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Turpan Ancient City of Yarkhoto ( Chinese name is Jiaohe Gucheng ) is located in the Yarnaz
Valley thirteen kilometers west of Turpan. It was first the capital
of the State of South Cheshi, which was one of the thirty-six
states in the Western Region. As described in the dynastic history
book The Notes on the Western Region....... |
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Turpan Ancient City
of Kharakhoja ( Chinese
name is Gaochang Gucheng ) is located near the seat of the ¡°Flaming
Mountains¡± Township forty-six kilometers southeast of the city
of Turpan. The city walls are high and the crisscrossing streets
and the city moat are still visible. The city walls, which are
basically intact, divide the .... |
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Turpan Emin Tower (¡°The Tower for Showing Gratitude to Eminhoja¡±)
also called ¡°Sugong Tower¡± and ¡°The Turpan Tower¡± by the local
Uygur people, is located two kilometers east of the city of Turpan.
Built in 1778 it is the biggest tower in Xinjiang, and has an architectural
style all its own. In the shape of a cone and built.... |
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Turpan Bizaklik Thousand-Buddha
Caves :
As Buddhism was the first religion from abroad introduced to this
area, Xinjiang witnessed the earliest development of Buddhist cave
art in China. Soon after the religion's establishment in the region,
Turpan became the Buddhist center on the Silk Road owing to its
geogr..... |
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Turpan Karez System ( or Channels) :
Karez systems are the crystallization of ancient people's diligence
and intelligence. At its peak, the karez irrigation system exceeded
5,000 km (3,106 miles) and was also referred to as "the underground
Great Wall". It is among the three ancient major irrigation projects
with the ..... |
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Turpan Grape Valley ( Putao gou ) :
is situated in a canyon, west side of Fire Mountain and 15 km northeast
of the seat of Turpan County. It is 8 km long and 500 m wide. On
either side of the valley are thick trees and mulberry trees, apricot
trees, peach trees, pear trees, poplar trees, willow trees, elm
trees and locust trees ..... |
