Suyingaike Glacier

　　Suyingaike Glacier is located on Mount Muztagh Ata on the eastern side of the Pamir Plateau, 60 kilometers from the county town. Here, towering mountains rise and stretch continuously, symbolizing the ancestors of all mountains. The Suyingaike Glacier is also the largest glacier in the Xinjiang region, approximately 50 kilometers long and 5–10 kilometers wide. Viewed from afar, the glacier resembles a crown of ice and snow, majestic and imposing, shimmering under the sunlight and emitting a dazzling white brilliance. It instantly brings to mind Tajik girls dressed in green garments and wearing white scarves — sacred and pure. You are sure to be enchanted by the miraculous work of nature.

　　Like other glaciers, Suyingaike Glacier primarily blocks moisture from the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, forming precipitation and serving as an inexhaustible natural reservoir for the arid region of southern Xinjiang. It is also the water source for numerous lakes of various sizes in the Pamir Plateau region, such as Lake Karakul and Lake Lügong. In this sense, Suyingaike Glacier becomes the guardian deity of southern Xinjiang and a protector of our lives. It plays a particularly important role in regulating the ecological balance of flora and fauna and maintaining normal climatic conditions.

　　For this very reason, our Tajik people have woven legends about this glacier, treating it as a myth and worshipping it with deep reverence.