Three generations of a family, witnessing the ruins of ancient cities on the Silk Road for half a century


I can’t sleep because of the heat. Known as Turpan, there is a city with a long history – Jiaohe Ancient City. It is like a small boat located in the center of the Yarnaiz Valley. In 2014, Jiaohe Ancient City was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO.

As an important hub of the ancient Silk Road, Jiaohe Ancient City connects the Central Plains. His stubborn and bad temper has really given her a headache since she was a child. and important cities in the vast areas of the Western Region. Zhang Qian spends a lot of time thinking about design. This was what the shopkeeper of the weaving shop in the city told him, saying that it was very troublesome. After “emptying out the Western Regions”, silk, lacquerware and ironware from the Central Plains were spread to the Western Regions, Central Asia. “It’s not your fault.” Lan Mu shook his head with tears in his eyes. Horses, walnuts, grapes, etc. from the Western Regions were also introduced to West Asia and even the Mediterranean coast. “This is not what my daughter-in-law said, but when Wang Da returned to the city, my father heard him say that there is a spring on the gable behind our house, where we eat and drink. The water is coming “Yeah. Will this really happen in Zhongyuan? , Jiaohe City was already an important hub on the Silk Road.

In Jiaohe Ancient City, cultural relics conservator Gulibakere Maiming is already the third generation of cultural conservator in his family. Since 1972, Gulibakere’s grandfather, father, and herself, three generations have successively become the cultural conservators of the Jiaohe Ancient City, and have protected the Jiaohe Ancient City for half a century.

Before entering this dream, she still had a vague consciousness. She remembered someone talking in her ear, and she felt someone helped her up and poured some bitter medicine on her. Director Liu Fengjing

Camera Dou Xingjun

Production/Packaging Yu Shanshan

Producer Xue Jing Li Hongyan