桃花石与马秦山

Taohua Stone and Maqin Mountain

位于舟山群岛普陀海域的桃花与马秦山,是我国古代航海地文导航时期,从西方进入中原王朝江南腹地最重要的地理标志。这一组岛屿的名字,先是随着汉代末期南海佛教之路的开通,遍传西域佛国诸邦,继而由一度称雄西域的突厥人传至波斯湾沿岸国家。宋代,突厥哈喇汗王朝以＂桃花石＂、＂马秦＂为华夏中央政权的代表性称谓,载入《突厥语大词典》。揭示这一段史实,有助于更深入地了解自汉末至唐宋时代东西方航海交往的历程。

Taohua Stone and Maqin Mountain located in the waters of Putuo,Zhoushan Islands,were the most important landmarks from the West to the heart of Central Plains in terrestrial navigation period of ancient China.The names of the islands were firstly exported to Western Buddhist Region in the late Han Dynasty with the opening of Buddhist way to the South Sea,and then to Persian Gulf countries by the Turks dominating the Western Region.In the Song Dynasty,＂Taohua Stone＂ and ＂Maqin＂ were considered as the representative of the Chinese central government by the Turkic Khara Khetay Dynasty and were recorded in ＂Turkic Dictionary＂.To reveal the historical facts of this period will help to understand the communication history between the East and the West from the Han to the Tang and Song Dynasties better.