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Aerial view of Panlong Ancient Road in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiufeng)
With a total length of 75 kilometers and more than 600 hairpin turns, the road takes on a panlong, an aquatic dragon in Chinese mythology, like form in Xinjiang.
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Aerial view of Panlong Ancient Road in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiufeng)
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Aerial view of Panlong Ancient Road in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiufeng)
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Aerial view of Panlong Ancient Road in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiufeng)
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Aerial view of Panlong Ancient Road in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiufeng)