Four thousand kilometers, a dream in the northwest
Departing from the southeast of the motherland, taking the high-speed rail, catching a plane, delays and connecting flights, all the way is windy and frosty, just for the magnificent winter scenery of Xinjiang. The first time I came to Xinjiang in winter, I was full of curiosity and excitement.
Karamay must check in
Karamay Exhibition Hall: The rise of Karamay and the revitalization of PetroChina are inseparable from those passionate oil "iron men".
Big Oil Bubbles: Check out interesting landmarks, like the big oil bubbles in Chicago beans, which will become the scenery in the fisheye lens in minutes.
Urho Devil City: China's Urho, the world's devil city, you will be amazed to meet you in winter, and you will meet the soul-stirring in the next season.
Alashan: Even the best painters in the world can't paint the natural beauty of the Alashan Hot Spring.
Dushanzi Grand Canyon: The secret place of Duku, a wonder of a hundred million years, a canyon that only exists in dreams, can't be explained clearly in a few words, and words such as ink, spectacular, and shock can't describe this scene.
Itinerary reference & some suggestions
It is recommended to stay for more than a week. One is that there are many scenic spots, and the other is that Xinjiang itself is very far away. It takes a day to go back and forth. In addition, the distance between each scenic spot is very far, and most of the driving is in Between 1-2 hours, only those who have really been to Xinjiang and those who have experienced it will know that Xinjiang is really big.
My itinerary is:
D1: After arriving in Karamay, I chose to stay at Mercure Tianqi Hotel. Because I didn’t dare to arrange a large amount of beef and mutton on the first day of arrival, I was afraid that I would not be used to it, which would delay the next trip, so I chose a restaurant with classic and creative fusion dishes— —The north courtyard is suitable for some people's tastes.
D2: Mainly the scenic spots in the urban area. There is a 2-hour time difference between Xinjiang and cities outside Xinjiang. Walk around the city and ease everyone's pace. Destinations include Heiyou Mountain, Karamay Exhibition Hall, Dayoupao, Zisha Cultural and Art Garden, and Ji’s Tribal Film and Television City. In the evening, taste Awudan food and stay in Wuerhe B&B, which is convenient for visiting the scenic spots in Wuerhe the next day.
D3: Explore the scenery in the snow, see the magical Yadan landforms - Devil City, Baiyang River Grand Canyon, stay in the antique Guyue Hotel.
D4: Enjoy the fun that winter should have - Dushanzi Ski Hot Spring Tour: Bingfeng Ski Resort, Alashan Hot Spring, have fun in the snow during the day, and soak in the winter warm spring while watching the beautiful scenery of the mountains at night.
D5: Unlock the secret place of Duku - Dushanzi Grand Canyon, go back to the urban area to learn about the small town of Dushanzi (Dushanzi Museum), then check into the hotel and leave the next day.
Traffic Raiders:
Great transportation: Both Karamay and Urumqi have airports; you can choose a city that can fly directly to Karamay, and you need to pay special attention to flights. Not every city has flights every day; you can also fly to Urumqi first, and then transfer to high-speed rail or transit. If you take the high-speed rail, you can arrive there in about 2 hours after its opening; if you take the plane, although the entire journey is only about 1 hour, there may be delays, and the overall time is actually about the same. If you go, you can consider it comprehensively.
Small transportation: Mainly tourist buses and chartered cars, some scenic spots can take buses, which is quite convenient.
Black Oil Mountain: the place where oil seedlings emerge
The first stop in Karamay is to visit Heiyou Mountain. Karamay means "black oil" in Uighur. This city is famous for its oil. The first large oil field explored and developed after the founding of New China is here.
It is recorded in ancient books: Heiyou Mountain in Qingshi Gorge... There are nine springs, the largest is the one on the top of the mountain. "After the light part of the oil volatilized, it condensed with the sand to form asphalt mounds. The precious low-condensation oil that has been sleeping for hundreds of millions of years has opened up countless possibilities for this city.
