Hetian Travel Guide 
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Hetian lies in the southernmost part of Sinkiang, and it was called "Yutian" in ancient times, which means "place of jades" in Tibetan language. Hetian is one of the important towns in the southern route of the Silk Road. At the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the city changed its name from "yutian" to "hetian". In 1959, it got its present name. It boasts of wonderful view of the world's second largest desert, the site of the Silk Road with a history of two thousand years, and other humanic views such as the oasis as a result of the struggle between mankind and the nature, and the thousand miles long grape belt.
Hetian has rich tourism resources with their unique features, such as the towering jokuls, the magnificent glacier, deep and ser... [ View Details ]
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