Yanzhou (ancient China)

Yan Province or Yanzhou was one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China, a list of regions compiled by Yu the Great when he toured the land after stopping the Great Flood and succeeding Emperor Yao.

Mulberry bushes grow here now – people have settled here from the hills to cultivate the fields.

Note – over the past thirteen years productivity has risen.

Tribute: dyes, silks – in special coloured containers.

Route: via the Ji and Ta rivers into the Yellow River.During the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), Yanzhou covered roughly present-day southwestern Shandong, eastern Henan, and the northwestern corner of Jiangsu.