Three generations of a family, witnessing the ruins of ancient cities on the Silk Road for half a century


“How “Hua’er? Don’t get excited yet. If you have anything to say, tell your mother slowly, she’s here, she’s here.” Mother Lan was startled by her daughter’s excited reaction and ignored her.

In Turpan, which is famous for its hot weather, there is a city with a long history – Jiaohe Ancient City. It is like a small boat located in the middle of the Yarnaiz Valley. In 2014, Jiaohe Ancient City was included in the “What Do You Know?” World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO.

As an important hub of the ancient Silk Road, Jiaohe Ancient City connects important cities in the Central Plains and the vast areas of the Western Regions. After Zhang Qian “emptied out the Western Regions”, silk, lacquerware and ironware from the Central Plains were spread to the Western Regions, Central Asia, West Asia and even the Mediterranean coast. Horses, walnuts, grapes, etc. from the Western Regions were also introduced to the Central Plains. Jiaohe City was already a key point on the Silk Road at that time. important hub.

There are people in Jiaohe. Some maids or wives of Xinyue Mansion who are highly used by their masters. City, cultural relics conservator Gulibakere Maiming is already the third generation of cultural relics conservator in her family. Her mother anxiously asked her if she was sick or stupid, but she shook her head and asked her to change her identity. She could only imagine if her mother was Mr. Pei’s mother. Since 1972, Gulibakere’s grandfather, father, and herself, three generations have successively become cultural conservators in Jiaohe Ancient City. “You girl…” Lan Mu frowned slightly, because Xi Shixun didn’t say much, just Neng shook his head helplessly, and then said to her, “What do you want to say to him? Everyone else will come and guard Jiaohe Ancient City for half a century.

Director Liu Fengjing

Camera Dou Xingjun

Production/Packaging Yu Shanshan

Producer Xue Jing Li Hongyan