On the fifth day of our Xinjiang trip in 2023, we came to the Urho Devil City near the Karamay Oilfield.

This place is similar to the colorful beach I saw yesterday, and it is also a famous Yardang landform. The difference is that it is very dry. The special thing here is that there are all kinds of strange stones, which present a variety of strange shapes under the natural carving, so that people can use their imagination to make up images that are close to them.

• Devil City (or Ghost Town, or Devil Couples)

There are many ghost cities in Xinjiang, and they are all experiences of Yardang landform.

Yardang landform is also called wind-eroded ridge, and “Yardang” means “a small hill with steep walls” in Uighur. It consists of a series of equal ridges and grooves, with a height of half a meter to several meters and a length of several hundred meters. Due to the abrasive effect of the wind, the lower part of the hill will be subject to strong erosion, gradually forming a concave shape, forming the Yardang landform, some of which look like ancient castles, and want to be called the Devil City.

• Kuitun City

The earliest history can be traced back to the 3rd century BC; after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Seventh Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps moved to Kuitun; in 1978, the Home Reclamation Bureau was established; in 1983, Kuitun City was separated from the Seventh Division of Agriculture, and it was directly under the jurisdiction of Ili Prefecture.

The majority of the city’s population is Han Chinese.

00:00 Departure
00:25 Lunch - Lamb Shank Pilaf
00:59 Night market near the lunch restaurant
01:29 Introduction to Devil Couples
01:44 Watching lions by car
02:39 2nd stop - Anubis
04:14 3rd stop - Seven Swordmen
05:49 4th stop - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
07:46 Car view: Last section of the scenic spot
08:13 Kuitun Hotel - Room Introduction
09:36 Kuitun Hotel - Go to dinner
09:55 Kuitun Hotel - Stroll after dinner
10:56 Kuitun Hotel - Breakfast on next day

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