Introduction of Kashgar Ancient City Scenic Spot

Kashgar Ancient City Scenic Area is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

Kashgar Ancient City Scenic Area is located in the center of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covering an area of 3.6 square kilometers, with Renmin Road in the south, Seman Road and Yawage Road in the north, Xiehai Road in Yumulake in the west and Tuman River sightseeing belt in the east. The ancient city has a long history, rich culture and unique customs, and is known as "not to Kashgar, not to Xinjiang, not to the ancient city, not to Kashgar".

after more than 2, years of wind, frost, snow and rain, the ancient city of Kashgar has become a specimen and slice in different historical periods. It is known as a living fossil for studying ancient western cities, and it is also the most valuable, influential and representative historical and cultural city for studying the ancient Silk Road culture. Now the ancient city is an open tourist scenic spot, and also the living area of Uygur residents, where the family life, ethnic customs, traditional handicrafts and delicious food of Uygur residents are concentrated.

Attractions of the ancient city of Kashgar:

1. Moerfo Pagoda: Moerfo Pagoda is located on a sand dune in the middle of the Gumatage Mountain, which is more than 2 kilometers in the eastern suburb of Kashgar, and faces the ancient city of Hanoyi several kilometers away across the ancient channel of the Chakmak River in the south. This is a famous Buddhist temple site near the ancient Shule capital in the western regions of China. It is a building in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. In 21, Moerfo Pagoda was designated as a national cultural relics protection unit.

2. Aitigar Mosque: Founded in 1442, Aitigar Mosque is located on the west side of Aitigar Square in the center of the scenic spot, covering an area of 25.22 mu. It is one of the largest mosques in Central Asia and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.

3. Xiangfei Hometown: Xiangfei Hometown is located in Haohan Village, 5 kilometers northeast of Kashgar City, covering an area of 3 mu. It was built around 164 AD, 35 years ago. It is a typical Uighur-style ancient mausoleum building and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.

4. Upal Neolithic Cultural Site: Four Neolithic cultural sites, Aktala, Wenguluoke, Kuruktala and Devolle, which were continuously discovered in Upal, more than 5 kilometers southwest of Kashgar City in 1972, are collectively called "Upal Neolithic Cultural Site", which is the most western Neolithic cultural site in China so far, indicating that primitive humans on Kashgar Oasis existed with the Yellow River Basin in China six or seven thousand years ago.

for the above contents, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Kashgar Ancient City.