A group of one person travels to the south of the border, and the feelings of the Western Regions are still unfinished

A person's walking range is his world. Traveling abroad is an important way to expand the scope and increase knowledge. The 10-day trip to southern Xinjiang at the end of June and early July 2021 made me deeply feel that if you don’t come to the border, you don’t know how vast the motherland is; if you don’t go to southern Xinjiang, you don’t know how magnificent and vast the rivers and mountains are; .

Xinjiang is a good place. From Korla to Kuqa, from Aksu to Kashgar, from Aktao to Taxkorgan, the colorful natural scenery, diverse ethnic customs, and diverse food flavors along the way allowed me to enjoy a feast of vision, hearing, and taste. What impresses me deeply is the red of the Grand Canyon, the white of Baisha Mountain, the snow of Muztag Peak, the murals of Kizil Grottoes, the mounds of the ruins of the ancient city of Kucha, the precipitousness of the Pamirs, and the Tajik eagles. Dance, the opening ceremony of the ancient city of Kashgar, and the unique delicacy of naan, rice soup, pot meat, barbecue in naan pit, yak hot pot...

The full name of Xinjiang is the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, known as the Western Regions and Anxi in ancient times. It is located in the northwest border of the motherland. It is one of the five ethnic minority autonomous regions in my country. It has all the scenery except the ocean. It has long been included in my itinerary list. A few years ago, because of the unfortunate timing, last year because of the new crown epidemic, this year finally took place.

Xinjiang is the provincial-level administrative region with the largest land area in my country. It is about 1,550 kilometers long from north to south and 1,950 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of ​​1.66 million square kilometers, accounting for one-sixth of the country's land area. What concept? The area between north and south is equivalent to Beijing to Guangzhou, and between east and west is equivalent to Shanghai to Chongqing. The area is equivalent to the sum of 11 provinces (cities) in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Chongqing. . Here is the largest prefecture-level administrative unit in the country - Bayingoleng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture, with an area of ​​472,700 square kilometers, more than twice that of Hunan Province, which ranks 10th; the largest county in the country - Ruoqiang County, with an area of ​​202,300 square kilometers The square kilometer is equivalent to two Jiangsu provinces; Qimantag Township, the largest town in the country, covers an area of ​​65,600 square kilometers and is 560 kilometers away from the county seat, making it the farthest township in my country from the county seat.

Choosing an itinerary before traveling can be a painful process. How to find a suitable itinerary and cost-effective products to make the limited holiday full of fun and worth aftertaste requires effort to make a strategy and read travel notes before deciding on a choice. Usually my idea is to ensure the key points, take into account the general, and give up the "chicken ribs", that is, which scenic spots must be visited, which ones can be visited, and which ones must not be visited. The must-sees include world natural or cultural heritage, 5A-level scenic spots, and scenic spots that are praised by more than 75% of netizens. I believe official evaluation + folk word-of-mouth, and I believe that big data is basically reliable. As for scenic spots with words such as "impression", "style", "niche", "private", or new Internet celebrities checking in, you have to be careful in case you don't regret it, and regret it even more if you go. It is not advisable to have too many goals at a time, and the mind should not be too wild. If you want this and that, it will definitely not be possible. Of course, radishes and vegetables have their own preferences, and sometimes conditions do not allow it, so we have to reluctantly part with each other. For example, this time I took a fancy to the "Duku Highway + Nanjiang" product and tracked it for more than a week. However, the entire line of the Duku Highway was officially opened in early July, and the timing was not coincidental.

This time I wanted to take the method of independent travel, but Xinjiang is too big, the scenic spots are scattered, and the distances are far away. It is more realistic to go with a group, self-driving or chartered car. Self-driving is too tiring, and chartered cars are too expensive. After weighing several times, I finally decided to go with a group. Because I am more interested in the customs of ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang, there are too many people in the peak season in northern Xinjiang at the end of June, so I did not go to northern Xinjiang first according to the conventional route, but came to southern Xinjiang to participate in the "big painting of the Western Regions" of Xinjiang Meicheng Online International Travel "Nanjiang tour with a group on the 8th. What attracts me is pure play, no shopping, no hidden consumption, and each team has a maximum of 18 people. I was very lucky. I was the only one who signed up for the group period. "Meicheng Online" is very honest and generous. It sent a group for me alone, equipped with a tour guide and driver, and enjoyed a super treatment. A travel agency knew that there was a big loss, but did not transfer the group, join the group, or find a reason to return the order. It still performed the contract, served the whole process, and guaranteed the quality. What kind of grand pattern, powerful strength, and grand strategy is this? Can people be moved, sincerely admired, and impressed!

Because it is a person playing alone, the degree of freedom is high, and the content of this trip is very rich. A total of 16 scenic spots, 2 ancient cities, 1 art gallery, 3 museums, and 2 bazaars (bazaars) were visited. He held 3 ethnic minority song and dance performances, visited 6 city squares, parks, and rivers, passed 3 characteristic roads, and took more than 4,000 original pictures and video materials with a capacity of 32G.

Along the way, I saw 12 "most": the world's farthest mountain system from the ocean - Tianshan Mountains, the world's second highest mountain range - Karakoram Mountains, China's first sacred mountain - Kunlun Mountains, China's largest inland river ——Tarim River, the largest desert in China—Taklimakan Desert, the earliest grottoes in China—Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, the largest prefecture-level administrative unit in the country—Bayingoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the westernmost city in China— —Kashgar, the largest market in the world—Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, the only white ethnicity in the territory—Tajik, the county with the most adjacent countries in China—Tashkurgan County, rare treasure—Xianfeng Yuanbao as five hundred coins . It can be said that the harvest is full and the trip is worthwhile. Looking back now, there is still a feeling of unfinished business.

The specific itinerary is as follows:

[Day 1] Arrive in Urumqi

[Day 2] Xinjiang Art Museum, Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, Hongshan Park, People's Park in Urumqi

[Day 3] Yuli Luobu Village, Korla Kongque River

[Day 4] Kuqa Grand Canyon National Geopark (Mysterious Grand Canyon of Tianshan Mountains), Shuiyangou Guanlei Site, Pyramid Tourist Area, Duku Highway End Boundary Monument, Hongshan Stone Forest Scenic Spot, Kuqa Old City, Kucha Ancient City Site

[Day 5] Kizil Grottoes (Thousand Buddha Caves), Aksu Regional Museum, Duolang River Scenic Area (Gumo Pavilion, Weirong City)

[Day 6] Wensu Tomur Grand Canyon, Bachu Red Sea Scenic Area

[Day 7] Kashgar Ancient City, Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar Museum, Ancient City Opening Ceremony, Tuman Square, Kashgar Grand Bazaar (Central and Western Asia International Trade Market), People's Square, Jiulongquan Wetland Park Light Show

[Day 8] Oytak Glacier Park (car view), Gongger Jiubie Peak (car view), Baisha Lake, Taheman Wetland, Pamir Tourist Area (Stone City, Golden Grass Beach, Tajik Folk Village) , Taxkorgan County Eagle Square

[Day 9] Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County Museum, Muztag Peak (Car View), Muztag Scenic Area (Kalakul Lake), Baisha Lake, Xiangfei Garden Scenic Area, Kashgar Ancient City

[Day 10] Return from Kashgar

Before starting the travel notes, let me talk about the experience of this journey for your reference.

【climate】

Xinjiang has a continental arid climate with abundant sunshine, cold winters and hot summers, and is relatively dry. There is a proverb, "Wear fur coats in the morning and gauze in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove." It is very hot during the day, the temperature is more than 30 degrees, but it is not very hot indoors or under the shade of trees. It is cool at night, more than ten degrees, do not turn on the air conditioner when sleeping. It is very dry, drink water often, and use sun protection and moisturizing. T-shirts, shirts After washing, thin clothes such as shorts and shorts can be dried indoors in about 6 hours, but pure cotton clothes or thicker trousers can be dried in more than 8 hours. The climate changes quickly. In the Aksu area, it was still sunny in the morning. In the afternoon, the sky darkened, and it rained heavily after a while, which made it impossible to go to the Wensu Grand Canyon that day. Once it rains, it will be colder. Taxkorgan County and other plateau areas above 3,000 meters above sea level have a daytime temperature of more than 20 degrees. Nine degrees, three to five degrees at night. This time I brought summer clothes, fleece jacket, and jeans. At first I thought it was unnecessary, but later I used them.

【jet lag】

There is a time difference of more than two hours between Xinjiang and the mainland, and the sunset time is generally later. Look at the place circled in red in the picture, the sunset time at the end of June and the beginning of July is 10:00 p.m. in Aksu area and 10:30 p.m. in Kashgar area. It will get dark after 11:00 p.m. During the trip, you must adapt to the work and rest time here, and pay attention to the hotel buffet breakfast time and the opening and closing time of tourist attractions. In general, public institutions go to work at 10 am and end at 8 pm; scenic spots open around 9 am and close around 7:30 pm. 

【Safety】

In terms of social security, there is no problem. You should carry your ID card with you, and there are many checks along the way. Southern Xinjiang is an area inhabited by ethnic minorities, and customs and religious beliefs must be respected. There is no problem dealing with ethnic minority compatriots. I took a taxi a few times, and the driver saw that it was Uyghur or Tajik, and the inside of the car was very clean. Some can speak Mandarin very well, while others can't communicate well, but they can understand Mandarin. Like other places in the country, you must have the necessary common sense of safety precautions, such as not going to late night, remote places, and places with few people, don’t think about winning the lottery, picking up leaks, and good things about losing money, and don’t touch pornography, gambling, and drugs, etc. In border areas, the concept of national security should also be kept in mind and the awareness of confidentiality should be strengthened.

There is basically no altitude sickness. Most of the southern Xinjiang area is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, and the highest point in the itinerary is located in Subashi Daban (Mountain Pass), Taxkorgan County, Pamir Plateau, at 4,023 meters. Because I sat in the car and didn't stop, I didn't feel anything except my face was a little red.

In terms of mobile signals, in a few places such as canyons, mountains, deserts, and Gobi, sometimes there is no signal or only 2G signal. Tell your family in advance to avoid misunderstanding if you can't get in touch. In addition, due to the long distance, you must prepare a mobile power supply to prevent the beautiful scenery from being empty.

【diet】

Beef, mutton, chicken, and pasta are the main dishes in Northwest China, which are heavy in taste, salty and spicy. More fruit, less vegetables. Daily meals are basically a "hodgepodge". Whether it's soup rice, noodles, hand-picked rice, or fried noodles, noodles, rice, meat, onions, peppers, radishes, and potatoes are usually mixed together, unlike what we usually have at home. It is rice, vegetables are vegetables, and soup is soup.

The price is not too expensive, most of the noodles with meat, pilaf, etc. are between 20 and 30 yuan.

By the way, the unit of measurement for daily life in Xinjiang is kilogram, kilogram, kilogram (one kilogram)! Not the catty (500 grams) we usually use. When buying fruits, tea, snacks, etc. at bazaars (bazaars) and street vendors, you must ask clearly before paying to prevent disputes or being deceived.

【Epidemic Prevention and Control】

The prevention and control of the epidemic in Xinjiang is very strict. Real-time itinerary card information must be presented, and mobile phone screenshots are not acceptable. All people from medium- and high-risk areas are quarantined. After landing in Urumqi, the first procedure for checking into the hotel is nucleic acid testing. Most of the hotels in the urban area have special testing places, and the on-site testing is free, which is very convenient. However, prefecture-level cities (regions) do not recognize each other's test results, and they have to do it again every time they go to a place. If there are many people, they have to queue up, which takes a lot of time. The Kashgar area is more stringent, and the results are not mutually recognized among counties (cities). The Niwak Hotel is even more powerful. Once you check in, you have to re-test. 4 people are arranged in shifts to do this work.

Within 10 days of this trip, I did 5 nucleic acid tests. The number of times is a bit too much, but in fact, it is considered lucky to be able to come in smoothly and do a test for you. Entering the Sanchakou service area of ​​the first pass in the Kashgar area in the direction of Aksu, I saw that many tourists who were already in Xinjiang were stopped because the information on the itinerary card showed that there were activity tracks in high-risk areas within 14 days (remember that it was Guangdong Province at the time) Province and Lanzhou, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Liuzhou and other places). Last year I was unable to come to Xinjiang because of the epidemic prevention and control. Before traveling this year, I was always worried about what might go wrong, so I didn't dare to go anywhere within a month, and stayed at home honestly. When buying air tickets, there are relatively few direct flights. The most reasonable route should be to transfer from Lanzhou, Chengdu, or Xi'an, Zhengzhou. However, in order to prevent the sudden outbreak of the epidemic in the transfer place, I was "implicated" after entering Xinjiang, and finally chose from Beijing. transit. Facts have proved that this decision is correct, and it has been smooth along the way.

