At the junction of China, Russia and Mongolia, there is a beautiful small county town called the Back Garden of the Gods. It is located at the highest point of the "Chicken Tail" of the territory of the People's Republic of China, and is inhabited by Kazakhs, Mongols, Hui, Han and other ethnic groups. It is Burjin County, located in the Altay region of Xinjiang, with a national border of 218 kilometers. Today's story of the small town will take you to see Burzin.
Burzin County has the Burzin River, which originates from the Friendship Peak, runs through Burzin County and joins the Irtysh River, continuing west through Haba River County and finally into the Arctic Ocean.
Burjin County has a beautiful scenery, including Hemu Village, which has been rated as "China's Most Beautiful Village" by China National Geographic, Kanas Scenic Area, which is known as "Wonderland on Earth, Garden of The Gods", and colorful spots such as Colorful Beach.
Tourists for Burjin can be described as love and resentment, love is its beautiful scenery, complain is the Kanas Scenic Area, Hemu Scenic Area tickets, shuttle buses, accommodation, prices and other prices are higher than the general scenic spots.
Burjin County belongs to Altay, located in the north of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the southwest foothills of the Altai Mountains, the northern edge of the Junggar Basin, its north and northeast borders with Russia and Mongolia, is one of the two counties bordering Russia in western China (the other is Habahe County), the national border is 218 kilometers long, there are many rivers in the territory, it is a necessary place for import and export of two border trade ports in northwest Xinjiang, and there is an ideal port with great development value at the border with Russia, which is the only closest channel to open economic and trade exchanges between the northwest region and Russia , China's only Arctic Ocean water system, the largest tributary of the Irtysh River. It is bordered by Mongolia to the northeast, Altay City to the east, Habahe County to the west, and Jimunai County and Fuhai County to the south. At the end of 2011, burzin county had a total population of 72,157. There are 21 ethnic groups such as Kazakhstan, Han, Hui and Mongolia. The county people's government is located in Burzin Town. Burjin County is rich in agricultural resources, such as spring soybeans, spring wheat, corn, oil sunflowers and other crops.
Known as the "Fairy Tale Border City", Burjin is a strong tourism county in western China, the first batch of national global tourism demonstration zone creation units, and the autonomous region's global tourism demonstration zone.
In March 2020, it won the title of Advanced County in The National Village Cleaning Action, and was commended by the Central Agricultural Office and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. 2020 China Summer Leisure Top 100 Counties and Cities.
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The county is named after the Burzin River. "Burzin", Mongolian. In Mongolian, a three-year-old male camel is called "Bur" and "Jin" means herder. The local Kazakh language also refers to the area as "Kuigan" (meaning confluence), where the Burzin River joins the Irtysh River.
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Burzin scenery
Mystery and Horror - Akturbek Yadan Landform: Located in the territory of Woyymok Township, Burzin County, on the first and second terraces on the north bank of the Irtysh River, 24 kilometers southeast of the county seat of Burzin. The asphalt road provides direct access to the site, with geographical coordinates of 47°48′56"N, 86°39′10"E, and an altitude of 480 meters. Here it is formed by the erosion of flowing water and cutting wind erosion. On the terrace slopes, the ravines are longitudinal and horizontal, and the valleys and small earth beams develop alternately, with a width of 5 to 10 meters, and the height of the earth beams is generally 5 to 15 meters, the highest is 25 meters, and the distribution area is more than 3 square kilometers. The density of ditches and beams is 150 per square kilometer. It consists of cut bare, slightly inclined Upper Tertiary strata, with lithology consisting of red, earth red, pale yellow and light green mudstones and gravel. Due to the different degrees of weather resistance between the rock layers, the formation of jagged contours, coupled with different colors of rock formations, colorful, shaped like colorful castles, monsters, peaks and other strange shapes of wind erosion terrain, has become a typical Yadan landform. It is located in an arid and windy zone, with an annual precipitation of 118 mm and more than 40 days of windy weather every year. When the wind blows, the valleys make different sounds, which is quite mysterious and terrifying.
Friendship Peak Glacier: Located in the territory of Hemu Kanas Township, Burjin County, the source area of the Kanas River is Kuitun Mountain and the southwest slope of Friendship Peak, 210 kilometers south of Burjin County, and 66 kilometers northeast from Kanas Lake to the glacier area.
Kanas Lake: Kanas Natural Landscape Reserve is located in Burzin County, the source of the Burzin River, more than 265 kilometers northwest of Altay City, with an area of 5,588 square kilometers. The nature reserve is centered on Kanas Lake and is mainly for the protection of wild animals and their ecological environment.
Kanas Lake is the only animal and plant distribution area of the South Siberian fauna in China, which grows precious tree species such as larch, red pine, spruce and fir of the Siberian fauna, and numerous birch forests, and is known to have 798 species in 83 families, 298 genera and 798 species. There are 39 species of mammals, 117 species of birds, 4 species of amphibians and reptiles, 7 species of fish in lakes, and more than 300 species of insects. Rare animals such as red deer, mink bears, snow leopards, snow rabbits, sables, stone martens, rock thunderbirds, forest frogs and so on are found here. The lake contains cold-water fish such as salmon, salmon, arctic smoke, cod, siberian bream and so on. Many kinds of flowers, trees, birds and beasts are unique in the whole of Xinjiang and even in the whole country.
