Red Star over China (16) Xiangfei Mu outside
Xinjiang city of Kashgar in western China's most
The years 1997-2000, a period of impressive
Xiang Feimu locally known as the Apa Ke Huojia mazar, located in the northern suburbs of Kashgar city, 5 kilometers east of Kokand village on the way to go through to the Xiangfei Mu Uighur villages are dirt road, you can see both sides of the hooded brown headscarf Uygur foreign mug (local call on the Uygur women), and to catch a horse (donkey cart) of Pakistan Lang son (Uygur children and young men called) the road on both sides of a tall poplar and mulberry trees with one of the typical Uighur rural scenery.
I do not know what the reasons are, I have the first two years in Kashi, although Xiang Feimu been no less than 10 times, always remember Xiang Fei and often out of position to, because every time sat in the car, and then turn into road and alleys, if I lead the way to really find. Until the last year (1999), to Xiang Feimu more often, sometimes, twice a day to go before they finally discern the road, otherwise hardly a qualified "guides." Last year really was right Xiangfei Mu had a feeling that once devoted to the Kokand mukhtar of the village was also home to a guest; but our three-Yuan Jiang tasks to a view, only reluctantly left the Kashgar.
Xiang Feimu front of a pond, known locally as waterlogging dam, said dam that waterlogging has been one of Fu and Kashi in the "holy water" in the title drink the "holy water" immune to all disease invasion. What we see, this "holy water" flood dam is nothing but a "dead pools", floating above the leaves and debris from the Mainland tourists even really believe that this is "holy water" also do not dare to drink directly from the , but it really is a daily source of drinking water by local villagers, but also come from outside of the Uighurs, but also what must drink "holy water", and some even installed some "holy water" to go back home.
Xiang Feimu front with the tourist attractions around the country, as there are many tourist shops, there are a variety of ethnic handicrafts, Hotan jade, etc., generally tourists are willing to purchase some souvenirs, I tried to persuade them to not be fooled, in the city you can buy prices are more favorable. However, one group of guests from Zhejiang did not listen to me to discourage, and insisting on buying it for a long bargaining (shopping with a full one and a half hours), so that the first time I have had enough time to properly observed Xiangfei Mu outside situation.
Arouse our interest is that the door opposite the one hand the work of woven silk spinning. I do not see the mainland, such as Suzhou and other places of work hand-woven silk spinning, do not know if the instruments used is not the same. In Kashgar we see silk weaving tools are quite primitive, is a big wooden tools, a Uighur foreign mug (local call on the Uygur women) to Chao silk carefully hung a good machine, and then hand up and down push-pull, so that you feel is a very primitive also quite novel. For textile weaving in front of the already hung up and finished silk printing and dyeing, attracting tourists to come to buy for spinning, silk weaving process itself may be this is a good promotion, right?
Xiang Feimu some pre-exhibition activities, such as the Qing wax figure exhibition as well as what art exhibitions, etc., are not expensive tickets worth a visit. Mai Menpiao at the box office when you had better pay attention, usually as a travel package to nothing to sell to tourists, here I remind the upcoming visit to the Kashgar travel friends, not to go to this when the. In my personal experience, it is proposed to declare when you do not buy Mai Menpiao packages, only to buy Xiangfei Mu, preaching hall tickets can be, if individuals prefer, you can add a level of Mosque of tickets.
Also, if you are in the tourist season came to Kashi, is generally an early to Xiangfei Mu, it is recommended do not just go in to visit, see the most visitors go after the few people take advantage of grasp in front of the camera Xiangfei Mu. Because there are enough rooms for half an hour, and so on after the tourists out of photography, shopping, and others have, there is no such a good chance.
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Author: hcw1969
