中国と中央アジアが出会う場所 🇨🇳🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇯 – 新疆ウイグル自治区

中国と中央アジアが出会う場所 🇨🇳🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇯 – 新疆ウイグル自治区

at the sunset I reached tashkurgan, look that’s how they dress hey guys welcome back this episode is about Xinjiang China’s largest provincial level region about the size of Iran it’s a most exotic corner of China and also a place where the east truly meet the west a crossroads of different civilizations and a vital stop along the ancient Silk Road Qingjiang’s landscape is shaped by the geography into regions that each feel like a different world north of the Tianshan Mountains and the south of the Altai Kazakh herders pitch their yurts and roam with flocks south of the Tianshan between the desert and the snow peaks lies green oasis fed by glacial melt water this region is deeply flavored with uyghur culture the bazaars are always alive with colors, scents and people and the melons are always so sweet in the middle of all this the Taklamakan Desert is a sea of golden shifting sand larger than Germany and way out in the remote southwest you’ll reach the Pamir Plateau it’s cold all year round but in summer wild flowers bloom across the endless grassland it’s a corner of the world that I miss a lot so I’m going to start the story from here so only three hours Only three hours from Kashgar I’m already on Pamir Plateau the landscape has changed completely it was so windy that’s why I keep my helmet and I’m standing behind a kiosk there’s no single tree it’s so clear so open I feel the clouds are so low that’s Baisha Hu, Baisha Lake and that is a huge mountain a sandy mountain what a magnificent touch of the Pamir Plateau and those mountain ranges are the Karakorum mountain range that’s a Gongo mountain which is over 7,000 meters high there are many mountains along this way that are over 7,000 meters high hello! Welcome Milk tea They are Kyrgyz Kyrgyz I am Hui people in Xinjiang so my food is ready the pulled noodles and since this place is at the elevation of 3,000 meters they also cook with a pressure cooker and it’s just super interesting to learn a new ethnic minority the Kyrgyz and they are closer to the Kazakhs they are very different from the Tajiks it’s quite interesting right I just passed by by this Kyrgyz village I bought something at a grocery talk with some people and then they said I can come here they are so nice they give me this scarf even we just met and this is their house a typical Kyrgyz residence so it’s basically a big room with carpet and lots of lots of blankets ha ha there are so many wow when I’m in this room I’m so shocked I don’t know I think maybe there are 50 blankets 50 and the whole floor is covered with beautiful carpets No worries, don’t take off the shoes I’ll take off my shoes You don’t have to it was so nice of them they keep bringing me food in Kyrgyz language How to say thank you rahmat It’s also rahmat In Uyghur it’s also rahmat their milk tea is quite special cooked with yogurt, salt and tea it is just so kind of them to invite me and share the food with me so this is their dining room the whole room is super warm and when I was riding I felt so cold but now I feel so warm 20th August 20th August If you come here, you’ll see A lot of yaks Sheep, goat, camel, a lot of them that’s our motorbike I see, like that It’s can handle mountain road I feel so warm my heart is filled with happiness and love Leaving Kashgar Leaving Kashgar the faces start to change there are less Uyghurs but more Kyrgyz and Tajiks Tashkurgan is pushed up by the mountains the land is wild and raw at the sunset I reached Tashkurgan look that’s how they dress hello I took some photo together with them it’s just so cool and I really love the way how they dress oh my God a lot is happening right now so many people are there and I hear music there must be dancing let me park my car first I will also join the dance everyone’s enjoying this is just so wild even the kids they dance so well Does everyone know how to dance? More or less Everyone? And everyone comes here at night Around 8 pm Everyday Everyday Where are you from Anhui Anhui I came from kashgar today How do you like it Super cool, it’s my first time in tashkurgan Wow, welcome Tashkurgan is China’s Far Wast frontier over that ridge lies Pakistan Afghanistan and Tajikistan but China’s Tajiks are not the same as those in Tajikistan they speak Sarikoli and Wakhi both from the eastern Iranian language branch there is even a site of the