Bai

Bai lies in a mountain basin north of the Tarim, where the Muzart and other rivers descend from the Tian Shan. Its oasis sits among valleys that once belonged to the Buddhist world of Kucha; the painted caves of Kizil survive in the surrounding district. Medieval records give the place the name Bayin. Under the Qing, Bai and nearby Sayram were administered as frontier stations under the official at Aksu.