Ancient city of Gaochang
City of Gaochang started in A. D. former First century, is Western Han dynasty. Ruins of the ancient city is located in Turpan city, about 40 kilometers east of La, and township located near North of Huoyan mountain wood ditch mouth (Sheng Jin Kou) is about 6.5 kilometers, West of Shanshan County, about 55 kilometers, in March 1961, the State Council published the first national key cultural relics protection units . In 1988 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection units.
On June 22, 2014, in Qatar , held in Doha, the UNESCO meeting of the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee, Gaochang ancient city , China , and Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan joint inscription of " the Silk Road: Chang an road of tianshan mountains corridor " in the successful a site included in the The World Heritage list .