Corps Towns and Memories of Military Reclamation
The way to explore the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps: Shihezi Military Reclamation Museum, the heritage of the 359th Regiment in Aral, reclamation coffee, and the vintage street block.
Shihezi
Famous military reclamation city: The Military Reclamation Museum tells the entrepreneurial history of "people pulling plows," and the tree-lined avenue and the first plow statue in the city are standard photo spots.
Aral
The heritage site of the 359th Regiment by the Tarim River: Museum + Tarim University, worth a half-day stop on a South Xinjiang itinerary.
Experience-oriented
The era streets of military towns, reclamation-themed cafes and guesthouses turn the collective memories of the last century into spaces to stay and take photos.
Route connections
The Northern Xinjiang route can stop at Shihezi (between Urumqi and Sayram Lake); the Southern Xinjiang route passes by on the Aksu–Aral segment.