Baoye Street
Baoye Dao ( 褒 斜 道 , Bāoyé dào ) is an old Shu street . It is named after the river valleys of the two rivers Bao He褒 河 - also called Bao Shui (Bāo Shuǐ 褒 水) - and Ye Shui (Yé Shuǐ 斜 水). The two rivers arise from the Taibai Shan太白 山 in the Qin Ling Mountains . The Bao Shui (Bao He) flows into the Han Shui River in the south ; the Ye Shui joins the Wei Shui in the north , about 30 km southwest of Mei . In the time of the Han dynasty , under Emperor Wudi, a canal was built (the so-called Bao-Ye waterway 褒 斜 水道), which was not completed. Since that time it has been one of the most important south-north connections in the Qin Ling. Many rock inscriptions have been preserved that go back to the time of the Han Dynasty.
monument
Stone gate and rock inscriptions on Baoye Street (Baoye dao shimen jiqi Moya shike (褒 斜 道 石门 及其 摩崖 石刻) from the Han to Song period ) in Hanzhong have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1961 ( 1-57).
Route
Mei County - Taibai County - Liuba - Hanzhong
See also
literature
- Cihai , Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
Web links
- members.iinet.net.au: The Baoye Road to Shu - from Guanzhong to Yu Pen
- chinaculture.org: Stone Gate at Baoxie Road and Cliffside Stone Inscriptions
- chinabaike.com: 褒 斜 道 石门 及其 摩崖 石刻
- Photos ( Memento from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
References and footnotes
- ↑ xuewen.cnki.net reads 斜 as ye; see. Cihai, S. 1988c (yé 斜) and the following article: Yegu Dao 斜谷 道 etc.
- ↑ Information from cppcc.people.com.cn: Shudao jianjie (Shu Streets - A Brief Introduction)
- ↑ The English language website chinaculture.org ( memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) of the Ministry of Culture of the PR China and also chinabaike.com ( Zhongguo da baike quanshu ) apparently use the wrong reading xie for 斜in the term “Baoxie Road” .
- ↑ see note on reading above