2-day route planning guide for Kuche, Xinjiang: Walking into the old city of dopamine

This is the end of Duku Highway🏁
It is the site of the ancient Kucha Kingdom.
🈶The name of the capsule city
It is a dopamine old city with a strong historical and cultural atmosphere
This is Kuqa
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🗺Route (arranged by travel time)
Day 1️⃣Kuche Palace-Restan Road-Kuche Grand Temple (walking tour)
Day 2️⃣ Kuche Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon-Kizil Grottoes (far away, need to drive by yourself)
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📝How to play DAY1
🌈Kuche Palace
🎫Tickets: NT$55
⏰Play time: 1-2 hours
The first stop of Kuqa tour is the palace
You must visit the Qiuci Museum in the palace
Here you can learn about the history of the 12 Kuche kings
The bones of beautiful women from Kucha are also on display.
The last Chinese princess still lives here
✅🉑️Paid photo📸 (💰30 yuan/person)
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🔜Kuche Palace-Restan Road (2 minutes walk)
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🌈Hostan Road
🎫Free to Play
⏰Play time: 1 hour
The colorful door frames on this road are very famous
But due to the reconstruction of the old city, there are not many doors on the road.
Instead, on the small road leading to the Kuche Grand Temple
You can see many characteristic old houses
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🔜Restan Road-Kuche Grand Temple (10 minutes walk)
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🌈Kuche Grand Temple
🎫Tickets: 15 yuan
⏰Play time: 1-2 hours
This is the second largest temple in Xinjiang.
More than 460 years of history
Minaret, prayer hall, religious court
The prayer hall is super large and the light and shadow are very beautiful
I can imagine the grand scene of the worship at that time.
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📝How to play DAY2
🌈Kuche Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon
🎫Tickets: 40 yuan
⏰Play time: 2-3 hours
Be sure to choose a sunny day ☀️ to play
The light and shadows are better after 11 am
The mountains on both sides of the canyon are as red as flames.
Mysterious and magnificent
📸Internet celebrity camera position: 2 kilometers to the Grand Canyon
🉑️Take a photo of Hongshan ➕ train 🚞The train passes at an uncertain time, so you need to wait
✅If you want to take portraits, it is not recommended to ride a camel
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🔜Kuqa Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon-Kizil Grottoes (1.5 hours by car)
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🌈Kizil Grottoes
🎫Tickets: NT$55
⏰Play time: 1-2 hours
The earliest caves in China
The history is even older than that of Mogao Grottoes
What is heartbreaking is that the caves were severely damaged and looted.
It is recommended to ask for a tour guide
Better understand the rich history behind the incomplete grottoes
⚠️No camera allowed in the cave🚫No touching
🚫No flash, no video