Legend has it that Fan Lihua, a famous Tang Dynasty general, led her troops to pacify the western regions. Entering the Tacheng Basin from the junction of the Wuerkaxia and Tacheng mountain ranges, she arrived at Bayimuzha. Noticing the area's lush water and grass, as well as its strategically rugged terrain, she deemed it an ideal place for military deployment. She set up camp there and built a command platform on the north side of the Bayimuzha River to direct troop movements...
Kalayemule Scenic Area Kalayemule Scenic Area is located 65 kilometers east of the county town, covering an area of approximately 20 square kilometers. It is bordered by Zhilant Mountain to the north and natural grasslands to the south. The Kalayemule River runs horizontally from east to west through the scenic area, with wild poplar trees and lush vegetation along both banks. The area is vast, with an average summer temperature of 15 degrees Celsius...
The Emin River Wetland Park is a comprehensive national wetland park integrating wetland conservation, cultural heritage, eco-tourism, and community co-management. It plays an important ecological, economic, and social role in the environmental protection, social development, and economic construction of Emin County. …
The ancient name of the Emin River was the Yemili River. It is an international inland river that originates from the confluence of the Tacheng Mountains and the Wu'erka Xia Yi Mountains. Like a pristine white hada, it traverses the entire territory of Emin County, flowing southwest through Yumin County and Tacheng City before emptying into Kazakhstan’s Almaty Lake. Stretching over 300 kilometers with an annual runoff of more than 1.6 billion cubic meters, …
The Wild Boar Gully Scenic Area is located 30 kilometers southeast of the county town, in the heart of the Wuerkaxia Mountain range. It features a unique landscape formed by high mountains, peculiar rocks, dense forests, and waterfalls. …
Aksu Water Park is located in the southeastern part of Emin County, 13 kilometers from the county town. Established in 1975, the main dam of the reservoir is 2,250 meters long (with a dam height of 18.48 meters and a top width of 6 meters), the water depth is 15.68 meters (with a storage capacity of 20 million cubic meters), and 1,500 acres have been afforested. Primarily used for agricultural and livestock irrigation, the reservoir...
Haihang Folk Custom Scenic Area is located 50 kilometers east of the county town and is known as a "plateau on the high mountains." In the peak of summer, it is covered with blooming flowers and stretches of endless green grassland.
The stone-carved Turkic stone figure is an artifact from the 6th century AD, located in the Naijair Mountains. It stands 1.20 meters tall, is 38 centimeters wide, and 27 centimeters thick. Carved from a single piece of bluestone, the figure has hair combed back, a long face, a pair of handlebar mustaches above the lips, holds a cup in the right hand, and a knife placed over the chest with the left hand, presenting a very majestic appearance.…
The Tiechanggou Stone Carvings are located in Tiechanggou Town, Toli County. At the foot of a cliff to the south of the town, there is a sandstone slab inscribed with three rows of the Tibetan mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum." All are raised carvings, with the characters severely eroded but still recognizable. The rock measures 1.74 meters in height, 1.27 meters in width, and 0.45 meters in thickness. …
Dolate Reservoir Dolate Reservoir, located in the mountainous region of Toli County in Xinjiang, is a water conservancy project primarily used for agricultural and pastoral irrigation. The dam stands at a height of 34.5 meters and has a storage capacity of 5 million cubic meters. Nestled in a valley and built across the Dolate River, the reservoir is surrounded by grassy mountain slopes covered with aspen, bitter willow, wild rose, and wild briar. The air here is moist and cool, and the addition of scenic spots such as the "Locks of Love Bridge" and open-air pavilions further enhances the charm, making it a delightful destination for visitors.
Baliku Mountain Primitive Forest Park Scenic Area The Baliku Mountain Primitive Forest Park Scenic Area is located southwest of Toli County, about 65 kilometers from the county town, offering a panoramic view of the “four-season scenery in one glance.” It can be divided into a tourism area and an operational area. The area includes the Tasite River, whose name in Kazakh means “a riverbed full of pebbles.” The valley is deep, serene, and...
Wild Rose Manor Wild Rose Manor is located in the Gashalahai Forest Area of Toli County. The hillsides here are covered with fragrant wild roses and wild roses, hence the name. Among the wild roses also grow precious wild medicinal plants such as caterpillar fungus, Cynomorium, Cistanche, and Codonopsis. More than 30 kinds of precious wild animals, including red deer, argali, capercaillie, and brown bears, freely roam and thrive here. Non-endangered species such as the red-billed chukar and Tarim hare offer ample opportunities for hunting. With its warm winters and cool summers and high negative ion concentration, the manor is an ideal destination for summer retreats and vacations.
