Xinjiang Story: Aged coachman and his carriage bear witness to changes in historical quarter

URUMQI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- When Kadir Zayir first took up the reins of his late father's horse-drawn carriage over 60 years ago, he did so with the aim of supporting his family.

In recent years, he has steered his own canopied horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Kazanqi, a historical quarter in the city of Yining in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Not only is Kazanqi his hometown, bu