1. Hotan Jade Xinjiang has been famous for producing beautiful jade since ancient times, among which Hotan Jade is the most famous.
Its texture is warm and delicate, with a fat luster. Its sound is like the lingering sound of a golden rock, which is far away and deep, and slowly disappears. It is not comparable to the jade produced in the east and south.
?Sheet-fat jade is named because its color is like sheep's fat.
The texture is fine and the color is like mutton fat. It is particularly nourishing and smooth, giving people a feeling of softness within the hardness.
This is the best variety of white jade. Currently, this variety is only found in Xinjiang in the world. Its output is very rare and extremely valuable.
2. Hami melon Hami melon has a cultivation history of more than 2,000 years in Xinjiang. It is known as the "No. 1 melon in the world". Its flesh color is like crystal jade, its unique flavor and high quality are popular at home and abroad.
Hami melon has good color, aroma and taste. The melon meat is thick, sweet and crisp, with high sugar content (the highest is 21%). It is "yellow in color and as bright as satin" and "melts in the mouth when it is ripe, without any drizzle".
Cantaloupe is crunchy and juicy, sweet but not greasy.
3. Turpan grapes Turpan, Xinjiang, is the hometown of grapes and the kingdom of grapes.
According to historical records, as early as 2,000 years ago during the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions and discovered that valuable grapes were grown here.
Due to its high temperature, long sunshine hours and large temperature difference between day and night, it is particularly suitable for the growth of grapes and the accumulation of sugar.
Turpan's grapes are like pearls and agate, crystal clear, sweet and juicy, mouth-watering.
There are many varieties here, including more than 500 fine varieties of seedless white, red, black, rose, and white grapes. It can be called the "World Grape Botanical Garden".
The raisins grown using hot air and natural shade are green and luscious, sour and sweet, and are very popular among people and sell well at home and abroad.
4. Korla Fragrant Pear Korla City is located in the northern part of the Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang and at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. It is a fertile oasis.
The fragrant pears produced here are the most famous and are known as the "Pear Town".
Korla fragrant pear, called "Milk Simti" by Uyghurs, is famous both at home and abroad for its thin skin, crispy meat, juicy, sweet, crispy, refreshing taste, storage resistance, and rich nutrition.
Indians call it the "Prince of China", which shows its preciousness.
The skin of Korla fragrant pear is extremely thin, with a peel hardness of 4.8kg/cm2 and a skin hardness of 13.0 kg/cm2. Korla fragrant pear has no residue after being eaten with the skin. When picked, it falls from the tree and breaks into pieces, which melt in the mouth.
, sweet and crispy, with a long aftertaste.
The fruit has a water content of 84.5-86% and a soluble solid content of 13.4-15%. It is rich in juice, sweet, crisp and refreshing, and is unmatched by current domestic and foreign pear varieties.
5. Xinjiang Carpets Xinjiang is the birthplace of carpets in the world. Xinjiang carpets are famous for their long history and superb craftsmanship. They are Xinjiang’s traditional ethnic arts and crafts and one of the main export commodities.
Hotan is the hometown of Xinjiang carpets. Xinjiang carpets are also called oriental carpets. They are full of strong national characteristics and local styles in terms of style, pattern and color. They are characterized by high-quality raw materials, fine texture, dense piles, thin and flat surfaces, and exquisite craftsmanship.
It is famous for its unique patterns, excellent weavers, beautiful colors, durability and complex patterns.
Xinjiang carpets come in many varieties, with mottled and brilliant colors, mainly including Aidiyar type, Iranian type, Chachima type, Alar type, etc. Most of them have symmetrical and neat patterns, rough lines and strong contrasting colors.
In terms of use, there are carpets, tapestries, seat rugs, worship rugs, mattress rugs, etc.
Xinjiang carpets are also exquisite works of art and are collected by many art collectors.
So far, the Victoria and Arab Museum in London, the United Kingdom, the Textile Museum in Washington, the United States, and the Handicraft Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, all have collections of Xinjiang wool carpets or silk carpets for people to appreciate as treasures.
Xinjiang carpets are either hung on the walls of halls or spread in indoor corridors. The carpet surface is glossy and smooth, the carpet board is firm and soft, beautiful and elegant, and the colors are bright. It is an ideal high-end product for home and hotel furnishings.
Xinjiang carpets are of excellent texture. In addition to being hand-knotted and woven, with exquisite weavers (after dozens of complex processes), they are also due to the excellent texture of the wool used to weave the carpets.
Xinjiang carpet raw materials use the famous semi-coarse wool and Hotan sheep wool.
This kind of wool is thick but not sticky, tough and elastic, and has the advantages of tensile resistance, pressure resistance, good luster and high strength.
6. Tianshan Snow Lotus, Xinjiang Snow Lotus, also known as Snow Lotus.
It mainly grows on the cliffs of the northern and southern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, the Altai Mountains and the high dry moraine areas near the snow line of the Kunlun Mountains.
Snow lotus is a famous specialty of Xinjiang.
As early as the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Xuemin's "Compendium of Materia Medica" art contains "the snow in the great cold land does not disperse in spring and summer, and there are grasses in the snow, like lotus flowers with single stems, and they are lovely in the snow" and "there are
Tianshan Mountain is covered with snow in winter and summer, and there are lotuses in the snow. The one on the top of Tianshan Mountain is the first."
Regarding the morphology and habitat of snow lotus, Jia Shumo described it in Xinjiang Miscellaneous Notes in 1936: "Snow lotus is a herb of the Asteraceae family... It grows deep in the snow mountains and grows in the Hami Mountains of Baicheng."