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Rawak Stupa 热瓦克佛寺遗址Rèwǎkè Fósì Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Hotan, Xinjiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hotan
- Region
- Xinjiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Rawak Stupa
The ruins of a Buddhist temple of the ancient Khotan kingdom on the sandy edge of the Taklamakan north-east of Hotan, centred on a large domed stupa on a cross-shaped base inside a walled courtyard. The courtyard walls were once lined with colossal clay statues and reliefs; Aurel Stein uncovered 91 of the statues in 1901, and by his return in 1906 treasure-hunters had destroyed most of them. Scholars date the temple to roughly the 3rd to 7th centuries, and a boardwalk leads around the remains.
How to get to Rawak Stupa
About 35 km north-east of Hotan, roughly an hour by road.
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