60 BC. In order to manage the unified Western Regions, the Western Han Dynasty set up the Western Regions Capital Protection House in Leo (present-day luntai county), officially set up officials, stationed troops in the Western Regions, and began to exercise national sovereignty. Since then, the western regions have become an inseparable part of our territory.

Duhufu belongs to the early Western Han Dynasty, and there are 36 countries in the western regions, most of which are distributed in oases on the northern and southern edges of Tarim Basin south of Tianshan Mountain. Most of these countries are centered on battlements, engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and some can make their own weapons.

Only a few countries live on water and grass, and their food depends on the supply of neighboring countries. The languages of the countries in the western regions are different and not unified. Due to the limitations of natural conditions and other reasons, the population of each country is generally only a few thousand to 20 thousand, and the minimum is only a few hundred. Broadly speaking, the Central Asian countries adjacent to Xinjiang today, as well as the coasts of West Asia, South Asia and the Mediterranean Sea, are sometimes called the Western Regions.

Historical significance The establishment of the Western Regions' capital protection office marked that the Western Regions were formally incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the central government began to exercise sovereignty here. The establishment of administrative institutions, the appointment of officials, the statistics of garrison troops in the western regions, local household registration and the implementation of laws and regulations in the Han Dynasty are all important contents of the state's exercise of sovereignty, which laid the foundation for the central government to manage the western regions in later dynasties.

It indicates that Xinjiang, known as the Western Regions in history, has become an inseparable part of our great unified multi-ethnic country. The capital of the Western Regions, equivalent to the present provincial capital of the Western Regions, played a very important role in the development of the Western Regions and also played a decisive role in the regime of the dynasty at that time.

The establishment of the western regions' capital protection office ensured the smooth flow of the Silk Road, strengthened national unity and economic and cultural exchanges, and marked the western regions' coming to the embrace of the motherland. At the same time, the implementation of the reclamation policy in the local area has also promoted the development of agricultural production in the western region to a certain extent.

The capital of the Western Regions is located in luntai county, northwest of Bayinguoleng. The junction of Yeyungou Township and Cedaya Township is 3 kilometers away from Korla City1/KLOC-0, 58 kilometers away from luntai county, with an altitude of 990 meters. Now it has become a tourist spot in Bayinguoleng, attracting many Chinese and foreign tourists. The establishment of the Western Regions Capital Protection Office ensured the smooth trade routes between East and West.

An introduction to the historical background of the establishment of the Western Regions' Capital Protection House;

Xiongnu, a nomadic people in the ancient north, developed into a powerful slave country in the late Qin and early Han dynasties. It expands outward everywhere. In the west, it killed the Yue people, gained the Hexi Corridor, sent troops to the western regions, and brutally ruled the people of all ethnic groups in the western regions.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, the social economy of the Han Dynasty had been restored and developed, and the national strength was unprecedented. So he changed his defensive posture and decided to take the initiative to eradicate the border trouble. On the one hand, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions twice, looking for allies to "break the Huns' right arm"; On the other hand, Wei Qing and others were sent to ride out of Yanmen, Dai Jun and Yunzhong to defeat the Xiongnu and recapture the Hetao area. In the second year of Yuanshou (BC 12 1), Huo Qubing, a title of generals in ancient times, marched into Hexi twice, defeated Xiongnu, got Hexi Corridor, and set up four counties in Hexi.

In the fourth year of Yuanshou (1 19), Wei Qing and Huo Qubing led troops into the hinterland of Xiongnu and won the battle with Khan. "Although the Xiongnu is far away, there is no Wang Ting in the south of the desert." ("Historical Records Biography of Xiongnu") Xiongnu forces are declining day by day. In the same year, Zhang Qian was ordered to go to the Western Regions. Successfully arrived in Wusun (around Balkhash Lake and Issyk-Kul Lake) and sent envoys to Dawan, Kangju, Da Yue, Daxia, Rest in Peace and other countries.