Grape Corridor

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.

They put upwooden frames which cover the roads like a tunnel. The corridors length is more than 1, 480kms. Such an occurrence is hardly found in the world. Premier minister Jiang Ze min came to Hotan in August 1990 to see the work of the government. After be got driven along the grape corridors he was totally surprised and with admiration he wrote the following four characters: “A world sensational wonder”. There is a great grape corridor built in 2006, It connects the road from the king of walnut tree to the king of fig tree.