Ku'erdening Nature Reserve

Ku'erdening Nature Reserve Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions

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Kuldening - a world natural heritage site, a national water conservancy scenic spot, and a national AAAA scenic spot, is located in the southeast forest area of Gongliu County, 55 kilometers away from the county seat. In April 2000, it was approved by the State Council as the West Tianshan Nature Reserve and has species unique to the Tianshan Mountains. --Snow Ridge Spruce is the habitat and origin of Snow Ridge Spruce and Central Asian wild fruit forests around the world. It is the "Green Valley of Tianshan Mountains and the Hometown of Snow Ridge Spruce". Kuldening is a world natural heritage site, a national 4A-level scenic spot, a natural oxygen bar, and is rated as the first negative oxygen zone among China's top ten forests. The state bird, state tree, and state flower of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture all come from here. At the same time, it is also the sketching creation base of the Chinese Artists Association and the Chinese mountaineering training base.

Kurdening means "horizontal ditch" to local herdsmen. It is a wide valley in the mountains running from north to south. Kurdening has a total area of 1,176 square kilometers and an average altitude of about 1,500 meters. The special north-south direction makes Kurdening warm in winter and cool in summer, with a pleasant climate. It has both the broadness and ruggedness of the north and the charm and beauty of the south of the Yangtze River. It is a tourist resort for summer vacation. There is the snow-capped Kabanbay Peak, which is 4,257 meters above sea level and stands majestically above the mountains. It is one of the famous peaks in the Western Tianshan Mountains. On the left side of Kabanbay Peak is a mountain covered with snow-capped spruce. An invisible reclining Buddha is naturally formed along the trend of the mountains. The sleeping Buddha rests his head on the sunrise and his feet on the sunset. He has a well-proportioned body and a serene expression. It is a masterpiece of nature. The forests, grasslands, snow-capped mountains, streams, canyons and waterfalls here constitute the magnificent picture of Kurdening. This is a place with lush forests in the Tianshan Mountains, with spruce forest resources that are rare per unit of timber. The complete original forest types and vegetation are particularly typical representatives of the entire Tianshan forest ecosystem. According to preliminary statistics, there are 1,594 species of vascular plants and 223 species of wild vertebrates in Kurdnin, which can be called a "natural gene bank" for wild species in the hinterland of Eurasia.

Tour route:

Shuttle bus lines:

Scenic Area Visitor Center (take the shuttle bus)-"Heritage Center (walk, visit the exhibition hall)->Kapan Bayi Peak (far view)->Iron Bridge (walk)-Tianshan Sleeping Buddha (far view)->Spruce King ( Take a sightseeing bus) -> Yunshang Grassland (walk down the mountain on the wooden boardwalk) -> Restaurant (walk, eat at Green Valley Resort or a fast food restaurant) -> Heritage Center parking lot (walk) and return to the visitor center (take the shuttle bus)

Self-driving route:

Scenic Area Visitor Center->Kurdening Scenic Area Zhonggou Entrance->+Li Gallery->Fengxiang Inn-Kafeng Base Camp->Qimengde Observation Deck->Ayusa Observation Deck->Hiking Spruce King->Hiking Tianshan Sleep Buddha (distance view)->Hiking on the Yunshang Grassland