Photos of Xiata Tourist Area

Xiata is located more than 70 kilometers southwest of Zhaosu County. Xiata means "stairs" in Mongolian. It was a transportation station from Ili to Aksu in ancient times. Today, it is a mountain pass, ancient road, and ancient It is a unique ancient cultural tourism area composed of ruins, folk customs and natural landscape. Legend has it that the "Lingshan Mountain" that Tang Xuanzang crossed on his westward journey was the most important channel connecting the North and South Poles on the Silk Road at that time - the ancient Shata Road. The ancient road is basically full of stone steps, most of which are left over from ancient times. Wonderful attractions include grassland stone figures, the large-scale Wusun ancient tombs and the ruins of the ancient city of Xiata, all of which are distributed on the alluvial plain formed by the Xiata River. Cross Muzarte on the main ridge of Tianshan Mountain from Xiata Canyon, more than 30 kilometers away from the mouth of the gorge, is the famous Xiata Hot Spring Sanatorium in Yili. The environment here is quiet and the water temperature is different, which is praised by many tourists.