Travel to Turpan! Top 5 Places to Visit in Xinjiang's Beautiful Silk Road Oasis
The heart of Uyghur culture can be found in Turpan, a city in China's far west region of Xinjiang. Here are the top 5 places to visit! Read more:
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China/Kasghar/Turpan/(Silkroad 2002) Part 7
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Turpan also known as Turfan or Tulufan, is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 69,324 square kilometres (26,766 sq mi) and a population of 570,000 (2003)
In 803, the Uyghurs of the Uyghur Khaganate seized Turfan from the Tibetans. The Uyghur Khaganate however was destroyed by the Kirghiz and its capital Ordu-Baliq in Mongolia sacked in 840. The defeat resulted in the mass movement of the Uyghurs out of Mongolia and their dispersal into Gansu and Central Asia, and many joined other Uyghurs already present in Turfan. In the early twentieth century, a collection of some 900 Christian manuscripts dating to the ninth to the twelfth centuries was found at a monastery site at Turfan.[20]
The Uyghurs established a Kingdom in the Turpan region with its capital in Gaochang or Kara-Khoja. The kingdom was known as the Uyghuria Idikut state or Kara-Khoja Kingdom that lasted from 856 to 1389 AD. The Uyghurs were Manichaean but later converted to Buddhism and funded the construction the cave temples in the Bezeklik Caves. The Uyghurs formed an alliance with the rulers of Dunhuang. The Uyghur state later became a vassal state of the Kara-Khitans, and then as a vassal of the Mongol Empire. This Kingdom was led by the Idikuts, or Saint Spiritual Rulers. The last Idikut left Turpan area in 1284 for Kumul, then Gansu to seek protection of Yuan Dynasty, but local Uyghur Buddhist rulers still held power until the invasion by the Moghul Hizir Khoja in 1389. The conversion of the local Buddhist population to Islam was completed nevertheless only in the second half of the 15th century.
Artifacts of Manichaean and Buddhist provenance are found in Turfan. Uyghur, New Persian, Sogdian and Syriac documents have been found in Turfan.Turfan also has documents with Middle Persian.After being converted to Islam, the descendants of the previously Buddhist Uyghurs in Turfan failed to retain memory of their ancestral legacy and falsely believed that the infidel Kalmuks (Dzungars) were the ones who built Buddhist monuments in their area.
Turpan Uyghurs has more Han Chinese features and looks than Uyghurs elsewhere, and this is suggested to be due to intermarriage between Han Chinese and Uyghur in the past according to the locals. Due to physical features found in Uyghurs in Turpan it was claimed that Uyghurs married slaves sent to Turpan's Lukchun area by the Qing accordging to the Manchu Ji Dachun.
Turpan is an agricultural economy growing vegetables, cotton, and especially grapes being China's largest raisin producing area. There is a steady increase in farming acreage devoted to grapes backed by strong local government support for increased production.The local government has coordinated improvements in raisin distribution, offered preferential loans for grape cultivation, and free management training to growers.Wikipedia
12 DAYS SILK ROAD JOURNEY: XI'AN - DUNHUANG - TURPAN - URUMQI - KASHGAR - TASHKURGAN
12 Days travelling along the Silk Road from Xi'an to Kashgar, the most western region of China before traders crossed the border.
2 international flights
2 domestic flights
4 hours of bullet train ride
20hrs of car/bus ride
20 mins of Camel ride
Coldest temperature: 6 degree Celsius
Hottest temperature: 35 degrees Celsius
Lowest elevation: 154m below sea level
Highest elevation: 3600m above sea level
This is a summary of the trip, and I'll upload a detailed video of the journey soon.
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Welcome to Turpan! | An Introduction to Uyghur Life in Western Xinjiang, China
Known as the Heart of Uyghur Culture, there's a reason why the tiny town of Turpan is so popular. Learn more about what to see and do in Turpan here:
Also, if you're going to be traveling to Xinjiang, don't forget to grab a copy of the FarWestChina Xinjiang travel guide, the only comprehensive guide to the entire region:
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Welcome to Turpan!
Located two hours southeast of the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi, the city of Turpan offers a beautiful view of the Uyghur culture, one of the reasons it's become such a popular place to visit.
The Uyghur people make up approximately 70% of the population and their history in the region goes back thousands of years.
Turpan used to be a stop along the ancient Silk Road and many of the best places to visit in the city, including the Jiaohe Ruins (交河故城) and Gaochang Ancient City (高昌故城), allow visitors to walk among historical remnants that date back as early as 100 B.C.
