style eco-industrial park-Kalakumu Industrial Park, a modern comprehensive industrial park integrating building materials processing and chemical industry, and a modern comprehensive industrial park integrating regional warehousing, logistics and light industry textiles-Xikezhan Industrial Park.
National Highway 3 15 and Provincial Highway 2 15 meet in shache, and the Kahe Railway can be completed and opened to traffic in the same year. Kahe Expressway is under construction, and Shache Airport strives to start construction next year.
With an open attitude, shache county is looking for foreign economic partners through various channels and in all directions, striving to create an excellent investment environment that is pro-business, close to business, suitable for business and safe for business, which has enabled some well-known enterprises at home and abroad to settle in shache one after another, forming a good development trend of win-win for local and enterprises, attracting visitors from all directions and gathering in shache.