URUMQI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Among the greatest historical mysteries in the world, one draws the eyes of archeologists and historians worldwide to the middle of nowhere in northwest China -- the legendary Loulan. As one of the many oasis states in ancient China's western regions, roughly today's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Loulan witnessed hundreds of years of splendor around the Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) before fading out in history, with its cities vanishing into endless sand and nowhere to be found.
URUMQI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- As the cold grip of winter loosens its hold and the earth awakens with the promise of new beginnings, residents in Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, welcomed the arrival of spring with lively folk dances and vibrant musical performances on the Pamir Plateau. In celebration of the Tajik festival "Shogun Bahar," which means welcoming the spring, a music event was held in Taxkorgan on the night of March 20.
URUMQI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday began discharging water from a reservoir into the Tarim River, China's longest inland river, as part of an ongoing ecological conservation project in the region. The gates at the Daxihaizi Reservoir were opened, releasing a torrent of water into the Tarim River, which runs 1,321 km along the rim of the sparsely populated Tarim Basin.
URUMQI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- After two years of excavation, a batch of important cultural relics -- including a well-preserved jade cross -- was unearthed at the relics site of a Nestorian monastery in Turpan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Nestorianism, or Jingjiao in Chinese, was the earliest form of Christianity introduced to China.
