Yongchang County ( Chinese : 永昌 县 ; pinyin : Yǒngchāng Xiàn ) is a county located in the southern half of the prefecture-level city of Jinchang in north-central Gansu province, China, bordering Qinghai to the south. It has been associated with the historical Liqian and Fanhe counties. The village of Zhelaizhai , located in Jiaojiazhuang township, has been the subject of international academic and media attention for its potential connection to Sino-Roman relations .
12-655: Yongchang is the transliteration of various Chinese names: 永昌 Yǒngchāng [ edit ] Locations in China [ edit ] Yongchang County , a county in Jinchang, Gansu Baoshan, Yunnan , a city in Yunnan, formerly known as Yongchang Subdistricts [ edit ] Yongchang Subdistrict (永昌街道), a subdistrict of Qidong County in Hunan . Yongchang Subdistrict, Dandong (永昌街道),
24-403: A Roman legion . Although this story has been seized upon by enthusiastic Chinese of the area and non-specialist Westerners, at least two eminent Chinese authorities have shown that the notion has serious shortcomings. In 1996, Yongchang County was made up of four towns and six townships . In 2000, Dongzhai township and Shuiyuan township both became towns. Currently, Yongchang County
36-892: A subdistrict in Baoshan, Yunnan Towns [ edit ] Yongchang, Hangzhou , a town in Hangzhou , Zhejiang Yongchang, Sichuan , a town in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County , Sichuan Yongchang, Wuwei, Gansu , a town in Wuwei, Gansu Historical eras [ edit ] Yongchang (322–323), era name used by Emperor Yuan of Jin Yongchang (689), era name used by Emperor Ruizong of Tang Yongchang (1644–1645), era name used by Li Zicheng 永常 Yǒng Cháng [ edit ] Yong Chang (general) [ zh ] (died 1755) Qing military general. Topics referred to by
48-773: A subdistrict of Zhenxing District in Dandong prefecture-level city , Liaoning . Yongchang Subdistrict, Changchun , a subdistrict in Chaoyang District, Changchun , Jilin Yongchang Subdistrict, Lanxi , a subdistrict in Lanxi, Zhejiang Yongchang Subdistrict, Chengwu County , a subdistrict in Chengwu County , Shandong Yongchang Subdistrict, Kunming , a subdistrict in Kunming , Yunnan Yongchang Subdistrict, Baoshan, Yunnan ,
60-441: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yongchang County The ancient Northern Silk Road passes through Yongchang County; numerous Han envoys were sent west along this trackway, some parties exceeding 100 members, late in the first millennium BC . The Han dynasty sent one mission to Parthia , which was reciprocated around 100 BC: Roman emissaries were captured by
72-537: Is made up of the following 9 towns and 1 township: This Gansu location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Northern Silk Road The Northern Silk Road is a historic inland trade route in Northwest China and Central Asia (historically known as the Western Regions ), originating in the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an (modern day Xi'an ), westwards through
84-837: The Hexi Corridor (in what is the modern Gansu province ) into the Tarim Basin , going around north of the Taklamakan Desert along the two sides of the Tianshan Mountains , and then past the Pamir Mountains to reach the ancient kingdoms of Bactria , Sogdia , Kushan , Parthia and eventually the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire . It is the northernmost branch of the several Silk Roads providing trade , cultural exchanges and military mobilizations between China and
96-640: The Tian Shan mountains through Turpan , Talgar and Almaty (in what is now southeast Kazakhstan ). The routes split west of Kashgar with one branch heading down the Alay Valley towards Termez and Balkh , while the other traveled through Kokand in the Fergana Valley , and then west across the Karakum Desert towards Merv , joining the southern route briefly. One of the branch routes turned northwest to
108-536: The Chinese in 30 BC along the Silk Road at Yongchang. At various times during the 20th century and early 21st century, the county has entered the sight of media because some of the inhabitants of Jiaojiazhuang township's Liqian village ( 骊靬 村 ) ( Zhelaizhai ), located where the ancient Liqian county had existed in the early imperial period ( Western Han dynasty to Sui dynasty ), have been theorized to be descendants of
120-572: The capital of the Western Han and Tang dynasty , which was moved further east to Luoyang during the Eastern Han dynasty . The route travels northwest through the Chinese province of Gansu from Shaanxi Province, and splits into three further routes, two of them following the mountain ranges to the north and south of the Taklimakan Desert to rejoin at Kashgar ; and the other going north of
132-500: The outside world. The route was first developed by the Han dynasty in the latter part of the 1st century BC to secure diplomatic alliance against the Xiongnu confederacy, with whom China had been having escalating conflicts , and was progressively transformed into a major trade route during the subsequent dynasties to project Chinese influence towards the west. The route started at Chang'an,
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