The Grand Northern Xinjiang Loop

The scenery of Xinjiang from May to October is incredibly legendary. Grasslands, forests, lakes, snow-capped mountains, wetlands, rivers, canyons, and seas of flowers... they all come together to form a breathtakingly beautiful scroll, like something out of a fairy tale world. For friends planning to travel to Xinjiang, please keep this travel guide to the Grand Northern Xinjiang Loop handy, and don't miss out. Northern Xinjiang 10-Day Loop D1 Urumqi (pick up from airport) D2 Urumqi - Desert Highway - Ulungur Lake - Five-Color Beach sunset - Stay in Burqin D3 Burqin - Kanas - Stay in Kanas D4 Kanas - Hemu - Stay in Hemu D5 Hemu - World Devil City - Stay in Wuerhe/Karamay D6 Karamay - Sailimu Lake loop - Guozigou Bridge - Stay in Qingshuihe D7 Qingshuihe/Huocheng - Dongyi Grass Base - Kalajun - Stay in Tekes D8 Tekes - Kurdai - Chaptiqi Sea - Stay in Gongliu County D9 Gongliu County - Narat Scenic Area - Stay in Narat D10 Narat - Northern section of Duku Highway - Stay in Urumqi D11 Urumqi (drop off at airport) Northern Xinjiang 12-Day Loop Day 1 From all over the country to Urumqi Meals: on your own Stay: Urumqi Day 2 Urumqi - Ulungur Lake - Burqin Meals: Breakfast Stay: Burqin Day 3 Burqin - Baihaba - Kanas Meals: Breakfast Stay: Kanas Day 4 Kanas Lake - Three Bays - Hemu Meals: on your own Stay: Hemu Village Day 5 Hemu - Five-Color Beach - Burqin Meals: on your own Stay: Burqin Day 6 Burqin - Devil City - Kuitun/Dushanzi Meals: Breakfast Stay: Kuitun/Dushanzi Day 7 Kuitun/Dushanzi - Sailimu Lake - Lavender - Yining Meals: Breakfast Stay: Yining Day 8 Yining - Qiongkushitai - Tekes Meals: Breakfast Stay: Tekes Day 9 Tekes - Kalajun - Narat Meals: Breakfast Stay: Narat Day 10 Narat Air Grassland - Bayanbulak Meals: Breakfast Stay: Bayanbulak Day 11 Bayanbulak - Duku Highway - Urumqi Meals: Breakfast Stay: Urumqi Day 12 Urumqi - All over the country Meals: Breakfast Stay: Disband without including

Tekes Gossip Town | A mysterious town without traffic lights!

🍀 Tekes County in Xinjiang is famous for its Bagua layout. In 1996, the relevant departments removed the traffic lights🚥 from the roads, and since then Bagua City has become a city without traffic lights. 🍁This is a city like a maze: The entire county town is laid out in a Bagua formation, with the Bagua Culture Square at the center, radiating out eight main streets - "Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui", representing different directions. The street lamp poles and the colors of the pavement bricks on each street are also different. These 8 streets are like a magical maze, with every road interconnected and every street linked. 🌻Ticket Prices: Taiji Altar: 20💰 Ferris Wheel: 100💰 Classic Hot Air Balloon Tour: Adults 980💰, Children 780💰 🚗Transportation: The scenic spots within the city are quite scattered, requiring self-driving or taking a taxi. It is not recommended to come here without a car or a drone (flying a drone✈️ requires reporting). Staying overnight in Tekes, the guesthouse is just off the street, with well-maintained flowers and plants, a comfortable environment, and very characteristic walls off the street. For those who hustle every day between skyscrapers, escaping the noisy city, you can enjoy a moment of tranquility here.

A city without traffic lights | The Gossip City of Tekes

| The Gossip City of Tekes. Tekes County, a shining pearl of Xinjiang, is famous all over the world for its unique Bagua layout. Since 1996, the roads here have been free from the constraints of traffic lights, making the Bagua City a unique city without traffic lights. Legend has it that the creator of this Bagua City was Qiu Chuji, one of the Seven True Taoists of the Southern Song Dynasty. In those years, Qiu Chuji, the immortal of Changchun, was invited by Genghis Khan to travel westward. Passing through the Tekes River Valley, he was moved by the beauty of the land's mountains and rivers, and thus constructed the city in the shape of the Bagua. The Bagua City is radially circular in shape, with a street layout that is intricate and complex like a maze, yet every road is interconnected, and every street is linked, resembling a vivid painting. In this city, you can not only experience the rich folk customs but also appreciate the profound historical culture and the beautiful natural scenery. Every corner, every scene, is full of stories and charm, waiting for you to discover and experience.

Tekes County, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, the city of Bagua

I have always wanted to visit the Bagua City of Tekes to see the only city in China, and perhaps the world, without traffic lights. By ascending the octagonal building 'Taiji Altar', one can see the garden at the center of the city, with 8 streets radiating outward and intersecting with 4 ring roads; a drone can overlook the entire city in the shape of Bagua. Afterwards, we also strolled down the streets to experience the ethnic style once again.

