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Chemurchek Stone Figures and Stone-Cist Tombs 切木尔切克石人及石棺墓群Qiēmù'ěrqiēkè Shírén jí Shíguān Mùqún
National heritage site · Altay, Xinjiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Altay
- Region
- Xinjiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Chemurchek Stone Figures and Stone-Cist Tombs
A Bronze Age burial ground of the Chemurchek culture, of about 2700–1800 BC, spread over some 44 km² of steppe around Chemurchek town west of Altay city, with large stone-walled grave enclosures, cairns ringed with stones and stone cists. Carved stone figures stand on the east side of the graves facing the sunrise, and this pairing of stone figure and stone cist is the hallmark of the culture. A representative 113 cm figure from the Kaiyinar No. 2 cemetery was moved in 2002 to the Altay Prefecture Museum, where visitors can see it.
How to get to Chemurchek Stone Figures and Stone-Cist Tombs
Around Chemurchek town, about 15 to 20 km west of Altay city along highway G217.
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