Preface

前言

The National Day holiday has come to an end,so has my time spent alone at home. During the holiday,unable to bear the loneliness, I picked up my phone with the idea of brightening my life by browsing through photos in my album. However, when I came across pictures ofgrape trellisin the courtyard, I was overwhelmed with emotion.The longing to go home reached its peak, and I couldn't help but start reminiscing about the wonderful times I spentin Xinjiang during the summer vacation.

國慶假期結束，我獨守空房的生活也隨之告一段落。在放假期間耐不住寂寞的我奔著看看相冊里的照片給生活增添色彩的想法拿起了手機，可當看到院子里葡萄架的圖片時卻破防了，想回家的欲望達到了頂峰，忍不住開始回憶暑假在新疆的美好。

Xinjiang is a vast expanse of land, with magnificent mountains and diverse landscapes. Every view and every dish tells a unique story of its own.

我的新疆是一片廣袤無垠的土地，山川壯麗，風情萬種。它的每一處風景、每一道菜都在訴說著獨屬于自己的故事。

If you're curious about what makes Xinjiang so unforgettable for me, follow this article to truly experience the essence of Xinjiang!

如果你想知道讓我心心念念的新疆到底有什么，請跟隨這篇文章走進真正的新疆！

A schedule suitable for young people

適合年輕人的作息

My Xinjiang has a schedule suitable for contemporary young people.

我的新疆有適合當代年輕人的作息。

The first ray of sunshine at 8:30 in the morning and the sunset glow at 8:30 in the evening are aunique kind of romance belonging soley to Xinjiang.

早晨八點半的第一縷陽光和晚上八點半的晚霞是屬于新疆獨一份的浪漫。

Every time I have to wake up early at school, I find myself missing Xinjiang's daily rhythm.Staying up late boldy and sleeping in guilt-free.Xinjiang's time difference is tailored for today's night owls.

在學校每一個需要早起的瞬間我都會懷念新疆的作息。大膽地晚睡，放心地晚起，新疆的時差，專為當代熬夜青年量身定制。

Getting up at 9 o 'clock in the morning,with a bowl of hot milk tea and a delicious naan,a beautiful day in Xinjiang kicks off.

早晨九點起床，一碗熱乎的奶茶和香醇的馕開啟新疆的美好一天。

▲Image source:小紅書@Cohen 川川

On hot afternoons, sitting in the "luxury palace",enjoying the air conditioning,and scooping out a sweetand juicy watermelon was my summer routine.Without door temperatures reaching over 40 degrees celcius, few people will stay outside unless they want to experience getting tanned.

炎熱的中午，坐在“豪華宮殿”，吹著空調，用小勺挖著清甜的西瓜是我暑假的常態。夏天室外溫度能達到四十多度，除非想體驗“黑皮膚”，不然很少有人會在室外。

There is another very romantic thing in Xinjiang - watching the sunset twice a day.After seeing the sunset in the easternmost city,Hami,if you are fast enough,you can catch it again in Kashgar.

在新疆還有一件很浪漫的事——一天看兩次日落。如果你在最東部的哈密看到了日落，只要你足夠快，還能在喀什再次迎接落日。

As the sun slowly glides toward the horizon, leaving a golden red shadow in the sky, Xinjiang's night life begins to unfold. When it gets dark and the heat of the day fades, the whole city becomes dynamic.

隨著太陽緩緩地滑向地平線，天空中留下一道金紅色光影，新疆人的夜生活緩緩拉開序幕。等天徹底變黑，白天的燥熱退去，整座城市活躍起來。

Streets and alleyways are dotted with warm lights, mixed with shouts, laughter and sometimes a group of people performing Sama dance (a unique folk dance form in which people form a circle and march slowly while the music plays), adding a dynamic charm to the night life.

