Chunche
Sign in to savethumb|right|300px|Chunche in Boyluq, Turpan thumb|Hanging grapes being dried for raisins inside a Chunche Chunche (, Чунчә; Chinese: 晾房, 阴房) is a Uyghur word that refers to a kind of building used to make raisins in Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The building has a dark interior, and the walls are covered with a large number of holes to allow wind to pass through and assist in the drying process through evaporation. Chunches are usually built in high, windy, areas due to the need for the wind.
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thumb|right|300px|Chunche in Boyluq, Turpan thumb|Hanging grapes being dried for raisins inside a Chunche Chunche (, Чунчә; Chinese: 晾房, 阴房) is a Uyghur word that refers to a kind of building used to make raisins in Turpan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The building has a dark interior, and the walls are covered with a large number of holes to allow wind to pass through and assist in the drying process through evaporation. Chunches are usually built in high, windy, areas due to the need for the wind.
These structures have long attracted attention of visitors to Turpan. The 19th-century Russian traveler Grigory Grum-Grshimailo wrote of Turpan: