Capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and a rising industrial city. Major attractions: Hongshan, Xinjiang Museum, and Shuimugou Hot Springs. Urumqi stands out as a most distinct Chinese city with a folkloric look and burgeoning modern industry. Baiyang Gully south of the city is a scenic Kazakh pastoral farm. Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at Xibei Road has a collection of more than 50,000 cultural relics with distinct ethnic features.
Tianchi lake
Sprawling on the waist of Mount Bogda of Tianshan Mountains and 100 km east of Urumqi, Tianchi runs 4.9 square km wide and 90 metres deep, a natural lake fed by thawing snow runoffs. Snow-mantled peaks and sky-soaring dragon-spruce, among other things, define Tianchi Lake as a scenic place with prismatic splendour