Day 6Urumqi

Attractions: Heavenly Lake, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Urumqi

After breakfast, drive 1.5 hours to visit the Heavenly Lake at Tianshan Mountain.​ The scenery is like a fairyland. The scenic area encompasses alpine lakes, wetland meadows, forest canyons and other natural landscapes, and in 2013, the scenic area was named a National Geopark by the state.

In the afternoon, we will explore the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum with numerous collections.​ The collections of the museum include silk, wool, cotton and linen fabrics (including brocade, qi, damask, Luo, yarn, Aman, silk, printing and dyeing, embroidery and a large number of Han and Tang silk fabrics such as blankets, felts, tapestries, embroidery and other ancient woollen fabrics), instruments and documents written in various scripts (Han, Huijuan, and Guillou), wood carvings, clay figurines and figures on paper and silk from the Jin and Tang dynasties, flower-wool paintings, bronzes with characteristics of the Scythian culture and costumes and artifacts from the brotherly ethnic groups of Xinjiang. The museum is also home to some fossils of ancient organisms. In addition, there are some fossils of ancient organisms.