The picturesque Baisa Lake

Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, also known as Taxian, is a county under the jurisdiction of Kashgar, Xinjiang, located in the western part of the Pamir Plateau, bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. It is a major international channel for China's east-west and west-east trade. is set against the backdrop of the Pamir Plateau, with an altitude of about 3,700 meters and a lake surface area of about 1.5 square kilometers. The white sand in the entire area is like a series of exquisite sand paintings, which is said to be the quicksand river in the Journey to the West.