丝绸之路 | [Sī chóu Zhī lù, ㄙ ㄔㄡˊ ㄓ ㄌㄨˋ, 丝 绸 之 路 / 絲 綢 之 路] the Silk Road #21,633 [Add to Longdo] | 楼兰 | [Lóu lán, ㄌㄡˊ ㄌㄢˊ, 楼 兰 / 樓 蘭] ancient oasis town of Kroraina or Loulan on the Silk road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊, modern Xinjiang #37,666 [Add to Longdo] | 马可波罗 | [Mǎ kě Bō luó, ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ, 马 可 波 罗 / 馬 可 波 羅] Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo) #63,168 [Add to Longdo] | 正仓院 | [Zhēng cāng yuàn, ㄓㄥ ㄘㄤ ㄩㄢˋ, 正 仓 院 / 正 倉 院] Shōsō-in, treasure house belonging to Tōdai-ji 東大寺, Nara 奈良, Japan, an extensive repository of imperial treasures from Tang times; described as the east-most end of the Silk road #182,629 [Add to Longdo] | 里希特霍芬 | [Lǐ xī tè huò fēn, ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄊㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣ, 里 希 特 霍 芬] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 #225,855 [Add to Longdo] | 李希霍芬 | [Lǐ xī huò fēn, ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣ, 李 希 霍 芬] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 #321,858 [Add to Longdo] | 乃堆拉 | [Nǎi duī lā, ㄋㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄟ ㄌㄚ, 乃 堆 拉] Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim) [Add to Longdo] | 乃堆拉山口 | [Nǎi duī lā shān kǒu, ㄋㄞˇ ㄉㄨㄟ ㄌㄚ ㄕㄢ ㄎㄡˇ, 乃 堆 拉 山 口] Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim) [Add to Longdo] | 丝路 | [sī lù, ㄙ ㄌㄨˋ, 丝 路 / 絲 路] the Silk road (abbr. for 丝绸之路) [Add to Longdo] | 茶马古道 | [Chá mǎ gǔ dào, ㄔㄚˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ, 茶 马 古 道 / 茶 馬 古 道] old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond [Add to Longdo] |
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