Poetry and far away, there must always be one on the road.
The so-called scenery has also become light and breezy, and it is almost just a matter of walking in another place and experiencing the familiarity of others with its own strangeness.
Today, we walk into Turpan, which was once an important town on the ancient Silk Road and was once one of the important centers of the Western Regions. "The richest open-air archaeological museum in the world" – is Sweden's Gunnar Jarin's assessment of Turpan.
This is a mysterious city, from the earliest Jiaohe Ancient City to the Ancient City of Gaochang, there is the crystallization of human wisdom - Karez, there are Sugong Pagoda, grotto temple, flame mountain. Although the area is small, it integrates various religions and ethnic civilizations. If you like adventure, this is a great place, there are many ancient trails in the Tianshan series, waiting for you to explore the mysteries of it on foot.
Turpan's diet is rich, with Uyghur-style snacks with strong local characteristics and Islamic halal food. Xinjiang's melons and fruits are famous, there are hundreds of varieties of grapes, friends who love to eat fruits, you can take grapes and other fruits as staple foods, eat all the way, this "fruit feast" is a unique feature of Turpan. In addition, in Turpan, grapes are processed into a particularly large number of other foods, such as various raisins, mussels, grape water, etc., all of which are mouth-watering delicacies.
Turpan in Grape Turkic means fertile place, and this basin, which is nearly 1/10 of the land below sea level, is filled with grapes and beautiful scenery. This pot contains the sweetest grape in the world: the seedless white grape, which is mainly used to dry raisins. Chilling under the grapevines that can be found everywhere in the countryside, it is a real pleasure to grab two bunches of grapes.
Sugong Pagoda ★★★★
Also known as Emin Pagoda, it was built in the thirteenth year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1778) by the King of Turpan County to pray for his father's blessing. Bricks made of loess are like half a spindle, with 72 steps that rotate to the top of the tower, and the tower is built in different patterns, and the shape is unique in the country. Because there is little rain in the local area, the loess pagoda from more than 100 years ago is still well preserved and is worth taking photos. At the Grand Cross, take the 1st, 6th, 102nd road, you can also take a taxi (about 5 yuan) to go, or rent a donkey cart to go. Sugong Pagoda is very close to the museum, you can take the No. 6 bus to the museum at the back door, or take the No. 102 bus at the front gate to reach the museum at the Big Cross or Minmao Transfer No. 5 bus; the taxi will be negotiated, 5 yuan can be reached.
Flame Mountain ★★★★★
A brown folded mountain 98 km long, 9 km wide and 831.7 m above sea level. Because the summer temperature can reach up to 47 ° C, the surface temperature reaches 80 ° C, the mountains that are reflected in red and the steaming hot gas are like a flame, so it is called the Flame Mountain, which has led to the Flame Mountain and the Banana Fan in journey to the West. Located in the south of Turpan, the Flame Mountain is the only way to the ancient city of Gaochang, Astana-Hala and Zhuogu Tombs, The Thousand Buddha Caves of Baizi Creek, and Shanshan. In the depths of the fire, there are also two fire god beads in grape ditch and Tuyu ditch.
Grape gully ★★★
Located at the western end of The Flame Mountain, the grape ditch is 8 kilometers long and 0.5 kilometers wide, and the whole ditch is covered with grapes, and under the grape leaves is a pure Xinjiang village, comfortable and leisurely. Horse tits, red and black grapes, cane early crystals, seedless grapes, roses, and a variety of other fruits hang from the branches. Here you can enjoy the folk dance and taste the fresh grapes, and every year around August is the season when the grapes ripen, which is the most lively season in the grape ditch. Now there is a new grape ditch in Turpan, which together with the old grape ditch form the grape ditch amusement park. Following the guided tour, most will be led to the new grape ditch, as the newly developed commercial projects are mostly concentrated there. If you want to taste the pure Turpan grape style, you still have to go to the old grape ditch.
