Ili daxigou tourist scenic spot

Daxigou Scenic Area is located in Daxigou Township, northwest of Huocheng County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, about 50km away from the county. The scenic spot has unique water scenery and natural scenery, which is mainly composed of four scenic spots: Daxigou Scenic Spot, Baimuquan Scenic Spot, Shimen Scenic Spot and Donggou Scenic Spot.

Daxigou Scenic Area is a comprehensive scenic area integrating natural landscapes such as canyons, waterfalls, deep pools and forests, with different scenery in different seasons. Here, visitors can enjoy the spectacular sight of countless trickling streams merging into the Daxigou River. The river twists and turns, with overlapping peaks, and about 60 kinds of wild fruits are growing. In addition, there are strange rocks, landscapes, flowers, trees and other unique plateau scenery in the scenic area, which makes people linger.

It is worth mentioning that there are also fun attractions such as Parent-child Paradise and Changhewan Scenic Area in Daxigou Scenic Area. There are more than ten projects in the parent-child amusement park, such as moonlight swing zip line, boating, wisteria viewing, net red bridge, cute pet, fish catching, water roller, umbrella corridor in the sky, multiplayer swing, bumper ball and so on, which are suitable for family play. Changhewan Scenic Area is suitable for camping and barbecue, and can also watch cherry blossoms. It is a good place for leisure and holiday.

In a word, Daxigou Scenic Area is a tourist attraction full of natural charm and humanistic heritage, which is a good choice for enjoying natural scenery or experiencing parent-child fun.

What are the characteristics of apricot blossom scenic spots in Daxigou, Yili?

Ili daxigou apricot flower

Every March and April, the apricot blossoms under the snow-capped mountains are in full bloom, all over the mountains, full of flowers, putting on the spring clothes for Tianshan Mountain, which is more grand and magnificent than the scene in to the sky kingdom. Daxigou, also known as China Fushou Mountain, is located in Huocheng County, Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, less than 100 kilometers away from Horgos Port.

Daxigou Township, located in the north of Huocheng County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covers an area of 152 square kilometers. It is a typical inversion zone area with a wide distribution area of wild cherry plums, which was named "the hometown of wild cherry plums in China" by the state. The population is 9,238 (2017). The township covers a total area of 152 square kilometers, with 7 village committees and 16 village groups under its jurisdiction. The population is 9,238 (2017), mainly composed of 13 ethnic groups including Hui, Han, Uygur and Kazakhstan. Agriculture is mainly based on planting winter wheat, corn, flax and sugar beet. Located in the inversion zone, it is rich in high-quality apples. Township enterprises include power stations and coal mines. Animal husbandry mainly focuses on raising cattle and sheep. Wild cherry trees and wild plum trees in Daxigou Mountain are rare wild fruit trees in China, and they are also endangered species. There are 18,000 wild cherry trees with an annual output of 400 tons of cherry fruit. Daxigou Temple, also known as Fushoushan Temple, is the largest Taoist activity place in Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty.

There are iron ores in Daxigou and Xiaoxigou, which are lenticular, mainly magnetite. The gold and iron content is 43.2% in the edge of the ore body and 62.44% in the middle, with an average content of more than 45%, and the ore quality is high. In 2004, 4.5 million yuan was introduced to build a foundry factory, and the construction of a concentrator was completed in 2005. There are abundant wild animal and plant resources in mountainous areas. Chinese herbal medicines include Fritillaria, Carthamus tinctorius, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Saussurea involucrata, Rhodiola rosea, etc. Wild animals include red deer, antelope, fox, wolf, marmot, ferret, hare and pheasant. There are three rivers in the township: Chedexu River, Daxigou River and Xiaoxigou River. There are 240,000 mu of natural grassland, mainly distributed in mountainous and hilly areas. There are various kinds of pasture with excellent quality. In 2004, there were 54,000 heads (only) of livestock in the township. There are 394,000 wild cherry plums, which are rare in the world and unique in Asia, distributed in the natural wild fruit forest in the temperature inversion zone of Tianshan Mountain. The fruits are spherical, with four colors of red, yellow, black and purple. They are sweet and sour, and can be made into drinks and jams.

There is also Daxigou Temple in the territory, also known as Fushou Mountain Temple. According to the Xinjiang Atlas, "Daxigou is Fushou Mountain, with thousands of stone walls, and there are one big stone cave and several small stone caves in the middle. There are flowing springs in the caves, which are magnificent, and the mountains outside the caves are stacked with obstacles and trees, which is a scenic spot in Suiyi". It was the largest Taoist activity place in Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty, which was built by Taoist Zhang Banxian and others at the expense of the Qing government. Since 1763, 37 shrines have been built in Fushou Mountain in five or six years. The large and small temples are adjacent to the mountain and the temples are connected, surrounding the mountainside of Fushou. Every year from June 20th to July 7th in the lunar calendar, there is a temple fair in Daxigou Township, during which people sing big plays, play tricks and vendors from all ethnic groups come here to set up stalls. Pilgrims are as far away as Urumqi, Hami, Bole, Yili and other places, and people who come to worship incense and worship God are in an endless stream.