阿斯塔那-哈拉和卓古墓

All the good stuff from here is in urumqi museum and only 3 tombs open. But there are a couple of interesting wall paintings and a very old couple of mummies.

Only 3 tombs were open in this large graveyard. Two were empty and one contained a male and female mummy. The Turpan museum has mummies, so rather than walk up and down into tombs in a hot graveyard, I'd rather see mummies in air conditioned comfort.

There is nothing to see in this place, the mummies are all gone to the meseum either in beijing or urumqi. You will pay to go down a hole in the ground

这里开放了三个古墓。一个里面有两个干尸,另外两个里面有壁画。门票只要20元,在里面看20分钟挺值的。这里不允许拍照但是内部的照明让你看干尸看的很清楚。虽然有玻璃或者塑料罩着,这里的壁画还挺模糊的。

Only 3 tombs open, one contains 2 mummies and the other 2 paintings. Good to see them insitu but more to see in the Urumqi museum. Interesting but not worth going out of your way for. I must add though the new toilets here are the best in the whole of Xinjiang!

This Tang era site is where the royalty of the old kingdom of Gaochang were buried. In order to see the mummies, you must walk down steep, narrow passages. The perfectly preserved mummies reveal many details of life in those times. The walls of one show Jade Man, Gold Man, Stone Man and Wooden Man which symbolize Confucian virtues.

这里是高昌古城的公墓，但是王室的成员没有葬于此。古墓中的尸体都保存的比较完好，还有几座开放了可以共有人参观。这里的坟墓遍及方圆几公里。需要买票。吐鲁番开车到此大概一个小时。

Stopping here on your way back from Bezeklik Caves can enhance your time at Turpan and Urumqi museums. Gives a sense of place to many of the treasures you will see.

There are only 3 tombs which could be visitedIn one of them there are some poor drawingsYou can visit these tombs only if you are close and you have nothing better to do !

Firstly the entrance of the site has a classic pagoda style gate - stylistically incongruous to the site. Secondly, paying another 40Y to see a couple of dusty tombs...just doesn't cut it. Disappointing.