Old photos of the magnificent scenery and hunting scenes of hunters in the Pamirs of Xinjiang in 1898

A group of old photos of the Pamirs in 1898 will be shared with you. Let’s take a look at the magnificent scenery of the Pamirs 120 years ago and the hunting scenes of hunters

This group of pictures was taken by David T. Hanbury, a British traveler, from the Smithsonian Museum in Maryland, USA, about 1898. However, there is little information about other details of this group of pictures

The photos he took in Kashgar, Bachu and Tashkurgan during this trip have been released earlier. See the following for details:

Old photos of Kashgar in 1898, unique style of Kashgar in South Xinjiang 120 years ago

A list of the unique features of Bachu region 120 years ago in 1898 old photos of Bachu in Xinjiang

1898 Old Tashi Photographs of Xinjiang Tashi at the end of the Qing Dynasty A list of the unique features of Tashi region

Next, we will continue to release his photos taken on the Pamirs Plateau The southeast of Kazakhstan and the northeast of Afghanistan are the huge mountains where the Kunlun Mountains, Karakoram Mountains, Hindu Kush Mountains and Tianshan Mountains meet. It covers an area of about 100000 square kilometers

The Pamirs in China is in the east, in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar region

帕米尔高原群山

帕米尔高原，冰雪覆盖的群山。

帕米尔高原的吉尔吉斯游牧民

帕米尔高原的吉尔吉斯游牧民

帕米尔高原的吉尔吉斯游牧民

帕米尔高原的吉尔吉斯游牧民

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯猎人

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯猎人

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯猎人

帕米尔高原，骆驼上的游牧民的毡帐。

帕米尔高原，灌木景色。

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯人猎杀的山羊头骨
 

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯人猎杀的山羊
 

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯人猎杀的山羊
 

帕米尔高原，帐篷前牦牛背上的死山羊。
 

帕米尔高原，帐篷前牦牛背上的死山羊。
 

帕米尔高原，山羊头骨和长角
 

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯人的毡帐
 

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯人的毡帐
 

帕米尔高原，吉尔吉斯人的毡帐
 

帕米尔高原，横跨中俄边境的小镇
 

帕米尔高原，横跨中俄边境的小镇

帕米尔，古称不周山。不周山为古代传说中的山名，最早见于《山海经·大荒西经》：“西北海之外，大荒之隅，有山而不合，名曰不周。”春秋战国时期的楚国大诗人屈原在他的不朽著作《离骚》中就有“路不周以左转兮，指西海以为期。”同期成书的《淮南子·天文训》则对不周山之“不周”，作了更为神奇的描述：“昔共工与颛顼争为帝，怒而触不周之山，天柱折 ，地维绝。天倾西北，故日月星辰移焉；地不满东南，故水潦尘埃归焉。”据王逸注《离骚》，高周注《淮南子·道原训》均考不周山在昆仑山西北。这个不周山即今日昆仑山西北部的帕米尔。帕米尔高原早在中国汉朝就以“葱岭”相称，因多野葱或山崖葱翠而得名。