Two Uygur children play chess together after school while their friends watch the game in front of an oil painting shop at Tuancheng, the most renowned walking area in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Ruohan)

Children feed doves at Tuancheng, the most renowned walking route for pedestrians in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Ruohan)

A tourist feeds a dove perched on her hand along a walkway at Tuancheng, the most renowned pedestrian street in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Ma Tianyi)

A Uygur girl sits in front of her house at Tuancheng, the most renowned walking street for pedestrians in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Yuan Meng)

A Uygur girl plays with balloons along a street in the old town of Tuancheng, the most renowned pedestrian walkway in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Yuan Meng)

A vendor prepares local delicacies at a night market in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Ruohan)

A vendor roasts fish at the night market in Hotan city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Ruohan)

A Uygur man sits on a wooden trestle in the southwestern part of the Taklamakan Desert in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 21, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Ruohan)

Preparing to slide down a slope of sand, a child drags his sled to the dune's peak in the southwestern section of the Taklamakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 21, 2021. (People's Daily Online/Zhang Ruohan)