Where is the ancient city of Hutian Ada located?

The ancient city of Hutian Ada is a cultural tourist attraction.

The ancient city is located about 7 kilometers northeast of Kuqa, Xinjiang, on the Gobi Plateau named Tian Ming Ada between Wuqia River and Wushiqiao River. The main existing relics of the city began in the Tang Dynasty and continued until the Uighur period.

The city has two sides, the inner city is rectangular, the length from east to west is about150m, and the length from north to south is about 72m. The city wall was smashed. There are still two rammed earth piers in the city. 17 rammed earth piers are scattered outside the southwest wall of the inner city, and some of them are the base sites of towers or temples. Only the north wall and the east wall are left in the outer city, which are made of adobe. The remaining length of sword wall is about 240m, and that of east wall is about1825m. There is the ruins of the city gate on the north wall. In addition, there are 1 adobe buildings and 7 adobe buildings 20 meters square along the inner side of the north wall and the east wall of the outer wall respectively. Chinese Buddhist scriptures were unearthed in the city, with Chinese written on the front and Uighur written on the back, and Buddha statues, statues, mother-child bricks, pottery and woodwork were published. The city may be the place where Tang soldiers stationed in Qiuci Capital and Anxi Capital.

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