街頭巷尾被暖色調的燈光點綴，各種叫賣聲、嬉笑聲交織在一起，有時還會有一群人來一段薩瑪舞（一種風格獨特的民間舞蹈形式，音樂響起時人們圍成圓圈，穩踏舞步，緩緩行進）給夜生活增添一抹靈動。

Strolling through the night streets with a few friends, savoring the aroma of lamb skewers, enjoying sour and sweet flavour of yogurt shaved ice,and returning home at 11pm,only to find the calendar flipping to a new day before drfting off sleep - what a blissful experience that is!

拉著幾個好友穿梭在夜晚的街道里，聞著羊肉串的香味兒，吃著酸甜可口的酸奶刨冰，等到十一點回到家，日歷翻到新的一天然后緩緩入睡，這是何等幸福的一件事！

All-encompassing sceneries

包羅萬象的景觀

My Xinjiang boasts 1.66 million square kilometers of vast land, covering various natural landscapes and cultural scenes.

我的新疆有著166萬多平方公里的廣袤土地，覆蓋了多種自然景觀以及人文景觀。

Lush forests, endless snow-capped mountains, verdant grasslands, blue rippling lakes, boundless deserts, and deep, precipitous gorges... every single form of scenery can be found in Xinjiang.

郁郁蔥蔥的森林、連綿不絕的雪山、綠草如茵的草原、碧波蕩漾的湖泊、廣袤無垠的沙漠、幽深險峻的峽谷……每一幀風景都能在新疆找到。

Autumn has arrived, bringing with it another golden spectacle - Xinjiang's iconic Populus euphratica forests. The leaves transitionfrom green to yellow and then to vibrant red, painting the landscape in breathtaking layers of colours.

現已入秋，還有一道金色的風景線——胡楊林也加入了新疆的風景隊列，樹葉由綠轉黃，再由黃變紅，層林盡染，美不勝收。

Xinjiang is the perfect sanctuary for experiencing the magnificant craftmentship of nature. There are countless beautiful sceneries here, leaving visitors enchated at every turn.

新疆是感受大自然鬼斧神工的絕佳圣地，這里美景數不勝數，每一處都讓人流連忘返。

Beyond its natural beauty,my Xinjiang is rich in vibrant cultural heritage, with bazaars being the most direct embodiment of its unique charm.

我的新疆還有豐富多彩的人文景觀，而巴扎是其獨特風情的最直接體現。

In Kashgar, Hotan and other regions, every county and city has a bazaar day.

在喀什、和田等地區，每個縣市都有一個巴扎日。

When I was a child,my highlight of the week was eagerly anticipating bazaar day to eat some delicious food. As I've grown older, visiting bazaar has become a way to immerse myself in the local city atmosphere.

我小時候每周的盼頭就是等到巴扎日去吃好吃的，長大后去巴扎反而變成了感受這座城市煙火氣息的一種方式。

▲Image source:素素不吃素

Unlike the traditional notion of a market, the bazaar here operates on a strict time cycle, usually arranged weekly, with seven days as a time cycle, and everyday can be a bazaar day.

這里所指的巴扎不同于我們通常意義上的集市，它有著嚴格的時間周期，通常按星期排列，以七天為一個時間輪回，每一天都能成為一個巴扎日。

This means that different towns or counties can share the same bazaar day, and within a region,there can be different bazaars rotating and appear on different days.

因而，不同的鄉鎮或縣城可以擁有同一個巴扎日，而在同一個地區也可以有多個巴扎輪流出現。

The bazaar is also an important occasion for cultural exchangeand to meet people from different regions. On bazaar days, merchants trvale between countires, setting up shops according to different places' bazaar day.

巴扎還是文化交流的重要場合，在這一天可以遇到很多不同地區的人們，來自各地的商家根據不同地方的巴扎日在幾個縣城內移動。

I remembered a few years ago, when I went with my mother to buy fabrics, we struck up a conversation with stall owner and noticed his accent was diffrerent from ours. It as only later I learned he was from Atush.

記得幾年前跟媽媽一起去買布料，和攤位老板交流的過程中發現他的口音和我們不一樣，后來才知道是阿圖什人。

▲Image source:小紅書@美欣阿

In this open-air market, people are everywhere: those on the move, those observing, those guarding their goods, those making transactions,those chatting and eating, etc.

