Xinjiang has been famous for producing beautiful jade since ancient times, among which Hetian jade is the most famous. Its texture is moist and delicate, and it has a plump luster, and its sound is like the echo of a golden pot. The lingering sound is far from heavy and slowly exhausted, which is unmatched by jade produced in the southeast. ?

Sheep fat jade is named because it looks like sheep fat. The texture is delicate, the color is like sheep fat, and it is particularly rich, giving people a soft feeling at first sight. This is the best variety of white jade. At present, only Xinjiang has this variety in the world, and its output is very rare and its value is extremely high.

2. Hami melon

Hami melon has been cultivated in Xinjiang for more than 2000 years, and is called "the first melon in the world". Its flesh color is like glittering and translucent jade, with unique flavor and excellent quality, which sells well at home and abroad.

Hami melon, with good color, fragrance and taste, full flesh, sweet and crisp, high sugar content (up to 2 1%), "Huang Ming is like satin", "When the melon is ripe, it will melt into the mouth without me". Hami melon is crisp and juicy, sweet but not greasy.

3. Turpan grapes

Turpan, Xinjiang is the hometown and kingdom of grapes. According to historical records, as early as 2,000 years ago, when Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty, he found that grapes were planted here. Because of the high temperature, long sunshine time and large temperature difference between day and night, it is especially suitable for grape growth and sugar accumulation.

Grapes in Turpan, like pearls and dragon tongue jade, are crystal clear, sweet and juicy and mouth-watering. There are many varieties here, including more than 500 excellent varieties such as seedless white, red grapes, black grapes, rose fragrance and white bricks, which can be called "World Grape Botanical Garden".

Raisins are green, sweet and sour under the natural cover of hot air, and are favored by people and sell well at home and abroad.

4. Korla fragrant pear

Korla is located in the north of Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and it is a fertile green state. The fragrant pears produced here are the most famous, and they are called "Pear Town". Korla fragrant pear, called "Simiti" in Uygur language, is famous at home and abroad for its thin skin, crispy meat, juicy, sweet, crispy, refreshing, storable and nutritious. Indians call him "Prince China", which shows that he is precious.

Korla fragrant pear peel is extremely thin, with peeling hardness of 4.8kg/cm2 and peeling hardness of 13.0kg/cm2. Korla fragrant pear has no residual feeling after peeling. When picking, it falls from the tree, that is, it is broken, and it melts in the mouth, sweet and crisp, with a long aftertaste. The water content of fruit is 84.5-86%, and the soluble solids 13.4- 15%. Juice is delicious, sweet, crisp and refreshing, which is incomparable to pear varieties at home and abroad at present.

5. Xinjiang carpets

Xinjiang is the birthplace of carpets in the world. Carpets in Xinjiang are famous for their long history and superb skills. They are traditional ethnic handicrafts in Xinjiang and one of the main export commodities. Hotan is the hometown of carpets in Xinjiang, also known as oriental carpets. No matter the style, pattern and color, they are full of national characteristics and local styles. It is famous for its excellent raw materials, fine texture, dense fluff, thin and flat carpet surface, exquisite craftsmanship, unique patterns, excellent weavers, beautiful color matching, durability and complex patterns.

There are many kinds of carpets in Xinjiang, including many-hued, colorful, mainly Yarlung Zangbo, Iranian, Chachima, Aral and so on. Most of the patterns are symmetrical and neat, with rough lines and strong contrasting colors. According to the purpose, there are carpets, tapestries, mats, prayer carpets, mattresses and so on. Xinjiang carpets are also exquisite works of art and are collected by many art collectors. Up to now, the Victoria and Arabia Museum in London, the Textile Museum in Washington, USA, and the Handicraft Museum in Frankfurt, Germany all collect Xinjiang wool carpets or silk carpets as treasures for people to enjoy.

