Khunjerab Pass

Hongqilapu port is located in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, with an altitude of more than 5000 meters. It is the highest port in Shanghai in the world. On the other side is Pakistan's sust port, which was officially opened to Pakistan in 1985 and to personnel from a third country in 1986.

As early as more than 1000 years ago, hongqilapu port was an important pass on the famous ancient Silk Road, the only land entry and exit channel from China to Pakistan, and an important gateway to the South Asian subcontinent and even Europe. The scenery here is magnificent, but the environment is bad, known as the "valley of death". When you go to hongqilapu port, tourists usually take photos at the boundary pillar No. 7 of CMB. The newly built gate in 2009 is here, solemn and solemn, attracting the eyes of countless tourists.

Most of the residents living around hongqilapu pass are Tajiks, who are known as "tiantianjia". Entering hongqilapu is like arriving at the fairyland on earth. Beautiful Tajik costumes, warm and hospitable Tajik etiquette and delicious Tajik food make people feel the simplicity, kindness and friendliness of Tajik people.

Khunjerab Pass

Hongqilapu port is located in Tajik Autonomous County, Tashkurgan, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China. It is 4733 meters above sea level, adjacent to Pakistan and 125 kilometers north of Tashkurgan county. It is a class I port approved by the state to open to the outside world. It was officially opened to personnel from a third country on May 1, 1986. Hongqilapu has magnificent scenery, but because of the bad environment, it is known as the death valley. The local residents are mainly Tajik.

Geography

Regional location

Khunjerab pass is located at 75 ° 33 ′ 22 ″ E and 37 ° 02 ′ n. It is located in the southwest of Kashgar region in Xinjiang, China, within the territory of Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in the Pamirs Plateau, and adjacent to northern Pakistan. At an altitude of 4733 meters, the port is the highest in Shanghai in the world.

natural environment

Hongqilapu is a TongWai Valley on the Pamirs Plateau, known as "blood Valley". The oxygen content is less than 50% of the plain, the wind force is above grade 78 all the year round, and the lowest temperature is more than minus 40 degrees centigrade, which is also called "valley of death" in Persian.

The best description of hongqilapu is that "mountains accumulate snow, and mountains are covered with snow". It is said that before monk Tang went to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures, a caravan of as many as ten thousand people died in a snowstorm. Up to now, people are still searching for the treasure discarded by that caravan.

Traffic conditions

The Karakoram Highway passes through here, and the hongqilap land transportation port has become the main land transportation hub connecting China and Pakistan.

It is 130 km from hongqilapu to tashikorgan County, 420 km to Kashi City and 1890 km to Urumqi;

It is 125 km from hongqilap to sust, 270 km from kirgith, the capital of northern Pakistan, and 870 km from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Corresponding to hongqilap port is sust port in northern Pakistan.

Cultural customs

Population nationality

Most of the residents living around hongqilapu pass are Tajiks, who are known as "tiantianjia". Some people describe their home like this: "only the sky is above, and there are no mountains with Qi. When you raise your head, the red sun is near, and when you look back, the white clouds are low.".

Tajiks are Caucasian people, and their language belongs to Indo European Iranian language family.

Entering hongqilapu is like arriving at the fairyland on earth. Beautiful Tajik costumes, warm and hospitable Tajik etiquette and delicious Tajik food make people feel the simplicity, kindness and friendliness of Tajik people.

Local folk custom

Diaoyang is a thrilling horse game played by local Tajik people. It is a competition of equestrian and riding skills, as well as a contest of strength and courage. It's also a way for young men and women to express their love. In the sheep field, the young man presses the sheep into his crotch and makes a circle around the field in the enthusiastic cheers and applause of the onlookers. Then he throws his victory product in front of a girl of the onlookers and makes love to the girl in this way.

Production activities

The Tajik people living here mainly live in animal husbandry and live a semi nomadic and semi settled life. They plant some cold resistant crops in spring, drive the herds to the alpine grassland in early summer, and return to the village in autumn to harvest for the winter.

Main attractions

The 415 km long China Pakistan highway from Kashgar to hongqilapu is the only way for a trip to the Pamirs plateau. Along the way, you will pass the famous scenic spots such as oitak forest, karakuli lake, mostag peak, stone city, Princess Castle, etc.

