Series of Books on Historical and Cultural Cities in China—Kashgar

Author: Wu Tao Aiqun
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: Kashgar is a historic and cultural city in China's west. In ancient times, it was a major hub on the northern and southern routes of the famous Silk Road in China and also the earliest international market and gateway in West Xinjiang. This book provides an accurate and comprehensive introduction to Kashgar. As a historic and cultural city in the farwest of the motherland, Kashgar possesses numerous cultural relics and historical sites that embody and witness the human history of the southern region of West Xinjiang; the Apak Khoja Mausoleum in Kashgar during the Qing Dynasty is an Islamic cemetery, where it is said that the envoy who promoted unity between the Uyghur and Han peoples, as well as the favored concubine of Emperor Qianlong—Xiang Fei—also lies buried; the Id Kah Mosque, the largest in Xinjiang and even the entire country, has a history of 500 years and holds a certain influence in both domestic and international religious circles; the Three Immortals Cave Grottoes in Kashgar are a Buddhist grotto site in West Xinjiang. From ancient times to the present, Kashgar has been with figures who promote ethnic unity, advance Sino-Western exchange, and create cultural treasures; Ban Chao, a famous military strategist and foreign affairs expert of the Eastern Han Dynasty, engaged in activities there for over thirty years and stationed in the city of Shule for more than a decade to strengthen the connection between West Xinjiang and the Central Plains.