Ruins of ancient city
of Loulan
ĦĦLies in south downriver delta of Peacock River
northeast Ruoqiang county, northwestern bank of
Lop Nur, is 340 kilometers far away Korla city.
The ancient city of Lonlan formed in Lianghan
Dynasty, is the necessary place to south road
of western region in Han Dynasty, took important
act in the eastern and western cultural communication,
later was covered up by desert, has a name"
Pompeii of Desert". Ancient city of Loulan
have four dry riverbed, the ruins located in the
middle of two crotch of the fourth big river.
There are rugged Yadan landform around it, ruins
of rampart mixed up with the Aeolian mesa. circumference
is 1,316 meters, total area is 108.2 thousand
square meters. The city was divided into two region
with ancient water road, one is north and east
section, remained ruins are a few, have Buddhist
tower and nearby architectures mainly; the other
is west and south section, have ruins of three
rooms and some little courtyard. The Buddhist
tower is 10.4 meters high, the body of the Buddhist
tower were built with adobe? sticky rice? wicker,
is the biggest and the highest architecture in
the city. The housing has felt down southwest
city, the wall use the two rows willows, was mixed
up with mud, lashed with reed rope and plaster
mud outside, the housetop was built with the analogous
material. The ancient water road which cross the
city from west to east is the important material
of studying the water source in the ancient Loulan
city, there is a ancient tower 4?5 kilometers
north the city, has been eroded by wind. there
are some temples of Buddhism? beacon fire, etc
ruins? relics and tumulus around the city. unearthed
Wuzhuqian in Han Dynasty? coin? Han character
in Tang Dynasty and survivor of silk and wool
fabric, lacquer? wood? jade? brass or copper ware?
gold and silver finger ring? earring and glass
service, etc cultural relics, have value for studying
Chinese and western cultural communication and
historic connection of frontier and inland our
country.
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