GENERAL
INFORMATION ABOUT YINING
Yining city(1994 est. pop. 197,500), local minority
language called "Gurzha", is the translation of
"Gold-Roofed Temple". Its former is Ningyuan city
which was built here in Qing Dynasty, most of local inhabitants
like planting the flowers and grass and trees, there are fruit
garden in many courtyard. Planted poplars in two sides of
the high streets and back lanes, clear stream encircled. When
the seasons when flowers are bloom and melons and fruits are
mature come to, flying over tangy aroma, was called as "Flowers
City". Apples of Ili are very famous in ancient times,
not only planting area is very wide, but also kinds are various.
Guoguang, red marshal, yellow marshal, red jade, Luxia, etc,
color and luster are fresh, the price is cheap. In suburban
Hanbing Township fruit garden and Taxkuruk countryside garden,
built a nation style bower respectively, are set off by green
trees,when summer and autumn comes to, tourists taste the
various apples, grape, peach, etc fruit, appreciate Uygur,
Kazak girls, chaps dance elegently. An enchanting and intoxicating
experience.
From the 3th century B.C till early in Western
Han, Sais, Dayueshi and Wusuns who are from Hexi corridor
immigrated into churchyard of municipality early or later.
Wusuns built famous Wusun kingdom around the Ili River. Wusun
is one of the ancestors of Kazaks. In 119 B.C, Zhang Qian
was sent on a diplomatic mission Western Region twice, reached
Wusun, Han have friendly relations with Wusun, Han princess
Xi Jun and Jie You Were married to Wusun kings in succession.
Afterwards, Wusun changed into a dependent state under the
jurisdiction of the Han court's MIlitary Viceroy's Official
of the Western Regions.
Economic and cultural communication between Wusun and Han
make relation of Ili with inland intimate, Wusun" Heavenly
steed" entered inland. In the middle of the 6th century,
Western Turks occupied "Wusun" and rule the Central
Asia region, with its gorvernment based in Ili, later it vested
in Tang, set up many superintendent's offices and mIlitary
organs churchyard of current municipality in Tang Dynasty.
During Sui and Tang Dynasty, trade of the Northern Route of
Silk Road which across through the autonomous prefecture was
very prosperous. During the Liao and Song, middle of the Asia
built Western Liao Dynasty, many Hans immigrated into Ili,
agriculture had bigger development. Early in the 13th century,
Genghis Khan passed Altay, Ili, etc places and went on punitive
expedition toward west, carved Talqi Road which crossed the
branch of Tianshan. Later, subinfeudated grainting of titles
leuds.Current churchyard of autonomous prefecture belongs
to ChahetaiHan kingdom and Wokotai Khanate of the time respectively.
In Ming Dynasty, Western Mongol Oyrat tribes move in current
every places of autonomous prefecture in Ming Dynasty.
Early in Qing Dynasty and later in Ming Dynasty, Junggar district
state political power ruled West, the center of the politics
and economics movement set up in YIli.Qing government calmed
down Junggar in 1755,set up "Ili General" in ancient
city of Huiyuan churchyard of current Huocheng county in Ili.
Therefore, Kazak, Uygur, Han, Xibe, Manchu, etc nationalities'
generals and soldiers and civIlians immigrated into every
quarter of current autonomous prefecture, engaged in stockbreeding
and garrison frontier and open up the fields, because of development
of every nationalities, at that time, economic of YIli region
was flourish, Huiyuan city has name "The Little Beijing".
After Opium War, national hero Lin Ze Xu was exiled to Huiyuan,
extended a large-scale irrigation channel, namely People's
Channel which can irrigated millions of fields after rebuilding
now.
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