Xinjiang Tourism, has been back for nearly a year, and often to see the map of China's most western end of Kashi, will have a suddenly, and my heart always ask myself, really have been to this place? From the map view, we live here and the distance along the southeast coast is almost across the eastern and western China as a whole. Here culture and unique, very devout. The people here have a very different and our living conditions.
Fear is born into this world not forget the hand Kami Kashi pilaf, but forget the playmate staff in order to drink a bowl of soup with hand gestures for a long time, back and forth several scenes end, of course, forget the train to Kashgar near Si Shiduo The temperature and Kashgar are always gray sky. While all the memories of Kashgar is determined by Xiangfei Mu, Id Kah Mosque and the Grand Bazaar string together.
As the train was late, to Kashgar in the morning, when the point has been more than Kashi lane is lights out at night, and in general no different from modern cities.
The next morning we see Xiangfei Mu. Xiang Feimu the outskirts of a village in Kashi beside the car into a narrow road, the trees along the road straight towards the sky, the trees hooded layers of dust and lost its original character. In a car turn into the intersection of Village Road a more narrow, and soon saw there in front of buildings, high population concentration of the open ground, I know Xiang Feimu up. Entered the cemetery gate, turn right onto North Korea, and soon saw Xiang Feimu the main building, which is a typical Islamic palace-style tomb, foreign inner circle at the top is a great circle dome, corner large cylinder, wall close to the variety of colorful glass pieces, but in the years of washing in the river has been some fall off, broken, appears to vicissitudes. Tomb Design Kit Kat, which no one with the pillars, but the size of the tomb is not as grand, I imagine, do not think that is very imposing. Xiangfei Mu is the family tomb, known as Epahuojia, Epahuojia family is noble in Kashi, is said to have been established in the southern regime, later suppressed by the Qing central government, Xiang Fei legend that is, at that time was brought to Beijing Imperial Palace, and this makes her and the spoils of war linked. The chambers arranged according to seniority in the family and gender blocks of different sizes with a grave, covered with colorful silk cloth, Xiangfei Mu was originally just a very humble one, but because of its great reputation, and now people are aware of a Hong Princess Tomb, but it would have forgotten the name.
Xiang Fei in the eyes of local people is almost mythical figure, not other-worldly air. Explain the girl's mouth on the ground we heard the Xiang Fei in the palace are worth of the Qianlong emperor's favorite, ever happy Unfortunately, life does not last long, dying before the romantic emperor promised her last wish to buried in the hometown of her death, thus her coffin on the road to go for several years. But I think that if the legend about her is true, then as a woman, in the thousands of miles away from the homeland of the Fukamiya cold nights alone right孤灯, I think of the father and brother killed in battle, as the spoils of war, she is really happy ? I think she would like to return to his homeland after his death, this is already the best and most clear-cut answer. If it is not from the worship of imperial power on the right, then perhaps the Uygur people want beautiful things have a good ending, so beautiful, she could not bear to suffer the fate of the unfortunate to say the bar only. I would like to Jin Yong's novels in order to create the prototype for her novel characters doomed to be thrown in the inner world may be closer to the real historical figure bar. There beside the Xiangfei Mu Jing-tang, size, Mosque and other subsidiary buildings, but in the long days, through Central Asia, the wind carved sand carved, have aged to use a piece of string around them afraid of tourists near the dangerous level.
Bazaar is a market in Victoria where the meaning of the phrase, many people come to Kashi, is directed at big bazaar come, including my playmate. Bazaar Sunday only, usually there are not so many things to sell, we are considered a good time to arrive here. Into the inside, I saw this piece of a large market entrance read, "International Trade Fair" message.
Great Bazzarri sell all kinds of things, costumes, fabrics, animal skins, medicinal herbs, there are more concerned about our Uygur handicrafts, including musical instruments, cap, knives and so on, but did not imagine so many, the whole bazaar, but also is not a legend so much. Heard that before he came here, should be wary about visiting the bazaar, do not buy things Bieluan asking price in order to prevent strong sell, but the locals here said that no such a thing. In a stall selling English Shaji Er knife Kanleyihui, no asking price, the owner is really almost will not let me go straight pulling my clothes to convince me to buy one, but I finally threw hand away, have no bad things from happening. It was seen next to another are also stalls and stalls selling a knife, do not know why quarrel up, quarrel ferocious, almost hands-on, to see if they stall and fully equipped with cutting edge beside really afraid that they would really play up. Bazaar also sell household goods, in a stall to see our home here, still is not very famous production of shampoo, so I am a big surprise.
Do not know if there is no one like me, visiting the bazaar main purpose is to watch others curious, and Kashgar Grand Bazaar is a place where ethnic customs thick, most people wear costumes and sell things ethnic characteristics. I am the door holding the camera on the road in the Grand Bazaar and the surrounding chaos photos, caught on film, those who Mongolia JANSEN head scarf, wearing robes Uygur Uygur woman the object of our hunt for the lens. May have been shot more, the stall owners who sell things generally do not like to be shot, one can see that we wanted to take on the rotor, or walk away, those who can not buy things, like, some may be difficult to get it to stroll a big bazaar, everything is very new to them, including being photographed to see us beat them, some have assumed a very uneasy posture and expression to. Worthy of the international market, there are also many foreigners, a Chinese Foreign Babes holding palm-leaf fan, dressed in Chinese national costumes came swaggering in, I hasten to抢拍Unfortunately, they go too close to the blink of an eye. Bazaar still have a pair of black and white Shuangsha go wherever compelling - a fat black and a thin white woman go hand in hand, this combination is indeed a comedy. We are finally selling something and a guy talk for a long time Uygur his early twenties, long handsome, the typical Uygurs sturdy physique, due to business relations, he went to India, Pakistan and other countries, in addition to their own national languages and Chinese, but also speak English and Indian and Pakistani languages, really let me, the lack of flair for languages who shame.
