As a world-renowned sacred Buddhist site, there is almost too much to explore in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province.
The first time when one sees Yue Yunsheng's creations, one can't help but be impressed by the vivid and lively clay figurines.
Mulberry paper making is a traditional handicraft of the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang. It is handmade and today only a few families still produce it.
Children play table tennis at a table transformed from a long bench in the old town of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2015. Kashgar, the westernmost city in China, was the center of Uygur civilization for centuries, a place where people came together to trade and spread Islamic learning, on the caravan routes from Europe and Persia to China.
A series of photographs, chosen by China Daily, highlight just some aspects of the lives of the region's 22 million people.
The Kazak ethnic group, with a population of 1.5 million, mainly lives in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Gansu province and Qinghai province.
Models present Atlas silk in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 25, 2015.
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