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1、TurpanLasttimeallofusknewsomeinterestingthingsaboutTibet,todayIwanttotellyousomethingaboutmyhometown-TurpanLocatedintheeasternpartoftheXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,Turpan,whichwascalledGaochanginancienttimes(from328ADto1275AD),isanimportantplaceontheSilkRoad.Tu
2、rpanisanoldcitywithalonghistory.Traceshavebeenfoundofhumanslivingthere,datingasfarbackas6,000yearsago.ThecitywasknownasGushiintheWesternHanDynasty(206BC-24AD);andintheMingDynasty(1368-1644),itgotitsnameTurpan,whichmeans'thelowestplace'intheUygurlanguage.Lyingint
3、heTurpanBasin,theelevationofmostoftheplacesintheareaisbelow500meters(1,640feet).TurpanisthecitywiththelowestelevationinChina.Occupyinganareaof15,738squarekilometers(6,076.5squaremiles),TurpanCityPrefectureislocatedtothesoutheastofUrumqi,thecapitalcityofXinjiangU
4、ygurAutonomousRegion.ThecitybelongstoTurpanRegiontogetherwithShanshanCountyandTuokexunCounty. Ithasapopulationof250,000,madeupof21differentnationalities.AmongthesetheUygursaccountforover70%ofthetotalnumber.Thecity,whichisalsoknownasHuoZhou(aplaceashotasfire),ist
5、hehottestplaceinChina.Theannualaveragetemperatureis14C(57.2F).Itisreckonedthatthereare152summerdaysonaverage,and28reallybroilingdayswiththetemperatureabove40C(104F).Althoughthehightemperaturecanbeoppressivepeoplecanalsogetsomebenefitsfromit.Theabundantsunshinegi
6、vesthemelonsandgrapesidealconditionstogrow.Thefruithereiswidelyknownforitshighsugarcontent,especiallythegrapes.Turpanispraisedasthe'HometownofGrapes'andtheGrapeValleyisagoodplacetoenjoythegrapesofhundredsofvarieties.ThevalleyisaGrapeKingdomworthyofitsname.Outsid
7、eofthevineyards,youwillalsoseegrapevinesalongtheroadandaroundthehouseswithclustersofcrystal-likegrapeshangingonthedensevines.Youcantastethesweetgrapesafterpayingasmallfee..Recently,anewGrapeValleywasbuiltneartheoldone,butthenewlydevelopedoneisrathercommercial.To
8、getatasteoftheromanticfeelingofTurpan,itisbettertovisittheoldGrapeValley.Additionally,in2001,GrapeStreetwasbuiltonQingnianRoadinTurpan.Itis1.7kilometers(1.06miles)lon