• I.Rivers • Yangzi / Yangtze River • Yellow River (Huanghe) III. Routes The “Silk Road” The route along which Mahayana Buddhism entered China the Grand Canal before 1250 IV. Other Features Gobi Desert The North China Plain Tibetan Plateau Sichuan Basin Korean Peninsula Xiongnu territory II.Cities Luoyang / Loyang Jiankang (modern Nanjing / Nanking) Chang’an (modern Xi’an) Kaifeng/K’ai-feng