Southern Xinjiang 9 Day Tour-Kashgar enters Urmuqi Leaves

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Overview

This trip takes 9 days to visit the south of Xinjiang,after arriving in Kashgar,all the way south,feel the warm Turpan,look for the story left over by history in the desert,feel the customs and culture passed down by the Kashgar people for thousands of years,and eliminate worries on the desert road!

Highlights

l Enter the ancient city of Kashgar and feel the cultural customs handed down by the Kashgar people for thousands of years.

l Stand on the shore of the White Sand Lake and feel the fine white sand and soft breeze.

l Cross the Panlong Ancient Road,erase all troubles!

Travel Overview

Detailed itinerary

Day 1 Your city- -Kashgar

Scheduling

Welcome to Damei Xinjiang! A professional pickup team will arrange the pickup / train to take you to the hotel for rest. If the time allows you to visit the recommended scenic spots by yourself (excluding a separate car). The departure time of the next day will be informed by the driver and the housekeeper with a message or telephone call before 22:00 PM. Please pay attention to check.

kindly reminder：

1,Xinjiang is very large,scenic spots between a long drive,tourism is very physical energy,please bring some food or snacks,in case of emergency;

2. There is a two-hour time difference between Xinjiang and inland,breakfast in Xinjiang is around 8-9,lunch around 14 and dinner around 20. For better travel,I hope you can adjust your biological clock to the time difference in Xinjiang as soon as possible;

Day 2 One day of Kashgar

Today atrractions：

Xiang fei garden

The scenic spot tells the story of hometown,former residence and the fragrant princess from birth to death,from Kashgar to Beijing,from the fragrant princess to thousands of pet."Happy Apak Hoja Mazzar,love card,here,will let you deeply understand the love story of fragrant concubine. Experience Kashgar's characteristic customs and folk culture from zero distance.

 Scenic area with tourist service center,sweet princess stone,sweet princess welcome ceremony,the western folk cultural center,sweet princess,folk wedding,ancient water mill,love tree,sweet princess relief wall,treasure,smell pavilion,mirror pool,orchard,oil press,kashgar old bazaar,called naan shop,sweet princess gallery,intangible exhibition,TikTok beauty base,etc.

Id Kah Mosque

 Located in the center of Kashgar's old city,it is one of the largest mosques and a symbol of Kashgar City. Usually there are many people in the gate of the big square in this casual game,the west side of the square is the east gate of the mosque,the main gate is a yellow building,next to the minaret,many tourists will take photos here.

There are more than a dozen buildings in the courtyard,such as chapel,sermon hall,Gongbei Zi,etc. with green as the main color,and there are pools of flowers and trees in the middle. The main building to visit is the chapel,more than 100 meters long,supported by more than 100 green columns seven meters high. You can also visit the inner sanctuary.

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 Id Kah Mosque is not only a place of worship for local residents,it is more like a symbol of Kashgar.

Xiangfei Garden is a colorful picture; Xiangfei Garden is a touching ballad; Xiangfei Garden is a passionate poem; Xiangfei Garden is a complicated and confusing legend; Xiangfei Garden welcomes guests from Your city with its unique wonders,folk songs and dances,and love legends.

Kindly reminds：

1,if you get lost in the old city,look at the brick at the foot,it is the direction of the road,can lead you out of the old city. As long as you walk along the six-corner brick,you can walk out of the old city; The other four-corner brick is a dead end.

3. After arriving in Kashgar,the first task is to apply for Shangta County pass with the assistance of the driver ！！！！

Day 3 kashgar-Taxkorgan（About 300KM）

Today's scenic spot: Baisha Lake

Baisha Lake is a scenic spot that has gradually begun to enter people's sight in recent years. Baisha lake is scattered with the white sand,and the distance around the lake is the snow-capped mountains. The whole Baisha Lake is surrounded by the surrounding snow mountains,around the tall snow mountains like a kind "mother" guarding this plateau lake,so that it will not be disturbed by the outside world.

 Kharakule Lake

To the east of the lake stands the "father of the glacier",the peak,to the west; the south of the lake is the grassland,a summer comes,the clear grass,the lake,green grass,a white felt dotted,and the reflection of the lake,as in the ancient poem "wind grass low see cattle and sheep". Pastoral songs on the grassland,the wild duck on the lake,this scene,like a dream,no wonder even the 10th century BC Zhou King Mu so far also sighed,feeling.