The general experience of this trip is that what is achieved on paper is superficial, and I never know that this matter has to be practiced. For example, some people say that northern Xinjiang looks at landscapes, while southern Xinjiang looks at humanities. In fact, in addition to the rich historical and cultural landscapes in southern Xinjiang, the natural scenery is also beautiful. Snow mountains, canyons, wetlands, lakes, deserts, Yadan, and Populus euphratica forests are not inferior at all. No matter how many travel notes you have read, how many strategies you have studied, and how many rumors you have heard, it is better to be there and experience it yourself. Only when you have seen, heard, tasted and experienced, can it be fresh, kind and worth recalling.

The following is the main content of the travel notes. In the order of the travel date, it introduces what I saw, heard, thought and felt every day.

Itinerary: Departure, Nantong→Shanghai→Beijing→Urumqi

What to watch: Boeing 777-300ER, the aircraft with the largest thrust in the world

Currently, there is no direct flight between Nantong and Urumqi, only transit. As mentioned earlier, considering the epidemic prevention and control factors, this time I chose to transfer from Shanghai to Beijing. The aircraft of Shanghai-Beijing flight CA1520 is a Boeing 777-300ER equipped with the world's most powerful GE90-115B engine.

From the outside, the fuselage is very slender, and the wings protrude far. Entering the cabin, the economy class has a double-aisle 3+4+3 three-row seat layout. When taking off and leaving the ground, it feels that the taxi acceleration time is very short, and the engine sound is relatively loud.

The maximum passenger capacity of the Boeing 777-300ER is 550 people, which is already a "big mac" in the air, but it is more than 200 people less than the full load capacity of the Airbus A380-800.

Arrive at T3 of Beijing Capital Airport, go through the "transit connection" channel and continue to the next segment of the itinerary. Because the luggage is not checked in, there is no need to go through the security check again, and the check-in counter can directly stamp and release it, which is very convenient.

Arrived in Urumqi smoothly.

Itinerary: Visit Xinjiang Art Museum, Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar, Hongshan Park, People's Park in Urumqi

What to watch: National Art Museum of China Collection Collection, the world's largest bazaar - Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar

Urban transportation in Urumqi is dominated by buses, BRT, and taxis. Subway Line 1 has only been opened, and there are not many accessible locations. The bus is very cheap, mostly one yuan, and you can scan the QR code of Alipay "Hongshan One Card" to get on the bus, but the equipment on some lines is not very sensitive, and you have to scan it several times. The operating hours are from 7:30 to 22:30.

【Xinjiang Art Museum】

Today is the free time before joining the group. The first stop was to go to the Xinjiang Museum to see the cultural relics such as the "Five Stars Out of the East and China" brocade, Fuxi and Nuwa mating pictures, but the museum area is still under maintenance. July It was only open to the public on the 1st, so it was changed to visit an art gallery. The opening time is from 11:00 to 19:00, just to sleep late, adjust the biological clock, and enter "Xinjiang time". Check the itinerary card, nucleic acid test information, and security check when entering the museum. Liquid drinks and large luggage are not allowed (can be stored).

The Xinjiang Art Museum just officially opened to the public on May 21 this year. The main building has 3 floors above the ground and 1 floor underground, with a total of 7 exhibition halls. Currently, there are 3 national exhibitions and 3 self-run exhibitions, namely: "Beauty in Xinjiang - China" supported by the National Art Museum of China and the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Art Museum Collection Exhibition", "Silk Road Flying Rainbow - Exhibition of Han Leran's Works Collected by the National Art Museum of China", "The Logic of Painting"; Xinjiang Art Museum's own "Fertile Soil and Love-Xinjiang Realistic Art Works Exhibition" "Cultivation · Dedication - —Exhibition of Works Collected by Xinjiang Art Museum, "Hundred Years of Imprints - Exhibition of Xinjiang Prints and Sculptures".

The national-level exhibition is part of the project of "Collections into Xinjiang", which will last for 3 months from May 21 to August 31. If you are more interested in art works, and the exhibition has not been dismantled when you read this travel note, it is recommended to go there as soon as possible. After reading it, you will be like me, eye-opening, enjoyable, and highly praised.

"Beauty in Xinjiang—Exhibition of Selected Works from the National Art Museum of China" selects 49 Xinjiang-themed art works from the National Art Museum of China, such as Huang Zhou's "Lamb Breeding Picture", Ai Zhongxin's "Uluo Bridge", Jin Shangyi's "Pamir Ranch", Li Shan's "My Father and I Entered the Tianshan Mountains" and Wu Weishan's sculpture "Grand Prairie" are examples of "Xinjiang is a good place".

Wu Weishan sculpture "Grand Prairie"

Ai Zhongxin's "Uluo Bridge"

Jin Shangyi "Pamir Ranch"

Huang Zhou's "Lamb Breeding Picture"

Han Leran "Kazakh Women Pounding Rice"

Wen Guozhang "Tajik's Sheep Holding Series - Halo of the Winner"

Wang Yiyu "National Memory - Twelve Muqams"

Wang Zhongkai "Pamir Flowers"

Li Shan "I went to Tianshan with my father"

Sun Longben's sculpture "Russian Friend - Anton"

"Judgment of Evil" by Hazi Amat

"Deep Love in Fertile Soil-Xinjiang Realistic Art Works Exhibition" showcases the achievements of Xinjiang's economic and social development through Chinese paintings, oil paintings, prints, sculptures, watercolors, comics and other works of art created by 79 Xinjiang art workers.

Wu Qifeng "The Post-90s of Yamansu Village"

Maimat Ayiti "Sunny Day"

Zhuo Ranmu Yasen "Satar"

A work of art is an expression of emotion, giving people unlimited thinking. Before I knew it, I had already visited for 2 hours.

Zhang Yi sculpture "Eagle Dance"

Li Wanyun "Time Eternity"

Liu Jianxin "Sweet Tea Series"

Yuan Zhigang's "Love for Frontier Defense—Kunlun Guards"

Alikun Hazy "Garden"

Polya "Harvest Season"

Yan Xiaodan "Frontier Dancer"

Ma Qing's "Swallows and Swallows Returning"

"Flying Rainbow on the Silk Road—Exhibition of Han Leran's Works Collected by the National Art Museum of China" displays Han Leran's copying works of Kizil Grotto murals and watercolor sketches of southern Xinjiang, which are divided into "Silk Road Archeology and Art Discovery", "Colorful Xinjiang" and "Beauty in Life" three parts.

Han Leran (1898-1947), a native of Yanji, Jilin Province, was one of the artists who most closely combined revolutionary ideals with artistic creation in the first half of the 20th century. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1923. He is the first member of the Chinese Communist Party of Korean ethnicity in my country and the first member of the Communist Party of China in the art world. From 1946 to 1947, he inspected Buddhist cave murals in Xinjiang and created a large number of photographs and paintings, but most of them were lost and a few were collected in the National Art Museum of China. He will be mentioned later in the Kizil Cave section.

"Cultivation·Dedication—Exhibition of Works Collected by Xinjiang Museum of Art" presents the historical imprint of Xinjiang's art development and reflects the new The development and changes of Xinjiang society in historical period.

Hazi Amat "Eagle Song"

Maimat Ayiti "The Peasant Couple"

Maimat Ayiti "Apricot"

Maimat Ayiti "Altay's Log Cabin"

Li Xiwu "A Group of Sketch Characters"

Hazi Amat's "Liquidation" shows the same theme as the oil painting "Judgment of Evil" shown above, in which cruel rich men occupy civilian women through religious courts.

Hazi Amat "Under the Grape Trellis"

Zhang Wei "Eagle Flute"

"The Logic of Painting" discusses the exploration, expansion and breakthrough of contemporary artists in the painting language, and presents the contribution of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in art and teaching. To be honest, this was the only one I couldn't understand among the six exhibitions, and the time I stayed was very short.

Hong Hao's "Twenty-five Reflections"

Wang Yuyang "The Moon"

Fan Di'an "Early Summer on the Dam"

Li Xiaolin "Qiangba and His Sisters"

"Hundred Years of Imprints—Exhibition of Xinjiang Prints and Sculptures" tells the story of the Chinese Communists in Xinjiang. Through prints, sculptures and other forms, it praises the representative figures who have contributed to the development of Xinjiang in various historical periods.

Li Ling's woodcarving "Pinlica"

The Xinjiang Museum and the Memorial Hall of the Eighth Route Army Office in Xinjiang are near the Xinjiang Art Museum. Although both are under maintenance and will not open until after July 1, since they are here, it is still necessary to see where the gates open.

Xinjiang Museum under repair

The Memorial Hall of the Eighth Route Army Office in Xinjiang under maintenance

There are more stalls on the street, unlike inland cities where the control is strict.

Look at the time, it's 3:30 in the afternoon, let's have something to eat. Mutton noodles, 16 yuan, the mutton bones are relatively rotten and have a slight smell.

Mosques in Xinjiang are very common. The temple was built in 1897 with donations from the Tatar people, commonly known as the "Tatar Temple". In 1919, it was rebuilt with donations from the local Dehe foreign company, also known as the "foreign temple".

【Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar】

Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar is the largest grand bazaar in the world, with a total construction area of ​​100,000 square meters. Integrating Islamic culture, architecture, commerce, entertainment, and catering, it is a national 4A-level tourist attraction.

Bazaar is a Uighur language, meaning market, farmer's market, and Bazaar in English. Usually I am not very interested in shopping, shopping, shopping malls, supermarkets, and complexes. Today, even though I am in the "world's largest" pedestrian street, I just walk around, feel the atmosphere, take photos and leave. .

Everything is available, as long as you come to buy

Ethnic Craft Museum

The 80-meter-high Xinjiang No. 1 Sightseeing Tower

Erdaoqiao Mosque

【Urumqi City Hongshan Park】

Hongshan Park is named after it is located in Hongshan. It is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The main attractions are Hongshan Pagoda, Big Buddha Temple, and Overlook Building. Hongshan is 910.6 meters above sea level, and the mountain is composed of purple conglomerate, which is ocher red.

peony

Dafo Temple is a Chinese Buddhist temple. It was originally located at the foot of Red Mountain. It was destroyed by war in 1931 and moved to the top of the mountain when it was rebuilt in 1989. The main buildings are Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Guanyin Hall and Dizang Hall.

Located at the highest point of Hongshan Mountain, the Overlook Building is a three-story building imitating ancient Qing Dynasty. Climbing to the top of the building can overlook the panoramic view of the city, but tickets are required, 20 yuan.

In fact, you can also look around from a distance nearby, and the effect is basically the same.

To the west of the overlooking building is the memorial statue of Lin Zexu

In 1842, Lin Zexu was blamed by Emperor Daoguang for "poor management in Guangdong", and he was demoted and exiled to Yili. On December 4, 1845, he climbed to Hongshan Mountain and recited a poem "Song of Ren Kuang, lying drunk on the mouth of Hongshan Mountain. The wind blows and the wine scales rise."

The Hongshan Pagoda is 10.5 meters high and is a blue-gray nine-story pavilion-style solid brick pagoda. It was built in the 53rd year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1788). It was named "Zhenlong Pagoda" because of Fengshui considerations to reduce the impact of floods. . In September 1988, the exterior wall was painted red by the garden department.

Sure enough, it cannot be read as "Hongta Mountain".

Hongshan Pagoda is the only Qing Dynasty building on Hongshan. For more than 200 years, it has survived many storms and strong earthquakes outside the Great Wall, and it is still intact.

National Highway 216 (River Beach Expressway)

Jitan, the place where mountain sacrifice ceremonies were held in the past.

south lake

How Xinjiang Nang is made, I will show you on the spot, and it feels similar to the Caolu Biscuits in the Jianghuai area.

【Urumqi People's Park】

People's Park and Hongshan Park are relatively close, separated by a river beach road, and it takes about 15 minutes to walk from the south gate of Hongshan Park to the north gate of People's Park.

