There are 2862 counties in China
And this small county town is like a flat leaf boat
Surrounded by desert
Many people in this county don't know
Not many people have been there either
But it will definitely make your eyes light up
It is an obscure small county town in southern Xinjiang
It is the only county in China surrounded by desert
It's McGetty
It was once inhabited by nomadic tribes and has a long history
According to legend, the ancient "Dolang" tribal leader Migeti led the nomadic herders to settle here, so he called the name of the chief as the place name, and later changed to Maigeti.
The second is that there were many nomadic tribes living in the area of present-day Bachu a long time ago, and due to the erosion of the desert, the people in the center of the market town were forced to move here, so it was called "Melgaiz", which means people who moved from the center, and gradually evolved into The Maigeti.
Maigeti County is located in the western part of the Tarim Basin, downstream of the Yarkand River and the lower reaches of the Tizinav River, with the world's second highest peak --- Chogory Peak in the south and the World's "Father of Icebergs" in the north, Mushtag Peak. It has a total area of 11,023 square kilometers and a population of about 210,000 people
Through the struggle and efforts of various nationalities, McGheti has gradually become a rising star in the desert from the village to the town to the county seat.
McGetty is also known as the Tourist City
Countless tourists come to Maketti every year
Feel the Daolang culture and feel the unique beauty of the desert
Desert Grand View Garden
Located in the desert area east of the site of the Sino-British Joint Expedition In Kumukusar Township, it is a comprehensive desert tourism area integrating desert recreation, sightseeing photography, adventure experience, science education and other functions.
Four desert adventure tourism routes have been established. "Hero's Journey" - from base across Taklamakan to Ruoqiang, "Brave Journey" - Adventure Base to Desert Trail Station, "Perseverance Journey" - Adventure Base to Millennium Poplar Forest Park, "Experience Tour" - Adventure Base to Karama Lake Desert Inn.
Desert Carnival. The playground integrates desert amusement features and has desert viewing and amusement functions. Desert amusement planning projects include: desert ropeway, passion sandboarding, desert go-kart, desert motorcycle, desert surf bike, desert paragliding, camel riding, camel racing, desert target shooting, desert archery, desert skydiving, beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach recuperation, etc. Desert viewing projects include: watching the desert sunrise, enjoying the sunset of the desert, sand sculpture viewing, desert strange stones, strange sand and so on.
Millennium Poplar Forest Park
Relying on the 700,000 mu of poplar forest farm in the northeast of the county, the construction of a thousand-year-old poplar forest park.
Pristine poplar sightseeing area. With the help of the different layout styles of each poplar forest, related water systems and deserts, plan a reasonable sightseeing route to create a unique millennium poplar tour attraction, and in the open land on the edge of the desert, the traditional sheep activities are regularly held to attract tourists to visit.
Poplar scenery film and television base. Set up a small poplar film and television base, and regularly hold a national western desert poplar photography contest to spread the image of McGetty tourism.
Daolang Qiandao Lake
Qiandao Lake (Jiren Lema Resort)
Jiren Lema Resort is located north of the waterfront of Jiren Lema. Planning and construction of high-end leisure holiday villas, supporting luxury clubs, spas and other facilities. Bounded by the lake road, all kinds of characteristic fruit trees with an area of about 10,000 mu are planted within a radius of about 500 meters outside the boundary.
Planning to build 50 villas, can use single-family, townhouse and other styles, architectural style reflects the daolang cultural elements, design reflects the concept of ecological low-carbon, make full use of solar energy resources, advocate the use of ecological and environmental protection building materials, emphasize the coordination and integration with the waterfront environment, to create a high-quality high-end private holiday villa.
Not only has a unique scenery, but also a beautiful humanistic culture
Tangwang Lake wetland, to meet your little literary complex
Daolang painting hometown, take a look at the world-renowned Daolang painting
Daolang Grand Bazaar, eat delicious snacks, only food and you can not live up to
On any street, eat a locally savory kebab
Try the unique knife bun, which is beautiful and delicious
Go to the peach blossom forest of the May Day Forest, feel the death of the peach, and burn its glory
Go to The World Peace Park and get away from the hustle and bustle of the bustling street market
Go to the reservoir and experience the fun of winter fishing
Go to the banks of the Yarkand River, the Yerkand River under the sunset is mesmerizing
Before 1994, during the flood season of the Yarkand River, McGetty was an "island" with no way to go, unless it was reached by boat. It seems interesting to imagine the scene of that year.
McGetty also has four treasures:
National intangible cultural heritage, Daolang peasant paintings, red dates and Daolang sheep.
The soul dance of the "Dao Lang People" - Mai Xi Refu
For a long time, the "Daolang Culture" that the people of all ethnic groups in Maigeti County are proud of is the county's geographically iconic regional characteristic culture, which is represented by "Daolang Mai xi refu", "Daolang Muqam" and "Daolang peasant painting", Daolang Muqam is the song of the life of "Daolang people", and Daolang Maixi Refu is the music and dance of the soul of "Daolang people".
"Maisirefu" means gathering and gathering in Uyghur. At the beginning of "Daolang Mai Xi Refu", an artist first sang the overture, and then the orchestra played the music, and a pair of young men and women danced, and as the music changed, the dancers' movements seemed to be carrying out an intense and orderly hunting activity.
The male dancers seem to be looking for traces of wild beasts, and the female dancers seem to be illuminating the men. Then, as the rhythm of the music increased, so did the movements of the dance, as if entering the action of fighting with wild beasts and batting with sticks.
