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1. Changji Beihu Lake Park
In 1985, the government of Shi Hezi City developed a tourist zone, and named it Beihu Lake Park. More than 10,000,000 Yuan has been invested to the construction of the park, long corridors, pavilions, docks, water motors, platform for landing and other facilities have been built, there are many activities in the park, such as swimming, boating, surfing, fishing. There are also other reception facilities, such as restaurants and shops.
The water of the lake is very clear, beside the lake, there are winding corridor, pavilions, and weeping willows swaying in breeze. Fishing people are carefree and content, swimmers are enjoying the contentment, there are birds flying in the sky, fish jumping in the water, the park is full of life. In recent years, around 16th, July, “ Beihu Lake Festival” has appeared.
2. Desert Park
Dreaming Camel Bell Slope is a natural botanical garden in the desert. There are plants of 24 tree families, 89 genera and 149 type, such as exuberant populus euphratica oliv, fresh elaeagnus angustifolia L., elegant aristida pennata, valuable rheum palmatum, astragalus membranaceneus, halimodendron halodendron, phoenix tree, willow. Dreaming Camel Bell Slope is also a natural zoo, there are many animals here, such as wild boar, procapra gutturosa, wolf, fox, allactaga sibirica, snake. These animals have settled down in this desert .
You can climb sand dune, travel in sea of sand on foot, or ride a camel, you can enjoy desert scenery with sweet-sounding camel bells. There are many interesting programms, such as sand skiing, shooting practice, enjoy the scenery of sunrise and sunset in the desert and campfire party. There are some cultural relics here, such as ancient copper coin, military orders, the historical remains of beacon tower.
3. Nanshan Resort
 There are many winding roads in the resort, the mountains in the resort are precipitous, trees are exuberant. It is a famous tourism spots in Shi Hezi. According to legend, in the Yuan Dynasty, when Menggu Army went on a punitive expedition in the west, the famous Cheng Jisihan passes here with thousands of army, they saw the top of the mountain covered with snow, a thick fog surrouded the halfway up the mountain, there were sounds of birds and wild animals. Cheng Jisihan was attracted by this charming scenery, at this time, a lama knelt down and asked permission to build a temple here, in order to bless the success of their army. Cheng Jisihan approved, then a temple of oriental style was built here, and that was the Dazi Temple. The temple experienced various vicissitudes, it is already dissapeared, but its name was passed down, the scenery near the temple is still charming as it was. In summer, it is an ideal place to spend summer holidays, it also a pasture with abundant water and grass, fat horses and sheep. It is very cool in summer, just like the weather in autumn, it often rains, the mountains are full of the scent of wild flowers. 4. People’s Park
The southern part of the park is forest area, which is covered with trees, there are rare plants, such as Pinus sylvesris L.var.mongolica Litvin, Piceakorainesis, Juniperberry and other famous and rare trees in the park.. The tourist area covers two thirds of the total area of the park. On the east side of the north entrance are flower nursery and greenhouse, the variety of the flower reaches more than 600, this park has the most complete variety of flower in Xinjiang. There are man-made lake and midlake island at the north entrance. The water of the lake is quite clear, there are willows beside the lake, people boating in the lake. On the midlake island, How to Get There: there are many buses to People’s Park, you can also take a taxi. In spring, summer and autumn, tricycle is recommended. Openning Time: 8:00-18:00
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