Tuyugou ★★★★
Surrounded by flame mountains, Tuyugou belongs to Shanshan County, which is more than 50 kilometers east of Turpan. Like GrapeVine, this is a true Uighur village, but more natural and pure.
On the slope of Tuyugou mountain there is a maza (cemetery) of saints, where 7 saints of Islam are buried. So it's also an important pilgrimage site in Islam. Tuyugou also has a Thousand Buddha Caves, which is the earliest group of grottoes excavated in the Turpan Basin, which was built 1600 years ago, and there are 94 caves and some murals. Maza and the Thousand Buddha Cave are not far apart, and the buildings representing the two faiths have been living in peace to this day.
Jiaohe Old City ★★★★
This city without walls is currently the largest and oldest and best-preserved city in the world. The ruins of the ancient city are located in the Jarnaz Ditch, 13 kilometers west of Turpan City, on an isolated island with willow leaves and a height of more than 20 meters. Because the dry river channel is diverted under the city, it is called "Jiaohe River". It is the site of the "Cheshiqian King's Court" of the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty Anxi Governor's Palace was originally located here, and was destroyed in a war of nearly half a century around the 13th century. At present, the official palaces, houses, pagodas and monasteries in the city are still clearly visible, and the entire city can only be climbed to the ancient city by the east and south gates, from the river up through the dirt road.
Gaochang Ancient City ★★★★★
Gaochang was founded in the 1st century BC, and by the 9th century the Uighur kingdom of Gaochang was established here, and in the 13th century, like the ancient city of Jiaohe, it was besieged and burned by Mongol rebels. The existing architectural ruins with a circumference of 5.4 kilometers and an area of 2 million square meters are the largest remaining ancient city ruins in the Western Regions. Architectural sites such as the inner city wall, the outer city wall, the palace wall, the Khan Fort, the beacon tower, and the pagoda temple are still well preserved. At that time, the Tang monks also preached the Dharma in this city.
Astana-Hala and Chogu Tombs ★★★★
This ancient tomb group, which is 3 kilometers away from Gaochang City, is the cemetery of Gaochang Ancient City, except for the tombs of royal family members, which can be found here by other officials and ordinary people, with a total of more than 500 tombs. The corpses in the tombs are almost all naturally dried and well preserved, and 3 of the cemeteries are now open for visitors to visit, two of which contain exquisite murals and the other is a husband and wife burial tomb.
Berg creek thousand Buddha cave ★★★★
Located on the cliffs on the west bank of the Mugou River Valley in the middle of the Flame Mountain more than 40 kilometers southeast of Turpan, the Baizi Creek Thousand Buddha Caves have a total of 83 caves, of which more than 40 remain with more than 1,200 square meters of murals. The earliest caves were excavated in the 6th century, at their peak in the mid-9th century during the Uighur Gaochang Kingdom. Both the Buddha statues and the frescoes have been destroyed to varying degrees by nature and man, partly for religious reasons and partly by explorers in the early 20th century.
Qaner well ★★★
The Qan'erjing, along with the Great Wall and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, became the three major projects in ancient China. There are more than a thousand karez wells in the Turpan Basin, with a total length of about 5,000 kilometers, which are underground water diversion projects that are manually excavated and excavated, reducing water evaporation and ensuring farmland irrigation. The history of karez dates back more than 2,000 years.
Lake ★★★★ Aydin
Lake Aidin, about 40 kilometers south of Turpan, is located 156 meters below sea level, second only to the Dead Sea in Southwest Asia, with a water surface area of 22 square kilometers, a water depth of less than 1 meter, no vegetation, and no signs of life except for large areas of salinity. Because of the extreme heat and drought, the lake water is decreasing every year, and the lake area of hundreds of millions of years ago was 1,000 times that of now, and it was once a place where life flourished, and now only a desolate and dead silence remains.
lodging
Turpan Guli Estate
Push open the quaint gate of Guli Manor, and you will be greeted by a vine full of pearl-like fruits; on the display cabinet under the long grape rack, there are many special handicrafts such as hand-cranked fans and handbags; the rooms on the upper and lower floors are built according to the situation, each with a small terrace; in the fish pond in front of the house, the weeping willows are reflected, the microwave is sparkling, and the fish are shallow; the wooden boardwalk hidden in the green trees, the winding path, the shadows of the trees...
