Lie in Keriya County north more than 300 desert and end of Keliya
River .Karatun, meaning the black sand dune, the ancient fortress
presents the square, side long 60 meters, the soil wall now
high 8 meters,20 meters of the base breadth,8 meters of a breadth,
the city wall department hands over with a layer tree branch.The
east city wall be partial to the north segment contain a way.The
ancient southwest of the city, northeast contain six buildings
cluster and an ancient cellar addresses.Once discover more clip
the sand pottery slice, also have the coins of Hanwu.Once discover
the South and North Dynasty period blue and white chintz and
the cloth of tala in the ancient tomb here.The south suburb
contain small knife of iron, arrows , the iron sword...etc..From
sprouted the cultural object to see, the ancient city activity
was mainly to go to the South and North Dynasty in Han Dynasty
period, is at that time in one of the medium fortresses of"
small city several" inside the national territorial of
Keriya , hereafter became the desert gradually.The ruins be
apart from the oasis residents of now to order 300 kilometers
of outside, can push the south of know the desert to invade
from here and the oasis change circumstance, be subjected to
science worker's value. Keriya river
rises in the mountain range Kunlun , flowing into Trim basin
center, then be disappear in the desert suddenly.But the Karatun
Old City locate in the city northeast direction of Keriya
County, downstream of the Keriya river , it is 6,000 meters
long, and 4,000 meters of wide.
This large settlement ruins' was discovered
for the very first time by Sewen .Harten of Sweden at the
end of 19 centuries, structure integrity, with Karatun ancient
city for center, on all sides surround several buildings cluster
to fall:Temples, the irrigation outlet, orchard, farm land.The
core part is a Huyang the wood structure fortress of the creation
building, the fortress presents the rectangular, periphery
long 250 meter, the width 3 meters of the wall body, about
4 meters high, survive and a great deal of frame of the city
west. 1,000 meters away from the southwest of the Ancient
fortress, there are the workshop ruins of the house more than
10s in rectangular building which is 20 meters long and 7
meters wide .Dig out the foods, such as big rice, wheat and
highland barley...etc. from here, the earth's surface spreads
various bone with ground animal, the people still picked up
papaer moneys and little copper no written charecters on it
.Many thous construct to all have the fire to burn the trace,
this has something to do with war invade.Special remarkable
is, discovered some elegant murals, copy to draw a person
outline with the lines, fill in the appropriate part again
up appropriate of color, the face shape is plentiful smooth,
expression dignified nature, give person with elegant and
free from vulgarity, lifelike and vivid
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