Dao Lang Mai Xi Refu is a set of songs and dances
Acrobatics as one of the folk gatherings
Daolang Muqam is a Uyghur musical epic
The song with the dance was superb
In 2005, Maigeti County was awarded the honorary titles of "Hometown of China Daolang Mai Xi Refu", "Chinese Daolang Mukam Township" and "Hometown of Chinese Daolang Peasant Painting".
In 2006, "Daolang Mai Xi Refu" and "Daolang Muqam" were successively rated as world-class and national intangible cultural heritage protection projects by the United Nations and the Ministry of Culture.
The wandering of the soul of the "Daolang people" - Daolang peasant painting
"Daolang Peasant Painting" is an excellent result of the "Daolang People" with great imagination and artistic creativity, a kind of childish painting art with a primitive form, and a strange thing in the hundred gardens of modern folk painting art in the mainland.
With her unique creative style and artistic charm, she is well-known in the painting circles at home and abroad, and has entered the forefront of peasant paintings in the country, which has attracted the attention of the art circles at home and abroad.
Whether it is life or livelihood, Daolang people live a colorful life. They had lived for generations on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, but they had an entire kingdom of color; their hand holding Kanturman, though rough and dexterous as a paintbrush, was as dexterous as a flying yellow warbler. In the "Hometown of Daolang Peasant Painting"
"Dao Lang Ren" Ben Xiaokang's cash cow - red dates
The fruit of the red jujube is large,
The color is beautiful, the taste is good, and the sugar content is high
Sweet and can be eaten in a bunch
Megheti County is located on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, with a huge temperature difference between light and heat. During the day, the strong hot air flow of the desert steaming up is like a fiery fire, and the high temperature is 50 degrees Celsius; at night, the cold current of Kunlun in the snowy region swoops down, and the temperature difference between the high temperature and the strong cold air is 35 degrees Celsius. Unique light and heat temperature difference conditions, the achievement of red dates super quality.
At present, the county's jujube planting area of 520,000 mu, fruit hanging area of 480,000 mu, a total output of 69,000 tons, jujube planting area, jujube quality ranks the highest in the country, creating a veritable "jujube capital" reputation in McGeti County. In 2013, the per capita net income of red dates in McGeti County reached 1947 yuan.
The "Daolang people" got rich in the living bank - Daolang sheep
Daolang sheep, also known as Dolang sheep, is a meat-fat sheep breed that is crossed between the Megheti native sheep and the Vargir fat sheep in Afghanistan. This variety has the characteristics of tall size, fast growth and development, early maturation, high meat production and reproduction rate, strong adaptability, hereditary stability and high feed remuneration. With its advantages of high exchange rate and great sales potential in the domestic and international markets, Daolang sheep dominate the animal husbandry industry in Xinjiang and are designated as famous livestock breeds by the autonomous region.
If a farmer raises 2 knife lang ewes,
Using its high reproductive properties to get rid of poverty within 1 year,
After 2 years, it became a million yuan household,
Therefore, the MaiGeti Daolang sheep is also called by local farmers
Reliable and convenient "live bank" without reducing interest rates.
presently
Maigeti County's breeding of Daolang sheep has formed a scale,
There are 390,000 Daolang sheep in the county.
After 4 years, people entered the sand and retreated to create a "miracle."
Maigeti County is surrounded by sand on three sides, and it is also the only county town surrounded by desert in the country, and the desert area of Maigeti County accounts for 90% of the total area of the county, so the wind and sand of Maigeti County needless to say, now some places in Xinjiang have gradually become oases, and this county town is the same, and the speed is very fast, only lasted 4 years.
In 2012, McGetty County decided to fight in the vast desert, planting many trees and planting poplars on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, and the endless yellow sand has become an endless oasis. Now not only after having an oasis, they have also planted a lot of edible food here, which can also be sold, and it is really a realization of sand control and wealth control.
It is said in the rivers and lakes that "not to Kashgar, not to Xinjiang; not to Maigeti, to Kashgar, this small city is like a lonely flat boat fighting with the sand sea, and eventually people enter the sand and retreat."
That desolate McGeti will cease to exist
Comparison between the past and the present
The environment in which children used to go to school
Now the environment in which children go to school
An earthen house where farmers used to live
Now the peasants are concentrated in successive areas of rich people's housing
Former McGeti County People's Square
Now McGeti County Cultural Square
In the past, McGetty People's Square was performing a show
Now the Maigeti County Cultural Square is dancing a knife dance
Past theatrical performances of the people of McGeti
Now the children of Daolang celebrate the Nowruz Festival
Past road conditions
The current state of the road
Cultivated land in the past
Now mechanized sowing of cotton
Past the Yarkand River Bridge in McGeti County
Now the New Bridge of the Meghetierjerkand River
Past election sites
Now the McGeti County County Convention
The desert land of the past
The face of McGetty now
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Xinjiang my home is comprehensively sorted out
Today, this former sandy land has established a green barrier
Stand on the observation deck and look out
Rows of green poplars, sand willow bushes, greenery, endless
This is the first phase of the 300,000 mu project of 300,000 mu of windproof sand fixation in Maigeti County
Turn the desert into a veritable ecological forest and economic forest
It has become a beautiful landscape on the southwestern edge of the Taklamakan Desert
A small county town in the middle of the desert
Through the efforts of all ethnic groups
A new world has been opened up in the desert
Carry forward the Daolang culture
Tribute at McGeti
These are people who are not afraid of the wind and sand, who are not afraid of hardships
May our greater Xinjiang get better and better
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