Grape is the most important local products in Xinjiang of China.and There is even an festival  for grape.The Xinjiang Grape Festival was first launched in 1990 and has since become an annual event in Turpan.The annual Xinjiang Grape Festival in Turpan is not just an ode to the region’s most important agricultural product, but a chance to celebrate the local way of life.

The seedless white grapes, called as”green pearls of China”, are the most precious.The grapes of Xinjiang are renowned far and wide.Extensively cultivated and producing high yields, grapes are second to none among the fruits of Xinjiang, and rank among the finest nationwide. Statistics show that from the 6,000 or so hectares under viticulture in 1949, grap e-growing in Xinjiang has expanded to cover ove 16,000 hectares today, comprising 40 percent of the total area devoted to viticulture in China. The grape-growing regions in Xinjiang are to be found in the vast oases, valleys and depressions north and south of the Tianshar~ Mountains, and especially in Turpan, Hami, Hotan and Aksu.

At harvest time, after picking the grapes are hung in clusters from wooden racks inside the shaded towers. There, out of direct sunlight, they are left to dry in the hot wind circulating through the towers. The grapes are left in the drying towers for thirty or forty days, by which time they have turned into full, succulent sweet raisins which still retain the color and luster of fresh grapes.

Turpan is a Silk Road settlement, populated by Muslim Uygur people. This oasis town in Eastern Xinjiang is picturesquely covered in vine trellises, shading the friendly locals from some of the fiercest heat in China. Almost every household has a hand in the grape business and the markets are full of sweet dried raisins. It’s a relaxing place where donkey carts still outnumber cars, but it livens up in August each year for the festival.