Kashgar, which was one of the most important oasis along the Silk Road, is situated at the extreme West of Xinjiang Province, between the Taklamakan Desert and the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Even if today has about 400,000 people and its newest neighborhoods are similar to many other Chinese cities, Kashgar features one the best-preserved traditional Islamic city of Central Asia.
With this photo essay I hope to introduce you to the atmosphere of a town that, in my opinion, has the same charm of another “Chinese” city soaked of history and mystery, Lhasa. [Read more…]