{"id":16360,"date":"2014-08-17T13:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T05:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=16360"},"modified":"2015-07-14T05:53:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:53:21","slug":"best-places-to-see-autumn-leaves-in-xinjiang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/xinjiang-travel\/best-places-to-see-autumn-leaves-in-xinjiang","title":{"rendered":"Best Places to See Autumn Leaves in Xinjiang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plan your Xinjiang Tour<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>in autumn? Xinjiang is the largest province in China, the size of three “France”. Xinjiang is situated in the most northwest of China, \u00a0bordering\u00a0Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.<\/p>\n

Xinjiang is rich in natural resources with a splendor of varied landscapes featuring high mountains, basins, deserts, glaciers, clear lakes with a\u00a0diversity of plants and animals. If you are going to explore Xinjiang in autumn ( September and October), we’d like to reveal you the top places to see fall foliage in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n

1. Autumn Leaves at Hemu Village \u79be\u6728\u4e61\u79cb\u8272<\/strong>
\nHemu Village is within Burjin County, \u00a0in the north of Xinjiang, close to the Mongolian and Russian borders. \u00a0 It is a small village inhabited by \u00a0hundreds of households with over 1000 people. \u00a0They are mostly Mongols,\u00a0Kazakhstan and Tuwa people.<\/p>\n

The Tuwa people are legendarily\u00a0 the descendants of a Mongolian tribe. They lives on the south bank of the Kanas Lake. Believing Lamaism, Tuwa people are a brave ethic minority with a long history. Tuwa people speak Turkish, like the language of Kazakh, and live on hunting and graze. They also have their own unique folk custom.<\/p>\n

Hemu Village is located on the plain ringed by the mountains on all sides with Hemu River passing through. Outside the villages are rows of diversifoliu poplar trees and\u00a0 birch trees. When autumn comes, \u00a0 layer upon layer of trees”\u00a0are dabbled with golden colors, a scene of typically\u00a0primeval forest . \u00a0Just walking up on the north bank, you look down at the village submerged in the fall foliage, a\u00a0palette of colors.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a>
Autumn Leaves at Hemu Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2.Autumn View at \u00a0Kanas, Xinjiang \u5580\u7eb3\u65af\u79cb\u8272
\n<\/strong>Kanas is located in the northern tip of Xinjiang. The Kanas Lake (Kanasi Hu) means \u201cbeautiful, rich and mysterious\u201d in Mongolian. The lake is nestled in the deep forests and mountains of Altay. The lake is 1,374m above sea level and covers an area of 45sqkm (10 times bigger than Tianchi on Bogda Mountain) with the deepest point of 188m.<\/p>\n

The long bean-shaped lake reflects the surrounding snowcapped mountains. The Kanas Lake in autumn is at its best with the beautiful foliage. Legend has it that huge monsters live in the lake. They often has take away horses and camels drinking into the water by the lake and later swallow them, a similar story of \u201cNessie Monster\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a>
Autumn View at Kanas, Xinjiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. \u00a0Bai Lake\u00a0\u767d\u6e56\u79cb\u8272<\/strong>
\nBai Lake, literally “White Lake”, is located at the Friendship Peak at\u00a0Altai Mountains, to the northeast of Kanas Lake. Bai Lake lies at the altitudeof 1954 m with an area of 10 km square .<\/p>\n

Bai Lake features the mirror-like water surface surrounded by the mountains on all the sides with stunning views – glaciers shrouded peaks, flowery grasslands, floating clouds, a magic change of colors. This area has a well-preserved forest of\u00a0Siberian \u00a0Siberian Taiga. The rare Xinjiang five leave pine trees. \u00a0When autumn comes, Bai Lake becomes a fairyland of colors.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a>
Autumn Scene at Bai Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

4. \u00a0Fall Foliage at Baihaba \u767d\u54c8\u5df4\u79cb\u666f<\/strong>
\nBaihaba Village is located in \u00a0the most northwest corner of China, 31 km west of Kanas Lake. \u00a0It takes two hours to drive from Kanas Lake Scenic Area to Baihaba Village.<\/p>\n

Baihaba Village is divided into three living areas – Mongols and Tuwa people area, \u00a0Kazakhstan area and the special area for the frontier soldiers. This village features the largest population of Tuwa people with well-preserved \u00a0Tuwa traditional buidlings and rich Tuwa folk customs. When winter comes, the whole area is blanketed by the mesmerizing autumn leaves.<\/p>\n

\"Fall<\/a>
Fall Foliage at Baihaba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a05. \u00a0Poplar Trees at Luntai\u00a0County \u8f6e\u53f0\u80e1\u6768\u6797<\/strong>
\nLuntai County boasts the largest poplar area in China. Luntai\u00a0Poplar Forest is located in the north of Taklimakan Desert, the middle portion of Tarim River. \u00a0south on the Luntai County.<\/p>\n

It is said that the poplar trees have an unusual vitality that enables it to survive for 3,000 years by living for one thousand years, standing still for another one thousand years after death, and remaining not rotten for one thousand years. \u00a0Autumn is the best season \u00a0to view the autumn hue of poplar trees at Luntai.<\/p>\n

6. Autumn Scenery at\u00a0Bayinbuluke Grasslands\u00a0Xinjiang\u00a0\u5df4\u97f3\u5e03\u9c81\u514b\u8349\u539f
\n<\/strong>Bayinbuluke Grassland is located in the middle of Tianshan Mountains, all year round surrounded by snow caped mountains on its four sides, in central Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at the sea level of 2500 meters with an area of 22,000 square km, the second largest grassland, just after Ordos Grassland.<\/p>\n

Bayinbuluke literally means \u201crich with springs\u201d in Mongolian language. Bayinbuluke Grassland is typical of Grass meadow steppe, one of the most important herding and grazing area.\u00a0The abundant rainfall,coupled by snow melting water,\u00a0form zigzaging streams and\u00a0lakes, making it one of the\u00a0fast grass meadow\u00a0growing place in Xinjiang. It is\u00a0actually a\u00a0huge swamp made up of many small connectedlakes, also a place for\u00a0Nature Reserve for the swan in China. When autumn comes, the landscape is stunning!<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a>
Autumn Scenery at Bayinbuluke Grasslands Xinjiang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Add-on\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 10 Places to visit in Xinjiang\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Any questions, just a drop a line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Xinjiang Tour\u00a0in autumn? Xinjiang is the largest province in China, the size of three “France”. Xinjiang is situated in the most northwest of China, \u00a0bordering\u00a0Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Xinjiang is rich in natural resources with a splendor of varied landscapes featuring high mountains, basins, deserts, glaciers, clear lakes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1917],"tags":[2685,2684],"class_list":["post-16360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xinjiang-travel","tag-best-places-to-see-fall-foliage-in-xinjiang","tag-top-places-to-see-fall-foliage-in-xinjiang"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17854,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16360\/revisions\/17854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}