Sightseeing List

Bayanbulak Grassland is a great prairie boasting luxuriant verdant grass, numerous flocks of sheep and varied plants, etc, making it the second largest grassland in China.

Lying in the southeast of Yanqi Basin and situated in Bohu County, Bosten Lake is the largest lake in Xinjiang and the biggest inland freshwater lake in China.

Lop Nur was the second largest inland lake in China and an important station on the Silk Road.

Tiemen Pass is one of the 26 famous passes in China, and acquired the name 'Iron Gate' for it is solid and firm just like an iron gate.

"Yadan" means "steep mound" in Uygur and is now widely used by geologists and archeologists to refer to certain geomorphic features in arid regions.

-- Around Korla --

Loulan was the victim to an incredible natural disaster that transformed the once beautiful city into a barren and perilous desert landscape.

Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves are corridor of murals surpassing other existing caves in China in their abundance in content, quantity and long duration.

Subashi Ruins bear witness to the years of change, the stories of Buddhism and the development of civilization in this vast land.

In Uigur language, Takla Makan means “you can get into it but can never get out” and the desert has another name 'the Sea of Death'. It is regarded as being very powerful among the people.

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