Grandma Tang's Wooden House Homestay

Qiongkushitai Village is located in Karadala Township, Tekes County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The residents of the village are mainly Kazakhs. The village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and houses are built along the water. The drinking water and domestic water in the village come from the Kurdai River, with a wide valley and continuous water flow throughout the year. It is a well preserved wooden architectural complex in the Ili River Valley, with high historical and cultural value. Almost all the houses in Qiongkushitai Village are made of wood. Some houses are built from whole logs, while others are built by dividing logs in half from the middle and using various techniques such as digging, tenoning, and arching. In the shed area, not even the bark has been peeled off. The plan, facade, and detail treatment, architectural technology, and construction techniques of the building maintain the imprint of architectural culture, with rich historical information and strong authenticity. It is a well preserved wooden architectural complex in the Ili River Valley. The summer here is rainy and humid. The ancestors of Qiongkushitai Village used local materials and wood to build houses based on the local natural environment and survival needs, forming this unique village. Due to the hard and durable wood of pine and fir trees, the local wooden structures remain unchanged and have a long service life. In addition, due to its location deep in the mountains and inconvenient transportation, each household pays close attention to protecting their own houses. Therefore, a large number of houses in the village are well preserved, some of which have a history of over 100 years and have rich and complete historical and cultural connotations. From the perspective of using wooden buildings as residential buildings for Kazakh herdsmen in Qiongkushitai Village, this undoubtedly represents the evolution of herdsmen from mobile living to permanent living. There are still many wooden houses with Kazakh nomadic characteristics from the 1950s and 1960s that are well preserved in the Ili River Valley, with high historical and cultural value. Tang Po Po's wooden house homestay is located in the core area of Qiongkushitai Village, and the house belongs to a century old historical and cultural famous house.