The long tune of Twelve Muqam, the jingle-dang-dang-dang-dang-dang sound from the entrance of the alley, mixed with the laughter of the children, this ancient city located between the Pamirs and the Taklamakan Desert is a famous historical city on the Silk Road . She is Shache, the hometown of "Twelve Muqam".

Amanisha Khan Mausoleum

Yarkand Palace Film and Television City

Arab-style houses in the old city

Aziru Mazar

old city paper cut woman

Misha Township - Cattle and Sheep Bazaar

Kunlun Mountain Highway

Artash natural beauty belt

Damusi Township - Folded Landforms of Kunlun Mountains

Zepu County - Populus euphratica forest in golden autumn (2016)

Yecheng County-Sitia Mystery City (2016)

Muztaghta (2016)

Markit County-Taklamakan Desert N39 Base (2014)

Yingjisha County - Charlong Daban Snow Mountain Group (2014)

Xinjiang-Tibet Highway - Kudi Daban Section (2013)

Shache Ethnic Cuisine

1. Big plate chicken. Xu Keran Chicken Fried Restaurant (he has fried mushrooms), Yuanmeng Dapan Chicken Restaurant, and Shawan Dapan Chicken Restaurant on Tuanjie Road;

2. Roast chicken with naan. Hetian Moyu Roast Chicken Restaurant is located in the middle section of Aidelbag Road, the east gate of the County People's Hospital.

3. Roast whole lamb. Hetian Moyu Roasted Whole Lamb Restaurant is located at the intersection of Qianjin Road and Tourist Road.

4. Roasted pigeons. Muqam Hometown Restaurant is located at the intersection of Qinaibag Road and National Highway 315.

5. Grilled fish. The big shopkeeper grilled fish is located on the food street of Reform Road, Tuanjie Road;

6. Hand pilaf. Shunfeng Restaurant in the ancient city, Sarayi Restaurant (Shache West Station).

7. Stir-fried noodles & pepper chicken. New Ayisu Tea Restaurant and Pony Pepper Chicken Shop are recommended.

8. Jinhai International Food Street should be the largest food court street in Kashgar. It has everything from Northwest barbecue to ethnic specialties. In summer, there are grilled fish, crayfish and so on.

9. Hot pot and barbecue restaurants, Xiaojun Liver Skewers and Jinyiwei Hot Pot on Tuanjie Road Food Street are recommended; Qinai Bage Crossing Little Scalper on Tuanjie Road;

dried fruit specialty

The dried fruits in southern Xinjiang are definitely not to be missed, with a complete range of varieties.

The fleshy ones include big jujube, Tianshan sandy date, large white apricot, small apricot, black apricot, man's fragrant raisin, seedless white, woman's fragrance, wild rose fragrance, horse's milk raisin, fig, apricot kernel, virgin Fruit, Tianshan dark plum, sour plum, big Ximei and so on.

desert fruit

Nuts include almonds, small ginkgo biloba, large thin-skinned walnuts, salt-and-pepper paper-skinned walnuts, pistachios, pecans, abalone fruit, macadamia nuts, large open hazelnuts, salt-and-pepper black beans, etc.

Shache is the main production area of ​​almonds. In addition to almonds, jujubes from Zepu County, paper-skinned walnuts from Yecheng County, gray dates from Maigaiti, Semaiti apricots from Yingjisha County, and jujubes from Hetian A series of dried fruits are worth tasting.

There are countless shops and stalls to buy dried fruits in the county, among which;

1. The dried fruit store opposite Wangkelong Supermarket in Mong Kok (next door to Yunda Express) is a brother store with Jiangnan Market, with a complete range of varieties, especially almonds, butter fruit, desert fruit, black currant, Xiangfei raisins, and fresh dried fruits. discount price;

2. In the dried fruit market in southern Xinjiang, the dried fruit shops here are concentrated, remove the two shops at the beginning and the end, and shop around. It is a good choice to buy walnuts, raisins, and black goji berries here;

3. Around the hat bazaar in the old city, there is a food street and a Uighur-inhabited area. There are many shops and mobile car shops here, and there are many freshly picked dried fruits for sale;

4. At the end of the entrance to the food street in Mixia Township, there are two shops in a row. Dried fruits in summer and autumn can be purchased at wholesale prices, or there will be farmers pulling carts along the surrounding roads to sell them. They are all seasonal dried fruits, which are cost-effective. ;

5. There is a small walnut distribution center near the Musa Hydropower Station in Kaqun Township. Ordinary walnuts are about 3-4 yuan/kg, and paper walnuts are about 13-18 yuan/kg;

Some things about the "Tasha Ancient Road" in the secret place of southern Xinjiang:

When the Duku Highway and Yizhao Highway in northern Xinjiang were famous all over the world, there was a secret road in southern Xinjiang that still had a deep reputation. It was called Tasha Ancient Road.

The Tasha Ancient Road goes straight through the Kunlun Mountains gorge and winds along the Yarkand River. This ancient winding cliff road connecting Shache County and Ta County is little known. However, it perfectly shows the natural integration of Kunlun Mountain Canyon, Yarkand River, and Charlong Snow Mountain Group, and it can be called the geological wonder highway in southern Xinjiang.