We arrived in the afternoon of Id Kah Mosque. It is located in a small plaza west of the square on the bus more than mixed, there are many stalls selling things a bit chaotic. Let me be more surprised that the Great Mosque that it does not I thought A huge momentum, and the Central Plains a lot of ambitious, the new Buddhist temple ratio, its size is considered small, also appears outdated. Great Mosque is a typical Islamic architecture, a square above the large arched doors and lintels are adorned with a crescent moon and the Koran. Temple anterior is yellow, the corners there are two tall columns, but not symmetrical. Dome-shaped door wide on both sides enjoy the cool air of people sitting in rows, most of them dressed in national costumes, here is the old town is also the national customs very strong place. Forward along the path into the temple, compound middle of a gallery pavilion, which has a row of people are engaged in worship, but some people seemed not quite paying attention, he walked over to see us from time to time to turn around and look around. And then on each side of the courtyard in front of a tower-like high-profile, it was a temple, calls the Muslim imams Liming Deng high places of worship if it tries in the past is the lobby, and lobby the front door is closed, but there are side door and the corridor on both sides of interlinked, closed the big door there knees praying Muslims. Into the hall, inside the empty, no statues, only the walls of the central depressions to create an exquisite chairs arrayed, that is great imams preaching the temple when the seat. Lobby and on both sides of the corridor on the ground are covered with carpets of different sizes, those are the Muslim donations. Out of the lobby, just to see a young Muslim with both hands and sat cross-legged through the gallery where the book read, and a look of devotion and dedication. Muslim worship every day, their commitment and devotion to the religious beliefs are difficult to understand and imagination, and although there is no imposing temples, there is no specific statues for their worship, but that does not interfere with their pious, God will never in their minds.
Id Kah Mosque is the largest children's mosque, Kashgar was once the history of the Central Asian capital. Each year, "Kaner's Day", when Muslims are streaming all over the Grand Mosque to pray, then do not say the temple, even outside the square, the streets are full of people who worship, amazing scenes vast Unfortunately, we missed insight.
Night we went to an orchard restaurant, but inside most of the fruits are not ripe. Placed in the table under the grape trellis, during which there Uygur singer singing and dancing, although did not understand what to sing, but he's the Western Regions of the tunes feature is very appealing. Music, a ring, a reception of our arms over a year old Uygur friends son dancing hands up, although he way to go still unstable, but the hands and feet on the ground but covertly twisting beats, rhythmic. The dinner in a seat next to the person (looks like a person) are also dancing to the rhythm, posture tall and straight stretch, than those so-called folk dance on the stage do not know how many times genuine, they are not enjoyable was not enough for you, their own musical instruments out to Zitanzichang. I have no doubt that dancing has been infiltrated in the Uygur people's blood, and with the spread of their genes from generation to generation.
Two days later, down from the Pamirs, and we once again roam the streets in Kashi. The day the weather began to become extremely hot, lightly to wash clothes in the hotel room with a hanging, a few hours after the dry hair hard. Walking in the street, feeling the heat on the ground up in the constant steam. Prior to Kashi heard that walking in here walking the streets in Central Asia, a foreign feeling, but I think the road is also a new urban high-rise buildings in Kashi, tell the truth, and the mainland cities no different. So, we decided to teach you Kashgar's streets. Perhaps the relationship between language, perhaps Kashi people do not miss my previous life, the street asked a few people, not clear about where the old town. I am reminded of the book talking about the old town on each route, all leading to the Grand Mosque, so bought maps, find what you want, a big new building next to the road, turn into the one marked on the map of the alley leading to the Grand Mosque . I am surprised by the bustle behind the originally hidden ancient and tranquility. We went into a very strong Uygur flavor of the street, the small Jie Liangbian are two three-storey Islamic-style small building, and some floor corridor edge, windowsill still inlaid wood, most of them looking out of the building has a colorful past colors, only in the fading years of the weathered, old and dilapidated. Downstairs, almost all small shops, there are a lot of selling musical instruments, knives, cap, bronze and other crafts shops, workshops behind the shop in front of the traditional production mode of operation is still prevalent here, there are a lot of barber shops and dental clinics, are hung in front of almost every clinic mouth wide open, teeth showing a large poster, and something like claws, and a bit frightening. To the section near the Grand Mosque, selling more than eat up, and squares connected to a junction, is the rows of snack stalls, a lot of neat rows of stalls on the shelf, white cooked sheep's head, it seems they also have some fun terror, So far impressive. Walking on this road, we finally insight into the Kashi of the ancient, unique, character side.
Author: cgn12