Zoroastrianism an ancient Persian religion this is the place where I’m staying they have a courtyard with lots of trees many houses many of the old houses are made of stones and it’s only just one floor very simple he’s our host and that’s a house it’s a typical Tajik house so you’ve seen it from the outside let me show you the outside that’s your animal house can you see it tashkurgan is a small city about 40,000 people and when I was walking on the street I definitely felt it’s the most exotic town in China I see lots of people with very high noses who are blonde with blue eyes So the part behind is higher And it’s clipped to the hair that’s your traditional hat women like to wear this plus a scarf and those are for the guys this afternoon I ordered polo or pilaf it’s a very typical food in Central Asia in general so it’s rice cooked with carrot and two big pieces of lamb this is such an exciting moment now so look at that signage 66 kilometres and I’ll reach Pakistan and to this side 100 kilometres from Afghanistan and this is a Wakhan Corridor I’m at the entrance of Wakhan Corridor, look so on the two sides that’s mountains and this is the only pathway but unfortunately I’m not able to go further there is the checkpoint it’s a closed border there is no communication between China and Afghanistan ever since Han Dynasty this is a very important pathway on the Silk Road the Wakhan Corridor lies just behind the mountains a pass that Marco Polo Monk Xuanzang merchants and caravanceries have taken I couldn’t get closer so I continued towards Pakistan An hour later I stopped for tea at a roadside teahouse the family took me to their pastural land we harvest grass in august or september august where are your herds On the mountains be careful we spent some time on the pastoral land I took a lot of photos of them and later they invited me to go to their house for a cup of tea how old are you? 10 And how old are you 5 Follow me It’s a big living room Where do you sleep In the other room Where we came So this is for the guests No, it is If we have many guests, they sleep here Yes, also a living room So this is the kitchen yes, for cooking Where we cook the kitchen And then But where are your blankets The blankets It’s here We’ll take them out I see so they brought me some bread now bread and also the milk tea after saying goodbye I headed towards Panlong ancient road a mountain pass dropping over 1,000 meters descending from the pass I reached the Waja a lush green valley red dresses fluttered in the wind as Tajik women walk through the fields with their cattle a scene straight out of a painting my last two days in Tashkurgan a friend took me to a local wedding we drove out of town into a small village and people were already gathering at the gate we didn’t know the bride or groom but that didn’t matter we were welcomed like a family and served with snacks and milk tea in a courtyard the DJ was already playing guests were singing and dancing women gathered around in their most beautiful dresses Is today your wedding? no I have been married for a year She is inside, my friend Do you make the dress for this wedding? No, I dressed like this for my wedding And you can wear this after the wedding It’s also for attending weddings Yes, it shows Our respect to our friends We get dressed up except for Tashkurgan most parts of southern Xinjiang are more Uyghur there are many small cities and towns and oasis along the edge of the desert at the heart of it lies the ancient city of Kashgar the cultural center of the Uyghur people known for its bustling Old Town and lively markets Kashgar is simply so exotic look at those buildings it has such a strong Central Asian flare I’m now in Kashgar Old City in one of the bazaars and very similar to Turkey Iran and other Central Asian countries the bazaars here have different categories so this bazaar street is mainly for copperware there are lots of craftsman here who know how to make their copper stuff like that this is definitely a very popular stand look how many people are taking photos whereas this guy is turning this yoga drink into a street performance it’s 9:40 and this part is probably the most crowded place in kashgar the Gourmet street but I still have a full stomach from the polo in the afternoon and also those fruits I bought about 1 kilo apricot and peaches so I will just walk through this gourmet street without eating too much this is the biggest polo I’ve ever seen this is a living quarter and it’s much quieter and here