Sulaxia Lovers' Valley Sulaxia is located 26 kilometers due south of Toli County and 2.2 kilometers east of the Wuta Highway. Stepping into the Sulaxia scenic area, you find yourself surrounded by mountains, where colorful rocks in dark yellow, dark green, and purplish-red add a uniquely marvelous charm to the landscape. The area is covered with large expanses of mountain poplar, bitter poplar, and desert poplar, creating a stunning scenic view. This beautiful destination is also home to precious wildlife such as pheasants, partridges, and Mongolian gazelles. Along both sides of the valley live Kazakh herders who have resided here for generations. Their sincerity, simplicity, and unrestrained nature offer you an authentic taste of distinctive Kazakh song and dance, as well as thrilling entertainment activities like horse racing, goat grabbing, wrestling, and the “girl chasing” game—making your visit truly unforgettable.
Laofengkou Ecological Area is located within the Laofengkou region in the northwest of Tuoli County, 31 kilometers south of Tuoli County and on the east side of Provincial Highway 221. The Laofengkou Shelterbelt is a poplar forest planted to withstand the strong winds at Laofengkou. Since 1958, especially from the 1980s to the present, over 80,000 mu of trees have been planted. Together with the 800,000 mu of farmland and 500,000 mu of artificial grassland in the wind zone, they form a comprehensive shelterbelt system, creating the Laofengkou Ecological Area we see today. The former harsh conditions of Laofengkou—where “strong winds blew every third, sixth, and ninth day, stones were blown away by the wind, light breezes occurred daily, and yellow dust and snow swirled through the sky”—have vanished entirely. This transformation reflects the hard work, determination, and spirit of the people of Tuoli in fighting nature and transforming the environment. After years of relentless effort, the Laofengkou Ecological Area has been developed into an advanced education base for Party members. It now stands before you as an ecological area integrating agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline production, and education—a place for leisure, entertainment, learning, life experience, and historical reflection.
Laofengkou Guozigou Forest Park Laofengkou Guozigou Forest Park in Toli County is only 20 kilometers from the county town, and 40 and 50 kilometers from Emin County and Yumin County respectively, making it very convenient to reach. Guozigou refers to five valleys in the Barlik Mountain range. The valleys are covered with wild apple trees, yielding over a thousand tons of apples annually. In addition, the valleys are also home to mountain poplar, birch...
Toli Martyrs' Cemetery is located within the Ecological Park of Toli County. On August 13, 1969, the Tielieketi Border Self-Defense Counterattack Battle took place in Toli. This was an important self-defense counterattack battle on the northwestern border following the Zhenbao Island incident. During the battle, 28 martyrs sacrificed their lives gloriously to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the motherland. To com...
Covering an area of 609 mu, Tori County Ecological Park has a total investment of 140 million yuan. The park has been designated as a "Regional Youth Science and Technology Education Base" by four departments: the Autonomous Region Science and Technology Department, the Regional Party Committee Propaganda Department, the Education Department, and the Science and Technology Association. It consists of a cultural leisure area, administrative office area, orchard sightseeing area, children's play area, dense...
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Kalagai Basitao, meaning "Pine Spring" in Kazakh. Legend has it that long ago, an elderly Kazakh man discovered a spring here, with a pine tree growing beside it—hence the name. To protect this precious source of life, in 1993, the Toli County People's Government built...
Shazi Lake. Shazi Lake — almost all of its stories are retold in Kazakh oral tradition, again and again, with the coming of spring and summer. Its extreme openness allows the vast grasslands of this grand flatland to reveal a kind of magnetism or tension. Cattle, sheep, and herders are drawn here, and so are desires. The poet of the Kerey tribe, Madaniyati, faced the lake and described, in my barely comprehensible Chinese, a repeatedly won — or perhaps lost — battle filled with “annotations.” It was broadly an ancient struggle (though he was quite certain about the period and the specific people involved), akin to how the Central Plains once waged wars to conquer cities and territories. The Shazi Grassland has always been a rich summer pasture, and Shazi Lake is the moon-like mirror within this grassy haven. In any dynasty, whoever occupied the Shazi Grassland gained access to land abundant enough to graze countless livestock. Its remote geography and obscure paths have kept it away from written records, preventing it from gaining the so-called fame it might otherwise have had. Precisely because it has been seldom documented, Shazi Lake has preserved its virginal beauty intact, becoming a myth under the starlit and moonlit skies of the steppe — fresh, fragrant, and mouthwateringly vivid.