There are special delicacies such as roasted whole lamb, kebabs, hand-grabbed meat, large plates of cockfighting, hand-pilaf, mixed noodles, as well as mulberries in May, apricots in June, grapes from July to October, fragrant pears, figs, pomegranates, walnuts, sand dates; here are ethnic decorations of large kang beds, there are also unique shaped hassa bags; there are ethnic song and dance performances, and there are a variety of swimming projects waiting for you to experience.
Star Hotel Shanshan County
The last rays of the setting sun sprinkle, the vast desert is like a pale golden ocean, the hemispherical white room is the bubble of wandering in the ocean, several camels are pacing nearby, chasing a cluster of shuttle trees without hurrying, the sand dunes in the distance meet the sky, the stars are scattered in the world, and the starry night of Kumutag has come...
The hotel is high-end positioning, unique design, shaped like an Eskimo igloo, the room is fully equipped with water, electricity and gas, and the design of the transparent dome allows you to interact with the sun, moon and stars as you lie on the bed. Open the curtains, blue sky, white clouds, sand sea... It's all in sight. The most beautiful desert sunrise, the slanting sun, and the brilliant starry sky are all here looking forward to meeting you.
Turpan "Sogdian Inn"
The head of the wooden strip in the cave-shaped room, the bed kang made of green brick... All attract the attention of the guests. The courtyard of the inn is lined with trees, idyllic and leisurely, and there are grapevine night markets, swimming pools, specialty food restaurants, route customization, car rental services and other formats that complement the courtyard. The inn has convenient transportation, 10 minutes walk to the Turpan Museum, within a radius of 1 km there is also a dining street on Baizi Creek Road, a large cross business circle and so on.
Adhering to the design concept of natural simplicity, the inn closely fits the thick historical and cultural characteristics of Turpan, and integrates local folk customs, native culture and drying room elements into the design bit by bit, so that guests can fully feel the charm of the collision and combination of cultural elements and natural landscapes.
Gaochang Station
The indoor imitation horse lamp shape wall lamp emits soft light, the picture frame written in the line, letter, li and seal is ancient, the screen carved in solid wood, the Taishi chair of the Zhongzheng atmosphere, and the objects full of historical traces on the strange object shelf make people dream back to the ancient times in a trance, as if they can faintly hear the stagecoach hissing. Outside the house, there are small bridges flowing water, trees swaying, children catching birds, old men fishing... A good picture of human leisure to write the intention.
Located at the foot of the Flame Mountain, on the Gaochang Ancient City Tourist Line, the façade of the station is designed from local pebbles, thatch, old wood, loess, straw, and waste industrial products, which are simple and comfortable. The interior of the room is fully equipped, with high-end furniture soft decoration, wall rammed earth paint taken from the loess of flame mountain, local materials are green and environmentally friendly, with good thermal insulation effect.
Finally, we came to a good place to eat and eat.
There are various farms in the grape ditch, so you can go into one and sit down and feel the folklore of the Uighur family. In the hot summer, tired of picking grapes, sitting on a mat made of unique patterns, drinking the family's home-brewed cavas brought by the boss, while eating grapes, and then ordering a few fresh meat dishes and pasta, enjoying muqam, Dawaz and other national songs and dances, traditional skill performances, the shophouse because of the heat and simply no clothes on the two- or three-year-old children simply bare stomach running, this scene, is really nowhere else to find.
