Grape Valley near Turpan, Xinjiang China

Grape Valley near Turpan

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Admission Fee 60 Yuan. Note that they take most all credit cards now. Turpan is nationally known for its grapes and dried raisins. The area began to plant grape as early as the Han Dynasty. When Zhangqian visited Western Region, over 2,000 years ago he found that people here has already grew grape and Zhang later introduced the grape into the inland provinces of China.

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