This is the park with the largest area and the longest history in the urban area of ​​Urumqi. It was first built in 1884 and has been called Jianhu Park, West Lake Park, Tongle Park, Dihua Park and Zhongshan Park successively. After liberation, it was named People's Park.

Huxin Pavilion

Jianhu

stone arch bridge

Petrified wood modeling

"Lan Garden" commemorates Ji Xiaolan, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty. In 1768, he was banished to Xinjiang and lived in Urumqi for more than two years. He wrote 160 poems in "Urumqi Miscellaneous Poems", which described the vast and magnificent natural scenery of the frontier and local social customs.

Ji's study "Yuewei Thatched Cottage"

Stone inscription poetry gallery with different font styles

Flourishing

On the back of the statue of Li Bai, there are poems and a brief introduction of "the bright moon rises from the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of ​​clouds". Li Bai's birthplace, Suiye (now part of Kyrgyzstan), was one of the four Anxi towns in the Tang Dynasty, and both belong to the Western Regions along with today's Xinjiang area.

The smart and lovely chipmunk is also called chipmunk, chipmunk, striped squirrel, and five-eyed chipmunk.

People of all ethnic groups sang and danced, creating a sense of tranquility and peace.

mochou lake

Dinner is fried pork noodles, 25 yuan. The noodles are chewy, the beef is a bit tough, and the two are a bit salty when mixed together. But it became more and more delicious as I ate it, and I finished a big bowl in a while.

After dinner, go back to the hotel to pack up and prepare for the solo "team tour" starting tomorrow.

Itinerary: Urumqi→Korla C8102 (train); Korla→Yili

Attractions: Rob Village, Korla Peacock River

What to watch: The "Three Treasures" of windproof railway in southern Xinjiang, the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in my country, and the Tarim River, the largest inland river

【Urumqi→Korla】

Urumqi is 340 kilometers away from Korla, and it takes about 7 hours by car. The travel product "Meicheng Online" is more user-friendly. It only takes 4 hours to arrange a ride on the bullet train "Hulk", which saves time and energy.

Because I heard that the security checks at stations and airports in Xinjiang are relatively strict, I came to the high-speed rail station in advance. In fact, it is almost the same as in the Mainland. According to the regulations, it is enough not to bring contraband, and it only takes half an hour to go back and forth. It was still a while before the departure, so I wandered around for a while, and found that the design here is very careful, and several sculptures are very distinctive.

In the North Square in front of the station, the sculpture "Standing the Top" is 30.97 meters high, like a bunch of dancing silk ribbons.

Piano sculpture in the station

Along the way, there are Tianshan Mountains, deserts and windmills.

The "three treasures" of wind protection are windshield walls, windshield screens, and ground tunnels. The windshield is a reinforced concrete structure, about 4 meters high.

It is understood that the wind area of ​​the Southern Xinjiang Railway is 108 kilometers long, and there are more than 300 days of strong winds above level 8 in a year. Facilities such as windshield walls must be adopted along the windy area to reduce the impact of strong winds on train operation. There have been major accidents in history. In the early morning of February 28, 2007, train No. 5807 from Urumqi to Aksu was hit by a 13-level gale between Pearl Spring and Hongshanqu Station on the Turpan section, and 11 carriages rolled over, resulting in 3 deaths, 2 serious injuries and 32 minor injuries. hurt.

In the section we took, there was a 30-mile strong wind area between Turpan and Bancheng District. At 11 o'clock this morning, there was a strong wind, and the speed of the train dropped from 160 kilometers per hour to 45 kilometers per hour. It lasted for half an hour, and finally the train was delayed by 20 minutes.

The reason for the strong wind is caused by the special terrain. Dabancheng is 1103.5 meters above sea level, and then the altitude drops sharply. Turpan is 34.5 meters above sea level, and Tuokexun is 1 meter above sea level, while the horizontal distance is only 90 kilometers. Once the cold air crosses the valley entrance of Dabancheng and slides down the terrain, the wind will be unstoppable.

This time I sat in Block F, so I can see these scenery. If it is Block A, it is basically covered by the windshield wall, so I can't see anything.

The Urumqi-Korla railway is roughly in the shape of ">", first going southeast, and then turning southwest after reaching Turpan. The reason for the detour to Turpan is because the Tianshan Mountains are separated in the middle.

To the west of Turpan, between Daheyan Town, Gaochang District, Turpan, and Kugayi Town, Toksun County, mobile phone signal becomes poor. Sometimes there is no signal, and sometimes there is only 2G.

After arriving at Korla Station, the nucleic acid test was completed, and the tour guide and driver were successfully connected. Fukuda Tuano, it depends on you for the next 8 days.

Xinjiang cotton. Compared with the flower plants we saw when we were young, it is not tall, about 50 cm. The driver said that Xinjiang cotton is not only a top textile, but also an oil crop, a fine chemical raw material and an important strategic material. Many honey products, skin care products and the RMB that everyone loves contain her ingredients.

【Robu Village】

The first official attraction of the "team tour", the village of the Rob people. The introduction on the official website is as follows: The national 4A-level scenic spot is located in Dunkuotan Township, 40 kilometers southwest of Yuli County, with a total area of ​​134 square kilometers. Here you can see the largest Taklimakan Desert in China, the longest inland river Tarim River, the largest primitive Populus euphratica forest reserve and the ancient and mysterious Rob people.

The main attractions are Abudan Square, Goddess Lake, Tarim River Suspension Bridge, Longevity Hat, Longevity Gate, Populus euphratica fossils, the first naan pit in the Western Regions, Populus euphratica forest, etc. After playing, I feel good. There are water, trees, deserts and stories. I have seen the totem of the Rob people, the reflection of Populus euphratica forest, and the long-lived old man. It is a bit unbearable because the sun is too strong, there is no shade in the desert, and the sand reflects heat, and the outdoor is estimated to exceed 40 degrees.

The way to play is to take the scenic shuttle bus from the visitor center, the first stop is Abdan Square, the second stop is Goddess Lake, and the third stop is Dongsha Mountain. You can get off at each stop, then take the bus to the next stop, and finally walk Go to the village to visit and shop, and return to the visitor center by car at Abdan Square.

The fish head sign at the entrance of the village. The Luobu people are a branch of the Uygur nationality in Xinjiang. They have always lived by the rivers and lakes in the desert. They lived a life of "not growing grains, not herding livestock, but fishing in small boats for food, picking wild hemp or catching birds and peeling them for clothing". Life.

Abdan Square. Abudan means a place with abundant water and grass.

The village is located on the edge of the Taklimakan Desert

These regular sand patterns are all thanks to the wind

Goddess Lake

The formation of the desert is due to the lack of water, but there is water on the edge of the desert, which is really amazing.

The golden-yellow sand looks very clean. If you grab it and put it in your hand, you will find that there are many small black spots. If you look closely, it is dust, which is also due to the wind.

It was too hot, my throat was dry, and I needed to drink water constantly. I really admire these people who wear bright clothes and climb up the sandy mountain to wave scarves. It is definitely true love to be able to take pictures of you in such an environment.

Many people have a soft spot for the golden color of Populus euphratica forest in autumn. I think the green color in spring and summer is also beautiful, and its reflection in the water is equally attractive.

Seeing the girl in red again, I guess she is a Chinese aunt

The Tarim River originates from the Tianshan Mountains and the Karakorum Mountains. The main stream is 1,249 kilometers long and flows through Aksu, Shaya, Kuqa, Luntai, Korla, Yuli and other places. It is the longest inland river in China and the fifth largest in the world. Great Inland River.

Dry rivers, water-scarce southern Xinjiang

longevity old man

Longevity hat, it is said that if you walk around the hat three times, you can live to be a hundred years old.

Longevity Gate

Fish logos are everywhere

Populus euphratica fossil

Beacon

The No. 1 Naan Pit in the Western Regions

In the evening, stay at Xinjiang Kangcheng Jianguo International Hotel located in the urban area of ​​Korla. It is a five-star hotel with good facilities, standard service and rich breakfast.

【Kongque River】

Korla City is the county-level city and the seat of the state capital under the jurisdiction of Bayingoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang. "Korla" means "overlook" in Uyghur, and it is also called "Pear City" because of its rich pears in Korla. Because the time in the urban area is very short, I don't have much impression of the city's appearance. I just went to the Kongque River and felt that there are mountains and rivers here. The economic and social development and urban construction should be good. Later, I heard that she is the second largest city in Xinjiang after Urumqi in economic aggregate, and ranked 66th among the top 100 counties in the country in 2020.

Kongque River, also known as Yinma River, is named after Banchao in the Eastern Han Dynasty who once drank horses here. With a total length of 785 kilometers, the source comes from Bosten Lake. It is a rare tributary-free water system that flows continuously throughout the year.

Kongque River passes through the city in Korla, about seven kilometers long. The green grass and flowers on both sides of the strait are like a city in the south of the Yangtze River.

lion bridge

Itinerary: Korla → Kuqa (car)

Attractions: Kuqa Grand Canyon National Geological Park (Mysterious Tianshan Grand Canyon), Yanshuigou Guanlei Site, Pyramid Tourist Area, Duku Highway End Boundary, Hongshan Stone Forest Scenic Spot, Kuqa Old Town, Kucha Old Town

Highlights: Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon, one of the most beautiful Grand Canyons in China, and the exotic Kuqa Old Town

The distance between Korla and the Kuqa Grand Canyon is 370 kilometers, and the speed limit of the car is 80 kilometers per hour. We set off at 9:00 in the morning and spent most of the day on the road.

Fortunately, there are endless scenery along the way

Hora Mountain

These light white, yellow and gray mountains look like soil, but they are actually stones, and the scientific name is glutenite.

Lunch is settled at a small town restaurant passing by

"Potala Palace" attractions

"Zhengfayanzang", a Buddhist term, generally means to have a unique eye that sees through everything. Only those who are enlightened and become Buddhas can reach the realm of "Zhengfayanzang".

After hundreds of millions of years of wind stripping, rain erosion and flood erosion, criss-crossing ridges and grooves have been formed, which can be called a geological archive of great changes.

After more than 5 hours, at 3:30 in the afternoon, we arrived at the mysterious Grand Canyon of Tianshan Mountain.

【Kuqa Grand Canyon National Geopark】

The official name of Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon is Xinjiang Kuqa Grand Canyon National Geological Park, located in Age Township, Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture. The Grand Canyon is composed of a main valley and seven branch valleys. It is 7.5 kilometers deep, 53 meters wide at its widest point, and 0.4 meters at its narrowest point. The area of ​​the scenic spot is about 97 square kilometers, but some areas are not open. It is a national 4A-level scenic spot and a national geological park. In 2005, it was selected as one of the "Ten Most Beautiful Canyons in China" by "China National Geography". Expert Comments: Unique and strange canyon, the rocks that make up the canyon area are generally reddish brown, sweeping away the gloomy atmosphere of most canyons, and giving people a masculine beauty.

There are two Tianshan Grand Canyons in Xinjiang, and one Tianshan Grand Canyon in Urumqi, which is a national forest park. I don't know what the person who chose the name thought at the beginning. It is not easy for tourists to come here, and they have to be tossed about the name of the scenic spot.

The way to play is to walk along the 3-kilometer-long gravel road, watch various rocks in caves that are sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and feel the majesty, strangeness, ancientness and seclusion of the dry land canyon.

Precautions:

1. There are gravel roads in the canyon. It is best not to wear sandals, otherwise the soles of the feet will be worn out after a long walk. When there are many tourists, running around will disturb the sand and stones and generate dust. It is best to wear a dust mask. Relatively dry, to prepare drinking water. It's cooler inside on rainy days, so wear a coat.

2. There are mountains on both sides of the canyon, and heavy rain is prone to flash flood disasters. In such a situation, there is no need to rush to the exit of the scenic spot, but climb to the nearest flood control island for temporary shelter. There are safety islands every few hundred meters.

3. There is only one simple toilet in the canyon, and the conditions are limited. It is best to use the toilet at the gate of the scenic spot before entering.

As soon as you arrive at the scenic spot, the first feeling is that the shocking red color! The mountain groups piercing into the sky are like clusters of burning flames under the sunlight.

