http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5926) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 3 Sep 2008 5:06:00 GMTlindyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/the-residence-of-kumul-uygur-king/Residence of Kumul Uygur King was built in 1698 and its project was finished in 1706. It was built by artisansorganized by the first king of Kumul.This architectural complex, fusingcomplex building styles of many nations, occupied the superlative scale in Xinjiang . Unfortunately, The great buildings, with a long history of over 200years, was nearly completely demolished in the war of 1931. In 2003, the government of Kumul bagan to rebuild the residence. The reconstruction of residence of Kumul...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5925) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 3 Sep 2008 4:42:00 GMTlindyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/kumul-fruit-garden/Kumul Fruit Garden covers a total area of 1234.7 hectares. It is a composite tourist base of rurality, desert landscape, lake view and marsh landscape. In this garden, you will be lucky to taste fresh melon and learn history knowledge of planting Hami melon. Besides, you can also enjoy the pleasure of fishing and the splendid sight of natural desert.Thereare five uniqueactivities prepared for tourists in thisfruit garden: The first one: exclusive plantation of Gong melonHami melon of 400years a...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3318) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 29 Aug 2008 8:19:00 GMTrichardsonhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/restaurant/cross-street/Cross Street lies more than one hundred snack stalls, where tourist can enjoy various kinds of local dishes with strong Islamic flavor, such as roasted lamb, Grabbing Rice, Hand Grabbing Mutton and Stewed Mutton Cake. There are also many tourist souvenirs on sale in Cross Street and tourists can stroll the tourist souvenirs stalls after having delicious local snacks....]]>Fri 28 Aug 2008 0:14:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/bar/xiangyang-night-market/Thu 27 Aug 2008 22:40:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/bar/abus-resort/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 596) AND (ServiceType = 15) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 27 Aug 2008 22:17:00 GMTcoconuthttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/shop/kumul-serindia-flavor-boutique/Kumul Serindia Flavor Boutique sells crafts featuring Xinjinag style, such as silk scarf decorations, and the well-known Kumul silicified wood. To display and popularize Xinjiang culture is one of the aims of this Boutique. The Boutique also sells different Kumul endemic stones. More than one thousand kinds of products are on sale here. The products are not expensive and the service is good....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3320) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCThu 27 Aug 2008 20:52:00 GMTcoconuthttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/restaurant/electrical-energy-hotel-restaurant/Electrical Energy Hotel Restaurant, a part of Electrical Energy Hotel (a three-star hotel), locates in Hami bustling downtown areas, on the north of Aiguo Road. The vast luxury Islamic restaurant provides in-house restaurant with many private rooms in various styles, which can accommodate more than 300 people together for taking dinner at the same time. Moreover, the hotel still establishes caf, business centre and international wire services facilities....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5927) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 26 Aug 2008 9:11:00 GMTirishttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/tianshan-temple/Tianshan Temple, the only temple on Tianshan (60kilometers south of Kumul city), was built on a height of nearly 3000 meters. It was firstly built in Tang Dynasty, with a full name of Tianshan Temple of Lord Guan. The temple was constructed as a cuboid architecture: 12 meters long and 7meters wide. It took giant trees as pillars and blue brick as walls. There are three floors inside the temple and four vertical props enchased in the walls. There are only three wooden rooms and a broken stele le...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 644) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 26 Aug 2008 3:30:00 GMTorchidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/kumul-museum/Kumul museum, located in Guangdong Road of Hami, was established in 1988. In June, 2002, the Nanyue Cultural Center sponsored by Guangdong Provincial People's government became a part of it. The museum includes an exhibition hall of more than 800 square meters and a storeroom of 300 square meters. Kumul museum collects more than 12000 historical relics like stoneware, bronze ware, pottery, carpentry, ironware, felt, attire of Qing Dynasty and mummy during the period from the primitive society...