Western Xia architecture

Khara-Khoto, also known as Heicheng, is an abandoned city near the Juyan Lake in the sum of Bayan Toroi, about 25 km south of the seat of Ejin Banner in Alxa League at the western end of Inner Mongolia, China. Built in 1032, the city thrived under the rule of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has been identified as the city of Etzina, which appears in The Travels of Marco Polo, and hence today's Ejin Banner is named after this city.

building in Western Xia mausoleums, China

Painted caves in Guazhou County, Gansu province, China

building in Zhangye, China

Ruined Buddhist temple in Suoyang City

tangut cultural heritage site outside Yinchuan, China

building in People's Republic of China

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