Kingyudo - Kingyudo

Japanese: 金牛道 - きんぎゅうどう

…In China, the road from Guanzhong to Shu where it crosses the Daba Mountains is called Shu Pass, in contrast to Qin Pass to the north. Shu Pass is the road from Mian County in Shaanxi Province to Jiange in Sichuan Province, and is a difficult place to travel between Chang'an and Chengdu. It is also called the Golden Bull Road or the Stone Bull Road. Jiange was built by Zhuge Liang on Dajian Mountain (Jianmen Mountain) by chiseling stones into the air. …

From Chengdu

... Also, because the Sichuan Basin is located in an important position in the southwest, there have been four routes of transportation from Chengdu since ancient times. The Shaanxi Road, or Jinniu Road, which is a road to Hanzhong, including the so-called "Shu Plank Road," the Hubei Road to the east, the Yunnan Road to the south, the Guizhou Road, and the Xizang Road to the west have all been opened. These were difficult routes, as it was said that "the road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than climbing up into the blue sky," but construction and improvement are currently underway, and the route serves as the starting point for the Baocheng-Chengdu-Kun and Chengdu-Yu Railways and the Sichuan-Tibet Expressway. ...

From [Road]

…In particular, the Qinling Mountains lie to the south, and it was extremely difficult to reach the Han River basin and the Sichuan Basin to the south. However, transportation to the fertile Sichuan Basin was attracting attention from early on, and during the Warring States period, Qin opened a mountain road known as the Jinniu Road. Some of the silk brought to the west via the ancient Silk Road was thus transported from Shu (Sichuan) (Bashu). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kinushido" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国では，関中から蜀への道が大巴山脈を越える所にあるのを蜀桟と呼び，北にある秦桟に対する。蜀桟は陝西省沔(勉)県（べんけん）より，四川省剣閣に至る道で，長安と成都を結ぶ交通上の難所にあたり，金牛道，石牛道とも呼ばれる。剣閣は大剣山(剣門山)に，諸葛亮（しよかつりよう）が石を鑿（うが）ち空に架して飛閣を作ったものである。…

【成都】より

…　また四川盆地が西南の重要な位置にあるため，古来，成都からの交通が四通している。いわゆる〈蜀桟道〉をふくむ漢中への道である陝西道すなわち金牛道や東への湖北道，南への雲南道，貴州道，西への西蔵道などが開かれてきた。これらは〈蜀への道は難（けわ）しく，青天に上るより難（かた）し〉といわれたように困難な道のりであったが，現在は建設，整備がすすみ，宝成，成昆，成渝鉄道や川蔵自動車道などの起点となっている。…

【道】より

…とくに南には秦嶺山脈が横たわり，その南の漢水流域，さらに四川盆地へ至るのはきわめて困難であった。しかし肥沃な土地をもつ四川盆地との交通は早くから注目され，戦国時代に秦は金牛道の名で知られる山間の道を開いていた。古くシルクロードにより西方へもたらされた絹には，こうして蜀(四川)から運ばれたものがあった(巴蜀)。…

※「金牛道」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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