摘要
TRAVELING westward along the Old Silk Road, Kashi is the last big city before entering the Pamir Plateau. Kashi is a Uygur-inhabited settlement-people of the Muslim faith. On the streets tourists can see men wearing
TRAVELING westward along the Old Silk Road, Kashi is the last big city before enterine the Pamir Plateau. Kashi is a Uygur-inhabited settlement - people of the Muslim faith. On the streets tourists can see men wearing Uygur-style caps and women in their brightly colored ethnic clothing. Testimony to the city's strong ethnic flavor it is said, "One cannot say he has been to Xinjiang without visiting Kashi."