Aiding Lake is called "Jueluoyuan" in Uyghur language, which means "Moonlight Lake". Aiding Lake is 155 meters below sea level, which is the lowest place in China and the closest place in the world to the center of the earth. Ayding Lake is an inland saltwater lake with extremely high salinity, extreme drought in the lake area, extremely desolate landscape in the lake area, and unique development of salt crust on the surface, forming a spectacular original picture. The Gobi on the south shore of Lake Aiding is vast, endless, and there is no grass. A glance at the abandoned Gukanerjing is vividly visible and has experienced the vicissitudes of life. Lubei camel thorns, tamarisk and other desert plants are lush and lush.
Chinese Name:艾丁湖
Location:It is located in Qatkal Township, 50 kilometers south of Turpan City
Ticket:30RMB/pp
Opening Time：All year round 10:00-19:30; admission stops at 19:00
Transportation:About 2 hours drive from Turpan（Public transit）
What to Visit in the Aiding lake
From Turpan Aiding Lake to the south, walk about 10 kilometers on the rocky salt cliffs, and you will come to the agate beach. The beach is densely covered with colorful stone eggs, big and small like potatoes, and small like peanuts. Under the sunlight, they are colorful, like a string of pearl necklaces inlaid on the shore of Lake Aiding in Turpan. Continuing to the south for about 7 to 8 kilometers, there is a fossil mountain. The large and small rocks are full of fossils of marine organisms, most of which are corals and crinoids. Picking up rocks is a good tourist item when traveling to Lake Aiding in Turpan.
Features of the Aiding lake
Ayding Lake is an inland saltwater lake with extremely high salinity, extreme drought in the lake area, extremely desolate landscape in the lake area, and unique development of salt crust on the surface, forming a spectacular original picture. The Gobi on the south shore of Lake Aiding is vast, endless, and there is no grass. A glance at the abandoned Gukanerjing is vividly visible and has experienced the vicissitudes of life. Lubei camel thorns, tamarisk and other desert plants are lush and lush.
From the south of Aiding Lake, walk about 10 kilometers on the rocky salt cliffs, and you will come to the agate beach. The beach is densely covered with colorful stone eggs, big and small, like potatoes, and small like peanuts. Under the sunlight, they are colorful, like a string of pearl necklaces inlaid on the shore of Lake Aiding. Continuing to the south for about 7 to 8 kilometers, there is a fossil mountain. The large and small rocks are full of fossils of marine organisms, most of which are corals and crinoids.
Self-driving tour of Aiding Lake in Turpan
Turpan Aiding Lake is the lowest depression lake in the world, so you can experience the characteristics of Aiding Lake depression when you travel to Aiding Lake, and you can also go to Aiding Lake to pick up rocks and take pictures.
The best time to travel to Ading Lake in Xinjiang
Turpan is a good time all year round. However, most tourists in Xinjiang choose the summer and autumn seasons, when the fragrance of melons and fruits everywhere in Xinjiang, watermelon, cantaloupe, blackcurrant grape ditch, seedless white grape ditch, etc., have a special flavor.
Recommended food around Aiding Lake
The roasted whole lamb in Aiding Lake Scenic Area is very good, in addition to lamb skewers, fried barbecue and so on.
Recommended tourist attractions in Turpan around Aiding Lake
Kumtag Desert is about 79.7 kilometers away; Tuyugou Mazha Village is about 41.2 kilometers away; Shaanxi Temple is about 82 kilometers away.
Precautions
There are many salt flats, alkaline lands and sand dunes around Aiding Lake, and the roads are not easy to follow.
