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The ancient city is surrounded by sand mountains in the west, and leans against the foot of Kunlun Mountain in the south. In the early years, there were still remnants of the double-layered city wall, both inside and outside of which were square, but now they are gone, only a few mounds of different sizes and heights are left, and most of them are in the southwest of the city. There are quite a number of pottery kiln deposits and building pillars on the site. There are red, green and gray pottery shards all over the ground, and the utensils include bowls, bowls, one-ear jars and so on. About 1 kilometer to the south of the city, the bases of the platforms are densely distributed, which are suspected to be the old palace, and some people think it is the government office or the residential area of ​​the nobles. There is also a square earth platform nearby, about 3 meters high and about 100 meters long. It seems to be a large ancient building, and there are many red pottery pieces nearby. About 10 kilometers to the south, there is a stone pagoda with a circumference of about 60 meters and a residual height of about 6 meters. There are many clay sculpture fragments scattered around. It is said that there are ruins of houses nearby, which have been submerged by quicksand. Clay Buddha heads have been found here, decorated with gold leaves, which are exquisitely made.

At the northern end of the ancient city site, a large pottery jar was found, containing about 45 kilograms of Han five baht coins. Fragments of mural paintings, clay sculpture wall decorations, fragments of Buddha statues, etc. were unearthed 100 meters south of the large tank. It can be inferred that this place is also the site of a Buddhist temple. The old city has been listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the autonomous region.