Because the weather is great and four season clear in Hotan, The grape in Hotan is very delicious .So it is famous for making raisons. there are many grape corridors are located in the countryside of Hotan county. Hardworking Uygur farmers economize their land and plant along road sand paths corridors of grapes as a protection against sandstorms. Read more »
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Atlas Silk Factory
Jiya township of lop county is famous with its Atlas silk in Xinjiang. It is about 15Kms far from Hotan city. The word of Atlas means in Uyghur language is “tie – dyed silk fabric”. An Atlas clothes is one of the traditional products of Hotan. It has a history of over 2, 000 years. Read more »
Longevity of Hotan People
Xinjiang is one of the four big longevity area in the world as published by the International Medical Science Institute in 1985. In Xinjiang, Hotan has a high concentrated area of longevity people, through the results of the 4th census taken in China; it became clear that there are more than 140 old people in Hotan. This situation on longevity has led the world to attach great importance to nutrition. Read more »
King of Walnut Tree
King of walnut tree is located in Baghqi Township of Hotan County. It is about 10kms far from Hotan city. Hotan County is the biggest county of Hotan prefecture which produces walnut. The walnuts which the people selling in the market everywhere in Xinjiang is, mostly produced in Baghqi Township or in Hotan County. Read more »
Hotan Museum
Hotan museum is located in the city of Hotan prefecture. It is the exhibition room for much kind of excavated cultural relics from Hotan prefecture. These cultural relics reflected the long history of Hotan. Read more »
Niya Ancient City
Niya ancient city is located in the Taklimakan desert, north of Niya County. It is about 150kms far from Niya County downtown. Niya ancient city has supplied precious materials to the study of the relationships between the empire located in the Central Plains and ancient kingdoms in the Western Regions, which covers the area of the present day Xinjiang and parts of Central Asia. Read more »
