也谈炳灵寺石窟周围的交通问题

On the Traffic Problem around the Binglingsi Grottoes

甘肃永靖炳林寺石窟周边的交通问题是丝绸之路东段交通路线研究中不可或缺的一环。唐代凤林关不在原甘肃永靖县城所在地莲花城(现已没入刘家峡水库中),而在原永靖县唵哥集附近(现亦没入刘家峡水库中,即刘家峡水库蓄水前银川河入黄河口处)。吐蕃所建的河桥,不在"炳灵寺不远的黄河上",而当在今青海兴海县曲什安河入河口处的曲什安乡附近的黄河上。法显《佛国记》中所载的养楼山,亦不是指今扁都口一带所在的祁连山脉东段,应当是今青海大通县境内的北川河与东峡河交汇处的元朔山。

The traffic problem around the Binglingsi Grottoes in Yongjing, Gansu is an integral part of the research of the traffic routes on the east section of the Silk Road. The Fenglin Pass of the Tang dynasty was not established in Lianhua City（the previous seat of Yongjing County, now submerged in the Liujiaxia Reservoir）,but nearby Angeji in Yongjing（ now also submerged in the same reservoir at the junction of the Yinchuan River and the Yellow River）. The bridge across the Yellow River built by the Tibetans was not nearby the Binglingsi Grottoes, but near today＇s Qushian village at the estuary of the Qushian River in Xinghai County,Qinghai Province. The Yanglou Mountain recorded in Foguo Ji（Record of Buddhist Countries） by Fa Xian is most likely Yuanshuo Mountain, located at the junction of the Beichuan and Dongxia rivers in Datong County,closer to Qinghai than the east section of the Qilian Mountains around today＇s Biandukou.