在這個露天的集市中，到處都是人，走動的人、觀望的人、守著自己貨物的人、成交買賣的人、聊天吃喝的人……

▲Image source:小紅書@阿巴斯田

A bazaar is usually divided into certain sections:livestock trading section, clothing, shoes and hats section, crafts section, miscellaneous goods section, fruits section, foods section and so on.

巴扎一般分為牲畜交易區、服裝鞋帽區、工藝品區、雜貨區、瓜果區、餐飲區等幾個部分。

In the livestock trading section, a few lambsare huddled together, tethered by their owners with ropes.Their weak voices are drowned out by the shuffle of the crowd,blending with sounds of vendors shouting and bargaining.

牲畜交易區內三五只被主人用繩子牽在手里的小羊羔擁擠在一起，不停地叫喚著，它們柔弱的聲音被人群的走動聲所淹沒，又混雜在叫賣聲、討價還價聲之中……

The clothing section is filled with vibrant etlas silk and hand-embroideredgarments, while in the food section,the irresistible aroma of grilled l am bskewer swafts through the air. These are all essential parts of the bazaar that I deeply miss.

服裝區的艾德萊斯綢、手工刺繡服，餐飲區撲鼻而來的烤羊肉串香味都是我所想念的巴扎不可或缺的一部分。

吃不完的美食

My Xinjiang is filled with food that is impossible to eat enough of.

我的新疆有永遠吃不夠的美食。

For a seasoned foodie, the various delicacies in Xinjiang are undoubtedly the greatest temptation for the tongue and taste buds!

對于一個資深吃貨來說，新疆的各種美食無疑是對舌尖和味蕾的最大誘惑!

When it comes to Xinjiang cuisine, the first thing that comes to mind is naan. White naan,girda naan, and onion naan are all essential items on the dining table for people in Xinjiang.

說到新疆的美食最先想到的應該就是馕了，白馕、窩窩馕、皮牙子馕，每一種都是新疆人餐桌上的必需品。

In Xinjiang, there is a saying: "One can go a day without vegetables, but never without naan." This highlights the high status of this flavorful and aromatic food in people's hearts.

在新疆有句俗語：“可以一日無菜，但不可一日無馕。”可見這種色香味俱全的食物在人們心目中的地位之高。

Lagman,another staple food for people from Xinjiang,appears frequently on the dining table.

拉條子作為新疆人的主食之一，出現在餐桌上的幾率也是相當的高。

In simple terms,Lagman is "vegetable on noodles".The dough is skillfully stretched by the chef into evenly-sized noodles. After boiling, the noodles are rinsed and topped with stir-fried vegetables, creating a delicious dish that’s both savory and satisfying.

“拉條子”通俗地講是“菜蓋面”，面團經過廚師熟練的手法變成粗細均勻的面條，煮熟之后過一遍水，再把提前炒好的菜蓋在上面，可口美味的拉條子出現在眼前。

The lamb is slaughtered,skewered,and grilled right before your eyes.As they sizzle on the charcoal grill, the meat, seasoned with salt water and spices,filling the air with a mouth watering aroma and making every passer by drool like crazy.

羊現宰，肉現串，串現烤。被放在炭爐上的羊肉串經過了鹽水、作料的“洗滌”之后發出“嗞嗞嗞”的聲響，羊肉香在空氣中飄來蕩去，饞得每一個路過的人口水直流。

In Xinjiang, every lamb is put to good use. There is not just lambskewers,but also grilled lamb chops, whole roasted lamb, tandoor meat, bakedlambbuns, and slow-cooked lamb- all are honoured guests at the table.

在新疆每只羊都被安排得明明白白。不僅有烤羊肉串，還有烤羊排、烤全羊、馕坑肉、烤包子、清燉羊肉……每一種都是餐桌上的貴賓。

One popular dish is rice sausages, where rice,diced meat, carrots, and other ingredients are stuffed into lamb in testines and boiled, and mianfeizi, a dish made by stuffing dough into lamb lungs and boiling it.

