Hetian Water Character Monument

Hetian Water Character Monument

The Hetian Water Character Monument is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Hetian Water Character Monument is located within the water plant of Tuholah Village, Buzak Township, Hetian County, Xinjiang, 17 kilometers from Hetian City, Xinjiang. The monument was built to commemorate the significant Rural Water Supply Improvement Project in Hetian. Shaped like the Chinese character for "water," it is thus named the Water Character Monument. The monument stands 3.95 meters tall, with a base 0.8 meters high and a foundation 0.6 meters high. The body of the monument is clad in white marble, and the inscriptions, texts, and the list of donating organizations and individuals are engraved in both Uyghur and Chinese. In the past, drinking water conditions in the Hetian region of Xinjiang were very backward, with humans and livestock mainly relying on water from ditches and ponds, often sharing the same water sources, which historically led to outbreaks and epidemics of waterborne infectious diseases.