Yongchang

Yongchang County is a county positioned within the southern half of of the prefecture-stage town of Jinchang inside the north-relevant part of Gansu province, China. It has been related to the ancient Liqian and Fanhe counties. The village of Zhelaizhai, positioned in Jiaojiazhuang township, has been the problem of international academic and media interest for its ability connection to Sino-Roman members of the family.

The historic Northern Silk Road passes through Yongchang County; numerous Han envoys have been despatched west along this trackway, a few parties exceeding a hundred members, overdue within the first millennium BC. The Han dynasty sent one challenge to Parthia, which turned into reciprocated round one hundred BC: Roman emissaries were captured by means of the Chinese in 30 BC along the Silk Road at Yongchang.

At numerous times during the 20th century and early 21st century, the county has entered the sight of media due to the fact some of the population of Jiaojiazhuang township's Liqian village, positioned in which the ancient Liqian county had existed inside the early imperial length, were theorized to be descendants of a Roman legion. Although this story has been seized upon by enthusiastic Chinese of the location and non-specialist Westerners, as a minimum eminent Chinese government have proven that the notion has critical shortcomings.