Naadam in Bayanbulak Grassland, Xinjiang, feels a different "poetry and distance"

On the grassland in July, the cattle are fat and the horses are strong, the long tune is melodious, and the passion is rippling. From July 20th to 22nd, in the most beautiful season of the grassland, the 22nd Donggui Naadam Conference in 2019 in Hejing County, Xinjiang was held in Bayinbulak Grassland, a world natural heritage site. Friends of farmers and herdsmen of various ethnic groups from towns and pastures in Hejing County took their beloved horses and yaks to participate in horse races, yak races, wrestling, shepherd fun competitions, and long-tune invitational competitions, showing the joy of harvest and the spirit of unity and progress. Spiritual outlook, presenting a tribute to the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, wishing the great motherland more prosperity and people's lives happier and healthier.

Hejing County is known as "Dream Grassland, Horse Paradise, Hometown of Swans, Hometown of Donggui, Great Beauty and Tranquility". , Rich products. There is the largest sub-alpine meadow grassland in the country - Bayinbulak grassland, which is an important water resource conservation area and ecological function area in Xinjiang; there are also Gongnaisi National Forest Park, Quake Wusu Stone Forest, Panchen Ditch and Aerxian Hot Spring, etc. Fantastic and dazzling natural landscape. There are 59 basic types of tourism resources in the county. Bayinbulak Grassland is the only swan nature reserve in China. In 2013, Bayinbulak was successfully selected into the World Natural Heritage List, and Bayinbulak Wetland was awarded the title of "Top Ten Charming Wetlands in China". In 2016, Bayinbulak was established as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. The national intangible cultural heritage represented by the heroic epic "Janger", the folk dance "Sawuerden", "Donggui Naadam Festival", Mongolian long tune, etc. are inherited here, interpreting the profound connotation of national culture .

In recent years, Hejing County has continued to create an eco-tourism destination, and has formed a unique grassland cultural and sports tourism brand. The county develops large-scale tourism and uses tourism to drive the development of other industries. Grassland Mujiale, Turhut Folk Culture Village, and Jianger Folk Village have become distant poetic homes for tourists. "Tourism +" has driven farmers and herdsmen. Increase your income and get rich.

On the day of the opening ceremony of this year's Return to the East Naadam Conference, various ethnic customs performances such as the entrance of square teams, folk songs and dances, horse racing and yak racing, and interesting competitions for shepherds were held. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Autonomous Region awarded the honorary medal of "Hundreds of Millions of Farmers Fitness Activity Demonstration Base" to Hejing County. During the Naadam Conference, various sports competitions focusing on grassland herdsmen were held. Interesting competitions such as arm wrestling, sheep-holding relay, Hercules challenge, archery competition, yurt-building competition, Tagleng Mountain climbing competition, and Mongolian Oirat wrestling are presented one by one. Here, tourists can not only appreciate Mongolian characteristic culture, but also feel the perfect integration of traditional culture and modern tourism.

This year, Naadam also held the first flight ceremony of Xinjiang Maverick General Aviation Bayinbulak, which means that tourists can take a helicopter to experience low-altitude flight and overlook the different grassland beauty.

"This year, our county received more than 80,000 tourists in a single day, a record high. This is also the blowout growth of tourism brought about by Xinjiang's stable dividend. The biggest highlight of this year's Donggui Naadam Conference is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. On the occasion, all the audience waved the national flag and sang the national anthem in unison, exuding a strong patriotic atmosphere, which is also the actual action of the Hejing County Gui Naadam Conference to report to the motherland the achievements of the past 70 years." Deputy Secretary of the Hejing County Party Committee , County Magistrate Alter said.