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nepalgoods Says: Yining is a modern city with mainly modern Chinese Architecture. But you can also still find buildings which remind of Communist times and Russian architecture.
nepalgoods Says: As so many places in China, specially the ones located in Minority Areas, Lake Sailim has many ways of spelling the name. You can find it under Sairam Lake, Sayram Hu and Sailim Lake. I even found more ways of spelling and an explanation for the name:Sayram Lake, also called...
nepalgoods Says: Yining is the capital of Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, whichhas jurisdiction over Tachen and Aletai two regions and ten counties. The total area of the prefecture is 350 thousand square kilometers with the population of 4.08 million of Kazak, Hanzu, Uygur, Huizu, Mongol,...
nepalgoods Says: In most Chinese cities the Peoples Square is the center of the city. This is the place were people meet, do their Tai Ji in the morning, where parades are held and where the big holidays are celebrated. In Yining it is the same. I recommend to go to the Peoples Square before...
nepalgoods Says: In the city center of Yining is the Peoples Square. This wide square is dominated by an old building, which in my eyes looks like a rest of an old temple of Qing Dynasty. Unfortunately I did not find any informations about this. But it looks really nice and old. Today it is...
wwliu Says: If you have been to Xinjiang, you should go to grapery. What special in grapery? I can't tell you because I can't describe. As well known, Xinjiang is an area which is farthest from sea. This area is dry and long time under the sun. Maybe reasoning the hot and passion, I...
wwliu Says: Yili River was used to be called Yilie water that is the most important river in the north western of China. It originate from western of Tian Mountain in Xinjiang and its drainage area is around 570 thousand sq.km. The volume of water is the most among all the river in...
wwliu Says: You can see many restaurant along Yili River. I think this one is the most built with Xinjiang feature. Just a restaurant looks like a palace. Wei and Hasa minority in China always make their building so gallant. You can seat in this so beautiful building , beside taste...
o00o Says: 'Zhua Fan', mutton mix with onion and it's a dish thicky flavored with garlic. Must try menu item.
o00o Says: Shaw we dance at Ren Ming Squre. free dinner show every Saturday night from May 17 untill End of September.
o00o Says: Night wind is alway cold. Do not forget to have your Wind breaker in hand.
o00o Says: 45 minutes from Urumqi. I managed to get 10% discount ticket from a friend I knew who work in the Xian Jiang Hotel.
nepalgoods Says: Local people in Yining love to have their pic taken. When they see you with your camera, they pose and ask you to take a pic. They smile. And they love to see the pic in the small display of the digital camera. They don't mind, when they do not get the pic. They even do not...
nepalgoods Says: On the way to Lake Sailim you can see local beekeepers. And at some places it is possible to buy honey directly from their streetshops. The bottles with yellow fluids are their advertisements. There is no honey is this bottles! The friendly beekeepers like you to taste their...
Apple farm suround the Yinig...
o00o Says: Apple farm suround the Yinig city, if you are good in Bakery, you can spend an hour or two to teach the madams here how to bake at least Apple Pie..
Greatwalk0 Says: Remember: Yining (and all of Xinjiang Province) are on the same timezone as Beijing. Even though, Yining should be approximately 4 or 5 timezones behind Beijing they are the same. Thank the People's Republic for this divine wisdom! In practice, this means that when you wake...
nepalgoods Says: In ancient times Yili River Valley and Yisaike Lake lay in the hinterland of the Tianshan Mountains. It was the traffic fort to different directions of the Tianshan Moutains. Yili River Valley directly connected to the north road of the Tianshan Mountain and Tianshan road of...
nepalgoods Says: Yining is the capital of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It is located in western Xinjiang Province near the border to Kazakhstan, about 390km west of Urumqi.Yili the only one prefecture which has jurisdictions over both counties and cities. The total area of the...
nepalgoods Says: The Ily or Yili River is the main lifeline in this far western area of Xinjiang. The whole region is called after this river. The name of Yili got from a river long ago. In Han Dynasty, it was called Xuanlei and YiLie. In Tang Dynasty, it was called "YiLi", and also called...
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