Day trip to Hanoi ancient city and Mor Pagoda

Our guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel at 8:00am local time and drive to Hanoi ancient city, passing through many villages along the way. This ancient city is located in Beshkiram village (heavenly orchard) which is also the most famous village for pomegranates and grapes in Xinjiang.  Here you’ll have a great opportunity to visit several local families and taste grapes and pomegranates from their orchards.

 Hanoi ancient city is located about 35 kms away from Kashgar city.  According to textual research; the city has a history of more than 1500 years.  The city was once an important stop on the ancient Silk Road and the capital of the early kingdom of Kashgar. When Kashgar’s people converted to Islam, this city was flooded and moved to Kashgar’s present location. 

A few kilometers of the north ancient city is the site of the Mor Buddhist Pagoda. The pagoda has three square layers each a little smaller than the one below it.  The bottom layer has a circumference of more than 48 meters, the second layer 40 meters and the third layer 32 meters.  The pagoda stands more than 12m high.

 We recommend you visit the ancient ruins on a Saturday as Beshkiram village has a very interesting Saturday market on this day.  Whilst smaller than Kashgar’s mega Sunday market, it’s much more traditional and certainly older and less touristy.

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