where is the salt lake?
Salt Lake Eco-tourism Zone is located 5 kilometers southeast of Chaiwobao Lake, with an area of 23.7 square kilometers, and its salt content is nearly 1 times that of seawater. The original salt mirabilite in the lake is abundant, and its quietness is unique.
The salt crystals in the salt lake eco-tourism area are smooth and bright, and the sunshine is transparent. In the past, people with originality used high-quality salt crystals to make various handicrafts such as flowers, birds, figures, cattle, sheep and ostriches. The most striking thing in salt carving is the edible tray carved with large pieces of salt crystals, which can not only hold food, but also enjoy it and can be used for seasoning. People in Xinjiang like to eat mutton by hand. When relatives and friends gather, the host holds the meat in a salt dish, and the dish is exquisitely carved. The guests can feast their eyes first, and then grab the mutton by hand and eat it on the dish. It is delicious and salty. Xinjiang Salt Lake is 72 kilometers away from Urumqi and 11 kilometers away from Turpan. Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway, Turpan-Urumqi-Dahuangshan Highway and National Highway 312 pass through the lake area, which has convenient conditions for developing tourism. In particular, the bath salt and black mud produced in salt lakes have always occupied one-third of the market of beauty raw materials in Japan and South Korea because of their high quality.
scenic spot type: lake
The best season: July-November is better. Summer and autumn are the best seasons to visit salt lakes. Xinjiang is windy and dusty in spring, but it is too cold in winter to travel.
Suggested visit: 5 hours
Tickets: free
Opening hours: all day
Address: 5 kilometers southeast of Chaiwobao Lake in Urumqi, Xinjiang, and 72 kilometers away from Urumqi
What are the interesting attractions around Urumqi
There are Nanshan Scenic Area in Urumqi, Salt Lake Scenic Area in Xinjiang, Wolonggang Scenic Area, Alfalfa Terrace and Xinjiang Ancient Ecological Park.
1. Nanshan Scenic Area in Urumqi
Nanshan Scenic Area is located in urumqi county, south of Urumqi. It is a provincial-level scenic spot located in the extremely arid area in the heart of Asia and Europe, with the main characteristics of ice and snow landscape, lush forests and grasses, strange rocks, superior tourism climate, pastoral scenery in Gao Shanlin and rich ethnic customs, and shows modern humanistic landscape. Here, the snowy peaks are towering, the mountains are undulating, the trees are lush, the flowers and plants are everywhere, the springs are full of water, and the scenery is charming. It is a resort for summer vacation and sightseeing.
Second, Xinjiang Salt Lake Scenic Area
Xinjiang Salt Lake Scenic Area is located in Salt Lake Street, Dabancheng District, Urumqi (about 7 kilometers south of Urumqi).
here, you can take a small train to go deep into the lake for sightseeing, watch the magnificent scene of modern large-scale salt mining boats swallowing pearls with water, enjoy the gorgeous picture of sunrise and sunset in the salt lake, watch the vivid and growing salt flowers with different shapes through the clear lake, explore the mystery of the underwater world, and appreciate the wonders of rolling salt waves left on the lake after the high tide.
3. Wollongong Scenic Area
Wollongong Scenic Area is a national 1A-level scenic spot, located in Gejiagou Village, Midong District, Urumqi. Both Wenquan Road and Qingnian Road can be reached, about 15 kilometers away from the city center, and it is a tourist resort. Scenic spots in the scenic area include: cave area, hotel area, villa area, Zhongjun tent yurt area, etc., and there are green corridors to view the lake platform, Xing Long Ta, Wang Long Ting, Nianlongtan and other scenic spots (spots).
IV. Alfalfa Terrace
Alfalfa Terrace Scenic Area is located in Tuoli Township in the southern suburbs, 55 kilometers away from Urumqi, with an altitude of 2,2 meters and an area of 3 square kilometers. It is a mountain-top grassland platform tourist area.
The scenic spot is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the lush meadows are held in your arms. Looking around the scenic spots, the peaks are stacked, and the breeze is blowing through the pines, which is faintly visible in the urban area. There are three peaks in the mountains of the scenic spot, which are scattered, mysterious and poetic, and are "the three peaks overlap". In 29, it was rated as the national "AAAA" scenic spot, and in 24 it was rated as the top ten scenic spots in Urumqi.
V. Xinjiang Ancient Ecological Park
Xinjiang Ancient Ecological Park is located in the northwest of Liyushan Park, a high-tech zone in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. It is hidden in the city and quiet in the middle of the noise; The scenic spot covers an area of 2 mu, with four distinct seasons, each with its own wonders.
