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The grape valley in the Volcano
The area of Tulufan in Xin Jiang has been called 'Fire Land' from ancient times. This name originated from the Volcano. Speaking of Volcano, people will always think of the well-known Chinese traditional novel: The Road to the West. It is said that in this novel the story happened in Volcano when the hero named Tan Sanzang couldn't climb over this hill while his disciple named Sun Wukong put out the overwhelmed fames using the Palm-leaf fan borrowed from the TieShan Princess. Thus, all the tourists from far away places would love to see this famous magic hill with a long history when they come here.
 The Volcano locates in the center of the Tulufan Valley. Actually, it is the branch of Tianshan Mountain that has totally approximately 100 kilometers long from the East to the West and has about 10 kilometers wide, with an average latitude of around 500 meters. It has the color of deep red since the body of the hill is consisted of the red mud of the mud stone, sand stone from the third period in the Mesozoac Era. All the mountains wind its way gorgeously and are covered with many stormed cracks. The hills are rocky without any grass. Every summer, the earth temperature is up to 60-70 in centigrade in the strong sunshine. Seen from far away, the red body of hills is surrounded by the hot fuses and the arising red clouds as if it is burning with fire. That's how Volcano got its name. The Uygur people name it Wuzegetage, which means the red hill. There is a popular story like this: The Red Hill was once an evil dragon. It damaged people's houses and lands at its will and killed the people and the cattles. The brave young fighter named Halahezhuo determined to kill it for the people. With a powerful sword in his hand, he finally cut the evil dragon into pieces after violent fights. The dead body of the dragon was turned into red by the blood running out and became a huge red hill. Every cut in its body has become the valleys in the mountains. Those valleys still remain the 'cuts of the sword' in dark blue. That formed the Grape Valley, Wood Valley, Peach Valley and Tuyu Valley with beautiful sceneries. Every summer, they are surrounded by the brooks and shadowed by the green trees. Among them, the Grape Valley is especially known for its abundance in sweet grapes.
 People who come to Tulufan will never miss visiting the famous Grape Valley. It lies in the Volcano Valley 13 kilometers to the northeast of Tulufan City. In summer, you can see the miles of green grape lands layer after layer along both banks of valley about 8 kilometers long. Among them the wines cross together and are arranged in a neat order. The rural cottages are surrounded by the clear brooks. Under the huge and tight grape frames, piles and piles of grapes have shapes in round, long, have colors in white and red alike rubies and gedeite. You will be intoxicated by their full body, crystal color and scent smell. Although in Volcano Valley it is unbearably hot with arising heat everywhere, the Grape Valley is still very cool with comfortable winds. That's why it can be called the oasis of the Fire Land as a cool place escaped from the hot in summer.
Nowdays the Grape Valley grows the famous seedless white grapes plus with the red grapes, Manaizi Grapes, Keshehaer, Bijiagan and the black grapes. The seedless white grapes has the advantages of the sustainability from the dryness and the salty soil, the length of age up to 100 years. Also the grain is big while the fruit is small, is juicy and seedless, easy to eat fresh or more suitable to be made into the dry grapes. It is called the China Green Pearls at international markets. The Tulufan winery in the Grape Valley produce many kinds of good-quality wines, among which the whole juice wine is greatly needed all over the country.
Deep into the Grape Valley, there is a specially designed Grape Garden for all the Chinese and foreign tourists. In the grape corrider shadowed by the piles of greens which shed from the sunshines, you can play with the cool spring water, taste the delicious grapes. It will give you a fantastic feeling as if you were in a wonderland.
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