Color is the touch of the eye, music to the deaf, a word out of the prejudice and darkness. The colors of Xinjiang have nagged at travelers, scholars, artists for eons, and now they are beauty made manifest, reflecting the truth and stories of its vast land and multi-ethnic people.

The colors of Xinjiang are the code to decipher its secrets. What colors does it have? What do those colors mean? A splash of color can make all the difference, and all you need to know about Xinjiang is in our latest reports.

Under the towering amber walls of Kashgar, merchants standing in front of stalls call out to passers-by to inspect their apricot-colored traditional wood carvings, and Uyghur maidens dance to the rhythm of ancient songs, their orange dresses shining under the sunlight. Time seems to stop in this old city, its traditional culture well-preserved in the amber of history.

As harmonious as it seems to be, traditional culture in Xinjiang, like in many places around the globe, is fading from the modern world. Can the old customs thrive in modern times? Does the young generation still have enthusiasm for traditional culture? How can they prolong the life-span of aboriginal culture? Here in Xinjiang, the people may offer you some insightful ideas.

Rising from the rim of the Taklamakan, the Flaming Mountains in Xinjiang are drenched in crimson light. The fire of poverty, once the scourge of the locals, has been snuffed out by their hard work. Today, their lives thrive like a “blazing flame”, as the old Uyghur saying goes.