Dalongchi

Dalongchi

Starting from Kuche, we will travel 120 km northward along Duku highway to the hinterland of Tianshan Mountain. Before crossing tielimaida, there are two high mountain lakes on both sides of the road, namely, the big and small dragon pools. The water area of dalongchi is about 2 square kilometers. It is surrounded by mountains. The mountains are covered with snow and do not melt all the year round. At the foot of the mountain are green fir and cypress, green grass, flocks of cattle and sheep, dotted with herdsmen's yurts, and occasionally snow chickens, yellow sheep and snow leopards.

Longchi water is mainly supplied by snowmelt and rainfall in Tianshan Mountains. Xuanzang, a famous monk in Tang Dynasty, once passed dalongchi when he went to India to learn Buddhist scriptures. There is a vivid description of dalongchi in his book the western regions of the Tang Dynasty.

Suitable population

Summer, sightseeing, photography, camping, self-help tour

traffic

You can take the shuttle bus passing by 217 national highway. The shuttle bus from Kuqa usually has poor performance and poor conditions. It usually starts at dawn. And the road condition is more complex, although there is asphalt road, but there are many defects, often need to detour the sidewalk. On the way, you will pass the kizilya (red cliff) Mountain Grand Canyon, which is the Mysterious Grand Canyon of Tianshan Mountain.

get accommodation

There are hostels in the local area. You can also live in yurts or rent tents. The conditions are not very good. It's better to camp by yourself.

delicious food

Kuqa's Nang is very famous. In the past, there was a joke that "Kuqa's Nang is as big as a wheel", which refers to a kind of Nang called "bijiake". It is generally 40 cm in diameter, thin in the middle and slightly thick at the edge. It is decorated with piyazi and black sesame seeds. It is crisp and delicious after baking. Roasted mutton kebab is also very famous, there is a kind of "mitt kavafu" (1 meter long mutton kebab), which is very popular with diners. Another kind of food with local characteristics is called mulberry cake. It is made by squeezing the juice out of mulberry and then boiling it into flour and mutton oil to make a paste. It is sweet to eat.

specialty

Preserved apricot is mainly produced in Korla, Aksu and other places in Xinjiang. It is made from small white apricot and big white apricot, which are local specialties, through cleaning, de nucleation, dehydration, sugar soaking under pressure, low-temperature drying, packaging and other processes. The raw apricot is yellow white or orange red, with soft meat and moderate soluble solids. The color of preserved apricot is beautiful. Sweet and sour taste, color, aroma, taste all, maintain the natural color and nutrients of fresh apricot, and has the effect of generating body fluid to quench thirst, detoxification.

Address: dalongchi scenic spot, Kuqa County, Aksu Prefecture (south of national highway 217)

Longitude: 83.321305

Latitude: 42.450957

Chinese PinYin : Da Long Chi