The ancient city of Jiaohe was first built by the people of Jushi during the time span from the 2nd century BC to the middle of the 5th century AD.

and was prosperous in the Qu's Gaochang Period and Tang Dynaties (5th- 8th century AD).

In the 9th century-14th century AAD, the political center of Uyghurian Gaochang State shifted to the ancient cities of Gaochang and Beiting, and the city of Jiaohe began to decline since then.

In the time of Jagatai period of Yuan Dynasty, wars lasted for years in the Turfan Basin and the city of Jiaohe was finally destroyed.