Located in far west of China, Xinjiang is remote but it has never been cut off from civilization.For centuries diplomatic envoys, merchants, tourists,scholars and craftsmen have traversed the Silk Road routes, the ringing bells of camel caravans signaling the arrival of new goods, and ideas. Xinjiang is an area where people, cultures and ideas have met and melded for much of human history. It is a region that tells tales of ancient folk traditions and culture, but also stories of innovation and modernization. This book tries to tell just some of the tales of Xinjiang through 31 stories of ordinary Xinjiang people, written and photographed by correspondents from Xinhua News Agency. Through this book, you can be a traveler exploring the picturesque mountains, rivers, pastures and deserts;a gourmet savoring Xinjiang's unique and varied cuisine; a historian discovering the traditional music,costumes and handicrafts preserved by folk artists. This book is about a changing Xinjiang which is embracing modernization but also trying to make sure its cultural traditions are not lost to history. It's about an incredible Xinjiang-vast, breathtaking and real.
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CHAPTER 1 PRESERVING TRADITIONS A Tajik Wedding on the Pamir Plateau A Potter Breaks the Rules to Save His Tradition A Tuvan Youth Band and Their Love of Music Kalak, a Kirgiz Woman's Proud Headwear
CHAPTER 2 A TASTE OF XINJIANG The Man Who Roasts Golden Goose Eggs When Russian Khleb Meets Xinjiang Lamb An Old Kashgar's Secret Recipe for Kebabs and Life Happy Days at a SmailTown lce Cream Stall The Unbearable Sweetness of Being Kashgar's Signature Food Is Far from Being Half-baked
CHAPTER 3 SONGS FROM THE PASTURES Migrant Melon Farmers Reap What They Sow Good Shepherds and Lost Lambs Saving Lives on the Winter Pasture Summer in the Wakhan Corridar Love on the Bawzader Pasture
CHAPTER 4 EVERYDAY HEROES A Four-generation Promise to Guard China's Border Granny Pan's After-schoalC[ub Making Sounds out of Silence An Unmarried Mother's Selfless Love for Orphans
CHAPTER 5 IN THE WIND AND SAND Life in the "Sea of Death" Building a Highway Across the "Sea of Death" Fishing for Fortune in the Gobi Desert The Guardian of the Great Green Wall
CHAPTER 6 DREAMING BIG Passing on the Footbali Dream Rowing to the Arctic Ocean An Amateur FootbaIl Team's Manchester United Ambition Lights! Camera! Sheep?! A Very Xinjiang Comedy
CHAPTER 7 EMBRACING MODERNIZATION Xinjiang Herders Embrace E-commerce Convenience The Last Steam Train Drivers Farewell, Karakoram Mountains! Xinjiang's Hearts and Minds Open up on the Silk Road
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