[Explanation] July 10th is Eid al-Adha.
On this day, local people will rush back to their parents' homes, slaughter sheep, make various delicacies, and celebrate the festival with songs and dances.
[Live] China News Agency reporter Zhang Nan
Today is the Eid al-Adha. We saw it in the small square of Hotan Tuancheng. There are a lot of local people, wearing colorful national costumes, singing and dancing here. The scene is very lively, so let's take a look now. Kind of, feel it.
[Commentary] The beautiful girl dressed in Hotan's characteristic costume "Adeles" danced with the handsome boys. In the lively atmosphere, the tourists unknowingly joined the dance queue.
[Concurrent] Tourists
This kind of atmosphere makes people really excited, very shocking, cheerful, like, just like this dance. I think the tourism atmosphere here is very good, so I have been here for a few days and have not had enough fun. This city has a strong ethnic atmosphere.
[Explanation] After the lively celebration, each household also started the "festival mode". The children returned to their parents' homes from all over the world to reunite, chat about family life, taste delicious food, and share the harvest of the year.
[Concurrent] China News Agency reporter Zhang Nan
(It happens that this house is open. Let's go in and see how they celebrate the festival. Its decoration is very ethnic. On the left is a high grape trellis. A few children ran over. Let's go in and have a look. It's very lively, they are chatting. Hello! Hello! I'm sorry to disturb you. Big sister, what should I call you?) My name is Amina.
(Hello, Miss Amina, hello, hello, you sit down. Excuse me?) Don't bother.
(Let's go in with the door open to see how you celebrate the festival. Is it because there are so many people at home during the festival?) Yes, yes, Eid al-Adha.
(How many people usually live in the family?) Only four people live there.
(Our family is so beautiful, do we run a homestay or live by ourselves?) We also live in a homestay that we do at the same time.
(How many families came here for the festival this time?) All of them came from Urumqi. The younger sister and the second younger sister were both in Urumqi. They brought their children and six children.
(With six children, our family is considered prosperous. We have some traditional foods. What kind of food do we usually eat during festivals like this?) We usually eat dried fruits, and naan is mainly eaten during Chinese New Year and festivals , there are common naan, and others are now living standards better, and the quality is also good, like these dried fruits, we can usually put them on every meal.
[Explanation] Once, this place was called "Pigeon Lane". It was a market for flowers, birds, insects and fish. The houses were dilapidated and the environment was dirty. In case of wind and rain, there would be power outages. Drainage has also become a major problem for residents.
Under the planning and subsidies of the local government, Tuancheng has undergone earth-shaking changes. The adobe houses have become two-story buildings, and the muddy roads have become clean and tidy.
【Concurrent】Amina
After the renovation, the second floor is a residential house, and the first floor below is full of facade shops. The residents nearby have a certain income, and now the living standard is greatly improved.
[Commentary] Amina said that the living standard has improved, and the family is also prosperous.
Several sisters are all working in Urumqi, and there are more and more children. The younger ones are still in kindergarten, and the older ones are about to graduate from college.
[Concurrent] Aizhaier
(What grade are you in now?) I am now a senior year of (Xinjiang) medical major (what major) in clinical medicine (are you planning to go to graduate school), and I have already started preparing for it, and those who are preparing to study English for postgraduate entrance examination Which school) depends on your own level and preparation for half a year. If you do better in the exam, you can take an exam at Fudan University in Shanghai or those clinical graduate students in Jiaotong University (have you considered going to Beijing?) Yes, but the universities in Beijing are too good, dare not test.
[Commentary] During the chat, the lunch was served one after another, and Amina brought a plate of special pasta and invited us to taste it.
[Live] Yellow noodles, topped with mutton dishes, our traditional meal. This is a traditional Uyghur dish. There are mutton, tomatoes, all kinds of radishes and tomatoes in it.
(It looks very delicious, let's try it) (It's really delicious, this is different from the one sold by the restaurant, this is a kind of noodles made by others at home, with a very smokey family flavor, the taste can't be said , a little bit like the ramen we eat, a little bit like roast lamb, anyway, a lot of flavors are blended together, it's really fragrant, don't shoot, I'm starting to eat it now.)
[Explanation] In the process of chatting and eating, from time to time tourists enter Amina's house to take pictures and visit, and they are also very enthusiastic towards the tourists Amina's family.
After tasting the perfect food, we bid farewell to the Amina family and strolled through the streets and alleys of Tuancheng, Hotan. Here, we can not only appreciate the small and exquisite wooden wares, a dazzling array of bronze wares, but also feel the small fortunes in the daily life of the local people.
Children run and frolic in the alleys, while old people sit by the roadside and drink tea leisurely.
The "Ayiwang"-style buildings that can be seen everywhere have become a must-see for tourists to "check in".
Reporter Zhang Nan Lu Huigan Li Shuoxing Lin Mengnan Xinjiang Hotan
Responsible editor: [Song Yusheng]