Sheraton Urumqi in Urumqi, Xinjiang China - 2008

16. View Outside Late night

The forefathers of the Chinese nation have lived in Xinjiang since ancient times. Unearthed cultural relics showed that during the Paleolithic age, man began to make a living here. In various parts of Xinjiang, archeologists have found tin blade tools made by man during the Neolithic age more than 6000 years ago. They were unearthed in ancient ruins on the banks of rivers, around lakes, and in oases at the foot of snowcapped mountains.