Suyab
Alternative name | Ordukent |
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Location | Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan |
Coordinates | 42°48′18.8″N 75°11′59.6″E / 42.805222°N 75.199889°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Founded | 5-6th century |
Abandoned | 11th century |
Site notes | |
Condition | In ruins |
Suyab (
History
The settlement of
Traveling 500
Tujue.
During the reign of
Following the downfall of the khaganate, Suyab was absorbed into the Tang dynasty, of which it was a western military outpost between 648 and 719. A Chinese fortress was built there in 679, and Buddhism flourished. According to some accounts, the great poet Li Bai (Li Po) was born in Suyab.[8] The Chinese traveler Du Huan, who visited Suyab in 751, found among the ruins a still-functioning Buddhist monastery, where Princess Jiaohe, daughter of Ashina Huaidao, used to dwell.[9][10]
Suyab was one of the Four Garrisons of
Of the subsequent history of Suyab there is little record, especially after the Chinese evacuated the Four Garrisons in 787.
The area around Suyab briefly returned to China under the
Archaeological site
In the 19th century the ruins at Ak-Beshim were erroneously identified with
The archaeological site of Suyab covers some 30
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.
- ^ a b Xue (1998), p. 136-140, 212-215.
- ^ Transboundary Chu-Talas
- ^ Ji (1985), p. 25.
- ^ Ye. I. Lubo-Lesnichenko. Svedeniya kitaiskikh pismennykh istochnikov o Suyabe (Gorodishche Ak-Beshim). [Information of Chinese Written Sources about Suyab (Ak-Beshim)]. // Suyab Ak-Beshim. St. Petersburg, 2002. Pages 115-127.
- Great Soviet Encyclopaedia, 3rd ed. Article "Turkic Khaganate".
- ^ Xue (1992), p. 284-285
- ^ Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui. China Reconstructs. China Welfare Institute, 1989. Page 58.
- ^ Forte A. An Ancient Chinese Monastery Excavated in Kirgizia // Central Asiatic Journal, 1994. Volume 38. № 1. Pages 41-57.
- ^ Cui (2005), p. 244-246
- ^ Zongzheng, Xue (1992), p. 596-597, 669
- ^ Zongzheng, Xue (1992), p. 686
- ^ Nicolle (1990), p. 32.
- ^ "葛剑雄:唐朝是中亚竞争的失败者(图)". ifeng.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "1864年《勘分西北界约记》,失去44万平方公里,含此五大旅游胜地". 30 January 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Бартольд В.В. Отчет о поездке в Среднюю Азию с археологической целью ("report on an archaeological campaign in Central Asia"), collected writings, vol. 4
- ^ Г.Л. Семенов. Ак-Бешим и города Семиречья. // Проблемы политогенза кыргызской государственности. ("Ak-Beshi and the cities of Semirechya - problems of politogenesis in the Kyrgyz statehood") – Бишкек: АРХИ, 2003. – с. 218-222.
- ^ Горячева В.Д., Перегудова С.Я. Буддийские памятники Киргизии ("Buddhist monuments of Kyrgyzstan"), pp. 187-188.
- Semirechye Monasteries]. // Hermitage Readings in Memory of Boris Piotrovsky. St. Petersburg, 1999. Pages 70-74.
Sources
- Cui, Mingde (2005). The History of Chinese Heqin. Beijing: People's Press. ISBN 7-01-004828-2.
- Nicolle, David (1990). Attila and the Nomad Hordes. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-996-6.
- Ji, Xianlin(1985). Journey to the West in the Great Tang Dynasty. Xi'an: Shaanxi People's Press.
- Xue, Zongzheng (1998). Anxi and Beiting Protectorates: A Research on Frontier Policy in Tang Dynasty's Western Boundary. Harbin: Heilongjiang Education Press. ISBN 7-5316-2857-0.
- Xue, Zongzheng (1992). A History of Turks. Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-0432-8.
External links
- Суяб или городище Ак-Бешим ("Suyab, or the fortified settlement Ak-Beshim") (in Russian)