West Poplar Valley

¡¡West Poplar Valley in the Southern Mountains lies in north of Tianshan branch Kalawuquntage Mountain's northern side's mountainous area, is over 60 kilometers far away Urumqi city, distributed east and west tendency ten big and small valley. Belong to mountain¢¬ forest grassland structure, the place is not only a good natural pasture, but also a scenery where prevent the sunstroke, recuperate, tour. Here cloud-kissing snow mountain, glacier glittering and translucent, hills wandering,crags towering, canyons are profound, forest and trees are verdant, flowers and grass covered hillside, spring and waterfall gurgling, the air is fresh, sceneries are charming. Was a famous hunting area, famous pasturing area in Tang Dynasty. In June in 1990,Urumqi Southern Mountains has been publicized the firstling municipality Scenic Zone formally by municipality government. This Scenic Zone's main scenic spots converged and distributed in the longitudinal parallel valley, there are West Poplar Valley, Gangou Chrysanthemum Dais, East Poplar Gully, Shuixigou Zhaobi Hill, Miaor Valley and Daxigou, etc sight. The total area is 119 square kilometers, called as "Southern Mountains Pasture" traditionally, among of them, the most famous scenery is West Poplar Gully. West Poplar Gully is 75 kilometers far away Urumqi city, Lies in the middle of the hill and low mountainous area transition belt, the altitude is 2,100 meters, quantity of precipitation is 500-600 millimeter annually. Dotted snow peaks, sheer hills, tall and straight spruces, crisscross grass in the valley. One and another white felt house set off each other under the thick shade, exquisite villa, elegant and quiet sanitarium, guesthouse and snack bar, etc architectures, added vitality for the valley. Tourists come here, may go to be a guest in Kazak herdsmen' yurt, drink the pure and aromatic milk tea, taste the roasted mutton, cheese, etc delicious meal; appreciate the traditional "riding horse", "girl chasing", etc wonderful programs. Also may three and five become into a group, singing and dancing, entertainment to the top of your bent; or mate to climb the hill, walk in the deep of the forest, view and admire scenery like a picture. Persons who like horse use little money to rent local Kazak herdsmen's fine horse, and may gallop in the wide grassland. At the end of the West Poplar Valley, sceneries are more beautiful. The green trees shield the escarpment, a waterfall which is up to over 40 meters and is about 2 meters wide hang in the sky like a white silk, flow down vigorously, like a fluttering silver dragon, roaring like drum. Qing Dynasty poem Hong Liangji wrote in Tianshan song: "The stones is green like jade in the Tianshan, snow and stone are all dyed green. In the half sky stone fall and ice sudden open, opposite fall flying waterfall." It is just this realistic description of magnificent scenery.