Kuqa Grand Canyon Attractions Introduction

The natural landscapes such as the canyon, Dalong Pond and Xiaolong Pond, as well as the surrounding 200 kilometers of geological heritage protection range, are a veritable museum of geological wonders.

The Kuqa Grand Canyon can be called a "living fossil" of geology. It was selected as one of the ten most beautiful canyons in China in 2004 and one of the ten most beautiful canyons in the world by the National Geographic magazine in 2005.

The Grand Canyon is a national AAAA tourist attraction and a national geological park. It is a shining pearl on the Xinjiang golden tourism corridor in the middle section of the North Silk Road and National Highway 217.

Characteristics of the Kuqa Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon is approximately in a north-south arc shape, with the opening slightly curving toward the southeast and the end curving slightly toward the northeast. It is composed of a main valley and seven branch valleys, with a total length of more than 5,000 meters, and a natural drop of 200 meters from the end of the valley to the mouth of the valley.

Above, the valley bottom is 53 meters wide at its widest and 0.4 meters at its narrowest point, allowing only one person to pass sideways with his head bowed.

Where to have fun in Kuqa Question 1: Where is the most prosperous and fun place in Kuqa?

Kuqa is one of the four major tourist counties and cities in Xinjiang.

There are more than 80 cultural relics such as grottoes, ancient castles, and beacon towers dotted around the city. There are more than 500 caves and a mural area of ??20,000 square meters.

One of the four famous grottoes in China, Kumutula Thousand Buddha Caves and Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, which were built during the Jin Dynasty, have attracted the attention of the world.

There are more than 50 cultural relics protection units at or above the county level in the ancient ruins of Qiuci, 4 of which are listed as national key cultural relics protection units and 19 autonomous region key cultural relics protection units. Among them, the Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave has applied to be listed as one of the United Nations ***

World ancient cultural heritage of mankind.

Kuqa Grotto Temple is as famous as Dunhuang. It is the earliest, largest and most numerous grottoes built west of Dunhuang.

Famous tourist attractions include Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon, Kumutula Thousand Buddha Caves, Senmusaimu Thousand Buddha Caves, Kizilgaha Thousand Buddha Caves, Kizilgaha Beacon Tower,

Jili Buddhist Temple, Yanyangou, the Tianshan Mountains and Dragon Ponds, Taklimakan Desert, primeval forest scenery along the Tarim River, Linji Road Martyrs Memorial Hall, and the second largest Buddhist temple in Xinjiang - Kuqa Temple.

With numerous historical relics and monuments, Kuqa has become a pursuit point for studying the development of ancient and modern history and culture at home and abroad and a popular destination for tourists.

Kuqa has many mountains, strange mountains and rocks, alpine lakes, waterfalls and springs, which are admired by many domestic and foreign film and television directors. Many Chinese and foreign films choose Kuqa as their location.

Question 2: What is there to see in Kuqa? Kuqa Grand Canyon and Thousand Buddha Cave are quite distinctive.

Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave, known as the "treasure house of art", is famous for its beautiful murals.

Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave is located on the foothills or cliffs on the north bank of the Muzati River, 7 kilometers southeast of Kizil Township between Kuqa and Baicheng County.

The Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave is backed by Mingwutage Mountain, and is bordered by the Muzart River and Qiletage Mountain in the south. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and lush forests reflect each other and form a magnificent picture.

The Kizil Grottoes were excavated around the third or fourth century AD, that is, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It flourished in the sixth and seventh centuries AD and continued construction for about five hundred years.

*** After the introduction of the religion, it was gradually abandoned.

At present, there are 236 caves that have been numbered, 135 of which are relatively complete in shape, and 75 of which have well-preserved murals. The statues and murals of the Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave are all in the Zhiti Cave.

The total area of ??the murals is about 10,000 square meters.

The outstanding artistic achievements of Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave are reflected in two aspects. First, the magnificent and colorful murals in the cave. The contents of the cave murals are mainly based on Buddhist scriptures, including Sakyamuni and Bodhisattva; Bhikkhu Ananda’s disciples.

; Stories about Jataka and Buddha's transmission; pictures of sutra changes, heavenly palace music, apsaras, donors, etc.

Among them, the Jataka stories depicted in a large number of diamond-shaped pictures occupy a very prominent position.

In the large number of Buddhist and divine stories drawn by ancient Kucha artists, they skillfully reflected the people and things, love and hate in real life directly or indirectly on the pictures.

The special cave shape, mural themes and artistic style of the Kizil Grottoes reflect the social image of ancient Kucha in many aspects. Although most of the statues, the main body of art, have been destroyed, the remaining murals are important for studying the social history and Buddhism of Kucha.

, culture and art, as well as Sino-Western relations, providing valuable information.

The second is the architecture of the caves, including the Zhiti Cave for monks to worship Buddha images and preach scriptures, and the Piheluo Cave for monks to live and meditate.

Zhiti Cave has a tall cave with an open door and a statue of Buddha on the main wall. The main chamber is rectangular and has a central pillar cave with tower pillars inside.

Piheluo Grottoes, also known as monks' houses, are mostly rooms with a corridor structure and small rooms with simple living facilities such as stoves and kangs.

These caves of different types and uses are mostly built together regularly and combined into units.

Judging from the arrangement, each unit may be a Buddhist temple.

From its layout, it can be seen that the Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave was a large-scale Buddhist temple in Qiuci at that time.

This kind of cave structure and layout is relatively rare in Chinese cave architecture.

Question 3: What are the interesting scenic spots in Aksu Kuche?