Xinjiang carpets are hung on the walls of halls or spread in indoor corridors. The carpet surface is smooth, the carpet board is quite solid and soft, beautiful and generous, and the colors are bright and bright. It is an ideal advanced product for home and hotel furnishings. Xinjiang carpets are of excellent quality. Besides knotting and knitting by hand, the weavers on the drawings have exquisite workmanship (after more than a dozen complicated processes), and the wool used for weaving carpets has a good texture. Xinjiang carpets are made of famous semi-coarse wool and Hotan sheep wool. This kind of wool is thick and non-sticky, tough and elastic, and has the advantages of tensile strength, compressive strength, good luster and high strength.

6.snow lotus

Xinjiang snow lotus, alias snow lotus. It mainly grows on the cliffs of the high drought moraine belt near the snow line of Tianshan Mountain, Altai Mountain and Kunlun Mountain.

Saussurea involucrata is a famous specialty in Xinjiang. As early as the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Xuemin wrote; Compendium of Materia Medica; In art, there are records that "snow in cold regions must persist in spring and summer, grass in snow, lotus stems, and loveliness in Tingting snow" and "snow in Tianshan Mountain, snow in winter and summer, lotus in snow, with the top of Tianshan Mountain as the first". On the morphology and habitat of Saussurea involucrata, Jia Shumo wrote in 1936; Xinjiang miscellaneous notes; There is such a description in the book: "Saussurea involucrata is a compositae herb ... born in the depths of snow-capped mountains and produced in Baicheng and Hami mountainous areas."

Compendium of Materia Medica records that Xinjiang Saussurea involucrata is authentic. The products produced by Bogda Peak in Tianchi area are of the best quality and mysterious. In the past, alpine herders met snow lotus on their way, which was considered auspicious and sacred. According to legend, this lotus flower in the snow was sprinkled by the fairy when the Empress Dowager Yaochi went to Tianchi for a bath. Xuefeng, which is more than 5,000 meters above sea level, is a beautiful mirror. Snow lotus is regarded as sacred. If you drink dew on bracts, you think it can drive away evil spirits and diseases and prolong life.

7. Turpan raisins

Turpan raisins are naturally dried in a cool local room and refined with advanced equipment and technology from the United States and Japan. The product has pure color and unique flavor, does not contain any additives and pigments, and is rich in natural fructose, protein, vitamins, cellulose, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other trace elements needed by human body. Identified by foreign scientific circles, raisins contain a special anticancer substance, which is a multi-purpose pure natural health food. Grape has the effects of "enriching blood, strengthening Chilean bones and muscles, strengthening stomach, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, benefiting qi, promoting diuresis, nourishing kidney and liver, and improving complexion". Eating more grapes can relieve cold hands and feet, low back pain and anemia and improve immunity.

8. Xinjiang red dates

Xinjiang jujube is a specialty of Xinjiang, belonging to Li Ke jujube. It has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, and has the characteristics of thick dry pulp, thin skin, sweet taste and no pollution.

There is a folk saying that "three dates a day will keep you from getting old" and "add red dates to porridge for better skin". Take 50 grams of red dates and 0/00 grams of japonica rice/kloc-and cook them together into porridge, which is good for beautifying the skin. The reason is that a large amount of vitamin B in red dates can promote subcutaneous blood circulation, make skin and hair smooth, smooth facial wrinkles and keep skin healthy.

Extended data:

Xinjiang, referred to as "new". Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the capital of Urumqi, is located in the northwest border of China. It is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China and the largest provincial administrative region in China, covering an area of 6,543,800 square kilometers, accounting for one sixth of the total land area of China.

Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, with a land border of more than 5,600 kilometers, bordering Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan. Historically, it was an important passage of the ancient Silk Road, and now it is the only place where the second "Eurasian Continental Bridge" passes, and its strategic position is very important. There are 47 ethnic groups in Xinjiang, mainly including Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Mongolian, Kirgiz, Xibe, Tajik, Uzbek, Manchu, Daur, Tatar and Russian. It is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China.

As the forerunner and bridgehead of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang has a unique geographical advantage, which gives Xinjiang more responsibilities in China's opening to the west, and also provides new opportunities for various local businesses to develop export-oriented economy.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Xinjiang