网页Condition. In ruins. Gaochang[1] (Chinese: 高 昌; pinyin: Gāochāng; Old Uyghur: Qocho), also called Khocho, [2] Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja or Karahoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), was a ruined ancient oasis city on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in present-day Sanbu Township, Xinjiang, China. [3]