Tajiks on the Pamir Plateau Photos by ALIMEMED <p style="text-align: center; "><font color="#010101"><b style="">These photos document the life of Tajiks living in the Tashkurghan Autonomous County in Xinjiang, China. Life is hard in this cold place on the Pamirs where there are vast stretches of the Gobi Desert. Tajiks have been living a semi-nomadic life here for generations, mainly relying on livestock raising for a tenacious survival. <br></b><b style="">Kindness is the root of the nation, morality is the vitality of the nation, wisdom and ability is the potential development of the nation, and nation without morality is near the verge of collapse. <br></b><b style="">The Pamir Tajiks, living in a house on the clouds, respect the elderly and care about the kids, united and self-esteem, of which the divorce rate is low and the crime rate is zero in such a community human environment. Even though they are lack of food and clothing, they have good understanding of the achievement and the disgrace.<br></b><b style="">The Tajik people are noted for their fine characteres and high -standard morality . Al though they have been living in remote and backward areas generatine after generation , they are upright , honest, easy to get along with and hospitable, They are a broad- minded people . </b></font></h3><p style="text-align: center; "><br></h3>