Old photos of Kashgar, Xinjiang in 1898 Unique style and features of Kashgar, South Xinjiang 120 years ago-China Archive

A group of old photos of Kashgar in Xinjiang in 1898 are shared with you. Let’s take a look at the unique features of Kashgar in southern Xinjiang 120 years ago

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

Kashgar’s full name“ Kashgar”, It means“ The place where jade is concentrated”, It has a written history of more than 2000 years

Kashgar, one of the five regions in Xinjiang, is located in Kashgar City. Kashgar area was called“ Shule&rdquo& ldquo; Ren You&rdquo& ldquo; Attachment”, It includes ancient Shule (today’s Kashgar City, Shufu County, Shule County, and Jiashi County), Puli (today’s Tashkurgan), Shache, Yinai (today’s Yingjisha and Aktau), Wuhe House (today’s south of Tashkurgan), Xiye (today’s Yecheng), etc

1898年的新疆喀什噶尔老照片一组分享给大家，让我们一览120年前南疆喀什独特风貌。

本组图片出自美国马里兰州史密森尼博物馆，拍摄日期大概1898年，拍摄者是英国旅行家David T. Hanbury，但是关于本组照片的其它详情，信息很少。

喀什全称“喀什噶尔”，意为“玉石集中之地”，有文字记载的历史2000多年。

喀什地区，是新疆的5个地区之一，驻地喀什市。喀什地区古称“疏勒”“任汝”“疏附”，包括古代的疏勒（今喀什市、疏附县、疏勒县、伽师县一带）、蒲犁（今塔什库尔干）、莎车、依耐（今英吉沙和阿克陶境内）、乌禾宅（今塔什库尔干南部）、西夜（今叶城）等地。

1898年的新疆喀什噶尔老照片