Ancient City of Aweitan The Ancient City of Aweitan, commonly known as "Yuan Chengzi" among locals, is located 3.5 kilometers west of Aweitan, adjacent to the Hutubi River, and covers an area of 18,500 square meters. Preliminary research suggests that the city was built during the Song and Yuan dynasties. …
Maqiaozicheng is located within the territory of the 106th Regiment, 90 kilometers northwest of the county seat. It was built in the fourth year of the Tongzhi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1865). The city is 350 meters long from north to south and 170 meters wide from east to west, with walls over 3 meters high and 2.7 meters thick. To the northwest of this city lies another one, which is 195 meters long from north to south and 170 meters wide from east to west…
The Kangjia Shimenzi Rock Carvings
At the southern end of Hutubi County lies Century Park, featuring Cuihu Lake, pavilions, towers, arched bridges, and painted pleasure boats... brimming with the charm of the Jiangnan water towns. Strolling through it feels like being transported to a picturesque Jiangnan riverside village. Century Park in Hutubi County stretches along both banks of the Sangong Canal in a linear layout, divided into the Beer Plaza north of Changhua Road, the Cultural & Leisure Plaza between Changhua Road and Wuyi Road...
Heiliangwan Mountain Villa is a holiday resort invested and built by the Manas Supply and Marketing Cooperative, integrating dining, villas, guest rooms, entertainment, skiing, and ice-skating in a natural environment. It is located 6 kilometers south of Baojiadian Town, Manas County, and 16 kilometers from the county seat. Covering an area of over 600 acres, the villa features four uniquely designed villas with distinct styles...
The Hutubi wetland area alone, represented by the Dahai Zi National Wetland Park, has a planned total area of 1,960.06 hectares, with a total wetland area of 1,619.73 hectares, giving it a wetland ratio of 82.64%. Among this, the reservoir area covers 1,015.40 hectares…
The "Tianshan No. 1 Drift" scenic area is located in the Tianshan Scenic Eco-Tourism Zone in the southern part of Hutubi County. It is currently the only rafting-themed attraction on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains within the Urumqi-Changji-Shihezi economic belt, and the closest to downtown Urumqi with the longest river course. It lies 76 kilometers east of Urumqi, the regional capital, starting from the Awetan Canal Head in the south and extending to the Er…
Kangjia Shimenzi Scenic Area is located in Hutubi County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In November 2012, it was approved as a national AAA-level tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration. The Kangjia Shimenzi Rock Carvings within the scenic area were listed as part of the seventh batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in 2013. (1) Prime Geographic Location…
Manas County Grand Buddha Temple is located in the residential area of Toutou Township in the southwest of Manas County. It is a local folk Buddhist temple, consisting of four halls. The main hall is the Mahavira Hall, which houses a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha at the front, along with statues of the Eighteen Arhats and others nearby; the two side halls are the Guanyin Hall and the Kṣitigarbha Hall, which contain statues of Guanyin...
Kalameili Mountain stretches from the Ulungur River in the north to the southern edge of Kalameili Mountain in the south, and from the eastern edge of the Gurbantünggüt Desert in the west. It is the largest wildlife reserve in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and one of the largest of its kind in China. The area is home to first-class nationally protected animals such as snow leopards, Mongolian wild asses, Przewalski's horses, saiga antelopes, …
Huihu Temple is located 700 meters west of the ancient city of Beiting. It is currently the only surviving Huihu temple ruin in northern Xinjiang. The site features a grand scale and unique architectural style. The temple faces south and measures 70.5 meters from north to south and 43.8 meters from east to west. It consists of 15 cave niches, 8 side halls, 4 storage rooms, and 5 monks' quarters, forming a traditional courtyard complex...
Located in Taxxi Township, Manas County, over 40 kilometers from the county seat, the area features red Jurassic peaks on both banks with uniquely shaped mountains. Upstream, there is a waterfall with a drop of more than ten meters, surrounded by spruce trees, creating a beautiful and tranquil landscape. The valley is covered with dense aspen and shrub forests. The slopes are thickly covered with grasslands. Bizarre mountains, pine forests, waterfalls, and grasslands...