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 On the shore of Baisha Lake,there is a large area of high mountains,hills and rolling mountains. High mountain is sand mountain,sand mountain is silver white,silver white fine sand white soft,like white silk. More than 10 hills composed of the Baisha Mountain winding more than 10 kilometers. The snow light in the distance reflects the Baisha Lake,and the grass planting by the Baisha Lake reflects the Baisha Mountain.

The Karakule Lake is full of water and grass,with thousands of water birds and wild ducks swimming,and sometimes the opposite swans are playing in the water. Besides the grass beside the lake,there is no creature in the lake,especially the lake constantly changes various colors throughout the day,which is confusing.

On the way you will pass by Tahman Wetland Park. The tall willows on both sides of the road interweave into arches,leading to the front until the towering snow-capped mountains and blue sky in the distance. Driving through it,as if through the fantasy space tunnel,this inexplicable shuttle sense,only once to experience。

kindly reminder:

1. This trip will pass by Daban at the highest altitude of 4000 meters. If friends who have high anti experience start to drink Rhodiola or other preventive drugs 15 days in advance,they can also prepare oxygen bags / bottles in advance. Plateau area,please pay attention to the body,reasonable diet,avoid strenuous exercise,beware of altitude sickness;

2. Keep slow,calm,avoid fast running or other sports,and try not to drink in Tacheng. Ta County is located in the plateau,tourism reception facilities are backward,the hotel standard is low,cold prevention is not recommended to take a bath,please understand; do not close the bathroom door,if discomfort,please seek medical advice in time;

3,today's driving speed limit,the speed will be very slow,please understand more;

4. No photos or video recordings can be taken along the checkpoints;

5. Before departure in the morning,please take out the thick clothes and put them on your side. The temperature drops after reaching the plateau,and please be ready to add clothes at any time. 

Day 4  One day of Taxkorgan（About 150KM）

Today's attractions: Panlong Ancient Road

The road,named Wacha Highway,is one of the two roads leading to Wacha Township,Ta County. Although the road is difficult,it can greatly shorten the distance and the time between the county in and out of the county. Because this road is like a dragon dragon lying on the mountain,so named "Panlong Ancient Road".

The most challenging is the small pan dragon with dense curves,just like a hair card worn on the girl's head,winding,neat,as the saying goes,"today through all the detours of life,from now on life is smooth"

 Bandier Lake

In different weather,not after time,different seasons and different light,the lake will produce different colors,sometimes may be dark blue,sometimes is light blue or Tiffany color,color diversity more than white sand lake and kara library lake,better luck,encounter no wind,the mountain on both sides of the lake will completely reflected on the lake. Very beautiful. Bandier Lake was originally a river,built as a reservoir for water storage. The lake is glacial melt water because the special minerals are blue. It is blue blue in summer and dark blue in winter.

 Pamir tourist area

 The Pamir tourist area includes Stone City and Golden Grass Beach.

 The stone city castle is built on a high hill,and the situation is extremely steep. Outside the city,there are multi-storey or broken or continuous walls,overlapping stone hills between the walls and piles of stones,forming a unique stone city scenery. In the Han Dynasty,it was the king city of Puli State,one of the 36 states in the Western Regions. After the Tang Dynasty unified the Western Regions,there was a green here. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty,the city was greatly expanded,and the old stone city was changed into a new face. In the 28th year of Guangxu,the Qing Dynasty established the Bo Hall and repaired and supplemented the old castle.

Jincao Beach is on the Alar grassland below the Stone City. The construction contents include the Silk Road Castle Square,the Stone City cultural wall,performing arts square,landscape column,Naxi viewing platform,the ancient city sunset stand,the grandstand,Yongquan stand,the water platform,wooden plank road,50 meters of breathtaking suspension bridge,sightseeing water wheel and other scenery.

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 Panlong road also known as tile just highway,total length of more than 70 kilometers,people are divided into big panlong and small panlong,including small panlong about 30 kilometers long,from 3000 meters to 4100 meters,the drop of more than 1100 meters,so the 30 kilometers of mountain road appeared 639 corners,and basic is more than 180 degrees a S bend,the road is a test for the driver. Someone joked: opened this road,other roads are floating clouds.

Bandier Lake is a free scenic spot on the road back to Ta County,quiet and beautiful Bandier blue Lake,like a blue clear plateau pearl,walking along the road beside the river,you will see a bridge on the lake,the scenery here is the most beautiful.

