Highlights Archives: Abakh Khoja Tomb (Xiangfei Tomb )
Abakh Khoja Tomb, five kilometers northeast of Kashgar is an important cultural unit protected by the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. As a tomb of the descendants of an Islamic missionary, it was built around 1640 .The legend has it that seventy-two persons in all of five generations of the same family were buried in the tomb. The first generation buried here was Yusuf Hoja, a celebrated Islam missionary. After he died, his eldest son Afaq Khoja carried on the missionary work and became the leader of the famous Islamic sect of white mountaineer during the seventeenth century which seized the power of the Yarkant for a time. Afaq Khoja died in 1693 and was buried in the tomb. His reputation was greater than his father’s, so the tomb was renamed “The Abakh Khoja Tomb.” The tomb is a group of beautiful and magnificent buildings including the Tomb’s Hall, the Doctrine Teaching Hall, and the Grand mosque, small Mosque beside the gate, the gate tower, a pond and an orchard.
Legend goes that among the Hoja descendants buried here, there was a lady, Yiparhan by name, who was one of the concubines of the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong. She was called Xiangfei in Chinese. After she died, her remain was escorted back to Kashgar by her sister -in-law and was buried in the Abakh Khoja Tomb. So, some people also called the tomb “Xiangfei Tomb.”
Customize your travel
In addition to the tour packages, we are happy to customize tours for you:
- Add other cities to the packages
- Extend stays in selected cities
-
Customize an itinerary for you that combine any of the following cities:
- China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Fiji, India and others.
Show on map
Add Tour to Shortlist 21 Days, From $7,095 USD View Tour
Kashgar
Kashi, short for Kashgar, was called Shule in ancient times and has a history of more than two thousand years. Kashgar is sited west of the Taklamakan Desert at the feet of the Tian Shan mountain range. Kashgar has been noted from very early times as a political and commercial center. The Kashgar oasis is [...]