把大米、肉丁、胡蘿卜等灌進羊腸子煮成米腸，把面糊灌進肺里煮成的面肺子也是新疆美食榜之一。

Although noodles hold an important place in the diet of people from Xinjiang, hand-pulled rice also has its own spot.

雖然面食在新疆人的飲食習慣中占據了重要位置，但手抓飯也有自己的一席之地。

Every grain of rice absords the essence of the lamb and the sweetness of the carrots, and fter a long simmer, the lamb becomes sextremely tender. Just a gentle bite and the meatmelts in your mouth, bursting with flavours.

每一粒米都吸收了羊肉的精華和胡蘿卜的甘甜，羊肉經過長時間的燉煮之后變得異常鮮嫩，輕輕一咬，便化作滿口的鮮香。

Large plate chicken, greasy meat with noodles,naren,liangpi, mutton chop,youtazi, roast pigeon, pepper chicken... Xinjiang has countless delicacies, andthey never lose their appeals no matter how often you eat them.

大盤雞、過油肉拌面、納仁、涼皮、羊雜碎、油塔子、烤鴿子、椒麻雞……新疆的美食數不盡，而且怎么吃都吃不膩。

Thanks to the large temperature difference between day and night, Xinjiang's fruits and melons are also highly favored by friends from all over the country.

得益于晝夜溫差大等優勢，新疆的瓜果也備受各地朋友們的青睞。

"Turpan's grapes,Hami's melons,Korla's gragrant pears with no pulp;the pomegranates of Yecheng are praised by all,and the white apricots of Kuqast and tall;Atush's figsare quite renowned,and Jiashi's melons can't be out done;Ili's applesare top-notch,and the cherries in Kashgar can be picked in handfuls;Hotan's thin-skinned walnuts need no crack, and the watermelons from the fields are sweet and juicy.With fruits all year round, in Xinjiang, you won‘t miss home, you'll feel at home." This well-known rhyme captures the different fruits from various regions in Xinjiang.

“吐魯番的葡萄哈密的瓜，庫爾勒的香梨沒有渣；葉城的石榴人人夸，庫車的白杏一枝花；阿圖什的無花果名氣大，伽師的香瓜甜掉牙；伊犁的蘋果頂呱呱，喀什的櫻桃大把抓；和田的薄皮核桃不用敲，下野地的西瓜甜又沙。一年四季有瓜果，來到新疆不想家。”這首家喻戶曉的順口溜涵蓋了新疆各地的特色瓜果。

▲Image source:公眾號@新建鐵路旅游發展集團

Sitting under the grape trellis, enjoying the cool breeze while eating Hami melons, with a table spread with bright red pomegranates, colorful figs(known as "sugar buns from the tree"),badams and walnuts. This relaxed,leisurely lifestyle is the daily routine for the people of Xinjiang.

坐在葡萄架下邊乘涼邊吃哈密瓜，桌上擺放著紅彤彤的大石榴、色澤鮮艷的“樹上的糖包子”——無花果、巴旦木、核桃……這種閑適的生活是新疆人的日常。

▲Image source:小紅書@田甜是個民俗

Xinjiang is truly wonderful, with a lifestyle perfect for night persons, picturesque scenery, and mouth watering delicacies... Every moment in Xinjiang is an immensejoy.

我的新疆就是這么好，有適合“熬夜寶寶”體質的作息、如詩如畫的美景、令人垂涎的美味佳肴……在新疆的每分每秒都是一次極大的享受。

By now, I believe you must be tempted,so pack your bags and set off! Once you arrive, please take in the beautiful scenery and savour the delicious food for me. I’ll be there, eagerly waiting to hear all about your experiences in Xinjiang!

看到這里相信你已經心動了，那就背起行囊出發吧！到了之后請替我多看看美景，多吃點美食，我在這里等你分享去新疆之后的感受！

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