Things to do in Changji

It was amazing seeing musical performances blended with Xingjiang culture with visional and sound affects and beautiful costumes.

The guided tour experience at the Xinjiang Museum was top-notch! ✨ The guides were professional and engaging, providing a wealth of information and vividly recounting the history of the Silk Road. They explained the museum's most prized artifacts in detail, revealing many background stories not found in books. It was far more rewarding than visiting on your own. A guided tour is a must when visiting Xinjiang!

It's very fun to play with, and the horses are adorable! However, I must give a bad review specifically for the attitude of one of the front desk staff members. This lady, with a very high hairline and extremely thin and sparse hair, treated customers with contempt and perfunctory manners, making us wait unnecessarily for 30-40 minutes!! Just so someone could lead us from the front desk to the sightseeing elevator! I cannot understand this behavior, and I hope the organization will take note of this review and implement relevant service training requirements. The service attitude of another beautiful and kind front desk lady stands in stark contrast to that of the lady with bald patches covering her scalp.

Not far from Changji City, at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, there is a gorgeous mountain gorge that looks like a blazing flame in the wilderness.

Xinjiang Provincial Highway 101 passes by the Ziniquan Sheep Breeding Farm in Shihezi, the first military reclamation city of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. This is also the only farm of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps that the highway passes through. The farm was once primarily engaged in animal husbandry, breeding Merino fine-wool sheep and making contributions to the XPCC and the nation.

It is also a park in the central area of ​​​​Urumqi. This park is also named after a beautiful carp fairy legend, so many college entrance examination students will come here to take a walk, and the park can be as famous as the legend.

It's a great place to experience the rich ethnic culture of Xinjiang. The architecture is very unique, and the atmosphere is especially wonderful when the lights come on at night. The food, handicrafts, and song and dance performances are all quite local. If it's your first time visiting Xinjiang, it's definitely worth a visit. However, the area is quite commercialized, and many goods and restaurants are on the expensive side. I suggest you shop around and compare prices before making any purchases. It's better to treat it as a place to experience local culture and take photos.

The S21 Desert Highway (also known as the S21 Altay-Urumqi Expressway) is Xinjiang's first expressway traversing the heart of a desert. It stretches approximately 342.5 kilometers from Fuhai County in Altay Prefecture in the north to Urumqi in the south. Opened to traffic at the end of 2021, it has reduced the travel time between Urumqi and Altay to about 3.5 hours. The highway runs through the Gurbantünggüt Desert, China's second largest desert, and the heart of the Junggar Basin, connecting diverse landscapes including Gobi, oases, sand dunes, yardang landforms, and lakes, earning it the reputation of "Xinjiang's most beautiful self-driving corridor." Unlike traditional barren deserts, the Gurbantünggüt Desert is a fixed or semi-fixed desert, where drought-resistant plants such as saxaul and tamarisk can be seen along the way, and wild animals such as Przewalski's horses and gazelles can be encountered, showcasing a unique sense of life.

I really like this trip. Hygiene: very clean. Environment: neat and unique, very clean. Service: warm and thoughtful, very detailed, with fruit. Facilities: complete, with free parking, gym, laundry room, restaurant, everything you need.