Xinjiang Stone City

　　Xinjiang Stone City is situated on the northern side of Kashi County in the Kashgar Tajik Autonomous Prefecture and is a famous ancient city ruin along the historic trade routes of Xinjiang. The fortress was built on a high hill, featuring an extremely steep and strategic terrain. Outside the city, there are multiple layers of city walls, some continuous and others broken, interspersed with overlapping stone mounds and piles of rubble, creating the unique landscape of Stone City. During the Han Dynasty, this area was the capital of Puli Kingdom, one of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions. After the Tang Dynasty unified the Western Regions, a military post known as Congling Shouzhuo was established here. In the early Yuan Dynasty, large-scale construction was carried out to expand the city, giving the old Stone City a new look. In the 28th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government set up a Puli Hall here and carried out repairs and expansions to the old city.

　　Address: Kashi County Town

　　Phone: 0998-5735100