Monday, December 15, 2008

Stone City - Chinese tourism scenic spots

Stone City at Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County on the north side of town, Taxkorgan, the Turkic word for "Stone City." 3100 meters above sea level. Xinjiang is a famous ancient Silk Road of ancient ruins. Han, here is one of 36 Western Regions of the country's Wang Li Po City. The Government of the Tang Dynasty unified the Western Regions, set up here Cong Ling Shou-by to catch. In the early Yuan Dynasty, the expansion of large-scale construction wall, the old Stone City for a new look. Guangxu 28 years, the Ching court to set up the Office of Li Po, the old castle for the maintenance.


  Castle built in Takaoka, the situation is extremely dangerous. There are multi-storey building outside the city or broken or renewal of the wall, depending on the situation in Shek Kong, Rock soil Leiqi folder, inflection and downs, a little close to a square, the length and width of the week more than 1300 meters. Hill overlap between the stone walls, piles of rocks, constitute the unique scenery of Stone City. City Wall remnant walls up to 6 meters high, at the top of 1-3 meters. West, North Ma kept outside the wall surface. 1.40 watchtower had been destroyed. See the town house kitchen pit. Ancient South-east corner, an ancient Buddhist temple ruins. Pottery have been unearthed, Tang Qianyuan treasures, Maobu, silk fabrics and a Sanskrit Pattra Sutra, 3-8 for the text books of the century when the popular body. Heritage carbon as a person. Determination to show Don in the abandoned city. Tang was thirsty rugged country where the capital, which is the Tang Dynasty in the west of the Congling Cong Ling Shou-catching city. In the late Qing Dynasty, ancient city in the eastern side Qiao Gang, the earth building a City Hall Li Po. Into a slightly elliptical, the city construction is still faintly discernible. Under the riverside city for the Road, Kashi come and go, Shache all this, that or the ancient "Silk Road" through.

  Castle built in Takaoka, the situation is extremely Jun. There are multi-storey building outside the city or broken or renewal of the City Wall, stone wall between the overlapping Hill, piles of rocks, constitute the unique scenery of Stone City. Han, here is one of 36 Western Regions of the country's Wang Li Po City. The Government of the Tang Dynasty unified the Western Regions, set up here by Cong Ling Shou-catching.

 

  In the early Yuan Dynasty, Xing expansion of the civil wall; Guangxu 28 years, the Qing government to set up the Office of Li Po, the old castle in the south of the construction of a new town, the Stone City was abandoned.

Click for more china-historical-sites.blogspot.com

No comments: