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MAKE RESERVATION?
You can make a reservation on Hotel,Airticket & Tour by
E-mail, Fax or Phone. Our office hours: 08:30-18:00(GMT+08:00).
Because of the time difference, it would be better to reserve
by email or message board out of our working hours. Each of
your requests will be respond promptly. You can get our contact
information in our website. Once the tour is confirmed by both
of us, the reservation is made. At the same time, a deposit
is required, and the amount depends on what tour you plan.
The balance you can pay us, upon you arrive Beijing. |
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China has been
a major travel destination of the world and attract
more and more tourists from all over the world.China
will be more important to the 2lst century. Fascination
with Chinese past, Chinese present, and Chinese future… |
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China has 23
provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities
and 2 Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and
Macao). Different cities, different culture and special
interests. |
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Introduction Of Xinjiang Province
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| Xinjiang
Province |
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Geographic
location |
| Situated in the
northwest China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was
known in China as the Western Territory in ancient
times. Its 1.66 million sq km represent about one-sixth
of the total territory of the country, making it the
largest of China's regions and provinces. Xinjiang
shares 5,600 km of frontier with Mongolia in the northeast,
then Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
in the west, and then Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
in the southwest. |
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| Other
Information Of Xinjiang Province |
| Capital |
Urumqi |
| Population |
17.75
millions |
| Ethnic
groups |
Weiwuer & Han |
| Major
Cities |
Urumqi Kashgar Yining Hami Karamay Aksu Shihezi Turpan Hetian(Hotan) Korla |
| Climate |
| While Xinjiang enjoys between 2,500
to 3,000 hours of sunshine each year, the amount of annual
precipitation for the entire region averages a mere 150
milliliters (ml), and thus the air is quite dry. |
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| Major
Scene Spots |
| Flaming
Mountain |
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| Flaming Mountain is one
of the hottest places on earth,located on the northern
edge of the Turpan Basin, Flaming Mountain runs 10 kilometers
east of Turpan city, stretching up to 100 kilometers
from east to west and about 10 kilometers from south
to north. The mountain begins at Liusha River in Shanshan
County in the east and ends in Peach Valley in the west.
It has always been a famous tourist attraction, with
its harsh yet unique natural conditions, as well as abundant
cultural heritage. |
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| Karez
Irrigation Site |
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| Its the site the locals
are most proud of, and rightfully sothe irrigation method
is probably their greatest contribution to desert dwellers
and has been employed as far away as Afghanistan and
Iran. More than 2,000 years ago, it was developed as
a way to bright the snowmelt waters of the Tian Shan
to the city through a series of wells dug into underground
water channels. By transporting the water underground,
they were able to prevent evaporation and to keep dust
and dirt out of their water supply. The Karez Irrigation
Site is like a museum explaining how the wells are built
and maintained and even includes a sample channel and
well that you can explore. |
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| Grape
Valley |
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| The Grape Valley is
situated in a canyon, west of Fire Mountain and 15 km
northeast of the seat of Turpan County.It is 8 km long
and 500m wide. On either side of the valley are thick
trees and mulberry trees, apricot trees, peach trees,
pear trees, poplar trees, willow trees, elm trees and
locust trees are arranged in order. Waters from springs
flow into channels irrigating 210-odd hectare grape garden.
Here a modern grape wine plant has been established producing
various kinds of grape wine and grape cans. |
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| Turpan |
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| Tulupan in Chinese,
it is a remote desert city in the far west of China,
one of the lowest places on earth, where rain never falls
and summers are scorching hot. Turpan was once an important
staging post on the Silk Road and its large oasis produces
most of the best grapes in China. You can see the ancient
Karez system of irrigation whereby the melted snow from
the surrounding mountains is brought down to the town
in underground channels, all dug by hand and stretching
around some 3000km. |
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