Where is the Western Regions now, and where is the Western Regions now

1. In a narrow sense, the Western Regions refers to the west of Yumen Pass and Yangguan, the east of the Green Mountains, the east and south of Balkhash Lake and the vast areas of Xinjiang. In a broad sense, the Western Regions refers to the central and western regions of Asia.

The Western Regions first referred to the Zhou Dynasty. The pre-Qin "Chinese" has "books of the West"; The Book of Songs has "people from the West"; "Zhuangzi Rangwang Chapter" contains: "In the Xing of the former Zhou Dynasty, there were two scholars in a lonely bamboo, called Boyi and Shuqi.

The two of them said to each other: 'I have heard that there are people in the West, who seem to have a Tao, try to look at it.' ’”

In addition, the countries of the Western Regions are mainly distributed in the Tarim Basin, the Turpan Basin and the edge of the Junggar Basin in the north, and use the water melted from the highlands to live on the oases, in addition, the Tarim River and Lop Nur are the main agricultural and domestic water sources in the Western Regions. Thus, the prosperity of the countries of the region is inextricably linked to water.

2.Refers to the west, the west sky.

Han] Mu Rong's "Treatise":"The reason why the Buddha is in Zhongyue and the strange in the Western Regions is that it is very interesting. "

Qing] Yun Jing "Wenchang Palace Tablet Yin Record":"In later generations, the Buddha was prosperous, and the gods were enshrined in the Western Regions and the so-called Four Heavens. "

3.Refers to the place where the legendary Queen Mother of the West lived.

Tang] Wu Yun's "Step Void Words":"Created in the Western Regions, frolicking in the Golden Mother's house. "

In 138 B.C. (the third year of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty), Zhang Qian was ordered to send an envoy to the Western Regions, at that time in the 36 countries of the Western Regions in the current Xinjiang territory, after research in the following places: Wusun, Qiuzi, Yanqi, Ruoqiang, Loulan, and Mo, Xiaowan, Ronglu, Mi, Qule, Pishan, Xiye, Puli, Yinai, Shache, Shule, Yutou, Wensu, Yuli, Gumo, Beilu, Wu Greed, Beilu Houguo, Shan Huan, Pu, Pu Houguo, Xijimi, Robbery Country, Huhu, Mountain Country, Cheshi Qianguo, Cheshi Houguo, In addition to the Cheshi Weidu Kingdom, the Cheshi Houcheng State, in addition to the Dawan, Anxi, Dayueshi, Kangju, Kokand, Kanjuti, Wuyi Shanli and other more than a dozen Western Regions countries.

In the third year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty (i.e., 138 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions to find the Dayue clan to jointly fight against the Xiongnu. Although the mission was unsuccessful, it communicated the contacts and exchanges between the Central Plains and the countries of the Western Regions.

The Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions is a general term for the area west of the name of present-day Yumen Pass.

The Western Regions refers to the area west of present-day Yumen Pass. Since the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions have narrowly referred to the west of Yumen Pass and Yangguan, the east of the Green Mountains, the east and south of Lake Balkhash and the vast areas of Xinjiang. The Western Regions can be found in the Preface to the Western Regions Biography of the Book of Han:

The Western Regions began to pass through the time of filial piety, the thirty-six countries, and then slightly divided to more than fifty, all in the west of the Xiongnu, the south of Wusun. There are large mountains in the north and south. **There is a river, more than 6,000 miles from east to west, and more than 1,000 miles from north to south.

The east is connected to the Han Dynasty, and the Yumen and Yangguan are bound, and the west is limited to the Green Ridge. ”

Under the influence of the Silk Road, the Western Regions specifically refers to most of Xinjiang, China and some parts of Central Asia under the jurisdiction of the administrative institutions arranged by China in the Han and Tang dynasties, located in the center of the Eurasian continent and is an important part of the Silk Road.

The countries of the Western Regions are mainly distributed in the Tarim Basin, the Turpan Basin and the edge of the Junggar Basin in the north, and live on the oases by using the water melted from the highlands, in addition, the Tarim River and Lop Nur are the main agricultural and domestic water sources in the Western Regions.

Therefore, the prosperity of the country in this region is inextricably linked to water, and according to some archaeologists, Loulan is the main reason for its demise due to the diversion of rivers and the migration of Lop Nur.

The Western Regions is the name given to ancient China for a vast and vast region located in the western part of China, and its scope is constantly changing. Historically, it mainly includes the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the western part of Gansu Province, the eastern part of Qinghai Province, and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In ancient times, the Western Regions was an important passage for the Central Plains civilization to communicate with the Western civilization, and it was also an important strategic goal for dynasties such as the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty to expand their territory to the west.

Therefore, the Western Regions has an important position in Chinese history and culture, and has rich heritage and traditions in the fields of literature, art, and archaeology.

The Western Regions in the narrow sense refers to the east of the Green Mountains, while in the broad sense it refers to the areas that can be reached through the Western Regions in the narrow sense, including central and western Asia, the Indian Peninsula, eastern Europe, and northern Africa.