Nine Turns and Eighteen Bends

　　In Tekes County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, there is also a place known as Nine Turns and Eighteen Bends. After driving over continuous mountain ranges and getting out of the car, you walk forward just over ten meters when suddenly a cliff appears before you. Standing atop the cliff and looking out, an extraordinarily unique landscape unfolds before your eyes: nestled among lush green mountains, a grand canyon suddenly comes into view. Bathed in sunlight, a colorful “ribbon” meanders and twists down the center of the canyon. This grand canyon is the Kuokesu Grand Canyon, and that colorful “ribbon” is none other than the Nine Turns and Eighteen Bends formed by the river flowing through the Kuokesu Grand Canyon.