Ten years to sharpen a sword, once to test the edge.

The annual college entrance examination opens a new door for students to bloom their own youth.

A mother kisses and sends her daughter into the examination hall; the Chinese wolfberry on the drying field reflects the happy life of farmers; the beauty of Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway makes self-driving tourists enjoy themselves so much so as to forget to leave; the “Bagun competition” (a competition similar to the tug of war) on Daur "Obo Festival" demonstrates the achievements of the protection of intangible cultural heritage ......

In June, Xinjiang ushered in the harvest period of characteristic fruits, and farmers who worked hard began to harvest their sweet fruits.

Best wishes

Photo taken on June 8, 2022 shows a mother kisses her daughter who is about to enter the examination hall at the site of No. 2 Middle School in Yumin County, Tacheng Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. In the afternoon, the 2022 Nationwide Unified Examination for Admissions to General Universities and Colleges ended in a clear bell. (Photo by Yang Hauguang)

Relieving pressure before the exam

Photo taken on June 6, 2022 shows a general meeting themed on "chasing dreams bravely · win the college entrance examination" is held by the No. 4 Middle School in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang, for the students of grade three in high school on the day before the college entrance examination, cheering the examinee through activities like teachers and students sending blessings, students taking collective vows, flying paper planes with their dreams written on it, and leaping to the dragon's gate. (Photo by Yuan Huanhuan)

Growing happily

Photo taken on June 10, 2022 shows children play happily at Anda Kindergarten in Shuimogou District, Urumqi City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Xiejingxi Community of Liudaowan Sub-committee donated more than 4000 yuan worth of children's sports and fitness equipment to Anda Kindergarten. (Photo by Sun Zhensong)

Harvesting Chinese wolfberry

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows fruit farmers dry Chinese wolfberry in the Xiaoguonong red Chinese wolfberry plantation in Yuli County, Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. At present, the first crop of red Chinese wolfberry in Yuli County has entered the large-scale picking period. Fruit farmers seize time to pick ripe Chinese wolfberries, dry them in the air, and sell them to all parts of the country online and offline. (Photo by Wang Xue)

Field management and protection

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows staff manage and protect pepper at the field in Xinjiang. In recent years, this place has made full use of its resource advantages, vigorously developed the red agricultural industry with high output value and good economic benefits, promoted economic development and increased the income of employees. (Photo by Xie Jianglin)

Beautiful scenery along the road

Aerial photo taken on June 10, 2022 shows the scenery of Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway. On the same day, the 2022 opening ceremony of "traveling to northern and southern Xinjiang on the Dushanzi-Kuqa Highway" was held at Qiao’erma checkpoint in Nileke County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang, and the Dushanzi to Kuqa section of 217 national highway closed for 249 days was reopened. (Photo by Tian Guojian)

Traveling to Turpan City by plane

Photo taken on June 10, 2022 shows the tourists who have arrived at the Turpan airport in Turpan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. On that day, the air route from Guangzhou to Xi 'an to Turpan was first launched, and the opening of this air route not only facilitates the traveling of passengers, but also plays a positive role in promoting the development of trade and tourism. It is understood that the route is operated by 9Air Co., Ltd., and there are four flights on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. (Photo by Liu Jian)

Bagun Competition

Photo taken on June 4, 2022 shows contestants participate in Bagun competition (a game similar to the tug of war) at the 2022 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day of China and the Daur "Obo Festival" of the 10th Xinjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Week held at Baijia ecological farm in Asir Daur Township, Tacheng City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Moving songs and dances, fierce competitions and delicious food have turned this place into a sea of joy. People sing and dance together to express their love for their motherland and hometown. (Photo by Dai Jiaomei)

The love breakfast

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows citizens have breakfast at a breakfast shop in Wenquanbei Community of Qifang Sub-committee in Shuimogou District, Urumqi City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. The community connects merchants with the community through services like convenient food stations, housekeeping services, convenient payment, fitness and entertainment, which is welcomed by residents. In recent years, many communities in Urumqi City have made great efforts to build "quarter hour convenient life circle", and have actively built a multi service platform for residents by gathering multi-business community business district. (Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Qin Meihua)

Animal husbandry in the wood

Photo taken on June 7, 2022 shows a farmer feeds geese with grass at Huxi Village in Shanghudi Township, Shawan City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. In recent years, this village has adopted the industrial development mode of "Party branch + Cooperative + base + farmers", and guided villagers to make use of the advantages of local resources in the woods to vigorously develop ecological goose raising industry, realized the green circular three-dimensional economic mode of the combination of planting and breeding, and found a new way of increasing villagers' income. (Photo by Wang Fangji)

Craftsmanship

Photo taken on June 6, 2022 shows a staff member makes handmade fine dried noodles at Juqing Food Co., Ltd. in Xiji’er Town, Mulei Kazakh Autonomous County, northwest China’s Xinjiang. This company was founded in 2014 by Li Guoliang, a graduate of Xinjiang Vocational University. In 2017, he used the funds of poverty alleviation project and built the company into an enterprise with an annual output of 45 tons of triticale vermicelli, dried buckwheat noodle, Hongxing wheat vermicelli and chickpea vermicelli, and its products are sold all over the country. (Photo by Li Rui)

Carding cashmere yarn

Photo taken on June 10, 2022 shows workers produce cashmere yarn at the carding production workshop of Xinjiang Tianshan Textile and Garment Co., Ltd. In recent years, Xinjiang Tianshan Textile and Garment Co., Ltd. has been continuously upgrading equipment and implementing technical transformation, comprehensively improving the competitiveness of high-quality development of the enterprise, and the innovation results of equipment technical transformation are notable. From January to May in 2022, the company achieved a main business income of 37.7808 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.62%. (Shiliuyun - Xinjiang Daily Tang Yong)

Cultural heritage

Photo taken on June 3, 2022 shows Beiting Gaochang Uighur Buddhist Temple Site Museum at 12 kilometers north by east of Jimsar County in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. It was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 1988 and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list as a silk road heritage site in 2014. It is one of the cadre education and training bases in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and also the only cadre education and training base in Xinjiang that integrates many functions, such as the Silk Road historical and cultural exhibition. (Photo by Zhang Yun)

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