Under the diffusion and refraction of sunlight, the canyon presents rich shades of light and shadow. With such a scene, mobile phones and ordinary cameras simply cannot bear the heavy responsibility of real recording.

ostrich peak

Xuantian Castle

See more than one scene, different angles have different landscapes, which is a feature of geological parks such as canyons and mountains.

The strange peaks and rocks in front of you, and the blue sky and white clouds above your head make you feel lost.

lying hump

In such a dry valley, the surface will seep water, which is amazing.

Tianshan Qiongge

The Aai Grottoes are located on a mountainside 30 meters above the ground. There are murals of Buddha statues inside. The remaining area is about 10 square meters. The painting style is close to that of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. It's a pity that the stairway up the mountain was closed that day, so I couldn't go in and visit it.

The part circled in the above picture is the Aai Grotto

crescent valley

smooth sailing

penguin peak

Qinglong Xizhu

lovesickness

safety island

simple toilet

A ray of sky

I'm out, I'm so thirsty. Come for a watermelon, 30 yuan, very sweet.

The patchwork red forests are continuous along the Kuqa River, vast and magnificent.

At 6:30 p.m., there was a slight sandstorm on the road, and the floating dust filled the surroundings. The air quality and permeability decreased, and the photo effect was affected. Fortunately, the time is not long, half an hour before and after.

Yanyangou Guanlei Ruins, the site of Guanlei Group in the Han and Tang Dynasties, is located on the mountain ridge on the south side of Yanyangou in Kuqa City, distributed from east to west, about 1 km long, and now there are only a few piers of Yadan landform.

Pyramid Natural Tourist Area (Yardang Landform)

Boundary marker at the end of Duku Highway

Du (Shanzi) Kuqa Highway, namely Dushanzi-Kuqa section of National Highway 217, starts from Dushanzi District of Karamay City in the north, runs through the north and south of Tianshan Mountains, and connects to Kuqa City in Aksu Prefecture in the south, with a total length of 561 kilometers. It was completed and opened to traffic in September 1983. More than half of the area crosses the Shenchuan Gorge and connects ethnic minority communities. Affected by natural factors such as special terrain structure and winter snowfall in mountainous areas, it is only open for part of the time from June to October every year. Today we just took a short walk, from the Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon to Kuqa, 1/12 of the journey, we have already felt the extraordinary scene. A reminder, the starting point is Dushanzi, not Duzishan. Just like the Hongshan Pagoda in Urumqi, it cannot be regarded as Hongta Mountain.

Curious people will ask, there are 6 characters on the front of the boundary marker, what is on the back? This problem also troubled me that night. I searched the Internet for a long time, but no one mentioned it. Fortunately, I passed this section of the road again the next day, and took a closer look. The back was blank.

Stay in Building 1 of Kuqa Hotel, with standard service. There are many varieties of buffet breakfast.

The mutton buns are too greasy and have a slightly stinky smell.

【Kuqa Old Town】

Kuqa is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of the Aksu region, a national historical and cultural city, and the capital of Qiuci (qiū cí), one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions. The urban area is divided into a new city and an old city, ten kilometers from the new city to the old city, separated by the New Tuanjie Bridge. After finishing the hotel check-in procedures, seeing that the sky is still bright (although it is already 8:30 in the evening), I decided to take a walk in the old city. These days in southern Xinjiang, it feels like earning an extra two hours a day.

From Kuqa Hotel to the old city, you can take bus No. 8, which takes 50 minutes. I took a taxi, less than 20 minutes, 15 yuan.

Kuqa Palace, the full name is "Kuqa Hereditary Huibu Prince's Mansion", and "Huibu Prince" is "Uyghur King". The building was built in 1759 by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, who specially sent inland Han craftsmen to commend the achievements of the local Uyghur leader Mirza Edui in helping to put down the size and size of the Hezhuo rebellion. The northwest warlord Sheng Shicai was destroyed when he was in power, and only some houses and city walls remained. In 2004, the Kuqa Municipal Government was rebuilt on the original site. It is now a 4A-level scenic spot, which includes the Kucha Museum, the Kuqa Palace Cultural Relics Museum, and the Kuqa Folklore Exhibition Hall, etc., showing the 190-year history and life of the 12 generations of hereditary "Kuqa Kings". When I arrived, the scenic spot was closed, so I felt the aura of the palace outside.

The ruins of the Qing Dynasty city wall in Kuqa, next to the Kuqa Palace, are only two or three minutes' walk away. This section of the ancient city wall built in the Qianlong period is a relatively simple adobe yellow mud city wall, and it is also a memorial building for the great achievements in quelling the rebellion.

The main road of the old city is Restan Road, with colorful Uighur courtyards on both sides.

Gardens, big or small, have plants and flowers. Doors, windows, and eaves are decorated with hollow carvings, and the colors are quite bright, including red, yellow, blue, and white, and the most green is green, because green symbolizes water and life.

Nangs in Xinjiang are very famous, and the Kuqa Nangs are even more famous. Everyone in Xinjiang knows that they are as famous as Turpan grapes, Hami melons, and Aksu apples. According to reports, the word "nang" comes from Persian, and the cooking method is similar to that of Han people.

At the end of Restan Road is the "Guci Ancient Ferry" Unity New Bridge, the boundary between the old city and the new city.

The Kuqa River, also known as the Subash River, is a tributary of the Tarim River.

At this moment, I think of Geng Zhanchun's "Guci Ancient Ferry" published in the 6th issue of "October" magazine in 2018:

dry kucha river

The evening of Gudu is full of hustle and bustle

Flock of sheep are crossing gravel river channel

Xuanzang crossed the river westward, and Ramakush went to China

The huge water potential of the Kucha River is like the sound of chanting

The Subash Buddhist Temple outside the city has been a thousand-year-old ruins

The mosque on the shore guards the dying breath of the gods

I don’t know from Kucha to Kuqa, from here to here, the story has flowed away like a river

Whose house is the sunflower guarding under the moonlight?

Whose residence is the quiet mud house in Kuqa?

The shadows on the yellow mud wall are like water, awakening the mighty Kucha River

Get up and walk at night

I would like to belong to an ancient river

I would like to belong to a story that makes death trivial

I will believe in a god, I will obey the flowing

Words of the Prophet, live in the Moonlight Courtyard on the Kucha River

【Kuicha Ancient City Ruins】

The ruins of the ancient city are located in Xinghua Park on the north side of the “Y”-shaped intersection of Wenhua West Road and Tianshan West Road. Many local people don’t know about this place, or maybe I didn’t ask the right person. You can take bus No. 8 on Restan Road, and it is not expensive to take a taxi, 10 yuan.

Qiuci is located on the Silk Road, an important communication point between China and the West. It has made great contributions to the cultural exchanges between the East and the West and the development of Chinese civilization. The famous scholar Ji Xianlin once said that "Kuicha is the only place in the world where ancient Indian, Greco-Roman, Persian, and Han and Tang civilizations meet." During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the central government set up Anxi Dufu twice in Kucha to manage four towns in the Western Regions. , 16 prefectures, and 72 states were the political, military, economic, and cultural centers at that time. According to expert research, the circumference of the ancient city is nearly 8,000 meters, and the rammed earth wall is 2 to 7 meters high. After all the vicissitudes of life, there is only this pile of mounds left.

Dinner is at the Dynasty Mutton and Sauerkraut Wonton Restaurant next door to the Kuqa Hotel. There are many people and the business is good. I ordered the signature dishes of beef patties and mutton wontons in sour soup.

The quantity is large and the price is affordable. The beef patty (half portion) is 11 yuan, and the mutton wonton in sour soup (small portion) is 12 yuan. If you are not very hungry, half a patty is enough for one person.

The meatloaf just out of the oven is delicious, crisp but not hot, fragrant but not greasy. The wontons were not very good, very sour and had a smell of mutton. Who said that Xinjiang mutton has no smell at all, it is normal to stand out and have a smell. Along the way, only the mutton eaten in Kashgar has no smell.

Itinerary: Kuqa → Aksu (car)

Attractions: Kizil Grottoes (Thousand Buddha Caves), Aksu Regional Museum, Duolang River Scenic Area (Gumo Pavilion, Weirong City)

What to watch: the long-standing Kucha culture

Today, we planned to visit the Kizil Caves first, and then go to Wensu Tomur Grand Canyon. Because the weather affected the Grand Canyon, I couldn't visit it, so I visited the Aksu Regional Museum instead.

【Kizil Grottoes】

The Kizil Grottoes, also known as the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, are located on the cliffs of Mingwutag Mountain on the banks of the Weigan River in Kizil Town, Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture. It was excavated in the 3rd century AD and ended in the 8th-9th century. It is the earliest large-scale grotto group excavated in my country. Together with Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Yungang Grottoes in Datong, and Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, they are also known as the four major grottoes in China, and are recognized as the first stop of the introduction of Buddhism in the four major grottoes. In 1961, it was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2014, it was included in the World Heritage List as a site in the "Silk Road: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network". In 2019, it was named a national cultural relic. 4A level scenic spot.

The caves are divided into four areas: Valley West, Valley Inside, Valley East and Back Mountain. There are 339 existing caves, with murals covering nearly 4,000 square meters and a small number of painted clay sculpture remains. The murals include pagodas, bodhisattvas, arhats, stories of Buddha Jataka, stories of Buddha's biography, pictures of scriptures, flying Apsaras, Joy Letian, Tianlong Babu, etc., as well as scenes of production and life, supporters, landscapes of the Western Regions, birds and animals, etc. Folk custom painting. At present, some grottoes in Guxi District are open to tourists.

The way to play is to walk from the visitor center along the central avenue of the scenic spot, go to the open area of ​​the cave through the Kumarajiva Square, organize a group of about 10 people, and randomly visit 8 caves. There are professional guides in the caves. Visit each cave The duration is about 5 minutes. Video recording is prohibited in the caves, only mobile phones can be used to take pictures without the flash; eating is prohibited; touching the walls of the caves is prohibited; each cave can be visited by up to 10 people at a time.

Weigan River

The grottoes are located on the cliff of Mingwutag Mountain

Kumarajiva Square. Kumarajiva (343-413), an eminent monk in the post-Qin period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms period, was born in the Western Region of Kucha. Together with Xuanzang, Bukong, and Zhenyi, he is also known as the four major translators of Chinese Buddhism. He and his disciples translated a total of 94 scriptures and 425 volumes, including "Dapin Prajna Sutra", "Lotus Sutra", "Vimalakirti Sutra", "Amitabha Sutra", "Diamond Sutra" and other scriptures, as well as "Zhonglun" and "Hundreds of Sutras". On "Twelve Doors" and other theories have made indelible contributions to Chinese Buddhist culture.

Kumarajiva is the only eminent monk who left the dharma seeds and tongue relics. He lived in troubled times all his life, and his path of practice was extremely bumpy. He was forced to "break the precept" twice to marry a wife and have children. Before he died, he said to his disciples: If the Dharma taught in his life is correct, after my body is incinerated, my tongue will not be rotten. After passing away and being cremated, it was exactly as he said. The relic is now enshrined in the Kumarajiva Temple in Wuwei, Gansu Province. It is the only relic of the Buddha's tongue in the world.

Ordinary tourists can only visit 6 grottoes at a time, and we are arranged for No. 27, No. 32, No. 34, No. 38, No. 8, and No. 10.

Cave 27 is a picture of Maitreya's sayings.

No. 32 is the central pillar cave, which is mainly composed of Jataka stories and karma stories.

The guide said that the blue pattern at the junction of the wall and ceiling in the cave is honeysuckle pattern. This pattern can still be seen on the hats and costumes of the Uyghur and Kazakh people. "Honeysuckle" means honeysuckle, which survived the winter and was widely used in Buddhist decorations during the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589).

The number 3 above is the number compiled by the people's artist Han Leran when he was inspecting Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves. He has made important contributions to the protection of the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, and he was mentioned earlier in the content of the Xinjiang Art Museum. In 1944, he went to the Northwest to sketch from nature, and made an in-depth investigation on the art of Dunhuang Grottoes and Kizil Grottoes. In the study of Kizil Grottoes art, he was the first to use Western painting techniques such as oil painting and watercolor to copy murals. He died in an unfortunate plane crash in July 1947. After liberation, he was ratified as a revolutionary martyr.

There is a German translation on the introduction board at the entrance of the grotto, because the Germans obtained first-hand information through robbery and robbery, and carried out systematic research earlier.

