"Ba Lujia country is more than six hundred miles from east to west, and more than three hundred miles from north to south. The capital of the country is five or six miles away. The soil, climate, human nature, customs, characters, and laws are the same as those of Quzhi country, and the language is slightly different. The fine felt is fine. Brown, the importance of neighboring countries. Dozens of Kalan schools, more than a thousand monks, learning the Hinayana teachings and sayings, all have divisions.” —— Xuanzang · Bianji "Da Tang Western Regions" Volume 1
Ba Lujia Kingdom is now Aksu City. In "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", Master Xuanzang did not make too many records about the Balujia Kingdom. Ba Lujia is a small country, and its climate and customs are basically the same as those of Kucha. According to the information in the "Biography of Master Sanzang", Xuanzang's team encountered a group of more than 2,000 Turkic bandits on the way from Kucha to Ba Lujia. Facing the powerful Turkic bandits, Xuanzang's team could not Can't resist. An unexpected thing happened. The robbers fought among themselves because they could not come up with a satisfactory method of dividing up the loot, and eventually broke up. Xuanzang understood that the team could not stay too long in this place where thieves came and went, so he hurried to the country of Baluka, stayed in the country of Baluka for one night, and then turned Congling to India. After reaching Aksu, the middle route of the Silk Road will be divided into two, one will continue along the northern edge of the Tarim Basin until Kashgar, and the other will cross the Bedeli Pass in the Tianshan Mountains to Suiye, and then from Suiye to the Caspian Sea. There are at least two great footprints left on this ancient road. One is Xuanzang, who took this road when he went to India; Become a poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Aksu is a modern city with a clear urban structure and its biggest feature is newness. It is said that most of the educated youths from Shanghai stay here, and this is the most western city in Xinjiang. You can have a panoramic view of the night view of Aksu by lying on the small window of the toilet. Walk to the Aksu Tianbai Shopping Center not far away, and eat at the Xiaogazi Restaurant. It feels a little sweeter than the one in Korla, but still Full of flavor and delicious!
Before the ripe season of Aksu candied apples, I deviated from Master Xuanzang's westbound route and headed south to Kashgar, which I was thinking of.