The bagua-shaped Tekes county in Ili Prefecture, NW China’s Xinjiang, attracts worldwide visitors with its rare road layout. (Photos: VCG)

An aerial view of the bagua-shaped Tekes county in Xinjiang. Bagua, or the eight diagrams used in Taoist cosmology, is a religious and philosophical concept emphasizing harmony.

A sculpture of horses galloping through a field in Tekes county in Xinjiang.