Horse Nomads in the Oasis Basin

LocalOverheadYiwu

An excerpt from Ban Zhao’s Histories of the Western Hinterlands:

Though usually returning to their pastures in the steppes, the horse nomads were nevertheless a common sight in the Oasis Basin. In the Budding of 115, a travelling artist wrote an account of the hospitality she received when she was overtaken by a band of nomads near Yiwu.