Cave No. 34 was originally the monk's room cave, which was later changed to the central pillar cave, and the diamond-shaped composition is often used. The "Hare in the Moon" on the top of the main room reflects the exchange and integration of Kucha culture and Indian culture.

Maybe you have noticed that many places in the cave are full of gouges and scars. Some murals have been completely hollowed out, and some murals have been stripped of the cassock on the left half of the Buddha statue, because she is made of gold leaf. , It's heartbreaking to watch. The Kizil Grottoes currently preserve more than 10,000 square meters of murals, but there are a large number of Kizil Grottoes murals displayed in museums and art galleries in many Western countries, especially the Berlin Museum of Indian Art in Germany. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, successive Western expeditions looted a large number of exquisite murals from the Kizil Grottoes. The pictures above are photocopied from the museums in Berlin.

Cave No. 38 is famous for its colorful murals of music and music. The music and dance shapes are rich and colorful, and there are a variety of musical instruments. It proves that the ancient Kucha Kingdom was the capital of Buddhism and music in the Western Regions.

Cave No. 8 is the Cave of the Sixteen Swordsmen, and there are many flying pictures. Most of the pictures of flying Apsaras in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are images of celestial maidens scattering flowers and bouncing lutes. The Feitians here are in pairs of men and women, the men are strong and strong, and the women are enchanting and colorful. They play the pipa and dance the Kucha music and dance to praise the Buddha, expressing the scene of the Buddha's singing and dancing, peace and freedom.

Cave No. 10 is the monk's room cave, a place for monks to meditate and live.

This is the inscription "Protection of Stone Carvings and Murals" left by Han Leran: "After reading the Xinjiang Cultural Treasure House by Von Lecoq and the Archeology of the Western Regions by Sir Aurel Stein, I know that Xinjiang contains ancient art The quality is very rich, so there is a new idea. Therefore, on June 5, 1946, I came here alone, and saw that its murals are full of beautiful things in eyes and have high artistic value, which is beyond the reach of cave temples in various places in China. Unfortunately, most of the walls The skin was stripped by foreign archaeological teams, which is a great cultural loss..." He also talked about his heartbreaking feelings in "Kizil Archaeological Records": foreigners not only stole the murals, but also took the murals here. The Chinese characters are being destroyed in a planned way, and they deliberately want to destroy our culture, so as to emphasize that they are all European civilizations, but they have not done it thoroughly. The names of many Buddha statues and the explanations of the stories can be seen with vague Chinese characters, and the characters in the paintings Clothing is also Sinicized, how can they destroy it, Chinese culture is always Chinese.

Han Leran (1898-1947): painter, member of the Communist Party of China, Korean revolutionary martyr

Monk's fireplace

Celdag

At noon, I ate pilaf with mutton inside. The first bite had a slight smell, but I got used to it later. The rice is one grain at a time, similar to Yangzhou fried rice, which is hard.

Go to Wensu Grand Canyon. On both sides of Provincial Highway 307, there are tall poplar trees and pleasant shade. Along the route, there are rivers in Kizil Township, Sailimu Township, Toksun Township, Mijike Township, and Daqiao Township in Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture, with a lot of greenery. If it weren’t for the khaki-colored mountains in the distance, you would think you are in the south of the Yangtze River.

According to reports, there are 25 rivers with a drainage area greater than 50 square kilometers in Baicheng County. From east to west, we pass through Kizil Reservoir, Muzhati River, Kapuslang River, and Muzarte River. After more than an hour in the car, I once again understood why human beings have always lived by water and valued rivers for thousands of years, because water is the source of life, the key to production, and the foundation of ecology.

Further to the southwest, on the National Highway 579, the desertification near the town of Chaerqi began to become serious again.

The Chaerqi Yadan landform once again marvels at the uncanny workmanship of nature.

The distance from Wensu Grand Canyon is getting closer and closer, and the mood is getting more and more excited.

There are dark clouds in the distance, and the clouds are very low. The tour guide and the master said that it is raining in the mountains, and the canyon may not be open today, even if it is open, you must bring thick clothes.

Tomur Peak, the highest peak in the Tianshan Mountains, is 7443.8 meters above sea level. Tomur means "iron" in Uighur.

When we arrived at the entrance of the Grand Canyon Scenic Area, the sky was gray and it was a sign of a storm. I kept praying in my heart: I finally came here, don't rain, don't rain.

However, the scenic spot didn't even let us in the parking lot, saying that it was raining heavily in the mountains and the scenic spot was closed. We didn't believe it, so we talked about it and drove the car in. At the service desk, I saw a team was refunding, saying that they had already got on the off-road vehicle of the scenic spot and were approaching the visit point, but they were still persuaded to leave. Until then, finally give up. Alas, the sky did not fulfill its wish, so I had to leave.

According to the introduction of the tour guide and the inquiry of information, there have been casualties in the scenic spot. There are high mountains on both sides of the canyon, almost no vegetation, and a long and narrow riverbed in the valley. Once it rains, it is easy to form mudslides, and it is very dangerous for people inside.

It was 4:30 pm at this time. After discussing with the tour guide, I decided to go to Aksu City according to the itinerary plan. After checking in at the hotel, I will be free to move around. I will check the weather tomorrow. If the weather is good, I will visit the Grand Canyon again and reduce the original itinerary accordingly. Attractions Davakun Desert. It is good to "form a group" by one person, with high degree of freedom and flexibility.

After one and a half hours, we arrived in Aksu City. Before checking in at the hotel, do a nucleic acid test. The situation of the hotel will be introduced later, let’s talk about the Aksu Regional Museum for free activities.

【Aksu Regional Museum】

Aksu Cultural Museum (Museum) is located on the bank of Duolang River, Youyi Road, Aksu City, Aksu Prefecture. The main building has 4 floors, with a construction area of ​​18,000 square meters and 4 permanent exhibition halls: Aksu History and Culture Hall, Xinjiang Ancient Coin Hall, Aksu Natural Geography Hall , The Red Boat Set Sail, Going Forward in Pursuit of Dreams - Exhibition of the History of the Communist Party of China. There are more than 10,000 cultural relics in the collection, including 4 first-class cultural relics and 16 second-class cultural relics, mainly local unearthed cultural relics and handed down cultural relics. Now it is a national second-class museum and a 4A-level scenic spot.

The characteristic display of the museum is the Xinjiang Ancient Coins Hall, which is very rare for the large number of coins and the large number of formats.

The museum is in the same compound as the library and the cultural center. This is the statue of Lin Zexu in front of the building. Lin Zexu was sent to Xinjiang for three years as a "crime". He traveled thousands of miles and worked hard, making great contributions to national defense and farmland and water conservancy affairs in the frontier.

The collection is rich in content. I mainly visited the Aksu History and Culture Hall and the Xinjiang Ancient Coin Hall.

The History and Culture Hall mainly exhibits the profound historical and cultural heritage and strong regional characteristics of the Aksu area "Kuici Culture", which is divided into the prehistoric period, the Han Dynasty period, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song and Liao periods of the Five Dynasties, the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and the Qing Dynasty Nine units, including the period, the period of the Republic of China, and the opening of a new era, through nearly 300 cultural relics, clarify that Xinjiang is an inalienable part of China's territory.

Faience bowl with one ear (Bronze Age)

One of the treasures of the town hall, pottery pot with one ear and beard pattern (Bronze Age)

Three-legged bronze tripod (Han Dynasty)

"Ode to Guan Ting under Liu Pingguo" Stele (Han Dynasty)

One of the treasures of the town hall: the camel button "Chang Yi Zhi Yin" copper seal (Han Dynasty). The seal is square, with a height of 3 cm and a base of 3 centimeters. The button is a lying camel, and the seal script "Chang Yi Zhi Yin" is inscribed. During the Han Dynasty, with the effective jurisdiction of the central government over the Western Regions, the seal and ribbon system was implemented in the Western Regions.

In addition to the camel button "Changyizhiyin" copper seal, there are also "Hanguiyi Qiangchangyin" and "Li Chongzhi's seal".

Han Guiyi Qiang Changyin (replica)

One-ear "Wang" jar (Northern and Southern Dynasties)

One-ear kneading clay pot (Northern and Southern Dynasties)

Stone Weights (Northern and Southern Dynasties)

Green pottery pot (Wei, Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms)

One of the treasures of the town hall is a large pottery vat (Tang Dynasty), 135 cm high and 420 cm in circumference. It is the largest Tang Dynasty pottery vat unearthed in Xinjiang.

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One of the treasures of the town hall: gray pottery fan with relief horse head, dragon body and eagle wing pattern (Tang Dynasty). The inner wall of the vessel is black, and there is a bas-relief sculpture of a person's back, with his hands raised, wearing a long robe. The outer wall of the utensil is decorated with waves, and the middle part is decorated with horse-headed, dragon-body, eagle-winged, horseshoe and horse-haired animals.

Triple pottery pot with green scorpion (Tang Dynasty)

Stone Man (Tang Dynasty)

Tao Monkey (Tang Dynasty). It is 7.5 cm high and 3.9 cm wide. The mother monkey is in a squatting and kneeling position, holding a baby monkey in her arms and breastfeeding. The face is depicted delicately, with rich expressions and lively and interesting shapes, highlighting the affection between mother and child.

Clay Figures (Tang Dynasty)

Amphora pottery kettle (Tang Dynasty), with different patterns on each side.

Playing Porcelain Pillow (Song Dynasty)

Jianzhan (Song Dynasty). The iron content of the kiln is more than 8%.

A Gilt Bronze Seated Vajrasattva (Ming Dynasty)

Three-eyed firecracker (Ming Dynasty)

Jade (Qing Dynasty)

戥 (děng) scale (Qing Dynasty), an old precision weighing instrument specially used to weigh gold and silver, precious medicines and spices

Embossed leather pot (Qing Dynasty)

The Xinjiang Ancient Coins Hall is a feature of the Aksu Museum. It mainly displays a large number of coins minted in different periods in Xinjiang based on the central currency system as a model. The most dazzling ones are the two-body five baht coins of Han and Turtle minted in Kuqa during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Xinjiang red coins of the Qing Dynasty.

Han five baht, unearthed in Kuqa, has the word "five baht" in Chinese on the front and Kucha inscription on the back, which is a testimony to the blending of multiple cultures.

Tang Kaiyuan Tongbao. The central government of the Tang Dynasty implemented the county system in Xizhou, and Kaiyuan Tongbao used by people in the Central Plains began to flow into Xinjiang in large quantities.

In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong sent troops to quell the rebellion of the Junggar tribe, and set up a money-making bureau in Xinjiang to cast Qianlong Tongbao red coins. This kind of coin has a thick body, pure copper and ruddy color.

Historically, the Qing government successively set up seven coin minting bureaus in Xinjiang, and the Aksu coin minting bureau was the largest and most important of them. The historical mission of issuing new currency also promoted the development of commodity economy in southern Xinjiang.

Great Qing Silver Coin·Kashgar Made·Xiangping Five Coins

One-coin Bronze Medal of the General Administration of Official Money (Qing Dynasty)

Xianfeng Yuanbao·Baoyi Bureau·Dang Wubai (Qing Dynasty), a rare treasure. The amount of Xianfeng big money cast by Baoyi Bureau is very small, and the five hundred and one hundred yuan treasures are even rarer. Therefore, this "Xianfeng Yuanbao" is one of the fifty treasures in ancient springs.

Five qian coins of the Qing Dynasty, dragon pattern on the back (four "bats")

Xinjiang Department of Finance treasury official ticket · With the ticket, you can get 400 yuan of red money

Akesu Coin Minting Bureau Zhu Zhu’s Memorial on Coin Mining (Replica)

Carbonized wood

[Duolanghe Scenic Area (Gumo Pavilion, Weirong City)]

The Duolang River is a tributary of the Aksu River, which belongs to the Tarim River system and passes through Aksu City. With the green waterfront of the river as the axis and the theme of Aksu’s history and culture, the 7.6-kilometer-long Duolang River landscape belt was built in three phases, including Gumo Pavilion, Weirong City, Monument to the People’s Heroes, Xiyu Square, Music and Dance Square, etc. The main building is now a national 4A-level scenic spot. Looking at the time, it was already 8:30 in the evening. We mainly visited Gumo Pavilion and Weirong City.

