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Hotan PrefectureHotan is famed for nephrite jade from the Yurungkash River, while the Niya and Rawak ruins preserve memories of the ancient Khotan kingdom.
The spatial setting of Hotan Prefecture is grounded in the local fact “Hotan is famed for nephrite jade from the Yurungkash River, while the Niya and Rawak ruins preserve memories of the ancient Khotan kingdom.” These relationships connect landscape, inherited places, and community experience without reducing Hotan Prefecture to an administrative label. Over time, these relationships accumulated through residence, exchange, production, and community continuity across successive historical periods. Viewed beside neighboring areas, Hotan Prefecture also shows how roads, resources, and movement create local distinctions within a wider region. For regional study, Hotan Prefecture places location, long-term formation, and present meaning within one connected explanation.
Let them go home and spread word of the court's might for me; I mean to win without fighting.
Hotan Prefecture
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Nephrite mutton-fat white jade has been harvested along the Yurungkash River in Hotan for millennia, celebrated for lively night markets and silk weaving.
Hotan Prefecture
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The five-century-old King Walnut Tree spreads its grand umbrella canopy in Hotan County, watered by melting snows of the mighty Kunlun Mountains.
Hotan Prefecture
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Black jade nephrite veins trace the Karakash River in Moyu, home to the ancient King Mulberry Tree and traditional mulberry bark papermaking.
Hotan Prefecture
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Prehistoric petroglyphs at Sangzhu Canyon record ancient mountain hunters in Pishan, celebrated for sweet jewel-like Piyalma pomegranates.
Hotan Prefecture
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The domed stupas of Rawak Buddhist Monastery rise above shifting desert dunes in Lop, revealing ancient Khotan Buddhist art and textiles.
Hotan Prefecture
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The miniature Buddhist shrines of Damagou preserve ancient wall murals in Cele, protected by miles of green sandbreak shelterbelts.
Hotan Prefecture
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The isolated ancient desert settlement of Dariyaboyi lines the Keriya River in Yutian, where Populus groves survive deep inside the Taklamakan Desert.
Hotan Prefecture
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The desert ruins of ancient Niya Kingdom yielded the celebrated Han brocade arm protector in Minfeng, southern terminus of the Taklamakan Desert Highway.
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