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| | Urumqi Martyr Cemetery [edit this] | | Urumqi Martyr Cemetery is located in the mountain ridge of Nest of Swallow. With an area about 700 mu, it was built early in 1956, rebuilt in 1975.
Engraved Dong Bi Wu's inscription “Urumqi Martyr Cemetery” in the folding screen in the gate. Emplaced Cheng Tan Qiu, Mao Min, Lin Jilu, Qiao Guozhen, Wu Maolin, etc five matyrs's cemetery and other revolution martyrs's ashes in cemetery. Whole cemetery's atmosphere is solemn and respectful, the circumstance is very quiet and tastefully laid out. Now this place is the municipality important cultural relics protection unit. Around the Tomb-sweeping Day every year, thousands of and ten thousands of people come to here to sweep the graves, visit and ponder on the past and tour hill and view scenery one after another. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| Xinjiang Geologic Mineral Products Exhibition Hall [edit this] | | Xinjiang Geologic Mineral Products Exhibition Hall lies in Youhao Road which is the learning window for people to understand mineral resources in Xinjiang.
The exhibition Hall divided into two exhibition halls, the area is 2,400 square meters. The contents contain mineral resources of Xinjiang and geological science popular science, development and utilization of mineral resources and exploitation three parts. Exhibited and stored samples, models and pictures which are about 10,000, practicality sample and mineral products are from all over the Xinjiang and country and different resource industrial departments, reflect development and usage of mineral resource and general situation of geologic work in Xinjiang basically. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The Museum of Autonomous Region [edit this] | | The Museum of Autonomous Region is Xinjiang municipality cultural relics store up and science research center. The museum was built in 1953. Staff are made up of Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Mongol, Xibe, Manchu, Han, etc, nationalities' cultural relics workers. Affiliated departments have preservation, exhibition, restoration, study work as well as cultural relics team.
The museum architecture has local ethnic characteristics in Xinjiang, green round arched hallway is 18 meters high, the facade of the hallway, inner wall, dome decorated white gypsum, architecture area is almost 17 thousand square meters, exhibition area is 7,800 square meters. Ever since establishment, various nationalities cultural relics workers have been carrying on large-scale's cultural relics general investigation and stress grave's science excavation activities, get a series of important scientific and research results, store up unearthed historic cultural relics in Xinjiang, national cultural relics and revolution cultural relics 50,000 pieces, held different types Xinjiang historic cultural relics display exhibition ten times , recepted China and foreign travelers are over a million. At present, often exhibit Xinjiang historic cultural relics display, Xinjiang nationalities folk customs exhibition, Xinjiang thousand Buddha murals, Xinjiang unearthed cultural relics exhibition, Xinjiang past dynasties fabrics exhibition, Xinjiang ancient corpses exhibition, etc. It is the center of Xinjiang cultural relics preservation, restoration and scientific research, visit. Xinjiang historic cultural relics exhibition, according to primary society, slave society and feudal society several development processes, reappear the historic development conditions in Xinjiang from primary society to 1840 A.D.. Among the displayed 1,000 or more pieces Xinjiang cultural relics, has human cranium fossil which has ten thousand years till now, have many stoneware, painted pottery and later every historic periods' cotton textile, silk fabrics, woodenware, ironware, copperware, jade objects, clay sculpture, wooden carvings, silk , murals and ancient coins, documents died out archaic xinjiang every nationality characters such as Qielu characters, Huihu characters, Qiuci characters, Yanqi characters, Chahetai character, Tibetan character and Han character, etc wooden book, official dispatch, there are also important media which show China and West economic, cutural communion, for example Persian silver coins, Eastern Roman Gold coins, etc. Xinjiang nationalities folk customs display introduced Uygur, Kazak, Mongol, Kirgiz, Hui, etc customs of the 12 nationalities in Xinjiang systemly, reflecting Xinjiang nationalities, folklore research new achievement. Among the Xinjiang ancient corpses exhibition, exhibited a “Loulan sleeping beauty” corpse which is earlier than Changsha Mawangdui female corpse, is very attracted people. This ancient corpse which is 3,800 years till now is the known earliest, well preserved. Furthermore, there are ancient corpses in Primary society, Tang Dynasty and Han Dynasty, etc historic periods; these ancient corpses not only have Hans but also minonation; have male corpses, also have female corpses; have one person, also have husband and wife buried in one tomb. They were dug from long historic tunnel, make people understand the life of the ancient people. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The People's Park [edit this] | | The People's Park lies in western bank of Urumqi River. Its former name is Sharing Happiness Park.
It is a piece of marshland originally, the old trees are verdant around it. During Qianlong period in the Qing Dynasty, after Urumqi was finished, it became into a sightseeing and relaxing center. Began to built the garden in the Guangxu 9th year, built dragon King Temple, Zuixia pavilion, Xiaochun pavilion, Jianhu pavilion, etc around the lake. In 1918, Xinjiang warlord Yang Zengxin dredged up the bottom of the lake, refitted the bank of lake, imitate Beijing the Imperial Palace style and built Danfengchaoyang Pavilion. After liberation, rebuilt and extended, rename as People Park. Jianhu lake's bluish green waves popple in the park, grass and trees are verdant, pavilion and attic compare the brightness, opened up zoo and infant entertainment garden, built revolutionary martyr monument. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
| The Exhibition Hall of the Autonomous Region [edit this] | | In order to adapt the trade which China with periphery countries, eastern Uropean countries' trade and needs of developing the Central Asia market, municipality renamed Exhibition Building and extended as “The Exhibition Hall of the Autonomous Region”, the center lies in main artery of Youhao northern Road in Urumqi City. The center's area is 63 thousand square meters, now there are 10 exhibit halls, exhibit area is 7,000 square meters indoor, have over 400 international standard stalls. The circumstance of square and around it is very beautiful behind the Exhibit building, the space is wide, is the more bigger scale's exhibit building northwest region. Recent years, held three sessions “Urumqi Fair” in this center triumphantly, got favorable comments of nation and foreign commercial. At present, the center is extending, After extending, there are 14 exhibit halls, exhibition area is up to 20 thousand square meters, may set up 800 international standard stalls, and set up 400 seats's news issue hall, may offer multifunctional all-around one continuous line servive. | Edit by: Dorothy | |
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