For the first episode of the feature documentary produced by People's Daily Online on northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, our cameras follow in the footsteps of two primary school students in Kashgar and two college students studying at Shihezi University. It’s a simple yet touching story about friendship, education, youth and growing up in China's far northwest.
Due to excessive irrigation, the lower reaches of the Tarim River, China’s longest inland river, ran dry in the early 1970s and pushed surrounding trees to the verge of disappearance. After years of restoration efforts, the river has now regained its former glory.
Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar is the biggest mosque in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Global Times / Fan Lingzhi) The icon of Kashgar for almost six centuries, the Id Kah Mosque stands out in silhouette.
The time-honored national treasure – "Five stars rise in the East" arm protector – draws crowds who come to admire its exquisiteness and profound meaning at Xinjiang Museum, Urumqi. (Photo/Global Times) Among a display of satin brocades now worn with age, a 2,200-year-old silk arm protector lies quietly in a dusky glass case in Xinjiang Museum.
