Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest province in western areas of China and covers an area of 1.6 million square kilometers.

Zhao Cheng'an, a photographer and winner of the Golden Image Prize of Chinese Photographic Art, devoted his whole life to his photographic career of Xinjiang. The album Land of Xinjiang demonstrates almost the all he achieved in his dozen years of photographic career of the regionL The book publishes some 1,000 of his pictures in four parts: "Landscape in the Mountain," "Water for Life," "The Fascinating Desert" and "History of the Silk Road" and illustrates bold,constrained and profound Xinjiang in different seasons from different angles of view. Also this album includes great amounts of photos taken on planes, making it more attractive.

Chapter One

　Boundless Kunlun Mountains Stand Aloof

　Altun Mountain, a Scene Beyond the Kunlun Mountains

　Calcium Wonder-Bleeding River on the Tuoyun Mountain

　Beautiful and Charming Tianshan Mountains

　Wall-Like Conglomerates in Piedmont of Cuestas

　Mysterious Grand Canyon on the Kuqa Mountain

　The Flaming Hill at the Foot of the Tianshan Mountains

　Burning Volcano in the Jurassic Formation

　Altay-A Land with Golden Mountains and Silver Water

Chapter Two

　Splendid Landscape of Kanas Lake

　Wet Island in Ili

　Rivers and Lakes on Bayanbulak Pastureland

　Lakes in the Barkol Valley

　Queer Willow Trees in the Gobi Desert

　Tarim River Likes a Runaway Horse

　Terrace, Stone Forest and Valley Cut by Kuytun River

　Beautiful Land Irrigated with the Water of Life

　Eight-Diagram City of Tekes Resembles a Flying Disc on the Land

　Pure Life-Beautiful Mosses

　Call for Life

Chapter Three

 Yardang Landform Sculptured by the Wind

 Scenery of Desert

 Silicified Wood-150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Forest

 Multicolored City in the Hinterland of the Desert

　Rock Nodules Create a Legend World

　Granite Rocks of Different Shapes

　Leaching Landform

　Saliferous Land

　Pearl-Like Crude Bubble

　Mud Volcano-Demonstration of Interior Dynamic Power of the Earth

　Taklimakan Desert-A Sea of Sand

　The Lively Guerbantunggute Desert

　Supernatural Braided Water System

　Desert Plantation-Ode to Survival of the Fittest

　Flaming Charm of Red Willow

　Reeds-Allies of Windbreak

　Robust Saxoul Demonstrates an Indomitable Life

　Populus Diversifolia Schrenk-Guard of the Deset

　Xinjiang in the Eyes of Geologists

Chapter Four

 Kizil Thousand Buddah Caves

 Zhaohuli Grand Temple

 Ancient City of Jiaohe

 Stone Sculptures on the Grassland

 Looking for the Lost Lop Nur in Loulan