Black represents oil, and color represents struggle. The colorful "oil storage tank" is a very innovative place to rest. Discarded tires and decommissioned "kowtow machines" are painted in bright colors, reminding people who come here that there were countless people who were not afraid of hardships or tiredness and dedicated their youth to the prosperity of the motherland.
Big Oil Bubble: A city landmark building, a must-see
After going to Heiyou Mountain, you must go to the Petroleum Memorial Square in Ke No. 1 Well Scenic Area, and check in the "Big Oil Bubble" sculpture, which is the city landmark of Karamay. Inspired by the oil bubbles overflowing from the oil pool of the Black Oil Mountain, it is made of stainless steel and is full of modern industrial style. Taking pictures of the "big oil bubbles" has its own fish-eye effect.
Black Oil Mountain Address: No. 25, Youquan Road, Karamay District, Karamay City
Tickets: 40 yuan
Transportation: You can take the bus and get off at Heiyoushan Scenic Spot Station
Karamay Exhibition Hall: A Praise for Oil Workers
If you want to get a thorough understanding of a city, you must start with the city's museums. Tracing back from ancient times, the colorful geographical environment has brought Karamay a variety of biological resources, which have become raw materials for high-quality petroleum.
More than 300 photos, more than 130 physical objects and more than 200 samples record here the contributions and achievements of oil workers to the development and revitalization of China's oil industry. With crude equipment and simple clothes, carried on the shoulders and hugged by the hands, they are united as one, even at the risk of their lives, they must gnaw down this big oil field! When you come here, you can't help but think of the movie "Iron Man Wang Jinxi", and you will feel admiration in your heart.
Time goes by, but people's memories will be passed on from generation to generation, and future generations will not forget the contributions of the oil workers. Now, the Karamay Exhibition Hall carries not only the history of Karamay, but also the base of patriotism and oilfield education, as well as the development history of Xinjiang's oil industry, which is of great significance.
Address: No. 22 Zhungeer Road, urban area, on the east side of Heiyoushan Park, there are buses in the city.
Zisha Culture and Art Park: Witness the splendor of Zisha
Karamay not only has a large number of high-quality oil resources, but also extremely authentic raw purple sand ore. The inheritance and polishing of generations has finally left many exquisite and precious purple clay works for the world, among which the purple clay teapots in the Zisha Cultural and Creative Garden are the most interesting.
Here you can see various shapes and interesting purple clay teapots, traditional exquisite, simple and elegant, modern and lovely, simple and dignified, which is really an eye-opener. Needless to say, the benefits of the purple clay teapot are worth mentioning. If you meet someone who is close to your eyes, don’t miss it. It is very worthwhile to give it as a gift for your own use.
Ji's Tribal Film and Television City: Stunning in the Wilderness
There are too many places worth visiting in Karamay, among which Ji's Tribal Film and Television City is on the list. Although it is not a popular film and television city, the wilderness spectacle here still attracts many film crews to shoot scenes. Popular classic film and television dramas such as "Heroes", "No Man's Land", "The Story of Shepherding Clouds on the Sea", "Seven Swords Under the Tianshan Mountains" and so on have all been filmed here.
The unique Yardang landform and white snow of Ji's Tribal Film and Television City have become good photo materials, with ravines and ravines hidden among them, a natural landscape painting, so beautiful that it is unforgettable.
After the filming of the film and television series, the scenes are preserved, and when walking in it, all you see are scenes from thousands of years ago, as if traveling through time and space, it is extremely fantastic. Architecture is tangible, art is stateless, let your thoughts fly in this vast land.
Wuerhe Devil City: The miracle of nature is beyond imagination
I have always wanted to explore the mysterious Urho Devil City, and this trip to Xinjiang has fulfilled my dream. Wuerhe has the most representative Yardang landform scenic spot in the world. It is uncanny and strange, and it is very different from other fairyland-like scenery. The world thinks it is the land of the devil, and it is famous.
