Toksun County is affiliated to Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is located at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountains and the west of Turpan Basin. Xinghua Village, Nanhu Lake, Xia Township, Toksun County is about 200 kilometers away from Urumqi City.
Toksun County, Turpan City governs 3 townships: Xia Township, Guolebuyi Township, and Bostan Township. Every year from March 16th to 22nd, it is the best season to watch apricot blossoms in Nanhu Village, Xiaxiang, Toksun County. When many places in Xinjiang are still ice and snow, Nanhu Village in Xiaxiang is under the sunshine in spring in March, and the temperature rises rapidly. , so the apricot blossoms open earlier, and it has become the earliest place for many tourists to go to spring.
Walking into the 10,000-acre apricot garden, which is early ripening and blooming, is like walking into the sea of flowers in the apricot forest. There are groups of flower appreciators with happy smiles on their faces. Friends gather, chat and enjoy the flowers. It’s very pleasant, and the spring breeze is intoxicating. , Apricot blossom drunk spring. Although the apricot flowering period in Nanhu Village is only about a week, due to the different flowering time, the apricot flowering in Turpan can be almost from mid-March to early April.
Rows of apricot blossoms can also be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys or courtyards of Nanhu Village, Xia Township, Tuokesun County. The houses in this area are very simple, and most of them are composed of geometric figures. Whether it is a wooden door or an iron door, if you look closely, you will find that there are exquisite carvings on it. Among them, the iron doors of several villagers’ houses are engraved with Chinese characters "turmoil is a disaster, stability is a disaster." The word "Fu" highlights that all ethnic groups in Xinjiang live a peaceful, comfortable and happy life, and also allows all tourists to integrate into the unity, friendship, stability and peace of the flower viewing atmosphere.
The gourmet restaurant in Xinghua Village serves mixed noodles, fried noodles and cold noodles made of locally grown materials, and the black sheep barbecue raised by Tuokesun is very popular among tourists. The scent of sorghum flour naan cakes exuding from the freshly baked and sold naan pits on the street has attracted many tourists to stop and buy. The hospitality and convenient fast food of the local Uyghur villagers make tourists enjoy the flowers to their heart's content.
The reputation of "Xinjiang's first spring" in Nanhu Xinghua Village, Xia Township, Toksun County, Turpan City has spread more and more widely. The asphalt road network in Nanhu Village has become more and more dense. Hiking plank roads and observation decks have added more opportunities for tourists to watch apricot blossoms. Fun, the unified commercial street makes the operation more standardized. Although the apricot blossom period is short, it brings more and more business opportunities. The continuous improvement of infrastructure and abundant tourism projects have made Nanhu Village a beautiful village with affluent life and good ecology.
Kong Xiangzhi, author of Jinmen.com