Oitak Forest Park

Oitak is an ancient Turkic name, which means "depression in the mountains". The park is more than ten kilometers deep, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with steep mountains, ice peaks, surging rivers, primeval forests, alpine meadows and alpine nomads. The scenic spot has beautiful scenery. It is a combination of majestic, strange, elegant, secluded and dangerous. It integrates natural, cultural, historical and ecological landscapes. Geologists at home and abroad call it "the first ecological landscape in the western regions". It is the scenic spot with the most concentrated natural landscapes in Xinjiang.

Karakul Lake

"Karakuli" means "Black Sea", with an altitude of 3600 meters, a depth of 30 meters and a total area of 10 square kilometers, is a high mountain glacial moraine lake. The water is set against the towering and mysterious Mt. mustag. The snow is white and the landscape is of the same color. The scenery is very charming.

Muztagh Ata

The snow on the top of the mountain is like white hair. The glacier hanging upside down is like a silver whisker fluttering in front of the chest. It is like a man with white eyebrows. It stands at the head of the mountains, so it has the reputation of "father of iceberg". For many years, there have been worshippers and explorers. Some mountaineering teams at home and abroad have come in an endless stream.

In summer and autumn, the colorful tent looks like a blooming flower, which makes the desert, Gobi, snow mountain and grassland look enchanting. More and more people come here with the piety of pilgrims to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Mt. mustag and lake kalakule, or to collect the deep cultural deposits at the foot of Mt. mustag and the bottom of Lake kalakule.

Stone city

Located in the north of tashkurjik Autonomous County, it is a famous ancient city site of ancient Silk Road, with an altitude of 3700 meters. It is majestic and majestic. From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, it has been continuously expanded and garrisoned. The highest part of the city wall is more than 20 meters. Outside the city, there are multi-layer walls, which are broken or continued. The stone hills are overlapped between the partition walls, and the stones are piled up, forming a unique scenery of the stone city. In the Han Dynasty, it was the royal city of Puli, one of the 36 states in the western regions. After the Tang government unified the western regions, there was a guard house in Congling. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the old stone city took on a new look. In the 28th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing government built the Puli hall here and repaired the old castle.

Princess Castle

There are 13 residential sites in the wall. From the analysis of the terrain of the ancient castle, it is mainly a military project, which is related to the protection of the traffic safety of the ancient Silk Road. The pisling Daban, with its towering blue sky behind, is precipitous and tall. It has city walls, heavy gates, caves and stone chambers. Local Tajiks call it "kezikorgan". It comes from a fairy tale spread among local people. It is said that a Chinese Han Princess once combined with the Sun God here. In fact, a military project was set up to protect the traffic safety of the ancient Silk Road in the northern and Southern Dynasties.

Traffic information

It's 120 kilometers from Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County to hongqilap National Monument, and the whole journey takes three hours. In Tashkurgan passenger station and Pamir Hotel, there are many drivers waiting to carry people to hongqilap. Besides jeep and Santana, there are also some vans to do business, so it is not difficult to find them. It usually costs 300 yuan to rent a car for a round trip. It doesn't matter if you think it's too expensive, because there are often students of different nationalities around waiting to find someone to rent together. We can discuss how much to share. It's better to get close to the driver, because the beauty of the scenery on the road will far exceed your expectations, and you will ask for parking a lot.

Port information

Hongqilapu port, located in the west of China, is the only land entry and exit channel between China and Pakistan. It is also an important gateway to the South Asian subcontinent and even Europe.

Port history

In history, hongqilapu port is the throat of the ancient Silk Road to India, Central Asia, West Asia and Europe. It is also an important channel for China's economic and cultural exchanges with southwest Asia and Europe.

In September 1981, the governments of China and Pakistan reached an agreement to open the hongqilapu port;

On August 27, 1982, hongqilapu port was officially opened to Chinese and Pakistani citizens;

On May 1, 1986, it was officially opened to personnel from a third country;

In 2003, there were 11630 people entering and leaving the port, 44604 tons of import and export goods were completed, and the trade volume was US $28.2311 million.

Opening Hours

Due to climate reasons, hongqilapu is a seasonal port, according to the agreement between China and Pakistan