The strong northwest wind has brought a castle standing on the vast wilderness to the world. Broken Bridge Valley, Misty Valley, and Jiuqu Ileum Valley are full of ravines and strange shapes. If you have enough imagination, you will be able to harvest A whole new world. For millions of years, the wind and rain have eroded, and the layers of white snow can't hide the treachery and shock of this world.
There are many legends about this place, no matter it is true or not, people are all impressed by this extreme landscape. The sculptures of the Seven Swordsmen appear insignificant among the strange mountains and rocks, just like human beings to nature, no matter how fast the shutter is pressed, it can only record one ten-millionth of this beauty. In different seasons, how much charm does Urho Devil City still have.
Address: No. 200, Longji Road, Wuerhe District, Karamay City
Tickets: 42 yuan
External transportation: You can charter a car, or take a shuttle bus from Karamay to Wuerhe Bus Station, or gather four people to take a taxi, which is also more cost-effective.
Internal transportation: The interior area of Devil City is very large, you need to take a small bus in the interval, every 15 minutes, and provide free explanations.
Baiyanghe Grand Canyon: When Yardang landform meets canyon scenery
The road meets the Baiyang River Grand Canyon, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the urban area of Wuerhe. There is such a moving scenery, the magical Yardang landform, and the natural Grand Canyon. The combination of the two has created a more beautiful scene. Novel and spectacular scene.
The winding viewing plank road is like a red dragon in the ice and snow world, and the canyon covered by heavy snow is indistinct, adding to the style.
Note: Tickets are not charged for natural landscapes, but do not go to places other than the plank road to avoid accidents.
Bingfeng Ski Resort: 4s ski resort surrounded by rime
The unique terrain and climate gave birth to Bingfeng Ski Resort, with ups and downs, interesting junior and intermediate ski trails, cable cars, snow circle track, magic carpet and other ice and snow entertainment facilities. Although it is not the top in China, it is enough for ski lovers. Let's have a good time.
I fell in love with this place not because of the speed and passion surrounded by ice and snow, but because of the dreamlike rime surrounding it, which is as refreshing as a fairy tale world, fulfilling the ice and snow dream of me, a child from the south.
Address: East side of National Highway 217, South Dushanzi District, Karamay City
Alashan Hot Spring: Warmth Under the Ice and Snow
One side is pure, the other side is deep, the ravines and gullies are continuous, overlooking from the middle of the mountain, full of heroism, it is a painting or a scene, addicted to know the truth or not, who can not love this scene. Every day in Xinjiang, I can be shocked by the scenery here. There really is this world in the painting.
Alashan Hot Spring enjoys magnificent scenery and high-quality natural sulfur hot springs gushing all year round. It is a resort on the middle of the mountain and is the only five-star recuperation base in Xinjiang. Soak in hot springs, watch the snow scenery, taste fine wine, taste delicious food, and enjoy yourself. The house of the hot spring sanatorium stands in the mountains, abrupt but harmonious, and independent from the world, it seems like a fairyland on earth.
Note: There is a little controversy here. The correct answer is that the Alashan Hot Spring Sanatorium belongs to the Dushanzi District of Karamay City, but it is located in the Deppson Tianshan Forest Scenic Area in Wusu City.
Dushanzi Grand Canyon: Duku Secret Realm, Wonders of Hundreds of Millions of Years
On the way to Dushanzi Grand Canyon, everything you see is vast, desolate and magnificent above the wilderness. If this scene comes to spring and summer, it should be an intoxicating scene full of vitality.
Shock, shock! The Kuitun River rushes out of the Tianshan Mountains, and the canyon is like a knife and an axe, with strong and powerful lines. The experience of 10,000 years has created such a thrilling experience that humans cannot imagine. The majestic river valley, the terraced ground is a desert grassland, and the vastness of the world is roughly the same. No loss, it is the starting point of the most beautiful road in the country - the Duku Highway.
In addition to the stunning scenery, the recreational items in the canyon are also worth a try, such as snow banana boats and snow ziplines. In addition, the Dushanzi Grand Canyon Glass Walkway is an Internet celebrity attraction that has to be clocked in. Standing on a piece of white snow, looking at this land from a bird's-eye view, the mind and heart are unprecedentedly clear.
