Barchuk

Barchuk lies east of Kashgar near the meeting of the Kashgar and Yarkand river systems, on the western edge of the Taklamakan. The district was known in antiquity as Weitou and later formed part of the lands of Kucha and Kashgar. At the old site of Tokuz Saray, Buddhist images and other remains recall a time when monasteries and fortified settlements stood along the northern road around the desert.