Hexagon-shaped street in Xinjiang: Multi-cultural, multi-ethnic & historical(1/3)

Ethnic Russians dressed in traditional costumes play the accordion and dance in Liuxing Street, Yining City in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 28, 2021. (China News Service/Liu Xin)

Built in the 1930s, Liuxing Street is well-known for its hexagonal shape. It is now the residence of Han, Uygur, Kazak, Russian, Tatar, Hui and other ethnicities.

A tourist wearing folk clothes takes photos of a sculpture in Liuxing Street, Yining City in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 28, 2021. (China News Service/Liu Xin)

Residents enjoy their dinner at home in Liuxing Street, Yining City in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 28, 2021. (China News Service/Liu Xin)