Zhaosu County in Xinjiang enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of Gastrodia elata in China". Why?

Zhaosu, the hometown of Gastrodia elata in Xinjiang, is famous for its excellent blood horses and horse culture that has been passed down for many years. As early as 2000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, thoroughbred horses had been cultivated. Zhaosu, Xinjiang is the only county without desertification in Xinjiang. With beautiful scenery, vast territory and rich resources, it is a good tourist attraction. Zhaosu is a temperate mountainous area with a dry, semi-humid and cool climate, similar to KFC in Ireland and the United States and Hokkaido in Japan, the hometown of international horse racing.

Zhaosu is in Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Zhaosu County is located in the northwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the southwest of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, the Tekes River basin in the upper reaches of Ili River, and the western section of Tekes-Zhaosu Basin, belonging to the semi-arid and semi-humid cold climate type in the temperate mountainous areas of mainland China. It is an alpine basin surrounded by mountains in the hinterland of Central Asia. Surrounded by high mountains, it forms a unique natural ecological environment, with an altitude of 1323m-6995m.

The construction of Zhaosu Tianma Airport began on 20 12, which overcame practical difficulties such as short construction period and continuous freezing rain and snow. It lasted 10 years and finally ushered in the first flight moment, completely ending the history that Zhaosu County was located at the "pocket bottom" of Ili traffic, realizing the dream of Zhaosu people flying at home and opening up a "space passage" with the outside world. At the same time, the grassland area of the county is 9.2758 million mu, which is a world-class high-quality natural grassland with unique geographical environment and climate characteristics, and is very suitable for horse breeding and growth.

The quality of agriculture and animal husbandry resources here is excellent, covering 797,200 mu of high-quality chernozem and dark chestnut soil cultivated land, 8.37 million mu of world-class high-quality natural grassland and more than 400 kinds of pasture. It is the best Mailima in China and the birthplace of brown cattle and fine-wool sheep in Xinjiang. Zhaosu County was named the hometown of Gastrodia elata in China by the former Ministry of Agriculture. It was selected as the first batch of national global tourism demonstration zones and awarded the title of "China Rainbow Town". Supported by high-quality and high-standard services, the network operation provided a stable and reliable communication guarantee for the first flight of Zhaosu Tianma Airport.