 Although the stone city only remains,but there are snow peaks around,grass beach,rivers,and strong Tajik ethnic customs,quite rough and unrestrained beauty. After visiting the stone city to the opposite side of the road is the golden grass beach wetland,walk along the plank road while playing for about an hour to the interval bus boarding point,to the scenic area near the entrance of the Caiyun people.

kindly reminder:

1. At noon,there are some Tajik villages near Panlong Ancient Road. If you are not used to eating,it is suggested that you can bring some snacks or convenient food and go back to Ta County for dinner,so that you can taste the food well

2. The average elevation of Taxkorgan county is 3,200 meters. Note that the action is still slow on the plateau,and there are few shops entering the scenic area.

3,the sun goes down the temperature will be low,so when entering the scenic area to calculate the time,ready to add or subtract clothes at any time.

Day 5  Taxkorgan-Kashgar（About 300KM）

Today's attractions: Id kah Mosque

Otak Glacier Park is an ancient Turkic word meaning "a depression among the mountains". With an annual average temperature of 7.8°C,surrounded by mountains on three sides,steep snow-capped peaks,vertical glaciers and dense trees,it is praised as "the first natural ecological landscape in the Western Regions" by geological experts. The most interesting is one of the world's most rare low latitude modern glaciers in the current -- Its Klaze Glacier,which is only 2804 meters above sea level,is the lowest altitude glacier in China. In summer,avalanches often occur on the snow-capped mountains above the glacier,witnessing a stunning natural spectacle from the viewing platform.

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 The snow mountains,glaciers,waterfalls,rivers,avalanche,grassland,plus herds of cattle and sheep on the hillside and the round yurt of Kirgiz herdsmen on the hillside,make this great and holy virgin land full of natural beauty,without a trace of artificial carving,everything is pure natural.

kindly reminder:

1. Id kah Mosque needs to hike to the viewing platform,please do anything and pay attention to safety!

2. You need to take off your shoes to visit it. If you are clean or do not want to take off your shoes,please prepare disposable shoe covers in advance.

Day 6  Kashgar-Turpan

Today attractions:

Kashgar Old Town

Strange natural scenery,rich ethnic customs,brilliant historical district road roadway,a little wider can walk donkey cart,narrow two people side by side; the street elderly more than 600 meters,short 50 meters short to the end. Streets and lanes east turn west fold,south bend north wrong,twists and turns,seemingly all the road,but then see a lane,just like All Men Are Brothers Zhujiazhuang Pantuo Road. On both sides of the roadway are a Uyghur house. The residential houses are very characteristic. Generally,people build two to three layers of civil structure on a limited plane,and some extend down and build basements. Living room and bedroom are connected by wooden escalators and stairs. Every house has a drying table,located on the flat roof. Each household has a small courtyard for growing flowers or placing bonsai. Bonsai,flowers and building pillars,wood carvings,eaves on the eaves of flowers complement each other,strewn at random,quiet and fresh. Sometimes at the junction of the two alleys,there will encounter a small building across the street,like a porch,so that the alley adds a bit of simplicity and depth. Walking up narrower and narrower alleys,walking through higher and taller houses,I came to a Uighur family in Ziliqi Lane. According to the introduction,this house is built in the top of the old block. After entering the door,the foot steps on the wooden ladder,step up,climb to the roof ridge,the eyes suddenly open,really have "see all the houses short" feeling. Even the distant tall buildings,as if only at the feet.

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 Kashgar Old Town is crowded with tourists,just like walking in an ancient Middle Eastern town. The innocent smiling faces of children and the cheerful dancing of centenarians not only show the life of Uyghur compatriots,but also the history spread for thousands of years.

Kindly reminds：

Head to the train station after 16pm for Turpan. The evening was spent on the train.

Day 7 One day of Turpan

Today atrractions：

 Jiaohe Ancient City

Jiaohe city site,located in turpan city about 13 kilometers west of Yar township,the western suburb of Turpan city 10 kilometers eraizi ditch two rivers intersection 30 meters high loess platform,about 1650 meters long,both ends narrow,the widest about 300 meters,is a willow leaf shaped peninsula. It is the capital of the former state of the former state of the ancient Western Regions,and is the political,economic,military and cultural center of the country. The drought and little rain in Turpan made the old city very complete. The buildings are all made of rammed earth plates,and the shape and layout are similar to that of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.

