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Dayuan(Ferghana)"大宛"

The first country Zhang Qian visited after his captivity among the xiongnu was Dayuan,in Ferghana.
"Dayuan lies southwest of the territory of the Xiongnu, some 10,000 li(5,000 kilometers) directly west of China. The people are settled on the land, plowing the fields and growing rice and wheat. They also make wine out of grapes. The people live in houses in fortified cities, there being some seventy or more cities of various sizes in the region. The population numbers several hundred thousand" (Shiji<<史记>>,123, Zhang Qian quote, trans. Burton Watson).
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