Gaotai Residence is located at the northeastern end of the old city of Kashgar. It is a Uyghur ethnic settlement built on a loess cliff with a height of more than 40 meters and a length of more than 800 meters. It has a history of 600 years. A great landscape. The area is built on a cliff and has nearly 600 households. The houses are built of mud and poplar, and look loose, but they are solid, and many are hundreds of years old. Across the river from the modern Kashgar New Town, the old town is significantly higher. Gaoya existed two thousand years ago, and Uyghur ancestors built houses here more than one thousand years ago. According to legend, Ban Chao and Geng Gong, the famous generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, left their footprints here. In the middle of the ninth century AD, when the Kashgar Khan Dynasty, the palace was built on the north side of this high cliff. The Uyghurs in Gaotai dwellings live together from generation to generation. The houses are built on cliffs, and the family population increases by one generation, so they add a floor to the houses of their ancestors. In this way, from generation to generation, houses are connected to houses, buildings are connected to buildings, and these houses are stacked one after another. Most of them are earth houses, but there are also many newly built brick houses. There are more than 50 alleys extending in all directions, criss-crossing, criss-crossing, up and down, and up and down. There are many old houses and mosques that have been around for hundreds of years. Gaotai dwellings are praised by Chinese and foreign tourists as the "Uyghur Living Folk Museum", which is the connotation of Kashgar, a famous historical and cultural city in China. Gaotai dwellings are not only an excellent place for Uyghur traditional handicraft production, but also a palace of Uyghur landscaping, sculpture and painting art.
"Less than Kashgar is equivalent to not going to Xinjiang, less than Gaotai houses are equivalent to not going to Kashgar." Gaotai houses are located in the northeast of the old city of Kashgar, Xinjiang, and look from a distance like a huge ancient castle, giving people a mysterious feeling. The Gaotai residence is known as the "Uighur living museum", attracting countless Chinese and foreign visitors. Entering the Gaotai residence is like entering the "Xanadu", and you will be amazed at the buildings that the Uighurs have boldly built. Upstairs, building middle building, cross street building, building connected, against each other, forming a unique style of one step at a time.
Gaotai houses are opposite the east gate of Kashgar, not within the traditional ancient city. Before, people living here had no money to buy land in the ancient city to build houses. The house is next to the house, the wall is next to the wall, there is no generation of children born, and they will become a family when they grow up. They are covered with a layer on it. It is dense and layered. It is the most like Afghanistan in Kashgar. It also triggered many safety hazards. It was closed for a period of time and repaired and protected. Later it reopened, and there should be no one living inside, but it is very historical. From this bridge, the whole picture of the Gaotai houses can be seen most, and there is the Internet celebrity Kashgar TV Tower behind it.
The door that is basically open in the Gaotai residence can be walked in to take pictures. There are also various small shops inside. You can stroll around and drink tea, coffee or something. It is very comfortable and slow. The blue door of the earth wall is very popular. [View]
这里值得去。高台民居是建设在一个高地上,古代是穷人的居住地,一家人在一块宅基地上随着家庭人员增加,不断加盖,过去基本上是一家三代居。后发现高地上有陶土,慢慢开烧制土陶生活。如今土陶具有鲜明民族特色,成为独特的非遗工艺品,很漂亮!
满满的历史记忆,让人不舍离去的地方。