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6 places to live differently

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Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Kashgar Old City

喀什古城

TownXinjiang

China's westernmost living ancient city — where the Silk Road still breathes.

Tashkurgan

塔什库尔干

TownXinjiang

China's last frontier town on the Pamir Plateau

Kuqa

库车

TownXinjiang

Ancient kingdom of Kucha, where Silk Road music meets old bazaar streets

Xinduqiao

新都桥

VillageSichuan

Sichuan's "Corridor of Light and Shadow" — a photographer's paradise on the Tea Horse Road

Baihaba

白哈巴

TownXinjiang

China's northwesternmost village — where the frontier meets the taiga

Shitou Zhai

石头寨

VillageGuizhou

A Buyi village built entirely of stone slabs, beside Huangguoshu Falls