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Located in the southeastern part of Yining City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, and situated in the core of the old town, the Kazanqi Folk Culture District is the largest Uyghur-themed cultural quarter in northern Xinjiang. Its name derives from the traditional pot-making industry—"Kazan" means "cast iron pot" in Uyghur, and "qi" signifies "people" or "craftsmen." Renowned for its azure-painted streets, century-old courtyards, and the harmonious blend of diverse cultures, it is

Liuxing Street is located in the old urban area of Yining City, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. It was first built in 1934 and is renowned for its unique hexagonal radial street and lane layout. It is a rare case of "garden city" planning practice in China. Here, the cultures of multiple ethnic groups such as Russia, Uyghur, Kazakh and Uzbek are integrated, and it is hailed as an "open-air museum with Central Asian style".

The Ili River, known as the "River Chasing the Sun", is one of the most distinctive rivers in Xinjiang. In ancient times, the Sai people, the Yuezhi people, the Wusun people and the Turks lived by this river. During the Tang Dynasty, the western expedition army and Genghis Khan's cavalry once drank their warhorses here. The Yining section of the Ili River has a wide riverbed, a meandering stream, numerous sandbars, and lush forests on both banks, presenting a beautiful scenery. The Yili River Br

Sayram Lake, formerly known as "Pure Sea", is located in the North Tianshan Mountains within the territory of Bole City, Bortala Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, adjacent to Huocheng County, Yili Prefecture. It is the highest and largest mountain lake in Xinjiang in terms of altitude. The lake surface is 2,071.9 meters above sea level, 30 kilometers long from east to west and 25 kilometers wide from north to south, covering an area of 453 square kilometers. The average depth is 46.4 meters, and the

Nalati Grassland - The "aerial grassland" deep in the Tianshan Mountains. The Nalati Grassland is located in Xinyuan County, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. It is situated in the heart of the Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with the Gongnaisi River, an upper reaches of the Yili River, meandering through it. The average sea level here is 1,800 meters. It is known as the "Aerial Grassland" and is one of the world's four major alpine river valley grasslands.