Karez Museum - China Travel

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The Karez Museum in Turpan is located in the Karez Folklore Garden at No. 888, Ximen Village, Xincheng, Yaer Township, Turpan City, Xinjiang. This museum with an investment of 2.4 million yuan was completed and opened in June 2007. It is a unique special museum.

The museum is divided into ground and underground parts, including a 100-meter-long underground passageway, a 500-square-meter ground exhibition hall, Karez distribution map, section map, grape corridor and raisin drying room, etc. Through a large number of pictures, objects, and models, The structure, distribution area, function and research results of Karez are shown to tourists in an easy-to-understand way, so that tourists can truly feel the historical changes and construction process of the "Underground Great Wall".

　　Walking into the museum, the first thing you see is a sand table, which intuitively shows visitors the scene of Karez wells crossing the Gobi, leading the underground snow water of Tianshan Mountains to oases.

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天鹅湖的青蛙

Water conservancy projects two thousand years ago, in order to reduce evaporation. People channeled meltwater from snow mountains into underground ditches and sent it to farmland and villages. It is said that all Karez canals are connected for more than 5,000 kilometers.

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橘果妈

"Karez" in Xinjiang means "well point", and it is called "Karzi" in Uighur. Karez is a special irrigation system in desert areas. It is commonly found in Turpan, Xinjiang, and is known as the fountain of life in Turpan. Karez, the Great Wall and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal are known as the three major projects in ancient China. There are more than 1,100 Karez wells in Turpan, with a total length of about 5,000 kilometers. Karez is a very ancient horizontal water collection structure for the development and utilization of groundwater. The structure is generally composed of four parts: shafts, underground channels, surface channels and "laoba" (small reservoirs).

观音莲

When I was looking at the itinerary, I thought Karez well was a special well in Xinjiang. After visiting, I realized that Karez well is as famous as Dujiangyan in Sichuan in ancient my country. Together with the Great Wall of Beijing and the Grand Canal in Kyoto, it is collectively known as the three major projects that have attracted worldwide attention. It is also the life of the Turpan people. of water. Karez wells were first built in the Han Dynasty, and most of the buildings in use today are Qing Dynasty buildings. Karez wells not only attract water, but also the lifeblood for Turpan people to survive here.

smalmonkey

Located in the Kanerjing Folk Custom Garden in Ximen Village, Xincheng, Yaer Township, it is a unique special museum. Karez has a history of thousands of years. It is an artificially dug underground canal. It is a very unique place. Learn about the history of Karez and understand the underground river culture of the Turpan people.

云淡风轻

Karez well in Xinjiang, Dujiangyan in Sichuan, and Lingqu in Guangxi are known as the three major water conservancy projects in ancient China. They lead the underground snow water of Tianshan Mountains across the Gobi to the oasis. There were 1,784 karez wells in Xinjiang at the time, but currently there are only 614 karez wells with water in Xinjiang. In some villages, they are still the main source of water for irrigation, drinking water and ecological maintenance, and they are the "spring of life" for the people of Turpan. Its principle is to use the downward trend of the terrain, and it is composed of water collection and water delivery culverts, open channels, shafts and dams.

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The environment of the museum is not bad, the service is so-so, the shopping is not bad, and you can understand the local customs.