Tourists select hats on the Liuxing street in Yining city, Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Sept 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Located in Yining city, Liuxing street features a unique hexagonal layout designed by a German engineer and built in the mid-1930s. Over the past century, residents from various ethnic groups have lived harmoniously together here.
Under the local authority's efforts of preserving and upgrading the historical block in recent years, the street has seen its historical style preserved and the local residents' living environment improved at the same time, thus attracting lots of tourists for sightseeing and entrepreneurs for investment.
Tourists draw oil paintings on the Liuxing street in Yining city, Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Sept 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Musicians play accordions for tourists at the Alexander accordion collection hall on the Liuxing street in Yining city, Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Sept 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists take pictures on the Liuxing street in Yining city, Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Sept 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
A woman poses for pictures on the Liuxing street in Yining city, Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Sept 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]