国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

China
Home / Transformation

Dead cities' new lives

By Erik Nilsson (China Daily)

Updated: 2015-07-22 08:11:54

Dead cities' new lives

[Photo/China Daily]

The settlement was predominantly ethnically Han in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) but also hosted but also hosted Sogdian, Turkic, Qiuci, Yanqi and Sindhu people, who wrote Chinese, Brahmi, Sanskrit, Persian and Sogdian. It became a Uygur kingdom in the 9th century, when the primary religion was Manichaeism. Residents later converted to Buddhism.

Qocho later became a vassal to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). This allegiance led to its demise, when the rebellious Mongolian Islamic Chagatai Khanate destroyed the city around the 1390s.

The city wall, moat, religious buildings and residences are preserved.

So is Khan Fort-aka the Imperial Palace-which served as the government seat. A pagoda stands in the compound.

Qocho's eerie stillness is even headier than Yar's.

We wondered at how such a once-bustling metropolis could become so barren.

The only sounds in the dead city on Tomb Sweeping Day were the breezes. They hissed through once-grandiose buildings' nubs that remain as monuments to a moment when xenophobia and intolerance vanquished diversity.

The winds seemed to whisper warnings through the ages.

About this series

China Daily explores Silk Road destinations in 2015.

 

Previous Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page

 
...
同德县| 扎赉特旗| 东源县| 景泰县| 吉木萨尔县| 米易县| 汉源县| 浪卡子县| 合川市| 水城县| 远安县| 闽侯县| 黄山市| 吉林省| 教育| 张掖市| 大足县| 广丰县| 南宫市| 宁南县| 屏南县| 大兴区| 咸阳市| 栾川县| 健康| 息烽县| 武夷山市| 奎屯市| 长沙县| 柏乡县| 始兴县| 阳高县| 云梦县| 湾仔区| 樟树市| 贵南县| 舒兰市| 沐川县| 专栏| 襄樊市| 泾川县|