Zhiren Street Kashgar

Located in the center of Kashgar, Kashgar Ancient City Scenic Area has a long history, rich culture and unique customs, and is a concentrated display place of Kashgar's intangible cultural heritage. The Areya Road in Kashgar is 600 meters long and consists of five bazaars. Another characteristic street, Kumdyer Wazha Road, also known as Handicrafts Street. There is a famous family who has a good command of Uygur folk musical instruments and the largest family of making bronzes in Kashgar in the Zhiren Street. At the same time, you can enjoy the exquisite brick carving skills of Uygur people along the way.
 

Facts of Zhiren Street

The Zhiren Street or Handicraft Street is the most characteristic place showing the distinctive custom and culture of Kashgar, with many full-time handicraftsmen working on the street and hundreds of workshops and booths alongside.
 

Zhiren Street is regarded as an exhibition for traditional Kashgar and mid-Asian handicrafts. Copper, metal, porcelain, woodwork, jewellery and other goods are seen to be made here and you will marvel at incredible devices like the wooden objects that prevent babies from wetting the bed.

 

The most characteristic of the urban region is Zhiren street, the full name is Wusitangboyi  handicrafts street, it's a bustling narrow lane next to the Id Kah Mosque, about a kilometer long, brought together hundreds of workshops and stalls, is Kashgar and central Asian manufacturing high-quality goods exhibition area. A walk through Zhiren Street is equal to see a Uighur history of folk customs.

Kashgar Zhiren Street is one street of Kashgar and central Asia manufacturing high-quality goods exhibition area. Kashgar Zhiren Street is famous for traditional handicrafts, world-famous exquisite workmanship, and it has a long history. Old street is a bit messy, among gray buildings, besides Uighur restaurants and food stalls, there is the delicately-worked national cap, the ancient national embroidery, the antique woodwork, the resplendent jewelry, the dated pristine crockery, the lofty red copper, the fine workmanship instrument, the rich-colored and soft A De Lai silk… They possess great historical values, are rarely found in other places in the region, and hence become one of the favorite spots of visitors.

 

What to See at Zhiren Street

Whether it is the national earthenware making technique, or the intangible cultural heritage such as Uygur architectural decoration technique and national musical instrument making technique, you can find inheritors in the Kashgar Ancient City and enjoy the colorful civilization created by local people in their long-term production and life practice.
 

Kashgar Earthenware

Kashi earthenware has a long history and with ancient and unique style. Earth pottery can be divided into glazed pottery and white pottery. There are many kinds of earthenware products, such as pottery bowls, pottery plates, pottery bottles, pottery pots, pottery cups, etc.
 

Silk in Kashgar

Aidelaisi silk is the favorite silk material for Uygur women. It uses silk as its material, uses the ancient technology for dyeing process and dyes according to the requirements of the patterns, whose producing procedures are complicated and careful. Adelaisi silk in Kashgar is famous for its gorgeous and bright colors, with strong contrast in colors. Its colors are often composed of green, sapphire blue, pink, magenta, golden yellow, cyan, orange, green, black, white and other colors. The pattern structure is delicate and compact. Adelaisi silk is soft, elastic and colorful with distinctive national cultural characteristics, which is favored by ethnic minorities. Nowadays, people not only regard Adelaisi silk as clothing, but also make it into various exquisite handicrafts.
 

Bronzes

In Kashgar, bronze ware is not only a necessity of life, but also a cultural heritage and artistic display. Kashgar people like bronzes, they use copper pots to make tea, cook in copper pots, and even the drinking utensils are made of copper. Handmade bronzes in Kashgar Ancient City are well-known in Xinjiang and China. In Kashgar Ancient City, bronzes are indispensable among decorations in hotels, coffee shops and other stores, making Kashgar Ancient City simple and unsophisticated.
 

How to Get to Zhiren Street in Kashgar

Zhiren Street is located in the center of Kashgar, and you can take taxi to the Zhiren Street in the Kashgar Ancient City from the Kashgar downtown.