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What are the must-buy specialties in Urumqi?

1, Xinjiang carpet

Hetian carpet in Xinjiang specialties not only domestic famous, also enjoys a good reputation in the international arena, Xinjiang carpet, carpet surface gloss and smooth, carpet board is quite solid and soft, beautiful and generous, bright hues, more distinctive national characteristics and strong local color carpet pattern, in the international carpet industry is also unique. As an important traditional precious export commodity, Xinjiang carpet has won the praise of users all over the world, and it is called the unique "Eastern style" carpet.

2, Ili lavender essential oil

Hailed as "the south of the river outside the Serbian" Ili surrounded by mountains on three sides (Tianshan), where the sunshine is sufficient, the climate is humid, the temperature difference between day and night, resulting in thousands of miles of fertile land, grass and water, rich in produce, unique resources. The essence of the history, simple culture, rich ethnic flavor, no pollution of the ecological environment, depicting the "sky pale, wild, wind-blown grass low see cattle and sheep," the leisurely atmosphere. Nature has given this multi-ethnic Ili Valley with the Mediterranean similar geographic and climatic conditions, so the last century in the world of aromatic plants in the bloom of China's "Lavender Township.

3, Xinjiang rooibos

Xinjiang rooibos fibers long and thin, tensile strength, soft and shiny, temperature and corrosion resistance, a wide range of uses, culms can be used as raw materials for papermaking, the leaf can be used as a beverage or fodder, rhizomes, leaves containing latex liquid can be extracted rubber. Chinese medicine to the ground part of the medicine, slightly cold, sweet and bitter taste, function of clearing heat and fire, calm the liver and wind, the main treatment for headache, dizziness, insomnia, etc., the leaves contain rooibos glucoside, with cardiac effects, made of rooibos tea, rooibos tablets and rooibos cigarettes and other treatments for high blood pressure and other diseases, rooibos is mainly located in the Tarim Basin of the Tarim River, the Peacock River along the coast of the Tarim River, with an area of about 8 million acres.

4, Xinjiang Hotan Jade

Hotan Jade is the world's rosy stone products in the best products. To Hetian jade carving made of rare treasures are numerous, now the Palace Museum in Beijing, the collection of "Yu Yu ruling the jade mountain" is by weighing 5,300 kilograms of Hetian jade carving; the national "thousand buddhist countries map" is by 3,473 kilograms of the finest Hetian jade carving.

5, Xinjiang Ruoqiang gray jujube

Ruoqiang gray jujube called Ruoqiang jujube, Ruoqiang red jujube also known as Ruoqiang jujube, also known as the Loulan jujube, Loulan red jujube. Ruoqiang gray jujube produced in Xinjiang Ruoqiang region of Ruoqiang County, this county is known as "the first county in China", is China's unique tree natural hanging dry jujube. Ruoqiang is located in the Taklamakan Desert and the Arjin snow mountain range intersection.

This is a beautiful and magical place - located in a thousand miles of the vast desert in the Gobi, the best altitude of 800 meters above sea level away from the sea, a year of up to 210 frost-free period plus the high temperature of the Taklamakan Desert and the Arjinshan snowy region of the cool airflow of the day and night replacement, the formation of up to 28 degrees of temperature difference (high daytime temperatures) Can strengthen the photosynthesis of crops, conducive to the accumulation of nutrients, the night temperature is low to reduce the consumption of crop nutrients in favor of the accumulation of nutrients and sugar melons and fruits), creating Ruoqiang date unique natural growth environment.