The hometown of Aksu City was a part of Wensu and Gumo during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and it was included in the territory of the Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty. In order to protect merchants and foreign envoys, the central government specially set up "booths" at important places along the route to manage public security. At that time, Qiuci Pavilion, Gumo Pavilion and Wensu Pavilion were set up from east to west in Aksu area.

The pillars of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions. In 60 BC, the Western Han Dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions to govern the countries in the Western Regions. At that time, there were thirty-six countries in the Western Regions in Xinjiang: Wusun, Qiuci, Khotan, Ruoqiang, Loulan, Qiemo, Xiaowan, Ronglu, Mi, Qule, Pishan, Xiye, Puli, Yi Nai, Shache, Shule, Weitou, Wensu, Yuli, Gumo, Beilu, Wutanzi, Beilu Houguo, Pulei, Pulei Houguo, Xiqimi, Dongqimi, Jieguo, Huhu, Shanguo , Cheshi Qianguo, Cheshihouguo, Shicheweiduduguo, Cheshihouchengguo. In addition to these thirty-six countries, there are Dawan, Anxi, Da Yuezhi, Kangju, Haohan, Kanjuti, Wuyishanli and other countries. In fact, there were more than thirty-six countries in the Western Regions at the beginning, and later they annexed each other and became thirty-six countries. These countries are very small, basically city-states, with a large population of hundreds of thousands, and a small population of less than a hundred. Among them, the most powerful are Wusun (now the upper reaches of the Yili River) and Qiuci (now the area around Kuqa City).

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Aksu was called Diaohua City (Arabic name) and Weirong City (Chinese name). Inside the imitated Weirong City, there are Aksu Historical Facts Exhibition Hall, Aksu Development Achievement Exhibition Hall, etc.

Kucha Buddhist Culture Murals

People's Heroes Monument

Baishui Bridge

guest house

Zhangmu bridge

Dinner is noodles with fried pork, the price is the same as Urumqi, 25 yuan.

The Brilliant Hotel we stayed in has a good environment, unique features, and a quiet place amidst the hustle and bustle.

The breakfast is rich, including seafood and fish. It is the only hotel that provides aquatic products in the buffet breakfast.

Itinerary: Aksu → Yuepu Lake (car)

Attractions: Wensu Tomur Grand Canyon, Bachu Red Sea Scenic Area

What to watch: The rock-salt karst geological landscape of the Grand Canyon in various poses and with different expressions

First thing in the morning, open the window to check the weather. Aha, the sky is clear, it seems that the Grand Canyon that was not played yesterday will be played today. I called to ask about the scenic spot, and when I heard that it was confirmed to be open, I was immediately in a happy mood, and I ate an extra steamed stuffed bun for breakfast.

【Wensu Tomur Grand Canyon】

Wensu Grand Canyon, also known as Kuduluke Grand Canyon, is located in Bozidun Kirgiz Ethnic Township, Wensu County, Aksu Prefecture. It is a 4A-level scenic spot, a national geological park, and a part of the four major areas of the Tianshan Mountains listed on the World Natural Heritage List. The entire canyon is about 25 kilometers long from east to west, and about 20 kilometers wide from north to south. It is composed of 3 main valleys in the shape of "Sichuan", 12 branch valleys, and hundreds of small branch valleys. The largest red-bed canyon in the north and south has the largest rock-salt karst geological landscape in China.

Compared with the Kuqa Grand Canyon (Mysterious Tianshan Grand Canyon) visited the day before yesterday, both have their own advantages and disadvantages. The Kuqa Grand Canyon has more intense colors, more concentrated scenery, and more realistic shapes. The Wensu Grand Canyon has a larger area and more geological types. More, the scenery is more magnificent. The Kuqa Grand Canyon covers an area of ​​about 97 square kilometers, but some areas are not open, and the area is much smaller than the Wensu Grand Canyon; the Kuqa Grand Canyon is a high mountain and deep valley, mainly Yadan landform. The Su Grand Canyon belongs to the mountains and valleys. When you climb up to the viewing platform, you can overlook the Yadan landform and see the Danxia landform in the distance. Because the Kuqa Grand Canyon is narrow, vehicles cannot enter it, so you can only visit it on foot. Wensu Grand Canyon can be driven Directly in (need to go through formalities).

The way to play is to take a special off-road vehicle in the scenic spot, drive along the valley for about half an hour, watch the Danxia landform along the way, and arrange two random canyon tours after arriving at the core area. Tourists get off at the first canyon, walk along the plank road to view the scenery, then go to the second canyon, and return by car after the end. Generally, there is reincarnation between No. 2 Valley, No. 3 Valley, and No. 4 Valley. It is said that the most exciting one is No. 3 Valley. The best route is to climb up the Beacon Tower from No. 2 Valley, and do not go back, but go down the road. In fact, the landscapes are similar, the mountains are colorful, the rocks are in various shapes, and the canyons are majestic and deep. Most of the scenic spots can be seen, but the angles are different. What needs to be reminded is that there are no mobile phone signals in some sections of the scenic area. If you visit alone, you should not deviate too far from the plank road, otherwise it will be difficult to contact if you get lost.

Danxia landform

There is a lot of water on the ground. It seems that it rained heavily yesterday, so closing the park in time is the right decision.

Today's arrangement is No. 4 valley entry and No. 3 valley exit. Get off the bus and visit on foot.

mother of life

The driving master only came to the scenic spot a few days ago, and he felt that he was not enjoying himself, so he said that he would play again today. I just followed him, instead of walking on the plank road from the regular route, but along the rugged path in the valley, enjoying the beautiful scenery slowly.

Take a stone home to commemorate

What looks like dirt is actually salt rock, a stone made of sodium and oxides.

Mountains with curved lines, folds formed by extrusion, Yadans of various shapes, and majestic Danxia can be seen everywhere. Once again, I lamented the uncanny workmanship of nature.

This is a video taken by a drone

donald duck

big cock

Bing Tilian

cruiser

Ashima

Tomur Peak

stone on stone

stone hanging on the waist

stone under stone

lucky stone

Finally, leave from the No. 3 Valley Exit and visit for 3 hours. If you play in depth, it will take at least one day.

This is the picture taken in the last row of the off-road vehicle. You can feel the bumps and dust all the way through the screen.

Lunch is settled at a restaurant in Wensu Industrial Park. The portion is large, the taste is good, and the price is affordable.

Tomato rice bowl, 12 yuan.

Twice-cooked pork rice bowl, 18 yuan. The only "Pecs" meat in this trip.

Tomato egg soup, 16 yuan.

After dinner, continue on your way to Bachu Honghai Scenic Area. Today is a tough day, the longest day of driving. Bachu County belongs to the Kashgar area, and the epidemic prevention and control is strict. In the service area of ​​Sanchakou, the first pass, every car must be checked, every person must be checked, and nucleic acid testing must be done. It was close to 8 o'clock in the evening when we arrived at the scenic spot. Fortunately, the scenic spot closed late, so we still had time to visit.

The Red Sea Scenic Area is located in Anakule Township, Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture. It is composed of four major landscape areas: Kashi River Wetland, Red Sea Water Park, Silk Road Station, and Populus euphratica Forest. It integrates lakes, rivers, grasslands, wetlands, Gobi, and Populus euphratica forest. It is a national 4A-level scenic spot.

The way to play is to take the scenic bus to reach various scenic spots, get off the bus and walk to visit, and then take the bus to the next scenic spot. Because it was late, we drove around rivers, lakes, Populus euphratica forest, and watched folk song and dance performances.

See also Populus euphratica

The reflection in the water is not as obvious as the village of the Rob people

Twelve Maqams Chapter 1 Maqam Feast Chapter 8

The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China is approaching, and the celebration atmosphere is very strong.

Amateur level, but actors are serious

This is a real camel, not a sculpture.

Kashgar wetlands. The Kashgar River is a tributary of the Tarim River, crossing the Kashgar region and Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, forming a wetland when it flows through Bachu.

Due to time constraints, I didn't watch it well. It should be very good to become a national 4A-level scenic spot, and I will come again next time.

Originally, there was another scenic spot today, the Dawakun Desert, but it was changed to the Wensu Grand Canyon, so I didn’t go there, but considering the itinerary, I still went to Yuepu Lake County for accommodation as planned.

After a section of desert road, S13 Sansha Expressway (Sanchakou to Shache). This is the first wind-blown sand road in my country, and the roadbed is filled with sand deposited by wind in deserts and Gobi.

Arrive at Yuepuhu County, Kashgar Prefecture at 11:00 p.m.

After eating a bowl of soup and rice (12 yuan), I quickly checked in to rest.

Yuepu Lake Dawakun Holiday Hotel has relatively simple facilities and simple breakfast, but it is considered to be in good condition in the county. After all, this county in the west of the Tarim Basin has a total population of only 180,000, and it was announced last year that it was lifted out of poverty.

Itinerary: Yuepu Lake→Kashgar (car);

Attractions: Kashgar Ancient City, Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar Museum, Ancient City Opening Ceremony, Tuman Square, Kashgar Grand Bazaar (Central and Western Asia International Trade Market), People's Square, Jiulongquan Wetland Park Light Show

Highlights: Uyghur characteristic architecture, clothing, food

Today is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Wake up in the morning and watch live TV.

Davakun Square

After entering Kashgar an hour later, the first thing to do is to apply for a border pass. It will come in handy for heading to Taxkorgan County tomorrow.

Location for border pass application: Kashgar International Self-driving Car and RV Camp Comprehensive Service Hall (beside National Highway 314, Kashgar Economic Development Zone). One-stop service, the processing speed is very fast, less than 10 minutes before and after.

The next arrangement is to wander around the ancient city, eat and drink, visit the Id Kah Mosque, the Kashgar Museum, and watch the opening ceremony and night view of the ancient city.

【Kashgar Ancient City】

Kashgar is the abbreviation of "Kashgar". It is the seat of Shule Kingdom, one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions. It has been more than 2,000 years ago. It is one of the only two living fossils left in my country to study the culture of the ancient Western Regions (the other is Kucha). .

The ancient city of Kashgar is a city block featuring Uyghur residential buildings and traditional living customs. It is one of the largest existing adobe buildings in the world and a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

This is not only a scenic spot, but also a place where people live. At present, there are about 12,000 households and nearly 40,000 people living here. The ancient city with a total area of ​​about 3 square kilometers is like an open-air museum. Although some houses have been renovated several times due to the age, the overall structure is still mainly brick structure, which retains the unique flavor of traditional houses.

Let's take a look at the streets, houses, bazaars, shops, restaurants and residents here

It is a rather elegant house, well-proportioned and beautifully furnished.

walnut tree

Kantuman Bazaar is the iron market. A long time ago, Kantuman (iron farm implements) could only be made here, hence the name.

community mosque

The blocks of the ancient city are criss-crossed, twists and turns, like a maze. It is said that you can avoid getting lost by observing the floor tiles under your feet, you can go out along the hexagonal floor tiles, and the four-corner floor tiles indicate that there is a dead end ahead.

 FIG tree

Intangible cultural heritage items, clay pottery production

Baked buns cost 2 yuan each, and the inside is mutton, which is relatively greasy. It is recommended not to be greedy and take care of the feeling of the stomach.

Crock meat, using a ceramic crock as a stew pot, mutton soup simmered on the stove over a slow fire. 20 yuan per tank, the mutton is relatively rotten, and the mutton soup is very delicious without any smell. As mentioned earlier, the only mutton eaten in Kashgar along the way has no smell.

The yellow ones are radishes, and some are stewed with raisins, red dates, chickpeas and goji berries.

Nangkeng barbecue, 8 yuan a bunch.

Dawusu, many people say that it is easy to get drunk after drinking. I saw that the concentration of original wort is 10.5P, and the alcohol content is 4%, which is similar to ordinary beer.

Read it backwards, it means "fuck you", it's not that scary.

By the way, these photos were not taken in one day. There are 2 and a half days before and after Kashgar City. Whenever I have time, I will go around the ancient city and take pictures.

【Id Kah Mosque】

Id Kah Mosque is located on the west side of Id Kah Square in Kashgar City. It was built in 1442. It is 140 meters long from north to south and 120 meters wide from east to west. It is the largest mosque in Xinjiang. The entire temple is divided into seven parts: the main hall, the teaching hall, the bathing hall, the courtyard, the Gongbei, the minaret and the gate.

courtyard

The minaret, 18 meters high, is the place where the clerics call Muslims to worship.

