Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta) Turpan

... a tour (with no doubt a few gem and Chinese medicine stores thrown in for a laugh), and limited our historical jaunts to the Emin Minaret (no relation to the "artist" Tracey) and the ancient city of Jiohe. The Minaret is a stunning clay building, which ...

... ;morning and took us to our hotel for that night, the Grand Turpan Hotel. The day's jaunts began with a trip to the Emin minaret and the attached Su Gong Ta mosque. If there is an Allah and if he takes a dim view of violating the spirit ...

... the grape. Turpan has been an important town on the Silk Road since ancient times. Over the next day we visited the Emin Minaret, the largest ancient Islamic tower in Xinjiang- a wonderful use of bricks, making striking patterns - no colour -- ...

... war unter der Han Dynastie eine Garrnison Stadt, um das Grenzland zu verteidigen. Nach einem Mittagessen in Turpan fahren wir zum Emin Minaret am Stadtrand. Diese Mosche samt Minarett wurde im afghanischen Stil 1777 erbaut. Das runde Minarett hat ein ...

... , on se fait accoste par un groupe de jeunes etudiants  Uighurs qui veulent pratiquer leur anglais. Ils nous accompagnerons jusqu a l Emin minaret en traversant la vieille ville. Cette mosquee de style Afghan a ete fondee par l Emin Hoja en 1777. Le ...

... wooden doors, and a green dome, I wanted to see what it looked like inside -- but it was unfortunately closed. I eventually saw the Emin Minaret in the distance, and made my way toward it.  As I turned a corner to go down the road leading toward ...

... luckily i keep my own pair with me;-) Our last stop was the Emin minaret along the Silk road (hence its importance). The Emin minaret stands by the Uyger mosque At 44 meters, it is the tallest minaret in China. The minaret was started in 1777 during ...

... grape I discovered, and this juice tasted more like banana than grape. Our last stop for the morning was the Emin Minaret. This is the most famous landmark of Turpan, like the Eiffel Tower is for Paris. Its maybe 300 years old and build as a thank you ...

... , pulled noodles, etc. Very tasty food! In Turpan we visited the museum, the largest in Xinjiang; the Emin Minaret and mosque, the tallest Minaret in China; and we used it as a jump off point for several amazing places in the surrounding area. Here are ...

... dumplings with the locals. I then hired a bicycle and rode through the delightful backstreets of Turpan to the grape fields and the Emin Minaret. Harvest was in full swing with motor carts going backwards forth transporting grapes to drying sheds. The ...