When you leave the scenic spot and walk into a small restaurant called Xiyu Sunshine Spicy Chicken, which seems to be unassuming, you realize that you have greatly underestimated the ability and sincerity of the Turpan people to make food. Turpan has the saying "Four Treasures of Gastronomy", and it is said that these foods can only be eaten locally. Bean noodles are toppings made with locally grown small white beans in addition to lamb, tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms, and when mixed well with the noodles, they have a soft and sticky texture.
Raisin pilaf is added to the minced meat with local white raisins. Pot meat is a stewed lamb carrot, which has a unique taste due to the slow simmering of lamb meat. The restaurant next to the jiaohe ancient city that specializes in large plates of chicken, like other restaurants in Turpan, makes large plates of cockfighting, which is more chewy because of the use of turpan local cockfighting, and the quality food is enough to make the restaurant as sunny and confident as its own name.
Nibbling on the chicken, thinking about the ruins all over Turpan, I can't help but think: Maybe it is this sense of history that has really created today's unique Turpan cuisine?
Western Sunshine Spicy Chicken
Xinjiang style
There are many Dishes in Xinjiang, and at the same time, the environment is good, the dishes are very well made, very delicious. There are more people who come to eat, sometimes need to wait, the price is small and expensive, but the service is good and the dish is fast.
The restaurant's signature dish is the puff pastry roast leg of lamb, which must be ordered at every table, the taste is very fragrant, the puff pastry is also very crisp, and the lamb is not steamy.
The baked buns were authentic. Slow-cooked Korla pears and black mulberry kavas are also worth tasting. Yogurt can also be used as an appetizer for dessert after meals.
Xinjiang ke , the most beautiful taste of Xinjiang
This is a Turpan internet celebrity restaurant, at the door will find a lot of people queuing, dinner need to be booked early, otherwise you have to wait in line. The restaurant environment is the national style that has been popular in Xinjiang catering in the past two years.
There are many dishes here, the grilled buns are delicious, and the authentic Turpan food strips are very authentic.
Song and dance performances seem to be the standard in Xinjiang hotels, and locals also like to entertain friends from afar in such a place with strong Xinjiang characteristics. Every dish in this restaurant is exquisite and beautiful, and the taste is authentic and delicious. In addition to roast meat, stewed lamb, large plates of chicken, grilled buns, and pilaf, kvass, tank meat is also a must-have.
Eli Kaimu cuisine
The pilaf of this shop is very recommended, and many tourists go to Eli Kaimu to taste authentic Xinjiang pilaf, and they generally can't eat pilaf at night, because they have already sold out. Bean soup rice, sour soup slices, roasted lamb's hooves and na ren are all good and can be tasted.
In short, the dishes of this shop will not let you step into the minefield, but the waiter's speed of serving at that time was a little slow, which may be the reason why there are more people.
Helbagh
Helbagh is a retro Russian-style restaurant with a very distinctive character, not only authentic Xinjiang cuisine, but also live performances by old artists. Pilaf, grilled buns, yogurt, pepper chicken, dried sautéed noodles, lamb skewers, etc., are complete in variety, authentic in taste, and loved by everyone.
The meat grill is delicious and is also the signature of the restaurant, if you want to choose a halal Turpan restaurant, this restaurant can not miss it!
Turpan Hotel Halal
Turpan Grand Hotel is probably one of the best halal Turpan restaurants in the area, with two floors, a very nice environment and a wide variety of dishes, basically covering delicious Turpan cuisine. In addition to the food you can taste, there are also shows, talk shows, Xinjiang dances, acrobatics, etc. are very good, lamb buns, grilled lamb chops must be tasted!
Jianguo Big Pan Chicken Hotel
Large plates of chicken are typical representatives of Xinjiang cuisine. Jianguo Big Plate Chicken Hotel is a very popular halal Turpan restaurant, his family's big plate chicken is the most famous, almost everyone loves to eat, has been loved and recommended by many locals, there are also a lot of halal food, according to personal taste, the focus is still his big plate chicken is worth a taste.
Experience the customs and customs of the locals, stop and go, eat and stay at will, and have a different food tour!