Urumqi Travel Tips

Travel Tips from Editor 

Urumqi Travel Tips No 1: Weather
There is a great difference in temperature during the day and night in Urumqi. It is very cool both in the morning and at night. Tourists should prepare a sweater or overcoat in summer, and in winter, you should prepare heavy woolen overcoat or feather down garment. 

 Urumqi Travel Tips No 2: Food
In Urumqi, the famous foods are the Xinjiang baked mutton kebabs, the grilled whole lamb, the rice taken by hand and the grilled mutton with flour paste and you can taste the authentic flavor in Urumqi. The melons and fruits are also very popular with tourists. The melons and fruits of Xinjiang are all in Urumqi, which bring      the sweetness to the foods of Urumqi. In addition, when you go to Urumqi, you must taste the local specialty---yogurt, which is very fresh, and you can buy it in many restaurants of flavor.

As the food in Urumqi is mainly beef and mutton, you should pay attention to your stomach and do not eat to excess.

 Urumqi Travel Tips No 3: Time
People in Urumqi adopt both Urumqi Time and Beijing Time, and the former is 2 hours later than the latter. People usually start to work at 10 p. m. and have their lunch at 2 p. m., supper at 8 p.m. or 9 p.m. 

  Urumqi Travel Tips No 4: Taboo
The national minorities like the Uygur, the Hui, and the Kazak, etc. believe in Islam. They do not eat the foods made from pork, nor talk about the things about pig, so doing that in front of them is a taboo.

 Urumqi Travel Tips No 5: Measurement
In Urumqi, when people buy commodities in the market, they usually use the metric system. For example, when they measure the weight of the articles, they use kilogram, not gram.