Travel Guide East Asia China

Hetian . a small city in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. is well known by people because the production of jade. But as you arrive in Hetian, you’ll find its charm extends far beyond the production and sculpture of jade.
Hetian was once a vibrant trading center on the ancient Silk Road. Though [...]

Located in the southern rim of the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Tuopulukedun Temple is 2.25 meters long and two meters wide, with walls about 1.3 meters high. It is the smallest
temple in the world.
The temple is wood-and-mud structured and has fine frescos of Mahayana scriptures on the four walls. [...]

Situated on Bayinbuluke Plain in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Korla Swan Lake is a famous swan lake nature reserve in China and one of the largest swan reserves in the world. Thousands of swans of different species live in the area, providing the spectacle of thousands of swans in flight across the vast open sky.
Swan [...]

One of the great mysteries in Chinese history is the disappearance of the ancient city of Loulan. The city was located about 300 km (186.4 miles) northeast of Ruoqiang County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and adjacent to another early city, Dunhuang in Gansu Province. Like Pompeii in ancient Rome which drowned in a sea of [...]