market bazaar awning red cloth fabric sheeting covered azure clear blue desert sky Sunday market Kashgar Xinjiang Peoples China
Awnings over the world famous Sunday Market in Kashgar, China. Kashgar or Kashi is an oasis county-level city with approximately 350,000 residents in the western extremity of the People's Republic of China, near the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Kashgar is the administrative centre of Kashgar Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The city has a very important Sunday market. Thousands of farmers from the surrounding fertile lands come into the city to sell a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. Kashgar’s livestock market is also very lively. Silk and carpets made in Hotan are sold at bazaars, as well as local crafts, such as copper teapots and wooden jewelery boxes.
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Location: Sunday Market Kashgar Xinjiang Province People's Republic of China
Photo credit: © Adrian Weston / Alamy / Afripics
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