With the aim of protecting the non-renewable resources of paleontology species in different places and developing and promoting Xinjiang's paleontology culture, the unique paleontology species in Xinjiang's "three mountains and two basins" geological landforms are concentrated and protected, and the original features of nature are reproduced to the maximum extent through garden art techniques, so as to reproduce the ancient Silk Road civilization and show the unique culture of the western regions.
What are the tourist attractions in Urumqi
1. Hongshan
Hongshan is located in the center of Urumqi, with an altitude of 91.6 meters, which is a typical symbol of Urumqi's geographical image. The mountain is composed of purple gravel. Every morning, the morning sun shines brightly. Every evening, the sun shines brightly and the mountains shine brightly. Extraordinary momentum, like a tiger, protects the peace of one side, hence the name. Hongshan Park surrounds Hongshan in the center, and there are buildings such as Hongshan Pagoda, Big Buddha Temple and statue of Lin Zexu on the mountain. There are more than 2 scenic spots in the park, such as the sun and the moon shine together, the tower reflects the sunset, Gu Lou embraces the moon, Wolong Fountain, South Lake boating, stone tablet heroic, Tiger Head Red Cliff, Buddhist temple clouds and smoke, ancient trees and so on. Ji Xiaolan, a great scholar and writer in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem when he was exiled to Urumqi: the painting boundary between the north and the south is even, and the roots of the cloud are green and rugged on both sides. There is no one in the middle, and Fu Shanling is the guardian. Hongshan is the starting point of your impression of Urumqi.
2. Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar
Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar is located around Erdao Bridge in the south of Urumqi. Covering an area of 39,888 square meters and a total construction area of 1, square meters, it is a pedestrian street with ethnic customs. It is the distribution center and exhibition center of Xinjiang tourism products, which integrates Islamic culture, architecture, national commerce, entertainment and catering. The rich national culture, the dazzling array of nationalities and commodities from China and Western Asia, the fans in the hometown of singing and dancing, and the fragrance of western cuisine will surely make you dazzled and linger. Here, you marvel at the dazzling array of special commodities, tasting the sweetness of Xinjiang dried fruits, the delicacies of Xinjiang and the coolness of Xinjiang people!
3. Shuimogou Scenic Area
Shuimogou Scenic Area consists of "five mountains and one river". That is, Qingquan Mountain, Hongqiao Mountain, Wenquan Mountain, Shuita Mountain, Xuelian Mountain and Shuimo River, which are national AAAA-level tourist attractions, integrating ice and snow customs with beautiful landscapes. As early as hundreds of years ago, the Shuimo River was named after the Qing garrison built a water mill here. Shuimogou Park is the focus of scenic spots. There are many famous scenic spots in the park, such as Qingquan Mountain, Jieguan Pavilion, Ji Xiaolan Statue, Xiangfei Bathing, Hanwenling, Xinjiang Rock Painting, Qingquan Temple, Shuimohe and so on. Shuimo River is located in the spring eye of the hot spring. Even in the cold winter, the water never freezes. Here, the lakes are colorful, the temples are dense, the water plants are lush, the mist is fairy, and the fish warblers are happy to swim, which makes the tourists amazed.
4. Nanshan Scenic Area
Nanshan Scenic Area, located in urumqi county, the southern suburb of Urumqi, is an extremely arid Gobi grassland forest mountain area. It is a provincial-level scenic spot with modern cultural landscape in Xinjiang, featuring snow and ice landscape, lush trees and herbs, exotic rocks and gully valley, vertically distributed climate vegetation, pastoral scenery in Gao Shanlin and rich ethnic customs. Here, the snowy peaks are towering, the mountains are undulating, the trees are lush, the flowers and plants are everywhere, the springs are full of water, and the scenery is charming. It is a resort for summer vacation and winter tour. Among them, the more famous places are Baiyanggou, Chrysanthemum Terrace, Alfalfa Terrace, Houxia, Gangou, Dengcaogou, Shuixigou, Miaoergou and Banfanggou. Garden-style resorts have food, accommodation, dance halls, tennis courts, gyms, and a variety of cultural entertainment and sports activities. Each scenic spot has the natural landscape and wildlife of Tianshan Mountain, and the landscape personality is also outstanding.
