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Hotan Night Market is a window to the folk customs and food of Hotan area, and it is also a must-visit attraction for local tourism. At present, there are two large night markets in Hotan City. The Hotan Night Market on Renmin Road covers an area of ​​4,662 square meters and has 260 merchants. It is called the "Old Hotan Night Market"; the Hotan Night Market (Huanhu Store) has a total area of ​​9,600 square meters and a total of 194 stalls in the night market. It is called the "New Hotan Night Market", which can accommodate 10,000 people a day and has become a new landmark in the city. The New Hotan Night Market is located on the second floor of the Hotan Impression Commercial Complex and opened to the public in 2019. 🌈Highlights: ✅The new night market has a larger business area than the old night market, a good environment, complete equipment and facilities, warm in winter and cool in summer, and is suitable for four-season operation. An independent fume treatment system ensures that the night market environment is smoke-free and pollution-free. ✅The indoor stage has a 360-degree panoramic view, and the stunning sound and stage audio-visual effects allow you to experience different ethnic songs and dances, and bring you a feast of different vision, hearing, and taste. ✅The new night market has fewer types of goods than the old night market, and its popularity is not as high as the old night market. 🎫Tickets: 0 yuan ⏰Business hours: 19:30 to 1 am the next day 🚗Transportation: You can take Bus No. 2, Bus No. 4, or Bus No. 3 to get there #The shining city that cannot be hidden #Local delicacies #Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day travel check-in #Self-driving tour guide #Northwest Grand Loop

After arriving in Hotan for three or four days, I thought there was nothing to do in the local area. In fact, there are several places with beautiful night scenery near the city of Hotan, such as Tuancheng and Yutgan Ancient City. There is a restaurant near Tuancheng on the roadside from China Unicom to Tuancheng. It is very beautiful inside, very ethnic, and delicious and not expensive! Don't go to Tuancheng people's house, I feel that it is not as delicious as this restaurant, the picture of Uz is it! The big plate chicken is very delicious, the barbecue is also very tender, and the interior decoration is very ethnic. Generally, there are more local ethnic comrades. The new night market, the food is average, the performance is okay, you can take a look when you come from other places to travel, especially when you hear the chorus of "My Motherland and Me", tears well up in your eyes, and it is still very touching to hear it in the border of the motherland! Yutgan Ancient City, a must-go at night! The performance is scene-based, from more than ten o'clock to half past twelve, it is a story line all the way down, it is worth seeing. Highly recommended, one step a thousand years, historical and cultural changes are all in it. A ranch in Cele County is on both sides of the national highway with Banlange. You can go anywhere. It is a high mountain ranch, very beautiful. If you have not been to the high mountain ranch in Qinghai, you can take a day to see it. It is still worth seeing in southern Xinjiang. It is different from the traditional desert Gobi scenery in southern Xinjiang. Finally, I emphasize that you must wear sunscreen! Go to a ranch to get a highland red. #The scenery here is as beautiful as a picture #Xinjiang Hotan Night Market #Hotan Tourism #Hotan Food

After entering the Hotan Night Market, the smell of fireworks hits you in the face, from the huge ostrich eggs and goose eggs roasted in charcoal fire, to the roasted whole lamb and lungs with rich aroma, to the juicy watermelons and melons on the white chopping board. Every delicacy in the Hotan Night Market is particularly tempting. Roasted meat, roasted lamb liver, roasted lamb heart, roasted lamb kidney, as well as various roasted naan, roasted vegetables, roasted papaya, and roasted pumpkin. Especially the roasted whole lamb, which is golden in color, shining with oily light, and exuding an attractive aroma. Perhaps sensing that diners lack resistance to such ethnic food, the stall owner greeted diners in the half-cooked national common language while fanning the aroma of the roasted whole lamb with his hands, which made many diners unable to move their legs to the roasted whole lamb with golden and shiny appearance and tender meat inside.

During these years of traveling, I have tasted countless local specialties. I have tasted the ups and downs of the country and tasted all the Chinese flavors. Among them, Xinjiang cuisine is one of the most impressive western Chinese flavors. In my previous articles, I have shared many local delicacies in Xinjiang. In this article, I want to introduce another delicacy in southern Xinjiang to you - Kumaiqi. Kumaiqi, maybe this name sounds a little strange to everyone. In fact, it is a kind of "baked naan", the most favorite staple food of Xinjiang people. This kind of naan baked with primitive ancient methods is called "Kumaiqi" ​​by the locals in Cele, Hotan, southern Xinjiang. It also means "baked cake". It is the most common staple food on the table of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. As a traditional pasta of Xinjiang people, "Kumaiqi" ​​is the most authentic one produced in Cele County, Hotan Prefecture. We drove here and tasted the freshly baked Kumaiqi in a small shop on the road. It is really as good as its reputation and delicious. The production process of "Kumaiqi" ​​is complicated. The main ingredients include flour, diced mutton, onion, salt, pepper, cumin, etc. First, knead the dough to make a pancake, then sprinkle the diced mutton and onion and other mixed fillings on it, then cover it with another pancake, pinch the openings of the two pancakes to wrap the fillings tightly, and wrap the pancake with paper, and then bury it in the hot charcoal burned by poplar or red willow to bake. The whole process does not use open flames, but uses the residual heat of charcoal fire to gradually bake the pancake. The baking time is about 40 minutes. After the "Kumaiqi" ​​is baked, the store owner uses a long-handled shovel to dig the "Kumaiqi" ​​out of the charcoal pile, put it on the table next to it, and use a hair dryer to blow away the carbon powder. The whole "Kumaiqi" ​​is considered to be done. The size of the local "Kumaiqi" ​​varies, generally depending on the number of diners. Usually the small diameter is 30 cm, the large diameter is more than 60 cm, and can even reach 1 meter. It takes two or three people to lift it up. The freshly baked "Kumaiqi" ​​is steaming hot and fragrant, which makes people very appetizing. However, this traditional "Kumaiqi" ​​production is rare nowadays, because most cities use ovens instead. After cleaning the charcoal ash, use a knife to cut the "Kumaiqi" ​​into several small pieces, put them on a plate and serve them on the table for diners to share. The shape looks very similar to Italian pizza, so the "Kumaiqi" ​​made in the Hotan area on the edge of the desert is also jokingly called "desert biscuits" or "desert pizza", but I think it is more interesting to call it "Kumaiqi". The perfect combination of pasta and mutton, crispy skin and fragrant meat, lingering in the mouth for a long time, this is the pleasure of eating "Kumaiqi". After eating it, I really understand why people in southern Xinjiang are so fond of "Kumaiqi". It is said that this food is extremely high in calories, but very nutritious. Even if you sleep in the desert overnight without a quilt after eating it, you will not catch a cold the next day. It sounds amazing! The locals once used 300 kg of flour, 200 kg of mutton, and 60 kg of onions, and spent 5 hours to make the world's largest "Kumaiqi" ​​with a diameter of 3.65 meters. It was named "United Kumaqi" and was selected into the Guinness World Records. "Kumaiqi" ​​is not only a food in Hotan, but also a culture. During festivals, people will sing "Kumaiqi" ​​songs, dance "Kumaiqi", and make and eat "Kumaiqi" ​​together.

Hotan Night Market Huanhu Branch, a beautiful place with delicious food, intoxicating singing and dancing, and fragrant barbecue