WULUMUQI 烏魯木齊

GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS

• Wulumuqi is located on the North West side of China.
• Wulumuqi has about 1.753 million people.
• Wulumuqi is a linear, big city which borders the Silk Road and the Taklamakan Desert.
• Wulumuqi also borders the Bogda Shan Range and Tianchi.
• Wulumuqi is a dry area and gets much of its water from nearby lakes.

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HISTORY

• Wulumuqi is a young city.
• Wulumuqi was created by the Tang Dynasty around 648AD.
• Wulumuqi used to be a place called Luntai which is 10 kilometres away from modern day Wulumuqi
• Wulumuqi was a small town near the Silk Road, under the influence of the Tang government.

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FOLK TALES

• Ancient folk tales are popular in Wulumuqi and spread across China.
• Most folk tales teach people or children lessons on how to behave.
• Some folk tales are based on reality.
• An example of a folk tale is the one about a magic paint brush. There was a young man who had a magical paintbrush. Anything he drew would turn to life. He used his paintbrush to help people.

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ATTRACTIONS

• Tianchi - The Heavenly Lake
• Xinjiang regional museum
• Red Hill - Hong Shan
• Silk Road

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FOOD

• People in Wulumuqi and China eat things that we would find weird.
• Some examples of food are fried tarantulas, snake, caterpillars, etc. They also eat yak and cows.
• In Xinjiang, people mostly eat Mongolian foods. Some of these things may include Yak, noodles, dumplings, rice, beef, etc.
• People in Xinjiang and Wulumuqi use many different spices in their cooking

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CULTURE

• In the Wulumuqi area, there are many cultures such as Muslim Turkics, Muslim Iranians, Muslim Sino - Tibetans, Han, Mongols (Oirats, Dagur, Dongxiang), Russians, Xibes, and Manchus.
• These religions vary dramatically and are quite different from each other.
• Lots of these cultures also are Mongol or have Mongol aspects in them.
• The culture is very fascinating as it is very different from our own.

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TRANSPORT

• The main forms of transport include air, rail, road, bus and metro.
• Since there are few lakes near Wulumuqi and Xinjiang is spread out, People usually use trains to travel around.

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ACCOMMODATION

• Sheraton Ürümqi Hotel.
• Centre of Wulumuqi
• Scenic view
• Cabin near Tianchi
• The accommodation in hotels is much like in Australia

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INTERESTING WORDS/PHRASES

• Chinese currency is called renminbi or 人民币
• The word for Mongolia in China is Menggu or 蒙古
• The Chinese word for folklore is minjian gushi or 民间故事
• The word for culture in Chinese is wenhua or 文化

BIBLIOGRAHPY

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ürümqi#Transportation
• http://www.topics-mag.com/folk-tales/folk-tale-good-greed-china.htm