Zhelaizhai
者来寨 | |
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  Zhelaizhai Location in Gansu  Zhelaizhai Zhelaizhai (China) | |
| Coordinates: 38°15′00″N 101°58′11″E / 38.25000°N 101.96972°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| District | Yongchang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Zhelaizhai (simplified Chinese: 者来寨; traditional Chinese: 者來寨; pinyin: Zhěláizhài) is a village on the edge of the Gobi desert in Gansu province, China. The area was renamed after Liqian, an ancient county,[1] and is located in Jiaojiazhuang township,[2] Yongchang County. Some of the modern-day residents of Zhelaizhai, now known as Liqian village,[1] have been suspected to be descendants of a group of Roman soldiers that were never accounted for after being captured in the Battle of Carrhae. Although this story has been seized upon by some area residents, recent authorities have shown that the notion has serious shortcomings.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ a b 者来寨、骊靬古城遗址、骊靬亭简介 (in Simplified Chinese). Yongchang County Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television. 8 August 2013.
- ^ 2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2016.
- ^ Hoh, Erling (14 January 1999). "Lost Legion". Far Eastern Economic Review. pp. 60–62.
- ^ "Do descendants of Roman soldiers live in Gansu?". China Daily. 21 July 1998.
- ^ Ying-shih, Yu (1967). Trade and Expansion in Han China: A Study in the Structure of Sino-Barbarian Economic Relations. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 89–91.
- ^ I-tien, Hsing (1997). 漢代中國與羅馬帝國關係的再檢討 (1985-95) [Relations between Han China and the Roman Empire Revisited (1985-95)]. Chinese Studies (漢學研究) (in Traditional Chinese). 15 (1): 1–31.