County-level
Yi Zhou District
The Islamic-Han pavilions of Hami King Palace stand in Yizhou, famed for fragrant sweet Hami melons along the ancient eastern gateway to Xinjiang.
For Hami, plain-country farming and old town remains forms an essential setting.
In regional terms, the clearest first clue to Hami is “Plain-country farming and old town remains forms an essential setting.” Together, environmental, historical, and cultural elements give Hami a profile that can be distinguished from nearby places. Continuing local life gave inherited spaces new uses and memories, allowing historical layers and contemporary activity to coexist. Today, the interaction between environment and society remains visible in landscape, urban texture, daily activity, and local memory. These details make Hami a clear case of how a wider region is built from specific places and sustained lives.
County-level
The Islamic-Han pavilions of Hami King Palace stand in Yizhou, famed for fragrant sweet Hami melons along the ancient eastern gateway to Xinjiang.
County-level
The alpine waters of Lake Barkol reflect snow-capped Tianshan ridges in Barkol, home to the historic Qing-era Imperial Granary on vast grasslands.
County-level
Over 470,000 mu of ancient Populus euphratica trees withstand desert winds in Yiwu, beneath the frozen peaks of Mount Karlik Glacier.