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 594) AND (ServiceType = 15) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 19 Aug 2008 3:12:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/shop/great-cross-business-street/Great Cross Business Street locates at the south of Kumul city. Owning almost half of the population of Kumul city, this area has been the shopping centre for more than one hundred years. Nowadays, Great Cross Business Street has become a street for selling tourist arts and crafts. Here, you can find Kumul wonder stones, ethnologic clothes, ethnologic musical instruments, ethnologic embroider, paper-cut and other arts and crafts. It is the best place for tourists' leisure and shopping in Kumul c...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 595) AND (ServiceType = 15) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 19 Aug 2008 3:11:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/shop/tianma-wholesale-market/Tianma Wholesale Market locates at Youyi Road in Kumul city. Tianma is the biggest market in this city for wholesaling and retailing. It' s a large compositive business place for shopping, food, and leisure. The main business scopes of this market are: smallware selling, flavor snacks, vegetables, farm and sideline products, etc. It may yield a feeling of accomplishment when you purchase an item at maybe 50 percent of the original price. The more you haggle, the better price you may get. It' s t...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2949) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 19 Aug 2008 3:00:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/tianshan-scenic-area/The Scenic Spots and Historic Sites of Tianshan is located in the north face of the East Tianshan,stretch from the Algidity Ditch in the east to the Pine Pond in the west, and from the Tianshan Temple in the south to Mingsha Mountain in the south. The total area is 120 square kilometers. It's about 70 kilometers away from Hami City. People can get here through the provincial highway- the Beixin Road on the Silk Road. The transportation and communication here are very convenient. There are lofty ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1936) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 18 Aug 2008 23:31:00 GMTlukehttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/product/kumul-embroider/Like the paper-cut, Kumul Embroider has a long history. In Kumul, almost all the Uighur women are masters of embroidering. They are good at using embroidering to make their clothes more beautiful. Except for having their own ethnological tradition feature, the Kumul Embroider also mix with some best features of other ethnological arts. When the Uighur girls are going to marry, they must embroider a marriage portion with their own hands. You may see embroidering (flower, horse, insert, beast or s...]]>Tue 18 Aug 2008 3:57:00 GMTwuyanghttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/festival/singing-and-dancing-show/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3319) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 18 Aug 2008 3:45:00 GMTwuyanghttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/restaurant/hami-hotel-restaurant/Hami Hotel Restaurant locates on No.4 of Welcoming Road of Hami. It is well equipped and conveniently located. My first stop is Hami during my travel in Xinjiang. When I stayed in Hami Restaurant, I found it has comfortable environment, elegant style and complete facilities. You can also taste genuine Islamic cuisine renowned there. In a word, staying in Hami Hotel Restaurant is the best choice for your tour and business....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2957) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 18 Aug 2008 3:34:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/mingsha-mountain-in-hami/ SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5924) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 15 Aug 2008 2:19:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/wubao-ancient-tomb-complex/Located on a laterite hill, Wubao Ancient Tomb Complex covers an area of 5000 square meters with altitude of 525meters. According to confirmation of related scientific research, this ancient tomb complex dated to 2900-3200 years ago. Xinjiang Archeology Institute and Hami institute of Artifacts' Preservation have had thrice excavations in Wubao Ancient Tomb Complex. Graves inside are in similar form with condense and orderly arrangement. The grave is usually 1.5 meters long, meter wide and 1.2-...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5928) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 15 Aug 2008 2:09:00 GMThoneyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/attraction/kumul-devil-city/Kumul Devil City is actually a Yadan landform which formed after long wind erosion to the nature. The Devil City takes a width of 5-10kilometers and a length about 400 kilometers from east Camel Peak to Wubao Shaer Lake, passing Yamansu iron mine and Dananhu coal mine. It is so mysterious that a green hand would get lost in this devil city, especially encountering windstorms. In the Devil City, you can see landscapes like castles, palaces, stupas, steles, characters, various shapes of animals a...]]>Mon 10 Aug 2008 22:52:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/festival/hami-twelve-mukamu/Mon 10 Aug 2008 22:42:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/xinjiang/kumul/food/roast-whole-lamb/