Entrance to Artash Village, Shache County

The total length of the Tasha Ancient Road is less than 200 kilometers, starting from Shache County, passing through Kaqun Township-Altash Hydropower Station-Kuslav (Kezhou)-Datong Township (Ta County)-Tashkorgan County, you will After passing through asphalt road, cement road, dirt road, sand road, stone road, dead end road, landslide road, and water-damaged road, the road has been closed and impassable due to the construction of the Artash Dam and Tasha Highway. The future Tasha The road will be asphalted all the way. At that time, it will start from Kashgar and enter the Pamirs, and then take the road from Ta County to Shache, forming a perfect road ring.

With a history of more than 3,000 years, it has become a well-known tribal country in the Western Regions for several times. It has been called Shache Kingdom, Qusha Kingdom, and Yarkand Khanate successively. It is the hub of the ancient Silk Road and the glory of the oasis of the Yarkand River Canyon. It is Shache.

In Shache, which is 9,037 square kilometers, more than 20 ethnic groups such as Uyghur, Han, Hui, and Tajik live together and develop together.


Highlights of Shache:

1. Old city area: On both sides of the Altun Historical and Cultural Square, there are Yarkand Palace Film and Television City, Amanisha Khan Mausoleum, Altun Mosque, Nuziru Mazha Group and other buildings to visit, the most intuitive experience of Yarkand history and culture;

2. Old city area: Around Subiyi Grand Bazaar-Huoxu Clothing City, there are a large number of Ayiwang-style houses in the old city, a street of ethnic snacks, the Azina Mosque, and the very eye-catching donkey cart bazaar;

3. Misha Township: adjacent to the old city, there is a characteristic food culture pedestrian street, Misha Cherry Orchard, and Misha Cattle and Sheep Bazaar;

4. Xincheng area: If the weather is clear, in the morning, go to Tuanjie Road, Gulebag Road, and the high-rises of National Highway 315 in Xincheng, and you can clearly see the combination of Kunlun Snow Mountain and Shache City in the distance;

5. Sunrise and sunset: Dongfanghong Reservoir is an excellent place to watch the sunrise, and Yigaerqi Town Reservoir Park is an excellent place to watch the sunset;

6. Kunlun Snow Mountain: The Kunlun Mountain stretches for 2,500 kilometers, all the way from Qinghai to Xinjiang, leaving the urban area, all the way to the west, in Altash Village, the farthest place in Shache, you can feel the situation of the Kunlun Mountain Canyon and the Kunlun Mountain Highway at 360 degrees. The twists and turns, the landscape along the way can be called a geological wonder;

7. Primitive forest: Also leave the urban area and head west all the way. The Yarkand River divides Khoshlap into two halves, one half goes to Artash, and goes deep into the hinterland of Kunlun Mountains. The other half came to Damus Township, the deep Ayiblong (Moon Bay) primeval forest, charming and refreshing;

Old City Historic and Cultural District

A 14-year-old beautiful girl walked into the Yarkand Palace, and Muqam's singing changed her life, a short but legendary life. Princess, poet, scholar, musician, she is Amanisha Khan, Shache is wonderful because of her.

Amanisha Khan was the queen of the Yarkand king in the 16th century. She spent 20 years collecting and arranging the traditional folk music and dance of the Western Regions, and made it into "Twelve Muqam". She died of dystocia at the age of 34.

Altun Luke Mazha is the cemetery of the Yarkand Khan family. It was first built in 1533. It was originally the cemetery of the first Khan King Sultan Said of the Yarkand Khanate. Khan Rashid and the famous Amanisha Khan were also buried here, gradually becoming the cemetery of the Khan family.



Zepujin Populus euphratica National Forest Park (5A level)

Located in Yasdun Forest Farm, 36 kilometers southwest of Zepu County, on the upper edge of the alluvial fan of the Yarkand River, the scenic spot covers an area of ​​40,000 mu, and the natural Populus euphratica forest covers an area of ​​20,000 mu. In the distance is the majestic Kunlun Mountains, and the tributary of the Yarkand River at the foot is rushing through the park. The snow-covered Kunlun and Yarkand jointly gave birth to this magical land.

Damus

Located in the Kunlun Mountains 95 kilometers southwest of Shache County, Damusi Township is a middle-low mountainous area with rich mineral deposits, vertical and horizontal valleys, large undulating terrain, deep valleys, winding rivers, bare rocks on the mountains, and very little vegetation. But from the upper edge of Chandilik Village, 30 kilometers west of Damus Township, is Moon Bay. There are the vast Ayiblong prairie scenic area, the deep and vast Kuohan forest, the magnificent and long mountains and rivers, as well as the folk handicrafts such as Maixilaifu singing and dancing with mountain folk customs, musical instruments, hanging ornaments, and traditional textiles.

Artash

Altash is the farthest village in Shache County, a small village located deep in the Kunlun Mountains. Hidden deep among the vast mountains in the upper reaches of the Yarkand River, most people don't know her existence. This is the only way to enter the Karakoram Mountains and the Pamirs, also known as "the first village of Kunlun". Today, Altash is building a huge water conservancy project, which is known as the "Three Gorges Project in Xinjiang".