喀什老城 Kashgar Old City

新疆具有奇特的自然景觀、突出的文物古蹟、絢麗多彩的民族風情, 整個行程有很多東西可以介紹,總體請看我太太的世界日報家園文章：新疆大講堂。 這裡我先介紹喀什老城，以及絢麗多彩的維吾爾族風情:

有人說不到喀什等於沒有到過新疆，不到喀什老城領略不到維吾爾族的風情！喀什古稱疏勒，地處歐亞交通要道，是一個不同文化的交匯之所。目前維吾爾族 約佔全市人口八成左右。行走在喀什老城，眼前展開了一幅活色生香的維吾爾民間生活，洋溢著濃郁的民族風情，那形形色色的特色商品，真的讓你眼花繚亂。 中國政府投入巨額資金改造喀什老城區，總投資逾70億元RMB，這裡每天都會舉行開城儀式，應該是新設計的，請看視頻：(Second video was shot by Ker-li)



Click to see 老城 Old City - Highlights pictures

維吾爾族如何形成, 一直有爭議，下面是我的理解:
公元840年, 蒙古草原的回紇汗國崩潰， 一些部族西遷新疆, 建立高昌回鶻國，另一些遷至中亞地區，融入或參與建立喀喇汗國。這兩國建立以後，分別從東西向塔里木盆地擴張， 此時回紇人的生產由遊牧逐漸轉變到以定居為主, 新疆一帶原來的印歐語民族逐步被同化。 16世紀初，察合台的後代賽義德汗, 在喀什建立葉爾羌汗國， 以伊斯蘭教統一了整個塔里木盆, 從此形成現代意義的維吾爾族群。葉爾羌汗國於1680年, 被北方蒙古人的準噶爾汗國毀滅。中華民國以前，各地的維吾爾族群不認為自己是統一的民族，而是用居住地方來稱呼自己, 因為這些部族都信仰伊斯蘭教，清代把他們稱為纏回。 維吾爾人具有歐洲和東亞遺傳特徵, 之前我發表了他們Y-DNA單倍群R1(印歐)為37%高頻率。

新疆之旅 Video 2017

我從隨機和錯誤拍攝中製作了一個音樂視頻，以顯示這次旅行的一些亮點, 其他視頻請看下面或者其他帖子。 This is a fantastic trip and I am still in the process to organize our pictures. However, I did upload my shot videos on Youtube though I haven't have time to edit them. For now I made a music video from our random shots and mis-shots to show some highlights of this trip. Other videos see below or other posts.

We spent a lot of time on bus because of long distance. We actually took quite pretty pictures outside the window. I had created music slideshows for crossing Junggar basin, Tianshan, Tarim basin and Pamirs 準噶爾盆地、天山、塔里木盆地、帕米爾高原. Selected videos are displayed below and all videos can be played by clicking Xinjiang 新疆 Trip 2017 (up to 720p HD resolution). Some videos show Uyghur, Kazakh and Mongolian daily life, arts, sing and dance etc. 一些視頻展示維吾爾、哈薩克、蒙古族的生活、藝術、歌唱、舞蹈等.

Eat at Southern Xinjiang 吃在南疆

When finish this page, click "Older Posts" at bottom right to go to next page for more food pictures.
It turned out the food in Xinjiang is pretty good for groups. Below are pictures shot in southern Xinjiang. 這次是我所有的中國旅遊中吃得最好的，不只新疆菜，也有大江南北各省菜。

Eat at Kucha 庫車(龜茲) + 天山大龍池

6/26 Eating lunch at middle of Tianshan 天山深處-大龍池.

6/26 Eating dinner at Kucha after crossing Tianshan from the north, 7:30pm.

6/27 Eating lunch at Kizil Caves 克孜爾千佛洞 site.

6/27 Eating dinner at Kucha, 7:30pm.

Eat at Tarim Basin 塔里木盆地 & Hotan 和田

6/28 Not much to eat during our 13 hour crossing Tarim Basin.

6/28 Eating dinner at Hotan after crossing Tarim Basin, 9:30pm.

6/29 Next day lunch.

6/29 Dinner after failed to find 買力克阿瓦提古城遺址，位於玉龍喀什河西岸, 9pm.