Xinjiang
North and South of the Tianshan, Silk Road Gallery
The Flowing Tianshan Pastoral
Signature Dishes: Horse Meat Sausage, Kumis
The Ili Pavilion takes "Four Seasons of the Tianshan: A Nomadic Journey" as its narrative thread, connecting six immersive scenes—snowy pastures, wooden house tea gatherings, winter slaughter hearths, spring yurts, Hexing Street courtyards, and the ancient Wusun Road—to weave a complete nomadic tableau of the Kazakh people flowing with the four seasons of the Tianshan. From distant snowy pastures to the smoke-filled winter slaughter ceremony, from the spring revelry of the Black Trotter dance to the everyday courtyard life of multi-ethnic coexistence on Hexing Street, the pavilion interweaves climate cycles, land's bounty, and culinary tradition into a flowing cultural scroll, helping visitors understand that nomadism is not wandering, but a way of life in symbiosis with the Tianshan and in rhythm with the four seasons.
The pavilion interweaves climate cycles, land's bounty, and culinary tradition into a flowing cultural scroll, helping visitors understand that nomadism is not wandering, but a way of life in symbiosis with the Tianshan and in rhythm with the four seasons.
From the curing craft of horse meat sausage to the fermentation wisdom of kumis, from the family cohesion of the winter slaughter ritual to the multicultural harmony of Hexing Street, the Ili Pavilion allows visitors to feel the most primal dialogue between humanity and nature beneath the Tianshan through dual immersion of taste and vision.
The Silk Road Grand Bazaar
Signature Dishes: Naan, Tandoori Meat, Samsa
The Kashgar Pavilion centers on "The Silk Road Grand Bazaar" as its core narrative. Through rammed earth textures, tandoor smoke, and warm golden spatial tones, it transports visitors into a living ancient Western Region city. At the entrance, an interactive installation of Afanti and his donkey breaks the barriers of time and space, opening the Silk Road journey with humor and wisdom. The central giant artistic naan installation and immersive grand theater transform the "Journey of Naan's Life"—from raw ingredients, fermentation, entering the oven to coming out—into a perceptible narrative language, symbolizing the survival wisdom and civilization heritage of the Silk Road.
The pavilion surrounds Kashgar's core position as the hub of the north-south Silk Road, connecting six scenes: ancient city customs, the millennia-old naan road, tandoor workshops, century-old teahouses and bazaar markets, and the Gate of the Congling Mountains. Combined with intangible heritage experiences such as block printing, leather carving, and pyrography, along with traditional instrument performances, it presents how naan and medicinal tea evolved into sustenance for life and rituals of hospitality through the footsteps of Silk Road merchants.
From Afanti's jokes to the rawap in the teahouse, from the firelight in the earthen oven to the lively atmosphere of the bazaar, the Kashgar Pavilion helps visitors understand—this is not merely a pavilion about food, but a Silk Road memory about land, journey, survival, and cultural exchange.
Begin Your Xinjiang Taste Journey
From Tianshan pastures to the ancient city of Kashgar, explore the soul that the Silk Road Gallery bestows upon food.
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