Address: 100 meters east of County Road 250, Dushanzi District, Karamay City
Tickets: 30 yuan, 58 yuan for the zipline, 100 yuan for the glass path, and other items are also charged.
Dushanzi Museum: Forensic Oil and Urban Development
The biggest feature of the Dushanzi Exhibition Hall is that it was rebuilt from the autonomous region-level cultural relics protection unit - the Dushanzi Oil Workers Club, which has a very important position in the history of the oil industry in Xinjiang.
The exhibition hall is not large, but it has very rich cultural connotations. From photos, documents, objects, sand tables, sculptures, models, and multimedia, it reproduces Dushanzi’s more than 100-year-old oil production to tourists. development path. The discovery of oil promoted the construction of the urban area, making the city from a wasteland to a bustling, vicissitudes of life, feeling the power of human beings.
Address: No. 2 Kashi Road, Dushanzi District, Karamay City
Tickets: Free, swipe your ID card to enter
Eating in Karamay, a fusion of classics and creativity
Because of the uniqueness of the nation, Xinjiang cuisine is mostly Halal cuisine, and the meat products are generally beef and mutton. Because it is located in the Northwest, it also has the characteristics of rich and fragrant Northwest cuisine, but it has its own particularities and habits in terms of seasoning, which has a unique flavor, and each region also has its own characteristics.
The first meal in Karamay is in the North Courtyard. This restaurant is not only the taste of beef and mutton, but also a fusion of classics and creativity, making its food from the outside (delicacy) to the inside (taste) to a higher level.
There are many special dishes here, and the favorite is the crispy roasted lamb leg, which breaks the traditional cooking method of lamb dishes. The fragrant and crispy roasted naan is combined with the delicate meaty lamb leg, dipped in dried chili, and the deliciousness bursts in the mouth.
In addition to the delicacies that are inclusive of all rivers, the North Courtyard also has Xinjiang-style decorations, and you can also enjoy performances, which is extremely interesting.
Awudan’s mutton skewers are really well-deserved. After the meal, I will have an authentic Xinjiang yogurt. It is refreshing and refreshing. I especially like the yogurt here. mince.
If Alashan Hot Spring is soothing, then the health-preserving delicacies here are indispensable healing medicines in winter. Vegetables and meat are paired together, and they are delicious in color, flavor and taste.
If you come to Dushanzi, you must find a special restaurant, and the beautiful scenery and wine will add a touch of color to the memory of your tongue.
Although the dishes in Xinjiang are full of portions, there are a lot of meat and pasta, if you don’t get fat after eating in Xinjiang for a week, you are really sorry for the food in Xinjiang. If someone says to come to Xinjiang to lose weight, then I can answer you with 100% certainty, it does not exist, it will be so delicious that you can’t control yourself.
Stay in Karamay, feel the Xinjiang advancing with the times
With the development of society and people's deeper understanding of Xinjiang, Karamay's tourism supporting facilities have been perfected. Whether it is a high-end hotel, an economical hotel, or a characteristic homestay, there is a lot of room for choice.
Tianqi Mercure in Karamay uses warm yellow tones to create a strong French style. My favorite is of course the super warm indoor temperature, which is the winter bedroom that southerners dream of.
Antique, delightful. Dushanzi Guyue Hotel is as elegant and intellectual as its name, and the rooms are full of ancient style and look very distinctive.
There is an inexhaustible beauty called Xinjiang beauty
China has a kind of beauty called Xinjiang beauty.
Xinjiang has a kind of beauty called Karamay beauty.
Karamay has a kind of beauty called ink painting.
Xinjiang is very mysterious, and the countless secret places are fascinating;
Xinjiang is very frank, and the simple locals are warm and hospitable;
Xinjiang is very shocking, people who have experienced it are dreaming,
Xinjiang, a paradise worth going again and again, savoring carefully.
