The First Beacon Tower of Jiayuguan Pass Great Wall, built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), once passed the westmost border enemy situation and defense info to other parts of the country.
Situated in the desert 20 km northeast of Jiayuguan city, Wei-Jin Art Gallery is not really an art gallery but ancient tombs with wall paintings. There are more than 1400 tombs, which could date back 220-419 AD during Wei and Jin periods.
'Id Kah' means 'a place of praying and celebrating in festivals'. The Id Kah Mosque is located on the central square in Kashgar City, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region. As the biggest mosque in China, it is a group of old Islamic constructions with strong ethnic style and religious features.
The Karakul Lake is a paradise of bonfire night parties for boy and girl khalkhas with tourists. The party is full of songs and dances, as well as good smell of roast lamb skewers.
In the old city district of Kashgar, Gaotai Ancient Homes is the most typical Uyghur dwelling house with a unique sight of heavy ethnic culture.
The Great Silk Road crossed a number of Pamir Mountain ranges. Historically, the Pamir Mountains were considered a strategic trade route between Kashgar and Kokand on the Northern Silk Road.
As the Headwaters of Urumqi River, the melting Tianshan Mountains No.1 Glacier sits in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is the closest glacier to an urban community in the world.
Urumqi Dabancheng Town District well known for a folk song called Dabancheng Girls and large-scale Wind Power Station views.
Turpan Museum is a museum in Turpan, Xinjiang, China. It has items from the Tang dynasty excavated from the Astana Graves which are located outside the town. Items include ancient silks, clothes and preserved corpses.
The Sangke Grasslands (Sangke caoyuan) lies 10km southwest of Xiahe Town, with an average altitude of over 3,000m above sea level. The grassland is named for the summer-blooming Sangke flowers that form a natural carpet extending to the far horizons