Turuk petroglyphs: Located in the territory of Hemukanas Mongol Township, Burjin County, the geographical coordinates are 48° 53 ′ 39" N, 87 ° 08 ′ 44 " E, and the altitude is 1440 meters. On the metamorphic thousand rocks on the east shore of a bay in Kanas Lake, the bedrock has formed a special geomorphological landscape through ancient glaciation, the sheep's back stone, on which the petroglyphs are attached. The petroglyphs are strategically located, overlooking the lake and leaning against the beautiful and magnificent summer pastures. The current picture is divided into two places, more than 50 meters apart, the first petroglyph in the back of the sheep's back stone polished etching trough, the petroglyph area of 3 square meters, most of the petroglyphs are blurred, only a few patterns can be seen hedgehogs, wild boars, goats, snow chickens and other animal shapes. The second petroglyph is on a small steep ridge on the back of the sheep's back stone, with an area of 110×94 cm, the pattern is clearly visible, divided into two rows, 8 patterns in the upper row and 9 patterns in the lower row, the content is mainly based on animals such as horses, sheep, wolves, dogs, deer, snow chickens, etc.
Friendship Peak
Kusugen rock paintings: Located in chong hur township of Burjin County, the transportation is convenient, and the off-road vehicle can be directly connected. Geographical coordinates: 48°09′N, 87°11′13"E, 770 m above sea level. The petroglyphs are in the ditch area of Kusugengou about 5 km east of chong hur township government. It is an important pastoral road for local herders to transfer to the farm, and a large number of livestock pass through it every spring and autumn. The petroglyphs are divided into two pieces, the first one is in the rock pile at the mouth of the ditch, the original scale is larger, because the locals smashed the stones and transported them, only some of the petroglyphs remain. The picture area is 54×50 cm, there are only 3 animal shapes, judging from the picture, the upper is a dog, the lower is a cat, and the middle is unknown. The second rock painting area is largely distributed, 1 kilometer away from the first rock painting, the picture area is about 10×30 cm, the pattern is varied, intricate, and there are many superimposed phenomena of new and old petroglyphs, and the content is mostly related to the life of nomadic people, such as goats, foxes, dogs, horses and people riding patterns.
Wucai Beach: Wucai Beach is a national 4A-level scenic spot, located in the northern tip of Xinjiang, belonging to the Altay region, within the territory of Burjin County, located on the first and second terraces on the north bank of the Irtysh River, the only one in China that flows into the Arctic Ocean, at an altitude of 480 meters, towards Habahe County, 24 kilometers away from burjin County, and is also the only way to the Kanas Lake Scenic Area.
East Silk Scenic Area: The Kanas grassland is divided into alpine meadow grassland and river valley grassland. Alpine meadows are distributed in alpine erosion terraces, among which ornamental meadows are Agat Meadow, Tielisha Hay Meadow, East Siluk Meadow, Hundred Gardens, Black Lake Meadow, thousand lake meadow.
Baishanbu Monument: There is a towering tombstone in the east of Burjin County, the stele is 8 meters high and covers an area of 150 square meters, this is the Baishanbu Monument, which was specially built to commemorate the Kazakh folk composer and founder of dongbula playing music - Baishanbu Dunanbai.
Altai Mountains: The Altai Mountains are in a humid westerly windward current, and the wet and cold air currents in the southwest bring abundant rain and snow. The snow water flows south along the slope and merges into two major river systems, the Irtysh River and the Ulungu River, which moisturizes the grassland of Qianli and becomes an important base for animal husbandry in Xinjiang.
JadonYu: "Jadenyu" Kazakh means "Jaden's house". It is a demonstration base for sealing mountains and cultivating forests in Burjin County, and currently has more than 80 acres of nurseries, mainly breeding seedlings such as spruce, Siberian larch, snowy spruce, and sassafras pine.
Qianhu: Qianhu is located in the territory of Hemukanas Mongol Township, 155 kilometers south of Burjin County, 13 kilometers west of Kanas Village, connected by road, from Kanas Village on foot or on horseback.
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Hemu Caucasian Honey: Honey is the most familiar bee product, which is made by bees collecting nectar from plant flowers and returning to their nests. Its color and fragrance are different depending on the flowers collected, the season and the region.
Kanas Melon: Woyimok Township, Burjin County, relying on the geographical advantages along the Kanas tourism route, is blessed with unique light and heat resources. The kanas melon produced has the characteristics of high sugar, good taste and mellow juice.
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Oil tower: the shape of the oil tower is like a tower, the color is white and oily, the surface is thin and the layer is very thin, and the fragrant soft oil is not greasy. The production of the oil tower is to first use warm water to reconcile the noodles, add the yeast noodles to knead into soft noodles, let it go for about an hour, and then add lye water to knead the noodles for a while. According to the needs of the production, roll into several pieces, wipe the oil and set aside. Take one of the pieces, roll out thinly, smear with refining sheep's tail oil, sprinkle a little salt and pepper powder, roll the noodles and roll them, roll them into thin strips, then cut them into several small pieces, and then twist them into a tower shape, steam them in the cage drawer for half an hour, and then open the cage to eat.