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Subashi Temple Ruins 苏巴什佛寺遗址Sūbāshí Fósì Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Aksu, Xinjiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Aksu
- Region
- Xinjiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Subashi Temple Ruins
Subashi ('head of the water' in Uyghur), recorded in Chinese sources as the Zhaohuli monastery, was the largest Buddhist monastery of the Kucha kingdom in the Wei-Jin period, at the foot of the Qoltag hills north-east of Kuqa. Its east and west temple groups keep the earthen remains of stupas, halls and monks' quarters, and a 6th–7th-century reliquary painted with musicians and dancers found here is now in Tokyo. The site has been part of the Silk Roads World Heritage listing since 2014.
How to get to Subashi Temple Ruins
About 20 km north-east of Kuqa by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Simsim Caves 森木塞姆千佛洞 (under 10 km), Kizilgaha Caves 克孜尔尕哈石窟 (10 km), Kizilgaha Beacon Tower 克孜尔尕哈烽燧 (10 km), Ancient Kucha City Ruins 龟兹故城 (20 km), Molana Arshidin Mazar 默拉纳额什丁麻扎 (20 km), Youyi Road Tombs, Kuqa 库车友谊路墓群 (20 km).
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