Kizilgaha Beacon Tower - China Travel

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Kizilgaha Beacon means "red-billed old bird" or "red checkpoint" in Uighur, and was built in the Han Dynasty. This majestic ancient military building, after more than 2,000 years of ups and downs, still has a majestic appearance. It is the oldest and well-preserved beacon site of a rammed earth building among hundreds of beacons on the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang. The base plane of the beacon tower is rectangular, 6 meters long from east to west, 4.5 meters wide from north to south, and 16 meters high, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, and gradually shrinks from bottom to top. The main system of the beacon tower is built with rammed earth, and the thickness of the rammed layer is about 15 centimeters. The upper part of the beacon tower is made of wooden columns, and the distance between each layer is about 1 meter. The top is built of adobe. On the watchtower, there are still remnants of the wooden fence. Due to long-term weathering, the end area is concave, forming a large groove. The collapsed ruins on the north side of the beacon tower are the ruins of ancient buildings, which could have been used to climb to the top of the beacon tower.

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During the National Day, there are almost no people. You can drive in after registering your ID card at the door and taking your temperature. Next to the Beacon Tunnel is the Saltwater Ditch, and there is a little Yardang landform in front of it. You can feel the vicissitudes of history quietly. The Kizilgaha Grottoes are just ahead of the Feng Tunnel, but they are not open now.

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杨昕祎

The Kizilgaha Beacon Tower was first built in the Western Han Dynasty and continued to be used until the Tang Dynasty. It is the earliest and best-preserved beacon site on the northern route of the ancient Silk Road. It is the earliest surviving wooden structure in the history of ancient Chinese architecture.

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The World Heritage Site of the Tianshan Corridor on the Silk Road - Kuqa Kizilgaha Beacon, was already under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions as early as the Han and Tang Dynasties. What kind of scene was the Tianshan Corridor of the Silk Road at that time, whether it was the pure land of Buddhism or the meeting and integration of various ethnic groups, the history is really complicated and confusing, why can't people think about seeing this vast land!

It is very remote and a small scenic spot, but it is worth checking in for all those who have a complex about the old place of the Han and Tang Dynasties

渭南松赞干布

The Kizilha Beacon is located on the east bank of the Yanyangou River Valley 12 kilometers northwest of Kuqa County, Xinjiang. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and has been well preserved. The Beacon is about 13 meters high and is in the shape of a rectangular column. It is lit with fireworks and used for border defense military Alarming was an important part of the Great Wall defense system during the Han and Tang dynasties. Surrounding the beacon is the Gobi with a relatively wide field of view, suitable for long-distance observation and monitoring.