Beautiful paintings and golden statues .. Amazing and historic!!

Interesting setting, but the caves themselves have all been defaced from religious wars, so in truth not much to see.

Small place the surrounfing mountain id amazing. Unfortunately we are not allowed to explote beyond.

Another nature and man-made wonder. Awesome! Art relics and paintings on caves' wall. The caves were dugged out of mountains by monks where they lived and meditated. It was badly destroyed, paintings literally "scrapped" off the mud walls and carted out of China, with the rest that they could not take away defaced.

Ancient caves that provided by Buddhist refuge in the transition of religions in this area. Unfortunately the frescoes have been compromised and also pillaged by the Germans, but still worth a visit.

Supposed to be a rich history of Buddhism. But caves are destroyed, mural were stolen by a German, leaving empty holes... Not worth visiting

go to see what might have been until the statues and relics were taken away in 1900 by a German I understand and destroyed during the 2nd world war ... but impressive to think what it was like before modern transportation and the commitment and respect they had to do this for the Buddha

Well preserved ancient city. Not a spot for those expecting modern attraction. Historical ruins, well described, thought-provoking travel in time. Would recommend to visit in the late openning hours or early in the morning (when cooler and better light). There is no pleasure in walking open space in the hottest time of the day. Take water, wander freely and let imagination work.

Well preserved ancient earthen community

10KM away from the city of Turpan easy access. It is located on a leaf-shaped plateau between two deep river valleys. We rent a car and had a local guider with us. You can learn a lot in this historic site and we believe a guider is an essential if you do not know much about the history of 西域. The tempurature is quite hot and would become terrible in the afternoon so be there early in the morning would be better as there is no cover at the ruins. Enjoy :)

Though not a single building is intact, visitors can still make out the scale and orderly planning of this ancient city.

Historical Archaeology site belongs to the Jushi or Gushi Kingdom's capital city, formed during late 2nd and early 1st century BC. That was China's Tang Dynasty period. Located atop a leaf-shaped plateau on a steep cliff between two river valleys. All visitor vehicles must park at the tourist center located at: 42°56'37.1"N 89°05'02.4"E, then change to golf cart to the main entrance to ruin city. Jiaohe ancient city is about 10km to the west of Turpan, you may bike there, or take a cab with approx. 10RMB, but it is a scheduled spot if you follow tour to sightseeing Turpan. MUST use sunblock cream (or bring umbrella or hat) as the sun are getting hot and hotter when reaching afternoon, also bring some water as the rest stop with selling beverages are located at the entrance only. So suggest you reach this ruin city early morning and leave at the afternoon. Entrance fee: RMB 40. admission combo: Ancient city + Ancient village + golf cart = RMB105, Ancient city + golf cart = RMB65 Must bring: Sunblock, hat or umbrella. Time to visit: Morning. Must see: Northern part of the city (Great Buddhist Temple, Forest of Stupas and Residential area) as most of tourist back to the south gate after visiting the government administrative spot because of the sun heat .

The remains of an ancient city, carved out of a piece of "mud", in the middle or the meeting of 2 rivers. They made homes, with rooms and kitchen etc out of this little piece of land, built centuries ago. Its slowly being eroded by the weather. A thunder storm could have possibly washed the city away, but it has remained standing. Nature and man make wonders!

A group of ruins if wihout reading the descriptions on the panels, you will wonder what is this all about. If have sufficient time, still worth to just take a look om the ruins.

Has entrance fee, but nothing much to see

Admission: RMB40 Opening hours: 8a.m.~9p.m. (April 21~October 20), 10a.m.~6:30(October 21~April 20) Suitable to visit: Autumn (August to October, weather cozy) Time to stay: 1~2 hours Transportation: Bus no.1 from city to DaZai Rd. bus stop, and walk about 20mins will reach, Taxi are suggested. Sugong Minaret, aka. Emin Minaret, builed in 1777 by Turpan Prince Emin Hoja and his son Sulaiman, built with pale yellow bricks, as one of the unique ancient Islamic minarets. 37meters high, its cylindrical, increasingly thin toward the top. The spiral column with 72 steps leads to the top. The Spira staircases replace wooden structure supporting and reinforcing the minaret. Adjacent to Emin Minaret, there is a mosquec capable of accommodating over 1000 peoples.

beautiful mosque with great historical behind. interesting echo point.

There is not much to see here. But it is quiet place away from the crowd and the mineret is somewhat unique and beautiful. If you happen to be in Turpan, it is probably worth spending half an hour here. There's not much you can do in Turpan anyway.

A mosque gifted to a local Muslim tribe head by Emperor Qian Long aa return for this tribe head's pledge to obey the rulimg of the Qing Dynasty. Now a worship place for the local Chinese Muslim.

So sad, this is a mosque where there should be freedom to pray to God, but you have made it into a tourist site, a museum.

These ancient historical structures were so well maintained that made you feel like yourself were living at that century.

An inactive mosque with interesting architecture of varied sources

Busy, packed with tourists spot, with plenty commercial attractions for them, such as camel riding, quads, helicopters etc. In spite of irritating touristy chaos i would still recommend having a look. I have walked bit further and enjoyed mountains totally alone. Be prepared for extreme heat. Water and suitable head cover are the must.

best place for MTB free riding

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(Translated by Google) It is said to be the hottest place in China. If you want to experience what the Flame Mountain in Journey to the West is like, you can visit it. During this trip, we only passed by and took pictures outside. We had to pay the entrance fee to go in. , you can evaluate for yourself whether it is worth it. (Original) 號稱是全中國最熱的地方，如果想要去感受一下西遊記中的火焰山是甚麼樣的感覺，倒是可以一遊，此行我們只有路過，順道在外面拍拍照，進去還得花門票錢，可以自己評估是否值得。

(Translated by Google) I stopped by on my way across the Silk Road. This is the mountain that was the setting for Journey to the West. The huge rock mountains that are characteristic of the vast land create a spectacular scenery. (Original) シルクロードを横断した途中に寄りました。 西遊記の舞台になった山です。 広大な大地に特徴的な巨大な岩石の山が圧巻の風景を醸し出しています。

(Translated by Google) Son Goku goes to the barren mountain that is the background of the novel Journey to the West. There are models, etc. (Original) 소설 서유기의 배경이되는 불모지 산으로 손오공. 모형등이 있다.

(Translated by Google) You must come and experience what heat is (Original) 一定要來體驗一下什麼叫做熱