Red Hill The Red Hill stands magnificently at the center of Urumqi City. At sunrise and sunset, the hill looks red for it reflects the red light from the sun, so it was named Red Hill. The hill stretches from east to west and its dominant peak is 1391 m high. The top of the hill looks like a tiger and the rock is red, so the hill is also called “Tiger Head Hill” “Red Counterfort”.
Tianchi Lake Tianchi Lake is situated on north side of Bogda Peak of Tianshan Mountains, 40-odd km in the east of Fukang County, and 110 km away from Urumqi City. The name “Tianchi Lake” was named by Mingliang in 1783, the Qing Dynasty Commander of Urumqi Command.
Travel in Xinjiang Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers over 1,600,000 square kilometers (617,763 square miles), one-sixth of China's total territory, making it China's largest province.
No.1 Glacier As the head of Urumqi River, No.1 Glacier is located in the Tianger Mountain, 120 km southwest of Urumqi, 3800-4000 m above sea level. It is 2.4 km long, averagely 500 m wide and covers an area of 1.95 km2.
Sunflowers bloom in Xinjiang On July 14th ,several tourists took pictures in the sunflower field near the state road of YanJi county in Xinjiang.Now the sunflowers are blooming and the scenery is attractive .
Recommended Hotels——Hoi Tak Hotel
The Hoi Tak Hotel (Haide jiudian) is a new hotel managed by a Hong Kong group and situated in the business district of Urumqi.