there are a lot of traditional dwellings which is just beautiful starting from Kashgar the ancient Silk Road split into two one in the north one in the south Marco Polo once traveled the southern route and following this route the next city is Yarkant in Yarkant I run into a dancing pool similar to the Tajiks the Uyghurs are also great dancers in a bazaar of Yarkant people get together every night and just enjoy the 音乐和舞蹈 now I am inside the circle And since I am inside, and seat here ok We have to dance And she’ll teach me how to dance And he will take photo for me in his travelogue Marco Polo once wrote that the cities in this region were abundant in natural resources producing cotton wheat and grapes，the rivers he noted also yielded beautiful Jade and today there are still Jade bazaars such as one in Moyu every Friday there is a Jade market in Moyu so Moyu County means the ink Jade and actually the stones here looks a little bit like ink but they are checking it with a small torch to see what’s inside ah look when it comes to how valuable the stones are there is no fixed standard but one rule is to bargaining really hard you are asking 400 is too much Give a honest price Give a good price I’ll take it if it’s a good price How about 80 80 Friend, how about 80 If 80 works I’ll take it and pay you And I’ll leave. But ask for a good price I am serious If it works I’ll take it How about that? (Talking in Uyghur language) Take it apart from the Jade Bazaar many towns and villages in Southern Xinjiang hold lively livestock markets these bustling hubs are always filled with swirling dust and crowds of people and countless mouthwatering food you’ve heard that meh meh all the time for some herdmen they even shave the goat or the sheep before selling it so they are using a scissor and slowly cut it up so this barbecue this grill is a bit different they use a special wood to give it a special fragrance in my opinion you can hardly be disappointed by Xinjiang La Mian, the stretched noodle so if you don’t like noodles you can also get huajuan with the same sauce baozi and huajuan are steamed buns that what he’s eating right now and you can also get zhua-fan a very famous xinjiang dish and this is perhaps the biggest biggest lamb soup I’ve ever seen there is onions potato and the butcher is standing next to it and this is a famous Kao Baozi and in this room we are quite busy making dough and in this stand is blowing air into the oven and that’s kaobaozi but it’s so hot here the flavours of Xinjiang food trace the ancient Silk Road the meats here are rich with spices from the western regions hand pulled noodles came from the central plains traveling west along the Hexi corridor pilaf came straight from Central Asia naan bread and pita onion are of Persian roots even the clay mash structures for drying raisins share the same technique as in the farms of Samarkand in Turpan you’ll see these ancient raisin dry houses lined up along the hillsides this is the hottest driest place in China but thanks to melt water from the Tianshan Mountains it grows the sweetest melons and grapes all those are dry houses for raisins um I guess it’s all locked so I’m not able to go inside but there are a lot of holes on the wall so that the air can circulate rather easily this is the entrance um it’s locked but you can see it from here wow beautiful there is no grapes right now so I found a picture on the internet so that you can know how it looks like inside during the harvest season Her name is Ali, I am also Ali So both are Ali? No, my name is Marzi Ali He is Mehmet Ali Marzi Ali My older brother is also called Mehmet They have a beautiful and big house And outside They are drying Hami melons They said it’s for sale They don’t eat dried melons They also have a lot of water melons. Etc. And outside They are drying Hami melons They said it’s for sale They don’t eat dried melons They also have a lot of water melons. Etc. Hi sister He wants to show me his home So I follow him I hope I am not disturbing you (Translating to Uyghur language) This is a broken room Thanks a lot Wow, you have so many melons So many, small ones Hami melons, big water melons Take a look at the cow and the sheep Sure I dislike this cow Wow, you feed her with water melons Wow, she is well fed She also eats hami melons Really, also hami melons? There are sheep here If she comes to you, stay back So she can be dangerous When she was bought and she was little She wasn’t aggressive And never chased after us And one day she