CCTV News: This Spring Festival, the unique scenery and activities in many places in Xinjiang have attracted many tourists.
In the past few days, in Altay, Xinjiang, a series of activities such as unique Tuva musical instrument performances, singing and dancing performances, traditional horse riding and archery activities, lively bonfire parties and fireworks performances have been staged one after another.
During the Spring Festival, the number of tourists in Altay broke through a new high. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the number of tourists received by the General Mountain Ski Resort exceeded 18,000. Snow friends can ski and ski during the day and experience the exciting skiing through the fire ring at night. They slide down quickly on the snowboard from the snow track, jump up, and pass through the burning fire ring.
In the past two days, in the Swan Yuan Scenic Area of Manas National Wetland Park, nearly a thousand elegant swans gathered together to live and forage. The white swans lie or stand, or sing loudly, their lively figures and the vast snow scene intertwined, and tourists took photos to capture the most beautiful moments.
Urumqi, Xinjiang: Looking for flavors, special food is waiting for you to taste
During the Spring Festival, Xinjiang International Bazaar, located in Urumqi, Xinjiang, welcomed many tourists. Bazaar means the market. What foods are there in the Grand Bazaar?
In the Grand Bazaar Food Street in Urumqi, Xinjiang, you can see that the scene is crowded. This is because the food from all over Xinjiang is gathered here, including dozens of authentic flavors such as roasted lamb, barbecue, roasted buns, and hand-pickle rice.
If you want to talk about Xinjiang food, it is a must-check in the whole sheep roasted in a naan pit. Fresh lamb chops are topped with flour, eggs, turmeric and salt, put them in a naan pit with a temperature of more than 200 degrees Celsius and bake them for about 1 hour before they can be released.
When coming to Xinjiang, lamb skewers are also a must-eat. Sprinkle the cut pieces of meat on the red willow branches, sprinkle with salt, chili powder and cumin powder, and grill until the outside is burnt and tender on the inside, it is really fragrant.
The Dabaza Food Street, as a complex of Xinjiang's specialty food, also has more than 60 kinds of delicacies such as hand-pickled rice, Kashgar baked eggs, hand-rubbed noodles, thin-skin buns, yogurt rice dumplings, etc. It attracted 120,000 visitors every day during the Spring Festival.
