Wuchi Street

Wuchi Street ( 五尺 道 , Wǔchǐ dào  - "Five Chi Street") is an old Shu Street . Its name comes from the fact that it is five chi wide. Its construction began in the time of the Qin Dynasty under Emperor Qin Shihuang , who wanted to connect the Central China Plain with the Southwest. It was the main link between the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Sichuan Basin . In the south it leads to today's Qujing in the east of the Yunnan province .

See also

• List of Shu streets

literature

• Cihai , Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5

Web links

• Qin kai Wuchi dao ( Memento from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Wuchi Road, a recorder of horse caravan in Yunnan

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Chi is an ancient Chinese measure of length.
2. ↑ Cihai , p. 1793c