The chapel is divided into inner hall, outer hall and long corridor, which can accommodate six or seven thousand people to worship at the same time. The eaves of the corridor are very spacious, with 122 green carved wooden columns. The wooden pillars of the inner hall and the outer hall are not the same, and there are slight differences in the patterns or heights of the patterns, which are not obvious to ordinary people.

Before entering the hall, you should take off your shoes.

The blue seating device is for elderly Muslims. You can kneel on the lower mat and use the upper mat as the ground.

The bridge-like throne in the arched deep niche is used by the venerable patriarchs to receive scriptures or preach.

The pomegranate flower wool tapestry has 6 pomegranates and 56 flowers in total, which symbolizes the family of 56 nationalities and the great unity of all nationalities.

Beautiful interior and exterior decoration

【Kashgar Museum】

The Kashgar Museum is located on Tianshan West Road, Kashgar City. It is a national third-level museum and officially opened on May 18 this year. There are 5,230 cultural relics in the collection, including 16 first-class cultural relics and 12 second-class cultural relics. The more well-known cultural relics include three-ear embossed pottery pots from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, pictures of Tang Buddha's biography, silk cotton robes with fringe fringes in Song Dynasty, and cotton blankets with pictures of Chinese industries painted in the Republic of China, etc.

The main building has four floors, from the ground floor to the ground floor, with a total construction area of ​​15,000 square meters. The first floor is the exhibition of Kashgar's economic and social development achievements; the first floor is the special exhibition of history, ethnicity, religion and culture in Xinjiang, China, including four sections of history, ethnicity, religion, and culture, which mainly show the jurisdiction of Xinjiang by the central government of China in the past dynasties, ethnic integration, The contents of the four aspects are the coexistence of religions and the blending and development of cultures; the second floor is the display of historical relics in Kashgar, which mainly shows the profound cultural heritage of Kashgar; the third floor is the planning exhibition of Kashgar, which mainly shows the future development plan of Kashgar. I visited the first and second floors for a long time, looking around, but I didn't see two treasures.

Hall's historical and cultural wall

Saddle-shaped stone grinding disc (Neolithic Age), a first-class cultural relic.

Stone mortar with straight handle (Western Zhou Dynasty), a first-class cultural relic.

Bronze catkins (Spring and Autumn Period), a first-class cultural relic. Only one was unearthed in Kashgar.

Wooden Fire Altar (Shang and Zhou Dynasties)

Sasanian Silver Coins (Tang Dynasty)

Gypsum relief statue of Jiyue Bodhisattva (Tang Dynasty), a first-class cultural relic

The treasure of the town hall, the three-ear embossed pottery pot (Northern Dynasty period). Wide mouth, high girdle neck, plastic-coated ribbon-shaped three ears, tops of the ears and the bottom of the mouth along the bottom of the mouth with plastic human heads, and different shapes of human heads around the abdomen.

Tathagata Clay Buddha Head (Tang Dynasty), a first-class cultural relic. He has delicate features, a smile on his face, regular facial features, and vivid red lips.

Silk cotton gown decorated with Kesi fringe (Northern Song Dynasty), a first-class cultural relic

Records of "Pingding Huibu Leming Yaerqiang Stele" (Qing Dynasty)

The jacket of the official documents of Yarkand handling affairs (Qing Dynasty)

Liupin Dingdai Weipai (Qing Dynasty), imitation.

Mingyue Road Stele (Qing Dynasty). It is 135 centimeters high and 77 centimeters wide. It records the deeds of Liu Jintang's pacification of the remnants of Aguba in the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of southern Xinjiang.

Suona, Bone Flute, Daolang Rewapuqin, Rewapuqin, Tambourine (Qing Dynasty)

Chisel-carved copper plate with flower and grass patterns, simplified multi-colored glazed pottery pot, pottery plate with flower pattern (Qing Dynasty)

Kashgar District Chief Executive's Office Instructions (Qing Dynasty)

 One ear pottery oil lamp (Republic of China)

In December 1949, Kashgar was peacefully liberated.

"Five Stars Out of the East to Benefit China" brocade (electronic version). The original is kept in the Xinjiang Museum, and it is said that it will not be displayed to the public.

Xinjiang set up a provincial edict (Qing Dynasty), imitation.

Schematic diagram of Uighur migration routes. Uighur (hú) is the ancestor of the Uyghur nationality, which was renamed from Huihe (hé). 

Xinjiang has been a multi-ethnic area since ancient times, and there are currently 47 ethnic groups.

From left to right: Xibe, Kirgiz, Mongolian

From left to right: Daur, Uzbek, Uyghur

From left to right: Tajik, Manchu, Russian

From left to right: Tager, Han, Hui, Kazak

Determination of the Chinese translation of the name "Uyghur" (Republic of China), imitations.

Yanqi People's Offering Statue (Copy)

Group Portrait of Bodhisattva and Two Flying Apsaras Buddhist Story (Portrait)

King Huihe (c. 11th century), copy

The manuscript of "Lanting Preface" (Jin Dynasty), unearthed in Kashgar. Imitation.

Coming out of the Kashgar Museum, the next stop is the opening ceremony of the ancient city of Kashgar at 6 pm, and I took a look at the Gaotai folk houses along the way.

Located at the northeast end of Kashgar City, Gaotai Residential House is a group of houses built on a high loess cliff with a height of more than 40 meters and a length of more than 800 meters. It is said that it has a history of more than one thousand years, and it is currently closed to the outside world, so it can only be seen from the outside.

The overall principle of the renovation of the ancient city of Kashgar is to maintain the original ecology of the historical style and lifestyle, which seems to be successful so far. After visiting the old city, Kabeth, a cultural heritage project officer of the UNESCO Representative Office in Beijing, believes that there are many experiences worth promoting in the reconstruction project of the old city of Kashgar, which can be used as an international practice in related reconstruction. The Chinese government can devote so much energy to implement such a large transformation project, no matter in terms of capital, manpower or time investment, it is rare in the world.

Kashgar TV Tower

【Kashgar Opening Ceremony】

The opening ceremony of Kashgar is a tourism performance event, including traditional etiquette contents such as music and dance to welcome guests, and guests entering the city. Held at the main gate (east gate) of the ancient city, there are three games every day during the peak season, at 10:30, 12:00, and 18:00. First, an old man warmed up the stage and invited the audience to dance the local "Mai Xi Lai Fu". The touching concubine Xiangfei, as well as Maimaiti, holding melons and fruits in her hands and special products on her head, appeared on the stage one by one, and finally there was a folk song and dance performance. The 10 minutes before and after the whole ceremony vividly displayed the history and culture of the ancient city in a short period of time.

children having fun

【Tuman Square】

Tuman Plaza is located at the junction of Binhe North Road and Zhongxiya Road, close to the east gate of the ancient city, surrounded by Tuman Park, East Lake Park, Zhongkun Square, Kashgar Food City, Kashgar Grand Bazaar, etc.

tuman r.

East Bridge

bridgehead sculpture

The "Camel Caravan on the Ancient Silk Road" sculpture on the square

Weimin Bridge

Kashgar Food Court

【Kashgar Grand Bazaar】

The official name of Kashgar Grand Bazaar is Kashgar Central and Western Asia International Trade Market, which is located on the east bank of the Tuman River. Covering an area of ​​250 mu, with 21 professional markets inside, it is the largest international trade market in Northwest my country.

Only unexpected, nothing impossible to buy. Local specialties, handicrafts, daily necessities, fruits and vegetables, means of production... It is said that there are nearly 10,000 kinds of commodities. As long as you have enough time and energy, you can find anything you want.

Similar to the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, I walked around and felt the atmosphere.

Like Urumqi, it is common to set up stalls along the street.

【Kashgar People's Square】

Kashgar People's Square is located on Renmin East Road in the urban area, covering an area of ​​12 hectares. It is the only square in Xinjiang with the statue of Chairman Mao Zedong as its center.

The statue was built in 1969 and is 24 meters high. The standing statue of Chairman Mao is 12.26 meters high, implying that Chairman Mao's birthday is December 26.

Opposite People's Square is People's Park, which is now closed.

During the two days in Kashgar, stay in the VIP building of Qi Niwak Hotel. Located on Seman Road, it is the first five-star hotel in the urban area, with good conditions and considerate service. The main body of the hotel is composed of three buildings, including the VIP Building with 27 floors, the China-Pakistan Friendship Building with 12 floors, and the North Building with 5 floors.

"Qi Niwak" means "Chinese Garden". The former site of the hotel was the British Consulate in Kashgar established in 1908, and later changed to the Indian (India) Pakistani (Kiristan) Consulate.

The slight disadvantage is that the buffet breakfast is mediocre, not up to the standard of a five-star hotel. It may be that there are many tourist groups staying in the hotel, and the guests in the three buildings all dine together. Also, there is only one day between the two check-ins, but the nucleic acid test must be done every time.

Today's dinner is still very simple, 15 yuan for ramen, 5 yuan for a skewer of barbecue. Tastes good, disc action.

【Jiulongquan Wetland Park Light Show】

Jiulong Spring is located in the northeast of Kashgar City, at the intersection of Tuman Road and Yavag Road. The laser projection light show starting at 9 o'clock every night is an important part of the night view of the ancient city of Kashgar.

The entire light show covers a projection area of ​​5,280 square meters from the east gate wall of the ancient city of Kashgar to the Jiulongquan block. It consists of four scenes of myths and legends, the Silk Road, national culture, and bright lights, which are broadcast in a loop.

Jiulongquan Street

Itinerary: Kashgar → Taxkorgan (car)

Attractions: Oytak Glacier Park (car view), Gongger Jiubie Peak (car view), Baisha Lake, Taheman Wetland, Pamir Tourist Area (Stone City, Golden Grass Beach, Tajik Folk Garden), Taxian County Eagle Square

Highlights: plateau scenery, customs of ethnic minorities

Today, from Kashgar City to Taxkorgan County, although they all belong to the Kashgar area, the distance is as long as 300 kilometers. Along the way from north to south, the altitude gradually increases, and the highest point exceeds 4000 meters.

Along the way, you pass the China-Pakistan Friendship Snow Mountain Road (Karakoram Highway), Oytak Glacier Park, Gongger Jiubie Peak, Baisha Lake, Muztag Peak, and Karakul Lake. It can only be viewed by car. Because I went today and returned tomorrow, I took the same road, so some scenic spots were combined together in the introduction.

The China-Pakistan Friendship Snow Mountain Road, also known as the Karakoram Highway, starts from Kashgar, Xinjiang, my country in the north, and ends in Takot, a city in northern Pakistan in the south, with a total length of 1,032 kilometers. one.

eagle stone

Oytak Glacier Park is located in Oytak Town, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, with a glacier area of ​​224.8 square kilometers and an altitude of 2,804 meters. The lowest glacier.

This attraction is not included in the itinerary. Sitting in the car and watching from a distance, you can see red mountains all over your eyes. It is said that the glacier needs to travel nearly 100 kilometers deep into the mountains.

Gongger Jiubie Peak, located in Bulunkou Township, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, is the second highest peak in the West Kunlun Mountains. The top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, just like the hats worn by herdsmen. The local herdsmen call it "Gonger Jiubie", which means "white hat".

Due to the weather, I couldn't see the whole picture of the snow-capped mountains after two trips back and forth. Put two pictures on the Internet and enjoy it.

The upper and lower pictures here are from the Internet

The mountains are high and the road is far away, vast and vast

The border pass that was processed yesterday was checked at the Gezi checkpoint.

Turning around Gongger Jiubie Peak, she just refused to show her true face.

【White Sand Lake】

Baisha Lake is located in Bulunkou Township, Akto County, Kezhou, next to National Highway 314. It is named because of the accumulation of white sand by the lake.

The altitude of the scenic spot exceeds 3000 meters, so try to slow down when visiting to prevent altitude sickness.

At present, the scenic spot is free, the infrastructure is OK, there are walking plank roads, and there are staff to maintain order. However, it is said that the local area is planning to charge appropriately.

Viewed from different angles, the color of the lake varies from deep to light.

When returning the next day, watch it again at another viewing platform. Because it is sunny, the scenery is more beautiful.

It's a pity that the toilet is not flattering

Where are you going, kids?

It's raining and the temperature is dropping, so the jacket you brought came in handy.

