Ancient City of Gaochang in Turpan city, about 46 kilometers east-southeast village located near the Flaming Mountains. Towering castle, street Ya horizon, the lingering remnants of the moat Road, City Wall preserved largely intact since the beginning city, outer city, Miyagi triple. City lanes are outside the square, thick and 12 meters, 11.5 meters high, circumference of 5.4 kilometers. Board for the rammed earth building, part of the lot with the mud patch, surrounded by horse protruding surface. In general there are two gates on each side, while the gates to the west to the north of the best preserved, there are twists and turns of the Barbican.
Center of the inner city living outside the city; southwest of the majority of both sides of the wall intact. Weeks is about 3 km. Miyagi rectangular, home north of the city, north wall that is outside the north wall, south wall that is north of the city within the walls. This brought the remaining blocks of 3-4 meters high earth station, when it was the Uighur Gao palace lies. North within the city there is a high-profile, there are up to 15 meters of mud-brick square tower, commonly known as "Fort Khan", meaning the palace, slightly west, a two-tier above and below ground construction, which may be the palace ruins. Outside the city, southwest of a large monastery, Terakado thing about 130 meters from north to south width of 85 meters, covering an area of about 1 million square meters, from the main gate, yard, preaching hall, Buddhist scriptures floor, hall, Sengfang so on. Big hall are still remnants of murals trace. Journey to the West learn from the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang, on Zhenguan years (628 years) spring, went to the country preaching Gaochang more than a month, according to which in this temple. Monastery in the vicinity, but also workshops and fairs sites remaining hand. Outside the southeastern city there is a small temple, the remnants of murals over the above-mentioned dasi perfect.
Gao City, was founded in the 1st century BC, initially called "Gao wall" for the "Silk Road" city. After post-Gaochang County, Gaochang Kingdom, Western states, Uighur Gaochang, Fire Island and so on as long as 1,300 years of change, in the 14th century AD, destroyed in the fighting. Since the Han and Tang, Gao connecting central plains of Central Asia, the European hub. Very active in trade and economic activities around the world religions have passed through the Gaochang mainland, is no exaggeration to say that it is the world's ancient religions of the most active of the most developed, and is the world's religions, one of the cultural riches of treasure.