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@Located at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Yili, Xinjiang, known as the Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall, has built the largest lavender base in China with its unique geographical location and climate conditions, and has become one of the eight well-known lavender producing areas in the world

According to reports, for centuries abroad, it has mainly been used in clinical and cosmetic industries in the form of dry or essential oils. The whole plant contains 1% to 3% volatile oil, and lavender can be used to treat diseases dating back to ancient Rome and Greece. Lavender essential oil is still widely used as it has been for centuries. Lavender essential oil is a complex mixture of many different types of aromatic compounds, consisting of over 30 components. The main components include linalool, linalool acetate, eucalyptol, B-camphene (including cis and trans), lavender acetate, lavender alcohol, terpene-4-ol, camphor, and others

Yili, known as the "Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall", is surrounded by mountains on three sides (Tian Shan). Here, there is ample sunshine, a humid climate, and a large temperature difference between day and night, creating vast fertile fields, fertile grass, sweet water, abundant resources, and unique resources. The essence of history, ancient culture, rich ethnic customs, and pollution-free ecological environment depict the leisurely atmosphere of "vast sky, boundless wilderness, and low grass with cows and sheep in the wind". Nature endows the Ili River Valley, which is home to multiple ethnic groups, with geographical and climatic conditions similar to those of the Mediterranean. As a result, in the last century, it blossomed in the world of aromatic plants, becoming known as the "hometown of lavender" in China


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