changed And chased after us Her dad is even more dangerous Yes, even more aggressive Extremely, super aggressive Yes, this is for lambs Born by the mum They already grew up You also feed them with hami melons? Yes, both hami and water melons Wow, they are very well fed Their grandpa is also here So those are drying rooms for grapes? Yes Let me have a look The old ones are too broken Now we’ve got new ones We used to build them by ourselves By using rocks Muscle! Muscle? Show me you muscle Impressive! I also have muscles. So have you My brother has more Let’s go, show me… the rooftop Wait Mahmet Let’s take her to our rooftop To the rooftop Our staircase is very stable I see, I can go up It’s very safe You can see very far Wow You can come here it’s where I sleep. I see That’s for my brothers And then my dad, mum, and me So you sleep outside at night? Sleep outside? Yes It’s cool, lie down That’s amazing, I have never slept outside It must be cool at night Yes, but sometimes The wind is warm, and it’s not so cool So you sleep outside when it’s hot In hot days We sleep outside everyday! I see When it rains at night We go inside And take things inside We fold it and left it here There is no need to bring it down That sounds comfy Isn’t it? Yes, lie down So cool, I’ll also lie down Wait Get a pillow When I sleep I use the pillow To cover my eyes, like this I see, that’s good for sleep He like tickling I tickle him and he kicks back Yes, I’ll kick her It’s so nice on the rooftop It’s not hot at the moment But I can imagine Sometime it can be really hot But outside it must be cooler than inside And they sleep everyday with this beautiful landscape Hello everyone, I am Mehmet Welcome to my live house and see Tuyu Grand Canyon Hello everyone, welcome to turpan And try our water melons And hami melons. We have long ones We have golden and green hami melons Big and round water melons Hello everyone, I am Mehmet The Silk Road was also a major route for religion the first to arrive was Buddhism it came from southern Xinjiang into the central plains leaving behind Buddhist Grottoes and temples along the way over time Islam gradually took its place beneath the desert the biggest blank space in southern Xinjiang is the Taklamakan a sea of sand that swallowed the ancient kingdom of Loulan once walked by Marco Polo himself The Taklamakan Desert is one of the largest sandy deserts in the world it spans over 330,000 square kilometers making it even larger than Germany known as the sea of death it’s famous for its harsh dry climate and shifting sand dunes but deep in this barren heart lies a hidden village cut off from the world to get there I had a road trip crossing the golden sand dunes starting from this new village we can’t use Gaode map for navigation so I download a map so it’s a app and I marked all the paths and hopefully we can find a way but also starting from here there won’t be any phone signals but but I hope the GPS still work and normally it should be working the road is very bumpy there is lots of ups and downs I was not dare to use my big camera because I’m afraid it might get broken so now as the road is getting sandier and sandier we decided to find a a place to deflate the tire because now it’s it’s getting really hard for the car so finally after whole days drive we’re here this is such an isolated village because there is no mobile phone signals now hello Can we eat here? Yes, sure Ok. hahaha Do you still live here? Or just come here for the weekend? We live here And we stay here Do you stay in this old village? Yes. Don’t you go to the new village? We stay for business Yes, business Isn’t that You go back when it’s cold and nobody stays? Yes, we go back sometimes But some stay for the herds oh Shall we go inside? Yes. ok How many people live in this village? More than 100 Still live here all the residents from daliyabuyi live on animal husbandary so each family has two hundred three hundred or i think maximum four hundred sheep or goats and their Grassland scattered along this Keriya river in the Oasis so their grassland can be very far away from each other so in winter they bring the their cattles back to the village and the cattles will stay together to protect themselves against the cold wind causing winter the temperature can drop to minus 10 minus 15 degree that’s an old house every house has a motor bike like that i don’t know if there are some people who are living in it the wall is made of hmm i think it’s reed reed dried reed and some wood and that’s oh that’s a door it’s a big piece of wood bark brother How many sheep do you have? Sheep, mine? 100. I see, 100 And how far are they? 30，31km, I go by motorbike Kurban Kurban kurban 31km. Do you live here? Or in the new village? In work in the new village Work in the new village Yes, I come only on the weekends I see, to visit your parents? yes And your parents live here? yes Don’t they go to the new village? Sometimes But they’ll have to attend the sheep Oh, I see. How many sheep do you have? 150. 