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The Abakh Hoja Tomb, five kilometers northeast of the city of Kashgar, is an important cultural unit protected by the Autonomous Region. As a tomb of the descendants of an Islamic sage, it was built around 1640. The legend has it that 72 persons in all of five generations of the same family were buried in the tomb. The first generation buried here was Yusuf Hoja, a celebrated Islam missionary. After he died, his eldest son Abakh Hoja carried famous Islamic faction of Baishan during the seventeenth century which seized the…

Karakuri Lake, located at an elevation of 3600 meters and covering an area of ten square kilometers, can be found at the foot of the Mushitage Glacier east of the Pamirs in Xinjiang. It is the largest among many lakes in the Pamirs, both wide and deep. Its endless reflecting blue and ebony deceive the astonishing depths of up to 30 meters. Karakuri means black in the Uygur language, and it is from these dark abyssal waters that it gets its name. From a far distance, the lake is surrounded by…

The Great Bazaar, located on the East Gate in Kashgar, is the largest international trading market in Northwest China. Bazaar is a Uighur word, which means market in Chinese. Kashgar was a famous historical and cultural city on ancient Silk Road in history. What’s more, it was also a distributing center because all the merchants taking way of the Silk Road would pass this city. So far, the Bazaar on Kashgar has a history of more than 2000 years. Once it had been called the largest market in Asia. At…

The Stone City of Tashkurgan is one of the three well-know stone cities in ancient China. The Stone City is to the north of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County and it is a famous ancient city ruins in Xinjiang. The Stone City was the joint place of the middle path and southern path of ancient Silk Road. Besides, several paths leading to Pamirs from Kashgar, Shache and Yecheng would converge at this place. In Han Dynasty, it was the capital city of Puli Kingdom, one of the 36 Kingdoms in West…