Posted 2017/6/25
Located 60 kilometers south suburbs of Urumqi City with about 2 hours driving, Nanshan Pasture is a branch of Tianshan Mountain chains. It stretches a vast natural area with fascinating scenery. The elevation around the Nanshan Pasture is about 1, 600 meters in average. It is cool in summer and could be the nearest summer resort of Urumqi.The Nan Shan slopes are covered with dragon spruce and mountain flowers everywhere. In the deep of the valley there are small waterfalls fly down like the silver dragon. The clear brook water winds lofty mountain range. The green grassland is dotted by sheep flock and running horses. Here is a natural pasture land of beauty.
What to enjoy
This is a complex of natural pasture and giant outdoor garden. When you arrive, you will feel like going into a heavenly scenic that helps you to forget all the annoying things of daily life. It is also a great place to spend the summer holidays for escaping the heat.
Visit Kazak family
The most interesting thing for tourists here is to visit the local herdsman families of Kazakh nationality. Yurts are sprinkled over the pasture and are home to the local Kazak people. When you come to the yurt, you are warmly welcomed by the enthusiastic herdsman. The Kazak people are hospitable and generous. They usually invite their guests to share dinner of roasted lamb, milk and their traditional food-rice taken with hands.
Other colorful activities
You have chances to appreciate the charming traditional singing and dancing presented by the Kazak people. Additionally, you can enjoy the traditional sports of the Kazak such as horse racing, sheep-snatching competition on horseback, and chase of girls.Moreover, you can ride on horse or camel running through the valleys, walk across the woods picking mushrooms and enjoying the magical wild flowers, and climb up the mountain looking out. You can really enjoy the panorama views everywhere that you look. 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.
