Old photos: Turpan, Xinjiang Province, in the 1980s, the ancient city of the Western Regions at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains
Turpan, located in the central part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an east-west olive-shaped mountain basin in the eastern part of the Tianshan Mountains, surrounded by mountains on all sides. Turpan is the gateway to Urumqi, known as Gaochang and Xizhou in ancient times, and is an important town in the Western regions on the ancient Silk Road. This set of pictures shows Turpan in the 1980s. A trade market in Turpan in the 1980s.
A shady room where raisins are dried in Turpan in the 1980s. Most of the shady rooms are built on the higher slopes of the grape gully, and its four walls are stacked with adobe, but the walls are dense and full of pores. This kind of house is called "group knot" by local Uyghur people.
Hami melon and watermelon stalls in Turpan in the 1980s. Xinjiang specialty Hami melon, Hami melon sweet flesh, different forms, unique flavor, some with creamy flavor, some with lemon fragrance, but all taste sweet like honey, strange fragrance attack people, renowned at home and abroad.
The Turpan train station in the 1980s, with its handsome conductor and vendors selling Hami melon on the platform.
A lamb kebab vendor in Turpan in the 1980s. The meat of Xinjiang mutton is very tender, delicious and has no odor.
A bus in Turpan in the 1980s.
An elderly Uighur man riding a donkey cart in Turpan in the 1980s.
Uighur children on donkey carts in Turpan in the 1980s.
A Uighur family rides a donkey cart to a market in Turpan in the 1980s.
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