• Ground Paved with High Standard Lotus Pattern Bricks of Tang Dynasty Discovered on the Site of Bashbaliq City

On September 13, the largest archaeological excavation onthe Site of BashbaliqCity achieved gratifying results. The relicsunearthed onthe site not only include coins of Kaiyuan Tongbao, eaves tilefragments, and pantile fragments, but also the groundpavedw

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• The Archaeological chronicle of the South Gate of The Site of the Beiting City in 2016

In the fourteenth year of the Tang Zhenguan period (640 A.D.), Emperor Tai Zong of the Tang Dynasty instituted the “Tingzhou Prefecture” in the North Slope of the East Tianshan Mountains where the Site of Beiting City used to locate.

• 2016 Archaeological Work on Beshbalik City Ruins Officially Open

In mid-July, organized by the Xinjiang Team of the Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, archaeological work in the year of 2016 on Beshbalik City Ruins is officially started.

• Beshbalik City Ruins Proves to be Built in the Tang dynasty—Evidence Unearthed by the Institute of Archeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

On July 25, according to wall construction, unearthed cultural relics, laminated cultural layers and the contained relics fragments of Beshbalik City Ruins, the Xinjiang archaeological team of the Institute of Archeology of Chinese Academy of Social Scien

• Beiting Study and Research Institute established in Jmusar

On 22nd June, Beiting Study and Research Institute was established in Jmusar, where the site of Bashbaliq City locates, on the second anniversary of the inscription of the World Cultural Heritage “the Silk Roads: Routes network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corr

• The Site of Bashbaliq City

(1) Contribution to the Silk Roads' OUV Bashibaliq city (Beiting in Chinese) used to be the largest city on the Tian-shan Northern Route of the Silk Roads and a major military, political, and transpor ...

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• History

Bashibaliq city (Beiting in Chinese) used to be the largest city on the Tian-shan Northern Route of the Silk Roads and a major military, political, and transport center in the area north of Tian-shan ...

• Introduction

The Site of Bashbaliq(Beiting) is situated in Beiting Town of Jimsar County, 12 kilometers north to Jimsar County downtown area, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It lies on the plain in low northe ...

• Nomination Dossier

(1) Contribution to the Silk Roads' OUVBashibaliq city (Beiting in Chinese) used to be the largest city on the Tian-shan Northern Route of the Silk Roads and a major military, political, and transport ...