5. Dabancheng Scenic Area
Dabancheng District has Dabancheng Ancient City, and Salt Lake, Chaiwobao Lake and Chaiwobao Saute Pan Chicken are the most famous. Located between Urumqi and Turpan, Daban Ancient City is the Daban City sung in the song "The Girl of Daban City". Now only the ruins are left, which is a famous tourist scenery in Xinjiang. Xinjiang Salt Lake is located in Ebinur Lake in the southwest of Junggar Basin, with a surface brine area of 562.5km2 and a maximum depth of 2.95m. The remaining 84% salt lakes are dry salt lakes. The scenic spot of Salt Lake City in Xinjiang is green and white with salt, and the salt rock salt mountain is very magical. It is characterized by "mineral salt recuperation, health care, salt bath, leisure and vacation". It is refreshing to visit the salt lake and enjoy the salt flowers here, and it is fascinating to see the silk road. In 23, the scenic spot was rated as one of the "New Ten Scenery" in Urumqi.
Chaiwobao Lake is located in Dabancheng District, Urumqi, right in the Tianshan Canyon leading from Urumqi to Turpan, with high mountains in the south and snow peaks facing each other. The lake covers an area of 28 square kilometers and is as level as a mirror. There are fish in the lake, and reeds grow by the lake. The lake is rich in carp, grass carp, silver carp and herring, and it is also one of the bases for stocking river crabs in Xinjiang.
6. Xinjiang Museum
When you come to Xinjiang Museum, you can visit the following exhibitions: 1. Folk custom exhibition of Xinjiang ethnic minorities-a systematic introduction to the customs of 12 ethnic minorities in Xinjiang in terms of dress, daily life, festivals and entertainment, weddings and funerals, etiquette, food, religion and other aspects. The exhibits are rich and well received by people at home and abroad. 2. More than 1, precious cultural relics, including Jin Juan, ceramics, clay figurines, coins, tablet stickers, documents, classics, weapons and utensils, excavated and collected from the Silk Road from 4, to 5, years ago to modern times, have shown people the splendid culture of the ancient western regions. 3. The body discovered in Xinjiang has a female corpse of Loulan dating back more than 3,8 years. There are Hami female corpses dating back more than 3,2 years and Qiemo female corpses dating back 3, years.
7. Tianchi, Tianshan Mountain
Tianfeng rises and clouds are cold, and Tianchi, Yue Long, is surrounded by tigers.
The birds fly in the air and the goddess dances, and the moon is full of pillars and drunk in Taoyuan.
Tianshan Tianchi is 8 kilometers away from Urumqi, and there are many day-trip companies to serve you. Tianchi is a world natural heritage, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, a national geological park, a national key scenic spot, a national civilized scenic spot, an international man-nature biosphere reserve, the best tourist destination in China, the top ten scenic spots in China with the best resource protection, and the top ten charming leisure tourist lakes in China. Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain has the reputation of "Yaochi". The lake is 191 meters above sea level, 3.5 kilometers long from north to south, .8 ~ 1.5 kilometers wide from east to west and 13 meters deep. Surrounded by spruce on the lakeside, the snow peaks reflect, which is very spectacular and is a famous summer resort and tourist destination. The causes of Tianchi Lake are ancient glacial erosion-terminal moraine dammed lake and landslide dammed lake. Tianshan Tianchi, Xuefeng reflected, spruce surrounded, clear water like a mirror, picturesque scenery, like a fairyland, beautiful.
From September 1st, 218, the ticket discount for Tianshan Tianchi is: the price in the peak season before adjustment is 125 yuan, and the price after adjustment is 95 yuan; The off-season price before adjustment is 6 yuan, and the adjusted price is 45 yuan, with a price reduction of 24%.
8. Turpan Scenic Area
When you come to Urumqi, it will be a pity not to visit the beautiful and magical Turpan, because Turpan is the most representative of Xinjiang customs. Turpan City is located in the Turpan Oasis Basin in the eastern part of Xinjiang and the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, 18 kilometers away from Urumqi. It was called "Gu Shi", "Gaochang", "Xizhou" and "Huozhou" in ancient times. Historically, it is an important town of the Silk Road, a bright pearl in the Western Region and a famous grape city. Grapes, cantaloupes, apricots, peaches and other fruits are rich in sugar, sweetness and good quality, making them the sweetest places in China. There are more than 7 monuments in Turpan, including the flaming mountain in The Journey to the West, which describes the Tang Priest passing by. There is Aiding Lake, the second depression in the world after the Dead Sea, which is 154 meters below sea level and has a unique Islamic building, Sugong Tower; There are famous Gaochang ancient city, Jiaohe ancient city, ancient tombs and Thousand Buddha Cave. There is a unique irrigation system, a world-famous man-made underground water conservancy project-Karez; There are beautiful grapevines; There are colorful folk customs. The flowing water in Karez is sweet, the grapes in Grape Valley are sweet, the weather in Flame Mountain is inflamed, and the girls in Turpan are even more beautiful.