If I ask the author how to describe the Shache in southern Xinjiang, the answer that comes to my mind is: how curious you are about the Western Regions, how pleasantly surprised. The author met the romance here in Shache in southern Xinjiang, and then the author will talk to you about the author's Shache journey
The author's trip in Shache can be said to be quite exciting, because the author and his party just arrived in Shache, and encountered a local sandstorm At that time, the author wanted to retreat a little, but I was embarrassed, because everyone's interest was quite high, thanks to playing together, so the author also fell in love with this place as much as everyone else Shache This place can be said to be a big surprise for the team and the way around Xinjiang.
If it weren't for their stumbling Chinese language and the national flag hanging on the street, the author would almost think that he was on the time train, because it still looks very much like the Western Regions 3,000 years ago, and it is about 2h drive from the ancient city of Kashgar, which is one of the 36 countries in the ancient Western Regions.
Shache is not big, and you can walk around it in one day.
Yarkand Palace
It is also known as the Shache Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Park, where the author's group is full of Western style and can see blue tiles and yellow brick walls when walking on the street. If I hadn't confirmed that I had bought a Xinjiang ticket, I would have thought I had gone abroad, and it was like a recreation of the scene of the Thousand and One Nights in front of the author's eyes, listening to the performance of the Twelve Muqams and the origin story. You can also watch pigeons fly over the rooftops in the royal palace of Yarkand Khan, but the entrance fee here is payable, ** is not expensive, and there are two 12 maqam performances here every day at 13:00 and 17:30 (the attractions of Shache are very concentrated, across the road is the Yarkand Khan Mausoleum and the Amanisha Khan Memorial Mausoleum, if you want to know the history you can go around).
The old town of Shache
Some people say that this is Kashgar 20 years ago, but the author has never seen what it was like, but for now, the author feels that the urban area here is more authentic, and it is an area where the locals are still living, and you can walk on the street to experience the culture of the Western Regions; The night market is also on this street, but there are not many stalls, and there are some other specialties such as horse meat and grilled eggs
Local restaurant
In the local restaurant, such as naan pit roasted whole pigeon and skewers are very common, and the roast is particularly crispy, how delicious it is, even after eating for two days, there are pigeon noodles here, relatively light, the signboards here are all pigeons, so the locals say that no pigeon can fly out of Shache alive.
We feel the oldest Xinjiang here, full of exoticism, ancient and quiet, everyone who comes to southern Xinjiang should not miss it.