Go to Karakuk Lake and Muztagh Peak soon, because the viewing effect in rainy days is not good, so I will look at it when I return tomorrow.

The highest altitude of this trip is 4023 meters.

Enter the boundary of Ta County, and popularize science by the way. The full name of Taxian County is Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County. It is located in the southwest of Xinjiang and is under the jurisdiction of Kashgar. It has a total area of ​​25,000 square kilometers and a total population of 41,000 (2020). Taxkorgan means "Stone City" and Tajik means "Crown". Tourist attractions in the territory include Pamir Scenic Area, Muztag Glacier Park, Khunjerab Port, Xinghua Village in Datong Township, Panlong Ancient Road in Waqia Township, Volcano in Muji Township, etc.

Taxian County is the border county with the longest border in my country, with a length of 888.8 kilometers; the county with the most adjacent countries in my country, and the northwest, southwest, and south are respectively connected with Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan; the only Tajik autonomous county in my country, more than 80% Its residents are the only white Tajiks in China. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast, more than 90% of which are mountains, with the highest altitude of 3312 meters and the lowest of 1080 meters.

The movie "Visitor on the Iceberg" was filmed in Ta County.

Lunch is settled at a small restaurant near Karasu Port.

On a rainy day in a remote border, this red fire really makes people feel warm.

The passion for self-improvement and striving for progress is even more awe-inspiring!

【Tahman Wetland】

Taheman wetland is located at the foot of Muztagh Peak, where the terrain is low, and many springs gather here, forming the largest pasture wetland in Taxkorgan. "Tahman" means "surrounded by mountains".

Snow mountains, wetlands, rivers, cattle and sheep seem to be in Shangri-La.

【Pamir Tourist Area】

"Pamir" means "roof of the world" in Tajik. The Pamir Plateau is 4,000-7,700 meters above sea level and spans China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. The Pamirs in my country are distributed in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar.

The Pamir Tourist Area is located in the northern part of Ta County, and is composed of Stone City, Golden Grass Beach, Tajik Folk Village and other scenic spots. It is a national 5A-level scenic spot and the first international plateau-style tourist destination in the country.

The way to visit is to take the scenic bus to the stone city site first, and then walk to Jincao Beach after the visit. You can watch the performance in the square, then take a bus to visit the Tajik Folk Village and return to the visitor center.

The stone city site on the Pamir Plateau is the capital of the "Panduo Kingdom" established by the ancestors of the Tajiks between 50 and 60 AD. In the Qing Dynasty, "Puli Hall" was set up, which has a long history and rich culture. With a total area of ​​more than 100,000 square meters, it is divided into two parts: the inner city and the outer city. The circumference of the outer city is about 3,600 meters, and it has been severely damaged, and only the approximate traces of the city wall can be seen. The circumference of the inner city is 1,285 meters, and the preservation is relatively complete. It is all built with large stones and is mainly composed of royal palaces, government offices, residences for military and government officials, guard barracks and Buddhist temples.

At present, there are four famous stone cities in the world, and the other three are Nanjing Stone City, Zimbabwe (Stone City), and Saudi Arabia Stone City.

The inner city walls are made of mud and stones.

city ​​gate

Xuanzang lecture place. In 644 AD, Xuanzang passed by Stone City when he returned from India to learn Buddhist scriptures. He was invited to open an altar and give lectures on Buddhist scriptures for 22 days.

altar

Shooting holes, or lookout holes?

Don't look at the ruins here now, but in history it was a necessary place for exchanges between the East and the West, and many celebrities once stopped here. Fa Xian, a monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, went to India earlier than Xuanzang to learn Buddhist scriptures. Xuanzang, a master of Tang Dynasty, recorded the story of "Han Ri Tian Zhu" when he traveled westward. Italian traveler Marco Polo was amazed by the huge argali. round-trip to the Pamirs.

Alalkin Grassland under Stone City

Hindu Kush mountains in the distance

From a distance, Stone City looks like a crown, and "Tajik" means "crown".

The official name of Jincaotan is Pamir Plateau Alar National Wetland Park, with an altitude of 3,100 meters and a total area of ​​about 100,000 mu. Because the meadow vegetation seems to be covered with a layer of gold under the sunlight, it is named "Golden Grass Beach".

The river in the middle of the wetland is the Taxkurgan River, the main tributary of the Yarkant River, with a total length of 298 kilometers.

Karakoram mountains in the distance

holy spring. Well water is very interesting, bubbling here and there for a while.

Look, here comes the actor. According to reports, they are professional performers of the County Art Troupe, and they come to Pamir Scenic Spot to perform every year during the peak tourist season.

National costumes

beautiful actor

Solo "The Magnificent Pamir"

National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project Tajik Eagle Dance

interact with tourists

The last program in the scenic area is a home visit to the Tajik Folk Village. This kind of activity...well, take a look.

It is free to visit the interior of the house, but there is a charge of 10 yuan for taking pictures. What I want to say is that in the Taxian Museum, you can take pictures of folk customs, daily life and so on as you like.

Snow Chrysanthemum Garden

Rapeseed

Maca Garden. For a period of time, maca, known as the king of nourishing and strengthening the body, is like this.

Dinner is yak meat hot pot, crispy and delicious, I ate a lot without knowing it.

The plateau has a large temperature difference, and it is cool in the morning and evening.

Check in hotel after dinner

The conditions of the hotel are limited, but it is already high-end in the local area, with facilities such as water, electricity, tables and chairs. Taxian County just got rid of poverty in 2020.

Although the altitude is more than 3000 meters, there is no altitude sickness, but I dare not take a bath. The best night of sleep on this trip was in Ta County, the main reason - there is no place to play at night.

Seeing that it was still bright, I turned around.

Urban construction is a little behind

There were few pedestrians, and the streets seemed empty.

Street sculptures are full of national characteristics

【Eagle Plaza】

Most of the residents in Taxian County are Tajiks, who regard eagles as heroes and are called "the nation of eagles". A tall eagle sculpture stands on the square around the island in the center of the county seat.

The museum is closed, come back tomorrow.

Noticed no, it opens at 5pm and closes at 8pm.

Itinerary: Taxkorgan→Kashgar (car)

Attractions: Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County Museum, Muztagh Peak (car view), Muztag Scenic Area (Kalakul Lake), Fragrant Concubine Garden Scenic Area, Kashgar Ancient City

Highlights: Tajik folklore

Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County Museum is located on Youyi Road in the county seat. The main building has two floors, displaying the Tajik people's production and life, folk customs, human history and the development process of Tajik in the form of pictures, texts and objects.

The shape of the museum looks the same as Stone City, and it also looks like a crown.

The exhibition is mainly based on pictures and texts, and there are relatively few real objects.

The exhibition arrangement is more standardized, and there are arrows on the ground to guide

There are 6 national intangible cultural heritage items: Tajik folk songs, costumes, wedding customs, eagle dance, polo, water diversion festival and sowing festival.

Hey, inside the Tajik folk houses, there was a charge for taking pictures in the Folk Village in the Pamir Scenic Area yesterday, and you can take whatever you want today.

Greeting ceremony, kiss the back of the hand, palm, lips, etc.

There are relatively more exhibits on the second floor, mainly the cultural relics unearthed in Ta County, including pottery, mummies, clothing, etc., but photography is not allowed. The following two pictures are from the Internet.

After the visit, leave Ta County and return to Kashgar

Today is cloudy and the visibility is better than yesterday, but Muztag Peak is still shrouded in clouds and mist, just like Gongger Jiubie Peak, refusing to show its true face.

The following two pictures are from the Internet, let’s have a look. A notable feature of Muztagh Peak is that there are many "slide"-like gullies in the middle of the continuous snow peaks.

forest tunnel

The Pamirs are the "roots" of the Himalayas, Karakoram, Kunlun, Tianshan, and Hindu Kush. The mountains gather here and connect the ancient times to the nine heavens; the waters diverge here and meander forward. , so the Pamirs have the title of "the ancestor of the mountains" and "the source of the waters".

Muztag Glacier Park Scenic Area under construction

Watching the best angle of Muztagh Peak, I finally saw the "slide".

【Mustagh Scenic Area (Kalakule Lake)】

Karakul Lake is the main scenic spot of Muztag Scenic Area. It is located in Bulunkou Township, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture. It is a mountain glacial moraine lake with an altitude of 3621 meters. Karakul means "Black Sea".

When the weather is calm, the snow-capped Muztag Peak is reflected on the water surface, and the scenery is charming.

The sky is not beautiful, you can only see the corner of the mountain, and there is no reflection.

The following two pictures are from the Internet. It is really beautiful to see the reflection of the snow mountain and the auspicious clouds taken by others.

As the cloud cover changes, the color of the lake surface will vary.

keep going

huge glacier

Gonger Jiubie Peak

We passed Baisha Lake again, which was introduced yesterday.

This wool is not neatly cut.

Where there are glaciers, there is water, and there are lakes, rivers and streams.

Fried noodles for lunch

Familiar red, Oytak Glacier Park

Viewed from this angle, Eagle Rock looks nothing like it did yesterday.

After arriving in Kashgar, check in first. As usual, a nucleic acid test is required. After a short rest, visit the Fragrant Concubine Garden Scenic Area.

【Xiangfei Garden Scenic Area】

The Fragrant Concubine Garden Scenic Spot is located in the northeast of Kashgar City. It is a national 4A-level scenic spot and a key cultural heritage protection unit. The core landscape is the Xiangfei Tomb. Tickets are 120 yuan, including performances and explanations.

Xiangfei is a Uighur concubine of Emperor Qianlong, named Ipal Khan. Her elder brother was rewarded by the emperor for helping the Qing court put down the rebellion of the big and small Hezhuo in Xinjiang, and she also went to Beijing to be canonized as a concubine. He is usually favored by the emperor, and he often travels with him. However, he died due to dissatisfaction with the conditions and conditions of the capital. According to Uyghur customs, his body was transported back to his natal family Kashgar after three years and buried in the Xiangfei Tomb (also known as the Apakhoja Tomb).

Xiangfei stone

The scenic spot takes Xiangfei Stone and Xiangfei Tomb as the central axis, and is divided into two parts, 13 monomers. The first half is the tourist service center, Xiangfei's former residence, Huojiajia History Museum, Baoyue Building, Xiangfei Interpretation Hall, and clothing embroidery. Bazaar, handicraft display area, jade hall and various tourist service facilities; the second half is the original scenic spot, including five original architectural complexes: Xiangfei Tomb, Lecture Hall, Jiaman Mosque, High and Low Mosques, and Gate Tower. The way to visit is to first watch the performance in the welcome performance area, then follow the tour guide of the scenic spot, and finally free activities. It is recommended to follow the tour guide to listen to the explanation first, and don't rush to take pictures. The scenic spot looks very big, but it can be completed in two hours.

The shoe-like thing above, if you don’t listen to the explanation, you really don’t know it’s a piggy bank.

kneading tub

love tree

Fragrant Concubine Playing Butterfly

Qianlong and Xiangfei

Wenxiang Pavilion

mirror pool

The reflection in the water is a bit like the Taj Mahal in India

The tomb of Xiangfei was first built in 1640, and there are 72 direct blood relatives of Xiangfei buried in the tomb.

Exquisite glazed bricks, but the firing process has been lost.

no photography allowed inside

fill the mosque

lecture hall

Every pillar is different

brick wall

old bazaar

camel bell

It was almost 9 o'clock in the evening, and the guide had to wait for the last wave of tourists to leave before leaving get off work. It is understood that during the peak season, the scenic spot is short of manpower and the work is very hard.

Make a fuss about the eternal "love"

Due to time constraints, I didn't have time to watch the show. These posters outside show that the show is very exciting, and I will come again next time I have a chance.

To the ancient city of Kashgar

Ice cream (5 yuan), very sweet

Homemade yogurt (5 yuan), very sour

Pigeon soup (30 yuan), very tasty

Barbecue (8 yuan), very fragrant and glutinous

Itinerary: Home, Kashgar→Zhengzhou→Nantong

What to watch: Viewing Xuefeng Lake from the clouds

Kashi Airport

Fly towards the sun and see the silhouette of the plane itself.

My seat is K, on ​​the right side. According to the map, this should be Lake Hara.

Are the white clouds in the sky or in the water?

Yellow River

loess high slope

safe home

Thanks for your long and patient reading.