TouristsviewthemodelofabeacontowerattheSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseuminYuliCounty,northwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,Dec.29,2023.NorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegiononFridayopeneditsfirstGreatWallmuseumanditservestoshedlightontheregion'smanyGreatWallruins.LocatedinYuliCounty,theSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseumfeaturesmorethan600itemsorsetsofitemsandanexhibitionareaof2,520squaremeters.(Xinhua/ZhaoGe)URUMQI,Dec.29(Xinhua)--NorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegiononFridayopeneditsfirstGreatWallmuseumanditservestoshedlightontheregion'smanyGreatWallruins.LocatedinYuliCounty,theSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseumfeaturesmorethan600itemsorsetsofitemsandanexhibitionareaof2,520squaremeters.Thereare212GreatWallrelicsinXinjiang,proofofthegovernanceofthisareabyancientChinesedynasties,saidLiQiang,adirectorwithXinjiang'sdepartmentofcultureandtourism.Therelicsites,includingbeacontowersandgarrisonforts,spanaperiodrunningfromtheHanDynasty(202BC-220AD)totheQingDynasty(1644-1911),accordingtothemuseum.YuliCountyhasabundantGreatWallrelics,includingtheruinsoftheKiyakkudukbeacontower,datingbacktotheTangDynasty(618-907).ArchaeologistsbelievethetowerwasonceusedtotransmitmilitarysignalsbysmokeandfireanddefendtheancientSilkRoad.■TouristslearnaboutthebricksforbuildingtheGreatWallattheSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseuminYuliCounty,northwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,Dec.29,2023.NorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegiononFridayopeneditsfirstGreatWallmuseumanditservestoshedlightontheregion'smanyGreatWallruins.LocatedinYuliCounty,theSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseumfeaturesmorethan600itemsorsetsofitemsandanexhibitionareaof2,520squaremeters.(Xinhua/ZhaoGe)TouristsvisittheSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseuminYuliCounty,northwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,Dec.29,2023.NorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegiononFridayopeneditsfirstGreatWallmuseumanditservestoshedlightontheregion'smanyGreatWallruins.LocatedinYuliCounty,theSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseumfeaturesmorethan600itemsorsetsofitemsandanexhibitionareaof2,520squaremeters.(Xinhua/ZhaoGe)ThisaerialphototakenonDec.29,2023showstheSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseuminYuliCounty,northwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion.NorthwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegiononFridayopeneditsfirstGreatWallmuseumanditservestoshedlightontheregion'smanyGreatWallruins.LocatedinYuliCounty,theSilkRoadandGreatWallCultureMuseumfeaturesmorethan600itemsorsetsofitemsandanexhibitionareaof2,520squaremeters.(Xinhua/ZhaoGe)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.