Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
America/Antigua |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC-4 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, located in the northwestern part of Xinjiang, is known as the "South of the River Beyond the Seas". Here, the Tianshan Mountains stretch across the river valley, the Ili River as a green ribbon nourishing the land, giving birth to one of the world's three major lavender producing areas of Huocheng lavender fields, the purple sea in the summer surging, romantic and intoxicating. Grassland is the soul of Yili, Nalati's "air grassland" meadows such as a carpet, Kerala Jun's "three-dimensional grassland" layered, green in the summer, golden in the fall like a picture, the pastoral song. Many ethnic groups live here, and the Kazakh felt houses, Uyghur songs and dances, and Xibo archery cultures are intermingled and symbiotic, with unique flavors of hand-meat, roasted buns, and horse-milk wine. With snowy mountains, forests, grasslands, lakes and wetlands, Yili is a perfect place to experience the natural and humanistic beauty of Xinjiang in all seasons.
Located in the northwestern part of the island of Antigua in Antigua and Barbuda, Codrington is an important historical town and cultural landmark in the country. Named after Christopher Codrington, a 17th-century English plantation owner, the town was once one of the centers of the Caribbean sugar trade, and still retains colonial stone buildings, windmill ruins, and the remains of the old wharf, which bear witness to the changing history of the Caribbean Sea. Nestled in the mountains, the town boasts a tranquil bay with a charming Caribbean flavor that attracts history buffs and tourists alike to explore each year. Codrington is also an important part of the Antigua Cultural Festival, where local residents showcase their unique culture through traditional music, dance and crafts, making it an excellent window into the history and culture of Antigua and Barbuda.