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The Jiaohe Ruins is a Chinese archaeological site found in the Yarnaz Valley, 10 km west of the city of Turpan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.〔Bonavia (2002), p.236.〕 It is a natural fortress located atop a steep cliff on a leaf-shaped plateau between two deep river valleys. ==Names== The ''Hou Hanshu'' says: :"The king of Nearer Jushi ()1 lives in the town of Jiaohe (20 li west of Turfan ). A river divides into two and surrounds the town, which is why it is called Jiaohe (Junction' )."〔Hill (2009), p. 48.〕 Lionel Giles recorded the following names for Ruoqiang Town (with his Wade-Giles forms of the Chinese names substituted with pinyin): :Jiaohe, ancient capital of Turfan (). :Jushi Qianwangting (Anterior Royal Court of Jushi) (Han ) :Gaochang Jun () :Xi Zhou () :Yarkhoto (name ).〔Giles (1930-1932), p. 846.〕 Aurel Stein has suggested that the name Yarkhoto is a combination of Turkic and Mongolian words, being derived from ''yar'' (Turki: ravine) and ''khoto'' (Mongolian: town).〔Stein, Aurel (1928). ''Innermost Asia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran, Carried Out and Described under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government''. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 713.(Text available here ) On 'yar' یار (ravine), see G. Raquette (1927),''English-Turki Dictionary: Based on the Dialects of Kashgar and Yarkand'', ''Lunds Universitet Årsskrift.'' N.F. Avd. 1. Bd. 23. Nr. 4, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, p.95. On khot()/ XOT, 'group of tents, town, etc.', see Charles Bawden (1997), Mongolian-English Dictionary, London: Kegan Paul, p.452.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jiaohe Ruins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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