Qiuci Country is one of the ancient countries in west China. The residents of Qiuci Country were good at music, and the Kucha music dance originated here. The ancient  Qiuci city is located in Pirang Village, about two kilometers west of Kuche County. During the Han and Tang Dynasties in China, the central government used the Qiuci City as the political center and established political institutions to manage the Western Region of China. In AD 91 of  Han Dynsty, Ban Chao served as a post, and moved the Western Region Dufu to Qiuci, also today's Kuche County.
 

The site is an anomalistic rectangle with a perimeter of 7 kilometers. The city is a rammed construction and only remains some vestiges at the east, south and north walls. There are about 10 ancient site around and inside the city. In the center of city is Kara-dong site, about 400 meters to the west of which stand Pilang-dong and Saksak-dong, and in the south of the city are the sites of residence. There have unearthed many relics, such as pieces of soil pottery, iron and brass, jade eardrops, Wuzhu coins, Qiuci coins, bases of pillar, square bricks, and tile-ends.
 

The ancient country of Qiuci is a big country in the ancient Western Regions. It is located in the middle and west traffic of the Silk Road. As early as the third century AD, Buddhism was transmitted to the Qiuci  through the Silk Road, and it was widely spread in the Kucha area. Opening caves, statues, paintings, and offerings to Buddha have been frequent. When the Tang Xuanzhao went west to go to India to get through the Kucha, the Kuqa Buddhism was already "more than a hundred people in the gamma, and the gangsters were more than 5,000. The famous translator of the history, Kumaras, is the Kuqa.
 

The ancient Qiuci country has been hailed as “Western Buddha Capital” and “Western Musical Capital”. The Kuqa Cave art and the Kuzi Music Dance have been widely influenced by the Central Plains and North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. It is one of the "four great Buddhist temples in China".

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Travel Tips
Add: Pilang Village, about 2 km west of Kuche County, Aksu City, Xinjiang
Opening Hours: 09:00-17:00
Entrance Fee: CNY 50

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