Qiemo ancient city

Qiemo ancient city

Qiemo ancient city is located on the platform of the old Chechen river bank about 6 km southwest of Qiemo County, with an elevation of 1273 meters. There is no vegetation on the surface of the site, and it has been desertified. Qiemo ancient city is one of the 36 countries in the ancient western regions. For many reasons, Qiemo ancient city, like Loulan and Niya ancient cities, has become a place where people yearn for exploration. The difference is that Qiemo ancient city is less known and more mysterious Color.

Introduction to scenic spots

Within a range of about 1 km from east to west and 200 meters from north to south, there are a large number of pieces of pottery, iron and smelting slag scattered on the surface of the earth. Several pieces of grinding stone, glass and material beads were collected. In addition, on the wind eroded surface in the central area of the site, several houses and other architectural sites remain. Ancient woolen goods, ancient corpses, tombs everywhere, and pottery bows and arrows excavated in September 1985 prove that this is the site of garrison garrison of the Han Army in the city. All the ancient city walls collapsed in the flood area, and the site of protecting the river around the city. According to the initial research, it is a site of the yuan and Song Dynasties, which is called "Cherchen kuonaxieher" in Uighur, meaning: Qiemo ancient city.

Qiemo ancient city - History

For thousands of years, Qiemo ancient city is like a ghost city, haunted in the long yellow sand. So far, no one can find it. Many mysterious relics and unsolvable historical mysteries attract the attention of the world. According to historical records, more than 30000 Loulan people fled to Qiemo in order to avoid the war. Later, the ancient city of Qiemo disappeared, and those Loulan people were not heard from. Xuanzang recorded in the records of the western regions of the Tang Dynasty that in 644 ad, people had gone through Qiemo and buildings were empty.

It is also an important trading place for money and jewelry along the Silk Road, and the ancient city at the end of the Qing Dynasty is an important residential area. Today's Qiemo is Qiemo County, not Qiemo ancient city. In ancient times, Qiemo county was the land of Qiemo state and Xiaowan state. According to the biography of the western regions in Hanshu, the country is 720 Li to the west of Shanshan state and 2000 Li to the east of Jingjue state. Song Yun, an eminent monk in the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded the ancient city of Qiemo in detail in Song Yun Xing Ji. When Song Yun passed through the ancient city of Qiemo, there were still residents engaged in primitive agriculture. "From Shanshan westward, 1640 Li, to zuomingcheng. There are hundreds of people living in the city. There is no rain on the land. Water is used to plant wheat, and land is used to plough When Xuanzang arrived 125 years later, the ancient city of Qiemo was deserted and well preserved. In 1957, the Institute of desert research, Chinese Academy of Sciences once discovered an ancient city. From a large number of wooden slips scattered on the ground, it is known that it is a legal document of Qiemo Prefecture, Shanshan state. It is said that the local people said that there was an ancient city in the desert, which was full of jewels. Some people rode camels with dry food to the depth of the desert to explore treasure. Fifty years ago, five treasure hunters had just found the ancient city. Before they had time to dig the treasure, a sandstorm broke out. They escaped from death and returned home, but the mysterious ancient city could never be found again. Where is the ancient city of Qiemo? The tombs of zhagonluke, about 10 kilometers southwest of Qiemo County, unearthed 14 mummies, as well as stone, pottery, wood, copper, iron, cotton, wool clothing, fabrics and sacrificial offerings. Are they the remains of the ancient city of Qiemo? Is the broken wall 3 kilometers away from zhagonluke cemetery the ancient city of Qiemo? People don't know.

Address: on the terrace of the old Chechen river bank, about 6 km southwest of Qiemo County, Xinjiang

Longitude: 85.529624938965

Latitude: 38.145637512207

Chinese PinYin : Qie Mo Gu Cheng