The reopened Gaotai Houses, don't miss it when you come to Kashgar

🌟Highlights: The Gaotai Houses are located at the northeast end of the ancient city of Kashgar, built on a loess cliff over 40 meters high and more than 800 meters long, with a history of more than 600 years. The Uighur people have lived here for generations, and the houses are built along the cliff, forming the ancient loess ruins we see today. Only here can you truly feel the pulse of ancient Kashgar from the unique houses. Since it was closed for construction in 2016, it has now reopened. In this renovation of the old city, no large-scale renovation has been carried out, and the most authentic historical appearance is still retained, which has become the last group of loess buildings in Kashgar today. 👍Most recommended: Gaotai Houses, Uighur name 'Kuiziqiyabeixi Lane', meaning clay pottery on the cliff, praised by Chinese and foreign tourists as 'the living folk museum of the Uighur people'. As the only remaining loess building group in Kashgar, the architecture here represents a natural architectural aesthetics, which is the simplest expression in architecture. All the renovated buildings in the scenic area are based on the original terrain and architecture for renovation, decorated without breaking the historical appearance. The lanes in the ancient city are crisscrossed and randomly built between the buildings, like a huge maze. The traditional Uighur residents who have lived here for generations have all supported their families with one craft. These crafts have been passed down and inherited, forming nearly twenty intangible cultural heritages, such as clay pottery, leather hats, wooden utensils, medicinal tea, jam, weaving workshops, Yingjisha small knives, soil yogurt, printed and dyed cloth, copperware, musical instruments, blacksmithing and other handicraft industries, so most of the renovated houses in the city have become small shops with folk customs. ✅In the second half of the city, there are still the weather-beaten residential ruins, and you can go up to the high platform to see the whole view. The Gaotai Houses Scenic Area is a mirror of the cultural changes in Kashgar over the generations. Every inch of land here is filled with the rich folk culture of Kashgar. The reopening not only presents the historical folk culture of Kashgar more intuitively to the public, but also allows this intangible cultural heritage that the Uighur people are proud of to be better continued. 🎫Ticket information: Currently free to enter and visit, it takes about 1.5-2 hours to go around. It is recommended to watch the opening ceremony of the East City Gate, and then go to the Gaotai Houses, so you can avoid the flow of people to the ancient city. 🚉Traffic strategy: The Gaotai Houses are diagonally opposite the east gate of the ancient city of Kashgar, and it takes seven or eight minutes to walk. Take bus No. 20, No. 6, etc. in Kashgar city and get off at Liangyashi Market Station, and walk about 500 meters to get there.