Tashkurgan ( 21 )

From Kashgar to Tashkurgan ( 9 )

On the way from Kashgar to Tashkurgan, you will see continuous snow mountains, limpid lakes, camels, tombs and so on. Everything is natural – no human's decoration.

Stone City ( 7 )

In Turki, 'tashkurgan' means 'stone city'. It's the name of an ancient city dating back to 2,000 years ago. Here once was the junction of the south and middle lines of the Silk Road. In the pictures, this ancient city looks quite lonely but very solemn. Taking advantage of particular conditions of terrain, the city was easy to defend but hard to defeat.

Tashkurgan County ( 5 )

It's a town on the China-Pakistan border. In these pictures, you can see the residential houses and the natural surroundings of this town.

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Silk Road
Beginning at Chang'an (ancient Xian), the Silk Road passed through Xinjiang, which is a bridge connecting the East and West. Tashkurgan County is just located at the key position to pass Middle East, West Asia and the Mediterranean.