150, the one we met yesterday Had 350 hahaha His family, his yes 350, that must be the most one can have this used to be a school but now since the whole village is relocated to a new location which is closer to the city so is the school and now it’s a paradise for the sheep the charm of Xinjiang lies in its vastness a single glance reminds you how big the world is and makes you forget life’s trivialities this vastness is the grandeur of the desert and the freedom of the grasslands north of the Tianshan Mountains I’ve only been to Ily it’s ethnically diverse region but most of the herders are Kazakhs every year around late spring and early summer they migrate with their cattle sheep and horses to the alpine pastures You must be ethnic Kazakh You wear a different hat compared with the uyghurs From what I can see I am not sure if it’s true or not Yes. And then You also dress up a bit differently Right? So most of you are khazaks so I guess we are officially in Ily prefecture Where is your home? Down the mountains Now my family haven’t come yet Do you have to bring the sheep from far away? I see. So follow the grassland Yes, along the road We follow the road And in-between the mountains Where do you sleep? We sleep here (on the ground) Do you have some carpet? We bring a blanketb Blanket, and sleep on the ground? Yes, and lean against the woods Are there wolves? Yes, up there Also wild pigs You can see the wild pigs at night Brother, the ranch is so big Can everyone graze the cattle? I see. Each has its own land More than 100 acres The land is divided According to the household Each household has certain acres Like that Then they have to transit in winter, they’ll transit Go to lower places In winter we don’t come here We leave In September we will leave brother, do once more bye bye bye bye that was quite an interesting interesting talk with him and he said every year they earn like more than half a million Chinese RMB per year because of their livestock however it’s really hard work cause they have to bring uh the herds from one place to another and sometimes they can only sleep in a forest near a tree today we’ve also got a Kazakh breakfast we’ve got naan the bread and also we’ve got a cattle of I don’t know whether it’s suyoucha or naicha and we’ve got four type of jam this is fig jam blueberry strawberry and then plum it’s really my first time on a horse back and I was a little bit worried that it’s going to be dangerous but he said it’s a very good horse so now we are moving quite slowly he’s taking he’s taking my horse so if you ask my feeling I feel it’s a little bit bumpy because the horse is going wow it’s running

Join me on an unforgettable journey through Xinjiang — one of China’s most remote, misunderstood, and breathtakingly diverse regions. Home to a mosaic of ethnic groups including Uyghur, Kazakh, Tajiks, and Kyrgyz, and many more, Xinjiang is a place where cultures have coexisted and evolved for centuries, shaped by the ancient Silk Road and harsh yet beautiful geography.

From the surreal sand dunes of the Taklamakan Desert to the icy peaks of the Tianshan mountains, every corner of this region tells a different story. I explore bustling bazaars in southern Xinjiang, filled with spices, music, and handmade crafts, witness traditional life in rural villages, and meet locals whose hospitality leaves a lasting impression. From Yarkant, Kashgar, and Tashkurgan, I then travel northbound through Ily, the Kazakh prefecture and eventually to China’s hottest place – Turpan.

This journey isn’t just about stunning landscapes — it’s about people, culture, and the diversity of China’s largest province.

0:00 Intro
1:45 The Pamir and Chinese Tajiks
8:32 Tashkurgan – Where Four Countries Meet
16:55 Pamir Skyroad
19:35 Crashing A Tajik Wedding
22:24 Kashgar – The Center Of Uyghur People
27:53 Awati Village – Rural Kashgar
30:36 Turpan – China’s Hottest Oasis
39:40 Taklamakan Desert
48:50 Ily – Kazakh Minority

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