A PLACE, A STORY / Turpan
Jiaohe Ruins
An earthen city occupies a raised plateau between river valleys. Its surviving spaces reveal the outline of a once-busy settlement.
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© Hiroooooo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons. Resized and compressed. · Original source · License
Jiaohe stands on a raised, leaf-shaped plateau near Turpan, with river valleys along its sides. The remains preserve an ancient earthen city whose position helped define its shape. It is one of the sites included in UNESCO’s Chang’an–Tianshan Silk Roads corridor.
Follow the surviving edges of a wall or passage in the photographs. With a companion, consider what can still be understood from a place after its roofs and much of its everyday material life have disappeared.
Editorial sources
- Gaochang District Culture and Tourism · Jiaohe Ruins
- Gaochang District Culture and Tourism · Gaochang Ruins
- UNESCO · Chang’an–Tianshan Silk Roads corridor
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