{"id":17887,"date":"2018-07-30T00:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T00:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/?p=17887"},"modified":"2020-01-26T06:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T06:58:49","slug":"silk-road-china-xinjiang-karez-well-at-turpan-2000-years-old-water-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/silk-road-china-xinjiang-karez-well-at-turpan-2000-years-old-water-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan &#8211; 2000 Years Old Water System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_142850.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17891 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_142850-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan -2000 Years Old Water System\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_142850-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_142850-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_142850.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Karez mean Well in Uyghur Language<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Karez Well in Turpan is one of the famous construction projects in ancient China. The reason of building Karez Well in Turpan was because of the local natural geographical conditions. The word Karez means &#8220;well&#8221; in the local Uyghur language.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143036.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17892 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143036-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan -2000 Years Old Water System\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143036.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143036-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143036-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why Built Karez Well in Turpan?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The temperature in Turpan can go as high as 80&#8217;C, annual rainfall is less than 16 mm. So the ancient people in Turpan built Karez to find water resources.\u00a0 When you enter the underground, you see the water is gushing out and the temperature is quite cool &#8211; like in air conditional room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143613.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17893 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143613-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan -2000 Years Old Water System\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143613-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143613-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143613.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Karez Man Made Well<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Karez was man-made well, consisting of the vertical well, hidden channel, open channel and flood dam. Currently there are more than 1,000 Karez in Turpan with a total length of 5,000 km, accounting to 30% of the total water supply in Turpan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143824.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17894 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143824-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan -2000 Years Old Water System\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143824-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143824-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143824.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Underground Great Wall<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ancient people risk their lives to dig and design a water system without using any sophisticated tool &#8211; they use bare feet and simple tools to dig underground tunnel. Turpan Karez, the Great Wall and the Grand Canal were 3 great works of ancient China. Spreading all over the Turpan Basin, the crisscrossing Karez look like an underground Great Wall, transport snow water from Tianshan into the Turpan oasis, nourishing orchards, farm and people living in this area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143937.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17895 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143937-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan -2000 Years Old Water System\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143937-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143937-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_143937.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Uyghur Ice Cream<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You may like to try the Uyghur yogurt ice-cream while in Xinjiang, cost about RMB 5.00 ( less than USD 1).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_145321.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17896 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_145321-1024x962.jpg\" alt=\"Silk Road China Xinjiang : Karez Well at Turpan -2000 Years Old Water System\" width=\"525\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_145321.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_145321-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinkerten.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/20180609_145321-768x722.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Final Thoughts :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>It is really ingenious for the ancient people to invent the irrigation system back 2000 years ago and turning parts of this hot desert in Turpan into lush greenery. Karez system bring life to Turpan. The museum is small but to see the irrigation system with your own eyes is pretty amazing. It is an educational tour for me.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>You may like :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/journey-to-the-west-flaming-mountains-in-turpan-xinjiang-%E8%A5%BF%E6%B8%B8%E8%AE%B0%E7%81%AB%E7%84%B0%E5%B1%B1\/\"><strong>Turpan Flaming Mountain \u2013 Journey to the West\u00a0\u897f\u6e38\u8bb0\u706b\u7130\u5c71<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/silk-road-china-xinjiang-emin-minaret-at-turpan-uyghur-islamic-architecture\/\"><strong>Turpan Emin Minarets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/silk-road-china-my-bullet-train-experience-to-turpan-xinjiang\/\">Silk Road China : My Bullet Train Experience to Turpan Xinjiang<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karez mean Well in Uyghur Language Karez Well in Turpan is one of the famous construction projects in ancient China. 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