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Sayram in Kazak means "blessing". Sayram Lake, also called "Santai Haizi", is a stunning and peaceful lake as the Elezhuyitubomu military dais was built on the east lakeshore during Qing Dynasty. A local legend said: "Sayram Lake is made by the tears of two young kazak lovers". About 70 million years ago, during the days of Himalayas' orogenic movement, a section of Tianshan Mountains suddenly sank and Sayram Lake, a fault-trough lake called by geologists, came into being...full story

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