Old photos of Shache County, Kashgar, Xinjiang in 1927

Old photo of Shache County, Kashgar, Xinjiang in 1927, Helmut· De· Photographed by Helmutde Terra

Shache County, which belongs to Kashgar region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Shache County is located in the southwest border of Xinjiang, the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, the southern edge of Pamir Plateau, and between Taklimakan Desert and Buguri Desert

Shache has a history of more than 3000 years. It has become a famous tribal state in the Western Regions for several times, successively called Shache State, Qusha State, and Yerqiang Khanate, and is the hub of the ancient Silk Road and an important military garrison. It is a famous historical and cultural city integrating human landscape and natural landscape, Central Asian culture and Western region culture

De· Tera is a doctor of geology. He took these photos when he went to Central Asia to investigate in 1927-28

那时候相当完整的城墙和城楼

骑着一匹骏马的当地汉子

巴扎的大门？村落的大门？

弹棉花？

民间艺人正在弹奏

这是做什么那？

民间艺人露天表演

一个热闹的巴扎（集市）

传统的运输工具-马车，在当时还是很流行啊

唱戏的演员。这是唱的秦腔？

一个简陋的巴扎（集市）

劳作中的人们

农村晾晒粮食

莎车的传统的民居