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Khara-Khoto Ruins
Western Xia desert fortress ruins and Buddhist stupas rising above the shifting sands of the Silk Road.
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Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level
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The Juyan site complex, centered on Khara-Khoto, Datong City, and Jiaqu Fortress, preserves frontier documents from the mid-Western to early Eastern Han.
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A place shaped through time
The Juyan site complex, centered on Khara-Khoto, Datong City, and Jiaqu Fortress, preserves frontier documents from the mid-Western to early Eastern Han.
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Ejina Populus Euphratica Forest
Primeval golden populus forest along the Ejina River, an autumnal miracle of desert life.
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Ejina Ruoshui Ghost Forest
Left to wither when the river changed course, Ejina's dead poplars still stand upright, silent witnesses to desert winds and the old Western Xia city of Khara-Khoto.
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Khara-Khoto Western Xia Fortress Ruins
Western Xia texts, Buddhist scriptures and stupas have been unearthed at Khara-Khoto, a desert citadel that once guarded the northern Silk Road.
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Ejina Red City Han Dynasty Fortress Barrier
Rammed-earth walls still rise from the desert at the Red City, a key fortress in the Han dynasty's Zhelu barrier defenses.
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