Deutsch: Xinjiang ist die umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für die autonome Region der Uigurischen Nationalität der Volksrepublik China.
English: Xinjiang (新疆) Uyghur Autonomous Region (شینجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی) is in western China which borders the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south and Qinghai and Gansu to the southeast. There are 17 ethnic groups living there. They are all similar in customs to the ones in the other countries of middle Asia.
한국어: 신장 (新疆) 웨이우얼 자치구(شینجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی) 는 중국 서쪽에 위치한 위구르족 자치구이며, 남쪽은 티베트 자치구, 남동쪽은 칭하이 성과 간쑤 성에 접해 있다. 신장에는 17개의 소수 민족이 거주한다. 신장은 문화적으로는 대부분의 중앙아시아국가들과 유사한 점들이 많다.
Jars and sculpted wood. Antic city of Karadong, 5th - 3th BCE. Taklamakan, ancient Keriya valley. Photo Aurel Stein, 1906, International Dunhuang Project.
Wool tapestry adorned with a Centaur in its upper part, 116 x 48 cm. S-Central Asia, 2th BCE - 3th AD. Uncovering: Xinjiang. Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi
Ruins of Gaochang, founded in the 1 st AD. Earthen Architecture.
Detail of a Buddha's head 21B. High register of the sanctuary B wooden and painted plaster, Keriya Valley. Early 3 th. Provincial Museum, Ürümqi.
Bodhisattva or devata to earring. Greco-Buddhist Art. Tumshuq to Toqquz-Sarai (Kashgar). 5th cent. Dried mud. Guimet Museum
Couple richly adorned. Scene of the preaching of the Buddha. Kucha, Duldur-āqur sanctuary northeast. Xinjiang. Mural, early 1st. Guimet Museum
Prayers listening to a sermon of the Buddha. Mural, from Kucha. End 6th - top 7th cent. Guimet Museum
'Woman playing Go game' section of a screen, Astana falls 187. Turpan. H .: 63 cm. Ink and colors on silk, 8th cent. Tang Dynasty. Provincial Museum, Ürümqi.
Ladies from Khotan, Buddhist donor. To their left (out of frame) a Uygur woman. Dunhuang, cave 61 Yulin, 11th cent. Mogao Caves. Five Dynasties
Pillars and ceiling with polychrome geometric decoration of the mosque. Afaq Khoja Mausoleum . Kashgar.
Afaq Khoja Mausoleum, frontage, exterior walls covered with ceramic tiles in blue enamel on white slip with vegetal decoration.
Sultan Emin Khoja's Minaret, 1777, détail. Turfan , 1777, and Uighur mosque. Decor brick. Minaret: h. 44 m., d. 10 m. The tallest minaret in China. Turfan.
Geometric decoration in pure bricks. Emin minaret, 1777, détail. Turfan
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