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Encyclopedia > Tien Shan

The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山; Pinyin: Tiān Shān; celestial mountains) mountain range is located in Central Asia, in the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of western China.


The Tian Shan is culminating in Pik Pobedy (Victory Peak), at 7439m, which is also the highest point in Kyrgyzstan.


The Torugart Pass (3752 m) is located at the border between China and Kyrgyzstan.


See also: Geography of China


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Tien Shan Pai is a northern style which originated in the Tien Shan mountains of northwestern China.
Tien Shan Pai self-defense is characterized by attacks from the side coupled with multiple blocks, so that if one block fails, the second can cover.
Legend has it that it was practiced by monks who lived in a temple nestled among the snow-capped peaks of the Tien Shan mountains.
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The first European to penetrate Tien Shan was one of the greatest explorers in the 19th century, Piotr Semioniov, an exceptional figure indeed.
Northern Tien Shan includes the mountains that extend to the north of Lake Issyk Kul, that is, the Zaaliyskiy Alatau and Kungey Alatau ranges.
This is the most fascinating area in Tien Shan, a complicated interweaving of mountain chains that rise up south and east of Issyk Kul lake, with the highest peaks in the entire mountain system that are a must for international mountain climbing.
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