Kazakh expedition team approaches Kashgar
The expedition Following Shoqan Walikhanov’s Caravan Route, dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of the father of Kazakh historiography and ethnography Shoqan Walikhanov, continued its journey to Kashgaria.
After visiting Turpan, the team arrived in Karashahar. Albeit unable to stay here for a long time, they managed to talk to the locals and learn something of their life in this town, Tengrinews reports.
After resting here for some time, the team from Kazakhstan was on its way to the highest mountain freshwater lake in China - Bosten Lake.
The ancients called this lake West Sea or Fish Sea. Research leader of the expedition Smaylzhan Iminov explained that the latter name was given to the lake because of the great number of different fish species inhabiting it.