Yuquan is located in the spring outflow zone at the front edge of the alluvial fan on the southern edge of the Junggar Basin. With an average daily discharge of over 100 cubic meters, it is high-quality mineral water containing cations such as sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and copper, as well as anions including chloride, carbonate, bicarbonate, and metasilicic acid. The total mineralization is 300 milligrams per liter. The content of zinc, strontium, and metasilicic acid in the spring water all meet the standards for drinking mineral water. It is now developed and utilized as the "Yaxin" brand mineral water.
Suo'erbasitao Scenic Area is located 80 kilometers south of Changji. It is a highland pasture of the Kazakh herders, featuring vast grasslands rich in water and vegetation. Surrounded by rolling mountains covered with lush pine and cypress trees, the area is vibrant with greenery. The landscape consists of verdant hills and meadows dotted occasionally with one or two white yurts. The rising smoke from cooking fires and...
About three kilometers northeast of Manas County in Lou’nan Village, Tougang Township, there lies an ancient city known locally as "Pochengzi." The remnants of dilapidated city walls still surround the site—this is the Ruins of the Ancient City of Manas, which was once a highly important military garrison along the Silk Road. Commonly referred to as "Lou’nan Ancient City" or "Pochengzi," …
The Shimenzi Reservoir Water Conservancy Scenic Area is located in Manas County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang. Built around the Shimenzi Reservoir, which features the first 100-meter-level roller-compacted concrete arch dam in northwestern China, it is a reservoir-type water conservancy scenic area. Known for its Jurassic gravel rock strata and danxia landforms, the area boasts well-preserved ecology and serves as a habitat for numerous...
Covering an expansive 300,000 square meters, China's Jade Garden is one of the world’s largest themed pedestrian streets. Seamlessly connected to the Manas County Government to the north and adjacent to Fengming Lake Park to the west, its prime central location attracts a constant flow of visitors. As the commercial hub of Manas, a tourist city in Xinjiang, and a national jade market, China's Jade Garden offers the perfect finale to the golden Kanas-Nalati travel route—welcoming tens of thousands of high-end tourists daily. With its Jade Outlet offering experiential shopping and pioneering a new, fun, leisurely retail experience.
Manas National Wetland Park mainly consists of small reservoirs such as Jiahezi Reservoir, Dahazi Reservoir, Dawanzi Reservoir, and Xiaqiaosancun Reservoir, along with their surrounding water systems. It is the second largest wetland park in Xinjiang. The wetland park extends north to the 14th Company of the 147th Regiment in the Manas River Gorge, northeast to the northern shore of Baitukeng Reservoir, south to the dam where the Toutouergong Canal meets the Ma…
The total building area of the Manas County Museum is 4,840 square meters, including an exhibition hall area of 2,100 square meters. Currently, the museum has four permanent exhibitions. The first floor features the "Soul of the Manas River" exhibition hall, which primarily focuses on the Manas River as its theme and showcases Manas County’s titles as the “Capital of China’s Hetian Jade,” “National Wetland Park,” “National Forest Park,” and “International Wine Estate,” as well as the "Manas County Family Tradition and Morality Exhibition Hall." The second floor hosts the "Historical Relics Exhibition of Manas," which presents cultural relics from various historical periods of Manas County in chronological order. The third floor includes the "Manas National Defense Education Exhibition" and the "Integrity Exhibition Hall."
Xiaoliangzhuang is the only well-preserved former military reclamation site in China featuring a Soviet-Russian style farm complex that once served as the divisional headquarters of a production and construction corps. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit, originally built in 1953. In March 1970, Xiaoliangzhuang and its subordinate production companies were ordered to be handed over to the Water Conservancy Engineering Regiment, while other units withdrew to Sishihu Tan. From 1971 onwards...