Turpan grape festival kicks off in Xinjiang

8月17日，人們在吐魯番特色葡萄集市上品嘗葡萄。8月16日至18日，第三十屆中國絲綢之路吐魯番葡萄節在新疆吐魯番市舉行。本屆葡萄節以“吐魯番的葡萄熟了”為主題，邀請國內外賓客品嘗葡萄及其制品，感受吐魯番獨特的葡萄文化與絲路魅力。吐魯番地處“黃金緯度”的葡萄種植帶，現有葡萄種植面積63萬畝、品種550個，是全國葡萄種植面積最大的地區。[新華社記者 陳朔 攝]

People taste grapes at a grape fair in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 17, 2024. The three-day Turpan grape festival kicked off on Friday. With its dry and sunny climate, Turpan has a long history of growing grapes and is one of the main grape production bases in China. Its planting area totals 42,000 hectares with 550 grape varieties. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)