Hami (哈密 Hāmì) or Kumul, now Yizhou District, is a town on the Northern branch of the Silk Road in Xinjiang Province in China.
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To most Chinese Hami is very well known for its melon (哈密瓜 hā mì guā).
Tomb of Hami king (Taxis start at ¥5 from elsewhere in Hami). Royal nine generations along with three Arabian preacher were buried there, tomb is made of four typical ethical architecture. ¥20. Hami Museum (哈密博物馆) (On first floor of Culture Central (哈密市文化艺术中心)). Two mummies are exhibited: their clothes, hair and blood vessels have remained in good condition due to immediate dehydration and dry climate. ¥5. Ghost City. Famous for special geographic speciality. It is absolutely a natural region formed by strong wind and dry climate for thousands of years. ¥50.
Songshutang (North of Tian Mountain, 2 hours away from Hami by car, bus ticket is ¥12). A golden place for skiing during winter and summer resort. The ski run is not sharp but very good for beginners. It is a cool place during summer time, you could stay there for few days to enjoy the most quiet and natural life. Cheese is always available for all year long, fresh mushroom could be found after rain in Tian Mountain, BBQ is quite welcome in night life. If you have already arrived at Songshutang, it is great opportunity to tour MingShaoShan, takes less than two hours by car from Songshutang.
You can not miss kabob (roasted mutton barbecue) if you visit Hami, that is traditional food made by minority of Uigur, and fried rice (zhua fan in Chinese) is made by rice, mutton and radish, main dish of local people. If you prefer noodle, you will love delicious beef noodle, the soup is special for 40 kinds of spice. Hami is famous for Hami melon throughout China for it sweet taste thanks for huge difference of temperature from day to night and longer time sunlight during summer time, besides Hami melon, grape, water melon, apricot and mulberry are both enjoy good taste, dried fruit is on market with inexpensive price from all year long for dry and windy climate, Hami is worth of visiting…
As of the 2020s, the Turpan-Hami Basin has grown into one of China's premier wine regions, with a number of good quality local wineries to choose from. Due to the hot and arid climate, the wines produced in the region tend to be sweet.
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In Nov, Hami typically sees ~7°C daytime highs and 2 rainy days.
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