A county in Jiuquan City, northwest of Gansu Province, China. Formerly called Anxi. Located northeast of the Qilian Mountains, in the northwestern corner of the Hexi Corridor, it is the gateway to the desert region of the Western Regions. Permanent population 148,798 (2010). It was named after the beautiful melons it produced in ancient times. It is one of the oases formed by the Shule River, and produces wheat and cotton. During the Tang Dynasty, it was a key point on the Silk Road, along with Shazhou (Dunhuang) to the west. It is a junction between the route that goes northwest through Hami (Kumlu) and Turfan, and the route that goes southwest through the southern edge of the Tarim Basin. The Lanxin Line and Dunhuang Line (Liugou-Dunhuang) pass through the county. The Yulin Grottoes (Wanfo Gorge) are located in the mountains to the south of the prefecture. In the surrounding Gobi region (a desert with only sparse shrubs), a typical wind-eroded landform (Yardang) can be seen. Suoyang City, located in the Yardang Wilderness in the southeastern part of the prefecture, is the remains of an oasis city from the Tang Dynasty, and was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2014 as a component asset of the "Silk Road: Trade Route Network of the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" (World Cultural Heritage). [Motohide Akiyama, Editorial Department, June 20, 2017] [References] | | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
中国、甘粛(かんしゅく)省北西部にある酒泉(しゅせん)市の県。旧称は安西(あんせい)。祁連(きれん)山脈の北東、河西(かせい)回廊のもっとも北西にあり、西域(せいいき)の砂漠地帯への入口にあたる。常住人口14万8798(2010)。古来、美しい瓜を産したことからこの名がつけられた。疏勒河(そろくが)の形成するオアシスの一つで、小麦や綿花が生産される。唐代には西の沙州(さしゅう)(敦煌(とんこう))と並んでシルク・ロードの要衝であった。ここから北西にハミ(クムル)、トゥルファンを経由する道と、南西にタリム盆地の南辺を通る道との分岐点をなす。蘭新(らんしん)線、敦煌線(柳溝(りゅうこう)―敦煌)が県内を通る。 県の南の山地に楡林窟(ゆりんくつ)(万仏峡)がある。周辺のゴビ(灌木(かんぼく)だけがまばらに生えている砂漠)地帯では、典型的な風食地形(ヤルダン)がみられる。県南東部、ヤルダンの荒野にある鎖陽城(さようじょう)は唐代のオアシス都市の遺跡で、2014年「シルク・ロード:長安‐天山(てんざん)回廊の交易路網」の構成資産として、世界遺産の文化遺産に登録されている(世界文化遺産)。 [秋山元秀・編集部 2017年6月20日] [参照項目] | | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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