In the city,streets,offices,temples,stupas,streets,workshops,dwellings,performance fields,Tibetan trenches,temples and temples can also be found. The temple covers an area of 5,000 square meters,with a large water well. The pagoda group has 101 stupas. Looking down from the air,the Jiaohe old city looks like a big willow leaf.

Karez Well

 Karez Well is a kind of underground water conservancy project created in the long historical development of the working people in the arid land. The Karez Well drew out the groundwater,turning the desert into an oasis,called the "well canal" in ancient times. The main working principle of Karez Well is that people use a large amount of rainwater,glaciers and snow melt water seeping into the ground in spring and summer by using the natural slope of the mountain to draw out the surface for irrigation,so as to meet the demand of production and living water in desert areas. Karez Well in different regions have different regional characteristics in specific structure,but generally speaking,a complete Karez Well system includes four main components: shaft,culvert (underground channel),open channel (ground channel) and fault occurrence (small reservoir). Under this principle,the flow of the arez is stable and the irrigation of well water can be guaranteed.

Bezeklik Caves

 BaiziKlik thousand Buddha Cave has 83 caves,57 extents,of which there are more than 40 murals,with a total area of 1200 square meters. Baizikerik Thousand Buddha Cave was first dug in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties and has been the center of Buddhism in Gaochang area for 7 centuries after Tang,Five,Song and Yuan Dynasties. Gaochang Uighur was the most prosperous period of the grottoes group,which was once the royal temple of King Gaochang. At the end of the 13th century,the royal family of Gaochang moved east to Yongchang,Gansu Province,and after Islam was introduced to Turpan,Buddhism gradually declined,and the Thousand-Buddha Cave of Baizi Kerek declined with it,and was destroyed in the pagan conflict.

Scheduling：

 After receiving the train in the morning,go to the hotel to check in. After a little rest,you can go to the Thousand Buddha Caves of Baizi Krik,which is the largest cave cave group and the richest murals in Turpan. It is one of the largest Buddhist cave temple sites in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

In the afternoon,go to the Karez Well to learn about the more than 2,000 years of history of the Karez Well as the source of life for the Turpan people. Visit Jiaohe old City in the evening,avoid the peak of the daytime flow of people and the scorching sun,quietly shuttle between the ruins of the wall to feel once prosperous.

kindly reminder:

Turpan perennial drought and less rain,pay attention to small drink water,heat and sun protection

Day 8 Turpan-Urmuqi（About 240KM）

Today atrractions：

Emin Minaret

 Emin Minaret is a kind of cylindrical tower,standing in the right corner in front of the mosque. It has a unique shape,and the tower body is similar to the Guangzhou Minaret,which may have been used for reference when it was built. The tower body gradually collects points from the bottom up,collects points very large,and becomes more and more tight on the top,with the tower brake on the top. Su Gong Pagoda is an art treasure with Islamic architectural style created by the Uyghur architectural masters in Turpan,where wood is scarce,and has high artistic value.

International Grand Bazaar

It is a 4A scenic spot integrating characteristic buildings,ethnic commerce,singing and dancing,special food,jewelry and jade and other rich business forms. As a national cultural industry demonstration base and a platform for Xinjiang cultural and creative industry,it has a human flow of more than ten million people every year. It is an important cultural tourism landmark in Urumqi. It has now become a golden name card of Xinjiang cultural tourism,but also a "window to Xinjiang","Window to Central Asia" and "Window to the world".

Xinjiang Museum

(No entrance tickets,booking 1-3 days in advance is required,closed every Monday) is one of the first national first-class museums,provincial comprehensive topographic museums,cultural relics and specimens collection protection,scientific research and publicity and education institutions in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Scheduling：

 After breakfast,visit Emin Minaret,which was built by Sulaiman II,King of Turpan County in Qing Dynasty,to commemorate and commend the achievements of his father,Emin Hezuo,the first generation king of Turpan County,auxiliary Duke of Qing Dynasty and counselor Minister. After lunch,go to Urumqi and visit Xinjiang Museum to learn about Xinjiang's more than 2,000 historical and cultural development tracks. In the evening,head to the International Grand Bazaar,where there are many special handicrafts from Central Asia.

Kindly reminds：

The International Grand Bazaar is a place where local ethnic minorities live,and it is also a must-go urban scenic spot for tourists from all sides. You can freely arrange your play time according to your actual situation.

Day 9  Urmuqi-Your city

 Arrange the flight / station according to the flight / train information,end the deep journey of Xinjiang,return to the warm home! Welcome to visit Xinjiang again!

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