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Karez Folklore Garden
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Chongqing tourists get free admission: Chongqing tourists get free admission
Open today: 09:00-21:00Last entry at 21:00
Suggested duration1-3 hour(s)
Gaochang District, Turpan, China, 838000
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A long time ago, Village Chief Ali led the villagers through countless hardships and finally dug out the first Karez well in the village. A grand celebration was held on the day the water flowed. Village Chief Ali invited many guests from afar, entertaining them with enthusiastic songs and dances, delicious snacks, and abundant fruits. He also invited the guests to visit this newly opened spring of life, the Karez well, hoping that everyone would spread the spirit of unity, cooperation, and self-reliance demonstrated by the Karez well far and wide.
- Park Entrance: You can change into the attire of a guest invited by Village Chief Ali, receive a brocade pouch, and then pass through the gate of time to enter the park.
- Welcome Plaza: You can greet Village Chief Ali and stop to enjoy the wonderful songs and dances he performs for everyone.
- Well End Sump: The young Village Chief Ali is diligently digging the Karez well, with his beautiful wife by his side. Your conversation with Village Chief Ali, transcending time, fills him with excitement.
- Celebration Plaza: Accompanied by a live band, you dance the Nazikum with a group of young villagers and encounter the unsuccessful "fake village chief," allowing you to experience the humor and wit of Turpan.
- Museum: The village chief gathered the tools used for digging the Karez well and built a Karez Well Museum. Villagers holding different digging tools will demonstrate how to use them and share interesting stories about the village chief leading the villagers in digging the Karez well.
- Open Channel Bridge: On a small bridge over the Karez well's open channel, you encounter Village Chief Ali's young daughter. She tilts a pottery pot, using the pure spring of life to cleanse your hands, and her beautiful, pure smile deeply moves you.
- Dragon Mouth Blessing: Passing through the open channel, underground channel, and vertical shafts, you arrive at the Karez well's Dragon Mouth area. An aunt holds a pottery bowl and uses the spring of life to bless your forehead, making you feel the grandeur of the sacred Tianshan Mountains.
- Art Corridor: You ascend from the Dragon Mouth to the art corridor on the ground. Some villagers are demonstrating handicrafts, some are playing traditional instruments, and some are singing and dancing gracefully. If you are proactive and enthusiastic, you might receive ancient coin rewards from the villagers!
- Happy Bazaar: After taking photos and checking in at the drying room hung with colorful grapes, you enter the lively bazaar. Shop assistants sing out their wares, handsome men and beautiful women stroll through the market streets, villagers perform flash mobs in the crowd, wandering musicians play as they walk, and Village Chief Ali gives passionate speeches. You immerse yourself in that era and scene, interacting with shop assistants, villagers, musicians, and many other NPCs, exchanging ancient coins for items, enjoying discounts, or drawing blind boxes. You taste delicious food, shop for goods, sing and dance, take photos, and then step under the cool grape trellises to leisurely drink tea, chat, and enjoy fruits.
- Treasure Room: After exploring the bazaar, you enter Village Chief Ali's private treasure room, which he rarely opens. You admire the village chief's various precious collections accumulated over the years and participate in a small auction of rare items hosted by the village chief. Perhaps you will be lucky enough to find a treasure or even receive a gift from the village chief.
- You pass by Anarkhan's house, reluctantly leaving without saying goodbye to Village Chief Ali. But perhaps, you might want to stay, spend a night at Anarkhan's house, and enjoy a unique and fragrant barbecue.
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