{"id":4950,"date":"2021-06-13T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4950"},"modified":"2021-06-14T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T01:20:24","slug":"narat-grassland-in-ili-kazakh-autonomous-prefecture-xinjiang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/xinjiang-travel\/yining-travel\/narat-grassland-in-ili-kazakh-autonomous-prefecture-xinjiang","title":{"rendered":"Narat Grassland in Xinjiang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plan your Xinjiang Tour<\/a>? Narat Grassland (also Nalati Grassland) is worth your 1-2 day exploration.  “Narat” ( Nalati ) in Monglian literally means “The place where sunshine first appears”. The “place” is now Narat Grassland in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Xinjiang, China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a story behind how the word “Narat” ( Nalati ) was coined. Gengkis Khan’s troop led by his second son Changatai (1185\u20131241) marched westward trying to cross the Ili Vlley<\/a> in the hinterland of Tianshan Mountain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mountains and Ili Valley<\/a> in Tianshan, the weather was terrible and detrimental with big snow. Cold and tired, the soldiers were reluctant to go further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then suddenly they found a beautiful area, sunny, fertile at the present grassland where Narat Grassland is located. The soldiers shouted ” Narat, Narat” which means the sun is coming here! Later the term “Narat” (Nalati) was adopted by local Kazakhs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narat Grassland ( or Nalati Grassland ) is about 180km long from east to\u00a0west\u00a0along\u00a0the river bed sandwiched by the mountains of Tianshan<\/a>\u00a0in three sides, the east section of Ili valley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The famous Ili River zigzags through Ili Valley<\/a>. Ili River is formed by its principal three tributaries – Kashi, Kunes, and Tekes. Kunes River is the upper reaches of Ili River, passing through the river bed of Narat Grassland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narat Grassland is a typical river bed grassland and the alpine meadows. Narat Grassland is located at the sea-level of 1800 meters. It is inhabited by Kazakh minority (but ironically, here in Narat Grassland, we, Han people are the minority).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the river bed grassland at Narat is the fertile black soil, which make the grass grow here. It is said the grass can be grown as high as 70-90 cm in September. In winter it is very cold on the river bed, reaching over – 40 degree below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kunes River cuts through Narat Grassland from east to west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kunes River cuts through Narat Grassland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Narat Grassland is a river bed grassland. See the cobblestones under the lush  grass.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Narat Grassland is a river bed grassland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The horse trace shows the black and fertile earth under the grass.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The horse trace shows the black and fertile earth under the grass<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The most beautiful gully in Narat Grassland – Snow-capped peaks, Alpine trees, Alpine meadow and uplands<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The most beautiful gully in Narat Grassland – Snow-capped peaks, Alpine trees, Alpine meadow and uplands<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The river bed grassland in Narat <\/span><\/div>\n
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The river bed grassland in Narat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Meadow and River bed grassland<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Meadow and River bed grassland<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Narat Grassland at Dusk<\/span><\/div>\n
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Narat Grassland at Dusk<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kazakh Yurt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Happy life<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A paradise for cattle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Grazing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Top 10 Places in Xinjiang<\/a><\/strong>.
\nSee Autumn Leaves in Xinjiang<\/a><\/strong> .
\nSayram Lake<\/a><\/strong> .
\nKaramay Ghost Town<\/a><\/strong> .
\nTaklamakan Desert<\/a><\/strong>  .
\nTop 10 Attractions in Urumqi<\/a><\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Plan your Xinjiang Tour? Narat Grassland (also Nalati Grassland) is worth your 1-2 day exploration.  “Narat” ( Nalati ) in Monglian literally means “The place where sunshine first appears”. The “place” is now Narat Grassland in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Xinjiang, China. There is a story behind how the word “Narat” ( Nalati ) was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[886],"tags":[1206,1207,1204,1205],"class_list":["post-4950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yining-travel","tag-nalat","tag-nalat-grassland","tag-nalati","tag-nalati-grassland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950"}],"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=4950"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25333,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4950\/revisions\/25333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}