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What is the mode of transportation in Astana's ancient tomb?

Traffic Guide for the Ancient Tomb in Astana: The ancient tomb in Astana has convenient traffic and smooth roads (standard second-class tourist highway), so you can choose different ways to go according to your needs.

Taxi: Li Xia round trip (stop 1 hour) to 80 yuan/car. Li Xia car will be sent to Astana one way, about 50 yuan/car.

Bus: A, take the shuttle bus from Turpan to Shanshan, get off at Shengjinkou, and transfer to the local passenger tricycle to the ancient tomb of Astana (5 yuan, Turpan, Shengjinkou, 2 yuan, Astana).

B, take the shuttle bus from the passenger station to Sanbao Township Government, and get off at the entrance of Astana Tomb (Turpan-Sanbao 5 yuan/person). Self-driving: 40 minutes from downtown.

About 40 kilometers away from Turpan city, it is the public cemetery of the urban and rural officials and people in the ancient Gaochang Kingdom, with a length of 5 kilometers from east to west and a width of 2 kilometers from north to south. Tombs are buried according to family caste, with natural gravel as the boundary and distinct areas.

The shape of Astana's tomb is a tomb with an inclined pyramid-shaped tunnel. The plane shape of the ancient tomb is like a letter. There is an inclined pyramid-shaped mound 10 meter long in front of the tomb, and the end of the pyramid-shaped mound is connected with the tomb, which is the place where the dead rest. Tomb is generally more than 2 meters high, with an area of 4 meters square, flat-topped or dome-shaped. Most of the dead were placed on a heatable kang or a simple wooden bed behind the cave. They wear rooster pillows, masks, closed eyes, wood in their hands and clothes made of cotton, linen or silk. Around the deceased, or pavilions, ceremonial chariots and horses, chess ink, or foods such as Chen Fang grapes, melons and fruits, jiaozi and cakes simulated by Chen Fang, for the deceased to drive away or enjoy in the underworld.

Some tomb walls are painted with figures, flowers and birds, landscape murals, vivid images and smooth lines. Unearthed in the ancient tomb are documents, epitaphs, paintings, clay figurines, pottery, wood, gold and stone tools, as well as tens of thousands of precious cultural relics such as ancient coins, silk and cotton fabrics. The mummies unearthed here (that is, mummies) are comparable to Egyptian mummies.

The ancient tomb in Astana mainly buries Han people, and there are also ethnic residents such as Che, Turkic, Xiongnu, Gaoche and Zhaowu Jiuxing, indicating that the main ethnic group in Gaochang Kingdom at that time was Han people, and all ethnic groups were equal. Tickets.