In addition to ancient cities, Turpan is also home to the Bezeklik Caves (柏孜克里克), once a treasure trove of Buddhist art, the Karez (坎儿井), a Uyghur irrigation system that is an engineering marvel, the Emin Minaret (苏公塔), the Flaming Mountains (火焰山), Grape Valley (葡萄沟) and much, much more.
But enough with the tourist stuff. In my opinion, what really makes Turpan awesome is the small town atmosphere that lets you experience Uyghur culture outside the confines of a big city.
The market, the street food and especially the night life are probably as memorable, if not more so, than the sites you see during the day.
Turpan is a city you won't forget and one that you won't regret visiting.
Silk Road W China Turpan and Urumqi
The hottest places, some below sea level in NW China. Part of our trek across the Xingyang province along the Silk Road.
Traditional Concert at Turpan hotel, Turpan - China - 2010
Musique traditionnelle - Turpan hotel - Turpan - Chine
TURPAN??? Turpan Day Tour 吐鲁番一日游
Located in the eastern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Turpan, which was called Gaochang in ancient times (from 328AD to 1275AD), is an important place on the Silk Road. Lying in the Turpan Basin, it is at the lowest-elevation anywhere in China. Recently, it has become a tourist hot spot of Xinjiang with its unique landscape, abundant historical relics, and fertile farmland.
Best Attractions and Places to See in Turpan, China
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List of Best Things to do in Turpan, China
Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)
Turpan Museum
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)
Karez System
Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta)
Flaming Mountains (Huoyan Shan)
Uygur Ancient Village
Grape Valley
Shanshan County
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Turpan City consists of Gaochang district, Shanshan county and Toksun County. It lies in the eastern section of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Turpan was a major crossroad for ancient Eurasia and an important city on the Silk Road. It is also the place where four ancient civilizations gathered and communicated with each other. Follow CGTN to experience the city!
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Join YPT in the deserts and oasis towns of China’s Far West!
From the ancient city of Kashgar, through small Uyghur towns on the southern Silk Road, we cross the Taklamakan Desert to Turpan, the lowest city in China at 142m below sea level.
The Xinjiang Far West tour starts in the historic city of Kashgar, closer geographically to Tehran and Damascus than to Beijing, a border town between China and the Central Asian states of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and the site where traditional Uyghur life hits the Chinese state head-on. We visit the old town, livestock market and main bazaar and, being YPT, can’t miss out on the huge statue of Chairman Mao in People’s Square.
We check out small Uyghur towns that haven’t been developed along the Kashgar model, yet, and skirt the Taklamakan Desert as we go. On the north of the desert, we spend a day at Kuqa’s amazing Thousand Buddha caves, reminding us that before the spread of Islam southern Xinjiang was the place where Buddhism entered China.
Lastly, we hang out in the Turpan, China’s Death Valley, the lowest and hottest place in China. In the countryside outside the city, it’s surprisingly green though and we wander the ruins of ancient cities and stop in a Uyghur holy village for lunch.
If you’d like to see some more Central Asia while you’re here, you could join us for the Silk Road Summer Tour, which visits Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan as well or simply the Kyrgyzstan Independence Day and Xinjiang Combo to combine the best of these two locations and one of China’s least travelled border crossings.
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Travel on Silk Route, from Islamabad (Pakistan) to Kashgar(China).
China/Peking to (Urumqi-Turpan-Kashgar) 2002 Part 6
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Grape valley in Turpan region,China’s Xinjiang
【Travelogue HQ】 Ethnic Odyssey (09) Turpan of Xinjiang 2/2
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Xinjiang Desert, Turpan, China
Riding across the desert in Xinjiang, near Turpan, China,
East Turkestan/Xinjiang/TURPAN
The main industry of Turpan is grape cultivation. Grapes harvested from the vineyards are carried into sheds for making raisins.
CHINESE ADVENTURES - Xinjiang Province - Urumqi & Turpan
My husband and I spent 12 days in Urumqi with a couple of day trips over to Turpan in October 2018. We arrived when the weather was 17 degrees and left when it was 1! Xinjiang is a place constantly in the news currently for lots of reasons and tourists are advised not to go. But we wanted to make our our minds up. We are so glad we did. We got to see the the good as well as some of the bad and the ugly. Here it is.
Also: we now have a blog on our visit too:
Please excuse some of the strange cuts - some editing software trouble. Hopefully it still makes sense.
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Music by Hajajim. (in Jiaohe city)
Turpan, Xinjiang - karez canals 新疆吐魯番
Turpan, Xinjiang 新疆吐魯番