 | Taklamakan Desert : Taklamakan Desert is located in the heart of Tarim Basin, north of Hotan Prefecture. Taklamakan Desert covers 340,000 sq km, is considered as the biggest shifting desert in China. Taklamakan in Uighur means the desert of no return. It's described as one of the most unhospitable deserts in the world by the explorers in the past. | | read more>> | | | |  | King of Walnut Trees : It's located in the orchard in Baghqi Village 7 km of southwest of Hotan City. This walnut tree is 700 years old, and still giving 5000-6000 thin ¨Cskinned walnuts each year until now. The tree is 20 m tall and lying with a big spread of its branches. It's big enough for 5 people to hold hands around it. | | read more>> | | | |  | Atlas Silk Workshop in Jiya Village : Jiya village is located in the suburbs of Hotan city. This is a small country workshop to show you the process of the age old manual silk making, including boiling the cocoons, reeling the strands, spinning the thread, tying and dying the design, and weaving the fabric. | | read more>> | | | | |
