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Wear your down jacket to enjoy the cool summer in Xinjiang

At the beginning of midsummer

it is the time to eat ice cream in air-conditioned room

And if you can not stand the high temperature

or want to take a different trip,

Come to Xinjiang with your down jacket

to enjoy the cool summer

Tomur glacier

Tomur glacier is located in Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang, and is at an altitude of 7443.8 meters. Even in hot summer, it is still a "cool" world with ice and snow. And it was once rated as one of the six most beautiful glaciers in China.

Tomur National Nature Reserve is one of the largest modern glaciation areas in China, with a total of 829 glaciers, among which 509 are developed in China. The ice and snow stretch for thousands of kilometers in Tomur National Nature Reserve, and the longest glacier here is the Khan Tengri Peak glacier in the north of the Tomur Peak. And it is one of the eight valley glaciers in the world, known as "the first glacier in the world", with a length of 60.8 kilometers.

The thermokarst in ablation area of glacier has formed many wonderful scenes, such as unfathomable ice lakes, deep ice cracks, pale bluish green ice caves, icicles shaped like mushroom, subglacial rivers, etc. Although in hot summer, the average temperature here is only a few degrees above zero, it is an absolutely good place to spend summer.

Muztagh Ata glacier

Photo by Convergence Media Center of “Xinjiang is a wonderful land”

Muztagh Ata glacier park is located in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Under the world-famous Muztagh Ata, known as the "father of glacier", and more than 70 kilometers away from the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, the average altitude is 5000 meters.

Photo by Convergence Media Center of “Xinjiang is a wonderful land”

Muztagh Ata glacier has been standing here for millions of years, and there are hundreds of upside-down glaciers in actinomorphic shape. Thick ice layers firmly cover mountain peaks, and huge glaciers crisscross mountains and ravines, which is a miracle of nature.

Photo by Convergence Media Center of “Xinjiang is a wonderful land”

At the foot of the mountains, you can get close to the glaciers. Huge ice caves, ice towers near at hand, melting glacier water converging into a lake at the foot of the mountains... glaciers go through nature’s craft and form a magical and charming scene, in which you can forget the summer heat.

There are magnificent glaciers, beautiful glacier tongues, abstract ice towers, mysterious ice caves... The beautiful scenery of this place is the gift of nature. You can appreciate strange mountains and rocks, exotic flowers, and rare wild animals. It is not only a tour spending a holiday at a summer resort, but also a good opportunity to embrace the amazing nature.

Teram Kangri glacier

Teram Kangri glacier is located at the foot of the Teram Kangri peak of the Karakorum Mountains. The glacier is more than 28 kilometers long, which is a veritable "solid water tower".

Teram Kangri glacier is a typical modern monsoon type temperate glacier, which is famous for its beautiful arch structure. Under the movement of snow and glaciers, the glacier has also formed an ice waterfall up to seven or eight hundred meters high, forming a unique scene with magnificent momentum, which makes people admire the nature.

The ice towers of dozens of meters high is also one of the characteristics of Teram Kangri glacier. The ice towers on the glacier form a series of spectacular ice peaks and the tip of glacier tongue is clean. The ice towers and various forms of ice sculptures can be found everywhere. There is often a frozen lake under the ice peak. In hot summer, the ice and snow melt and the waves ripple, presenting an intoxicating scenery.

The beautiful glacier is a great place to visit in summer

But remember to protect the environment

and do not drop litters carelessly

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