Xinjiang Kanas: the last piece of pure land in the world

Kanas National Nature Reserve is located at Buerjin County, Altay Region, Xinjiang Province, covering an area of 2,500 square kilometers. It is the only scenic spot which is characterized with Switzerland style and is known as “the last piece of pure land in the world”! Kanas is a Mongolian name, literally translated to Chinese as two visions: one is “the beautiful and mysterious place”, and the other is “the holy water”.

Moon Bay It forms a curvilinear river bend in the Moon Bay, shaped like crescent moon, hence the name Moon Bay. The Moon Bay is the stretch part of Wolong Lake, and now it is the most charming and the most representative sight of Kanas. The photos taken by photographers have become a name card for China to turn out to the world.

Wolong Lake Wolong (literally “the crouching dragon” in Chinese) Lake is named for the reason that there is a dragon-like islet in the lake. Wolong Lake is 1325 meters above sea level. It was an ordinary river bend originally. But thousand years ago, a mudslide took place there in the left bank, which led to collapse in many places on the right bank. The mudslides and debris made some watercourse narrower and the upper reaches of the river wider, therefore the flow velocity is decreased, and the sediment is stacking in the river as a islet. Then the beautiful Wolong Lake appeared.