Tianshan Kuqa Grand Canyon also called Keziliya valley, located in the Aksu region in northern Kuqa, from east to west in depth is about 5.5 kilometers long. A reddish-brown rock carving by wind and rain, canyon winding path leading to a secluded spot, where can see a new world, the mountain body is various, the open sky, overlapping ditch with the valley. Nantian valley, ghost valley, crescent gorge, tiger tooth bridge and Motian cave such landscape modeling is vivid.1.4 km away from the cliff, there is a Tang dynasty grottoes. On the south and north, west of grottoes wall remaining murals and Chinese characters, and is 700 meters from canyon accompany by the mysterious valley.
Tianshan Grand Canyon is really worthy of sightseeing, scientifically exploring and ancient civilization studying. It is awarded the title of National Forest Park, National Sports and Leisure Base, National AAAA level scenic spot, Autonomous Region National Fitness Sports Training Base, Autonomous Region foot motion base and Autonomous regions nationwide fitness mountaineering training base.
Tianshan mysterious canyon combines with deep, remote, static as a whole that people who are personally on the scene all praise it. Grand Canyon is composed of reddish-brown vast mountain group, uyghur called “Keziliya” means red cliff, actually it is formed by one hundred million years of wind and rain erosion, flash flood scouring, is rare natural dry land places of scenic spot in China. The reddish-brown mountains of the grand and rugged canyon are in different shapes, and gullies and trenches can be found everywhere. Some places are too narrow to pass through. This area is surrounded by mountains on three sides and average altitude is 2020 meters with average temperature of 4-6
℃. Here you can see the most integral and the most admirable virginal forest of spruce in snow hills. The Grand Canyon is now named 42 spots. More significantly is that there is the thousand-buddha grottoes site of Tang dynasty called Kizil Thousand-Buddha, in the hundreds of grottoes in the ancient western region it is rare.
♦ Transportation
Tianshan Grand Canyon is on the 217 national road, tourists can take the bus in this road, also can charter car from Kuqa for 200 Yuan.
♦ Food
As for food in Tianshan Grand Canyon, there are little white apricot, baking steamed stuffed bun, naan and so on.
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