I'm in Urumqi

Lake Tien Shi was formed from a glacier, it is shaped like a crescent moon. To understand all the beauty of the most picturesque "Heavenly Lake", imagine the mirror surface and the purity of the water of a high-altitude reservoir surrounded by coniferous forests and white mountain peaks.

The park is divided into two parts with the help of the antique "Great Wall of China". In one park area, tourists have the opportunity to leisurely admire nature from comfortable gazebos, and in another - walks on electric cars and fun on various attractions. Today, there are more than six dozen of them, among them - "Roller Coaster", go-karts, a ferris wheel with a height of fifty-eight meters, a free-fall attraction and many others.

The locals call this salt lake the "Chinese Dead Sea".

Its territory - 54 square kilometers, it is located on the water of the Chayvopuskaya depression, near the southern base of the Tien Shan Mountains - half a month and two kilometers from the city - the resort of Urumqi.

Urumqi has been famous since the Silk Road, it is a famous tourist destination. In this area are located the city of Daban, known for its national traditions Erdaoqiao, the wonderful alpine meadows of Nanshan, Juhuatai and the beautiful White Poplar Gorge.

"Heavenly Lake"

At a distance of one hundred and twenty kilometers from the resort of Urumqi, at a distance from apartment and bustling shopping areas, located at an altitude of 1900 meters above sea level "Heavenly Lake" Tien Shi.

It reaches 3.3 kilometers in length and its greatest width is 1.5 kilometers. The greatest depth is 105 meters.

Urumqi belongs to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, it is its administrative center. In the ancient Mongolian language, "urumchi" means "beautiful pasture." This corresponds to the true state of affairs, because the central part of the city is located in an oasis, which on the one hand is covered with snow-covered peak Bogdo (belonging to the Eastern Tien Shan), and on the other - a large salt lake.