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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间:2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源:不详
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lass. The gold, silver and precious stones are rich as well as the cotton and silk . The bows and arrows, as well as carts , clothing and daily-used implements. are very different from those of China. The bridges are built of bricks and the boats look like shuttles. Only the mulberry and five cereals (rice, millet, ji, wheat, beans) are similar to those of China. Trees are also planted like the Chinese do. The salt is produced in the mountains, and the grapes are made into wine. There grow the huge melons weighing 60 jin ( 0.5 kilogram ) and beautiful Chinese flowering crabapples. The scallion looks fine and also tastes good. The animals include camels with one hump, cattle with ? back, and sheep with big tails. There are also lions, elephants, peacocks, water buffaloes, and wild donkeys. The snake has four feet. A kind of poisonous worm looks like a spider. If one is bitten by it, he will howl and die. The other beasts, fishes, insects, and plants are various and not found in China. The Tabisihan mountain [32] is 50 to 60&nb << 上一页 [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] ... 下一页 >> |
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