Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto), Xinjiang Uygur, China
4.5 (223 reviews) Thursday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Turpan Historic Sites • Ancient Ruins
Extensive and Well-Preserved Ruins
A wedge-shaped plateau between two rivers is the site of this old Silk Road city destroyed by Genghis Khan in the 13th century. There are enough ruins left to paint a good picture of what it was like and after seeing a number of cities like this, to have a fearful appreciation of the power of the Mongol invaders.
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Jianggelemaisi Village, Ya'er Country, Turpan 838000 China
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4.5 based on (223 reviews)
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4Queenscout 5:00 PM Mar 20, 2018
Stunning ruins of a unique element of Chinese history and culture
The Jiaohe Ruins sometimes more theatrically named Lost City of Jiaohe sits on a large islet in the middle of a river in the Yarnez Valley a few miles west of the city of Turpan and is thought to date back some 2000 years. If you think about the Isle de la Citie in Paris, located in the middle of a desert you will not be far out! It is one of the few cities of its era that did not have a city wall. The steep clffs about 90 feet high on all sides were reckoned to be sufficient defence. Not against the Mongols of course and it was the city's destruction by Ghengis Khan that led to its abandonment in the 13th Century. Today the ruins are a remarkable fragment of the history of the Silk Road: having been a thriving entrepôt with a population said to have been 7000 and located at an important crossroads for the Silk Road merchants and those who did business with them. The buildings were mostly carved out of the loess soil, with three substantial Buddhist Temples the walls of which remain today. The place has a ghostly, eerie air about it despite the scorching temperatures and is a truly dramatic place to visit.
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4veronique v 5:00 PM Jul 28, 2017
how clever the ancient people could be ...
the way this city was built is a proof on how the ancient civilization were . Visiting this archaeologist place, you imagine quite easily how the people live here . They dug the street and then dug there house apart. Natural protection by the nature itself. without forgetting the peace of the mind through the Buddhist temple.
