Recently, accompanied by the roar of snowmobile, Taglak Village, Tianshan Tomur Scenic Area, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has become lively. The series of winter ice and snow tourism activities in Aksu region’s “Celebrating the New Year at the foot of Tianshan Mountains” kicks off here.

"In winter, Ta Village can not only appreciate the beautiful scenery of Gobi, glaciers, snow-capped mountains, etc., but also enjoy the iron-storm flower performance of "fire trees and silver flowers falling, thousands of stars blooming" and experience horse riding and archery and other special activities. It is really exciting." Tourist Li Yuan came to Aksu according to his Southern Xinjiang Ring Travel Plan. Here, he felt the new cultural and tourism styles of Aksu area.

As the winter snow falls in Ta Village, Aksu area has begun major activities: Shaya County Farmers and Herdsmen's Games, Kuqa City Winter Marathon, Baicheng County Hot Spring Ice and Snow Tourism Season... It is reported that the "New Year's Day at the Footsteps of the Tianshan Mountains" event will last until February, with more than 160 cultural and tourism activities to bring tourists a rich cultural and tourism meal.

It is located in the Aksu area on the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and has rich cultural and tourism resources. However, extensive development methods, summer, autumn, fire, winter, spring, etc., once restricted the development of the local tourism industry.

How to reverse the situation of "sitting on a mountain of gold but not being able to dig out gold ingots"? In October 2023, the "Double Pearl" plan, sponsored by the Zhejiang Provincial Aid to Xinjiang Command, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Aksu Prefectural Committee, was officially launched. The plan focuses on the two pearl belts of Tomur World Natural Heritage in Tianshan and Kucha World Cultural Heritage, focusing on integrating regional cultural and tourism resources, improving infrastructure construction, and creating a Silk Road Golden Tourism Belt with both cultural connotations and natural scenery.

Chang Yuxuan, member of the Aksu Regional Prefectural Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, introduced that as the sign of "Ancient Kucha on the Silk Road and Magical Aksu" becomes brighter and brighter, the cultural and tourism industry has become a people's livelihood industry and a happy industry that promotes people of all ethnic groups to increase their income and become rich. According to statistics, from January to November 2024, the region received a total of 34.6242 million domestic tourists, achieving a total cost of 21.538 billion yuan for domestic tourists.

Tierek Town, Baicheng County, is located in the Tirek ravine in the middle section of the Cappuslang River. Hot spring water overflows 200 meters along the river. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the strange spring in the Tianshan Mountains and the first spring in the southern Xinjiang". Walking into the hot spring town of Tierek Town, the characteristic hot spring ponds are distributed in a scattered manner, and the environment is beautiful and quiet. "Now, after skiing, we will take a hot spring, and start a new model of winter health and wellness and entertainment in the misty water vapor, which has become a new choice for many tourists." Wang Renzhong, the head of the scenic spot, introduced.

Public cultural venues are open for free, special collections of chapters are exchanged for good gifts, 9 4A-level tourist attractions and 42 3A-level tourist attractions are free of charge... "During the ice and snow tourism season, Aksu region will issue 3 million yuan of cultural and tourism consumption vouchers, and release 53 discount gift packages in 6 categories." Gao Fan, secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Aksu Regional Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, introduced that the region will continue to deepen the integration of culture and tourism, make good use of winter ice and snow characteristic tourism resources, and promote the development of tourism without cold winter and off-season.

(Reporter Zhao Minghao, Jin Hao, Sun Jinxing, Correspondent of this newspaper, Wang Menglin)