The beauty of Xinjiang doesn't need any filters at all

I say: If I were to travel alone in this city, I would definitely rely entirely on public transportation, trains, subways, buses... so these beautiful scenes would be out of my reach.🌹 I've been on the way in Yili for four days, starting from a chance encounter at a youth hostel. Youth hostels are like blind box machines, where travelers stay for a short time, have different destinations, and are extremely fate-oriented. Some people pass by you, some people intersect briefly, some people can travel together... When I first checked into the youth hostel in Yining, a young lady left as soon as I arrived, and we only met briefly. After entering the door, I learned from other roommates that this sister, with a computer, does e-commerce on her own, and travels around the world... I chased out the door, only 5 minutes apart, I couldn't see her figure anymore, and I couldn't hear her story. The day before leaving Urumqi, a tour guide brother, when I was chatting, said that I wanted to go to Kanas and Hemu, he said he happened to be taking a family there, but unfortunately they were chartering a car, if it was a carpool, he could take me. Haha actually I just heard that the scenery there is very beautiful, it was also a whim, if I could carpool, I should go, but in the end I still followed the original plan and came to Yining. It's also thanks to not being able to go, I met this big group of friends who were traveling together in Yining, not early or late, the next day they were preparing to drive around Yining. Three-day itinerary, ethereal snow mountains, endless grasslands, cattle and sheep all over the mountains, winding mountain roads... If I hadn't met these friends, I probably wouldn't have seen these scenes. Written in Yining, Xinjiang in October.

Tekes Gossip City | Fortunately, I didn't miss you

Tekes, the most perfect gossip city in the world, the only place in China without traffic lights. As a transit city, many people say that Gossip City is not necessary to stay. But when we arrived in Tekes, we suddenly fell in love with his fireworks, and felt fortunate that we didn't miss it. The night of Tekes's Gossip City is lively and cheerful, beautiful young men and women in ethnic costumes, dancing ethnic dances and interacting with everyone, it's extraordinarily lively, I love this wonderful night. The next day, I walked around casually and found that it was really good here, the roads were clean and quiet, and the streets were full of very characteristic guesthouses and small shops. I walked to a coffee shop off the street and stopped to enjoy this slow time. I had a cup of lavender coffee that I could only drink in Xinjiang, which I still can't forget. I love the scenery here, and I love the humanities here. In here, you can clearly feel the pulse of gossip becoming history.

Turks is known as the Eight Diagrams City, not only because the entire city is arranged in an orderly manner, but there are many small details that reflect the special connection of Turks in the gossip. For example, the sewer cover in the city is basically a gossip pattern; the Ferris wheel in the city playground is a gossip pattern; the park square is also a gossip pattern. There are too many things related to gossip in this city. What is most impressive is that this element has been integrated into the culture and implanted into the consciousness of the local people. When we were shooting in the street, several local people greeted us. "Welcome to the Eight Diagrams City." It can be said that the Eight Diagrams is not only a styling element for the Turks, but also a trait culture that has been passed down from generation to generation! Give the photographer a little dry goods. In the Turks, you can fly the drone. I personally have 2 suggestions for the take-off point. The first is about 1-2 kilometers from the city. Here you can take a panoramic view of the Bagua city from the side. The second is to take off from the city. We are taking off from the street, but the need to pay attention to the take-off in the city is the interference problem. There are several signal towers and electric towers in the city, so in some places the interference is particularly strong, and it is easy to lose the signal (the Royal 2 can be ignored because the 5G signal is used). And also consider the horsepower of the aircraft, if you want to fly 2-3 kilometers, and is flying against the wind, the power of the Royal 1 is more stretched. If you fly 500 meters in the city, the camera is vertical and down, it is impossible to frame the whole city. So you can only consider side shots, etc. This requires special attention!

Turks Gossip City Come to the only gossip city in the world. If you want to feel the life of the locals, you must experience the local folk customs. There are folk customs of the Uighurs and folk customs of the Kazakhs. Half-day time we have wandered around the city, deeply understanding the enthusiasm of the minority people, the most impressive is the kebabs grilled by the boss in the courtyard of the Uygur B&B. Its really delicious, its the best kebab I have ever eaten. No matter which nation, in Xinjiang, everything comes in, and the table is filled with all kinds of Xinjiang fruits and snacks. When you are tired for a day and walk into the door, it is really hard to say that happiness is full.

On the first day of the trip to Xinjiang, starting from the magical Turks Bagua City, you can feel the enthusiasm of Xinjiang people everywhere in the old streets of the Old Street of Bagua City. said that Xinjiang Street is "di Lieiba", it is really not a fake, the little brother of the square dancing, the value of the younger sister is so high!

Tex Bagua City, since I dont know the true face of Mount Lu, Bagua City looks strange from the air. From the park pavilion in the middle, the drone is raised, overlooking the city, with very irregular geometric beauty, drones and hot air balloons are the best way to see the whole city, Tex County It is the only city in China that does not have traffic lights. It is really amazing!

I have been holding the air card punching and admiration on the road. When I walked outside the city of Turks, I felt that the Eight Diagrams City was so big that I couldnt get too close to the whole picture. So I just flew up to see the situation. Zhang had a heavy rain, and after a while he fled back. Received the plane and drove directly into the city to eat. As a result, I didnt see the traffic lights on the road, and occasionally I saw a small traffic light that was temporarily pushed over. The city is clean and tidy, almost every road is very similar, it is very easy to get lost... Here is a must-have break for self-driving Ili, there are many natural restaurants, after eating the barbecue, it is clear again, continue Raise the plane and take a few panoramic and partial pictures and continue to Kala Jun. On the roadside of the city, I met a stall selling fruit and bought a watermelon.