There is a saying in Kashgar that goes，“One who has never been to Kashgar has never been to Xinjiang.” Kashgar, the westernmost city in China, was the center of Uygur civilization for centuries, a place where people came together to trade and spread Islamic learning, on the caravan routes from Europe and Persia to China.
After a 7-hour flight from Beijing, we’ve come to the very first stop of our exciting journey across northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region - Kashgar, once an oasis in the vast sands and an important cultural heritage along the Silk Road. Come join me for a taste of some aromatic tea and coffee as we chat with locals in the ancient city of Kashgar.
Tuancheng, once a run-down residential community, is now the most renowned pedestrian street in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (People's Daily Online/Kou Jie) Hotan is a place of such delicateness that it is described in Uygur literature and folk songs in the feminine – always as a goddess of unparalleled charisma, yet at the same time a woman with terrestrial beauty.
Xinjiang Folk Instrument Village, located in Shufu county, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is famous for making Uyghur traditional musical instruments such as rawap and dutar. It has 50 types of instruments that sell well in the region as well as in Central Asia and Europe.
