July 16 every year is an unprecedented "North Lake Festival". People gather in the North Lake from all directions, boating, swimming, singing, dancing, fishing, picnicking ... The music of Dongbula and Rewafu floats around the lake from morning till night, and there are thousands of flavor food stalls such as roast mutton, noodles, hand-grabbed rice and cold rice noodles, which constitute a unique cultural phenomenon in Shihezi.
Xiaobeihu is located six kilometers south of Jining. It used to be the largest freshwater lake in northern China, the northern end of Nansi Lake. In order to develop aquaculture, a dike was built around the lake at 1973, hence the name, with a total area of 18000 mu, of which the water surface 16000 mu. Relying on the ancient canal in the east and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in the west, it has become the trend of "two rivers around the lake". Xiaobeihu is a pearl embedded in Jining and a unique golden triangle. After more than ten years' development and operation, it integrates tourism and aquaculture and has begun to take shape. Xiaobei Lake is rich in resources, with abundant sunshine, rippling blue waves, abundant grass and fish jumping, lotus flowers in full bloom, beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. The lake is rich in Wuchang fish, carp, mandarin fish, four-nosed carp, soft-shelled turtle, shrimp, hairy crabs and so on. The coastline of the lake area is flat, with a general water depth of 1.5-2m and a flat source bottom. There are seven small islands in the lake. Every year, the "Lotus Club" in Jining City is held here, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists to enjoy lotus, fish, sightseeing and travel.
Together with East Lake, West Lake and South Lake, it is called "Four Great Lakes of China".