Loulan or Kroran is an ancient oasis town founded in the second century BCE on the north-eastern edge of the Lop Desert. Loulan, also known as Krorayina, was an ancient kingdom along China's Silk Road in Xinjiang. In 77 BCE, it became known to the Chinese as Shanshan, though the town at the northwestern corner of Lop Nur retained the name of Loulan. The ruins of the town of Loulan are on what were the western banks of Lop Nur, in the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, now completely submerged in the desert.



楼兰是中国西部的一个古代小国，距今约1600年前楼兰国消失，只留下处古城遗迹。楼兰古城地处新疆巴音郭楞蒙古自治州若羌县北境，罗布泊的西北角、孔雀河道南岸的7公里处。

巴音郭楞蒙古自治州	Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ zì zhì zhōu	Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang
孔雀河	Kǒng què hé	Peacock river in Xinjiang
罗布泊	Luó bù bó	Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang
楼兰	Lóu lán	ancient oasis town of Kroraina or Loulan on the Silk road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊, modern Xinjiang
南岸	Nán àn	Nananqu district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
南岸	nán àn	the south bank
若羌县	Ruò qiāng xiàn	Chaqiliq nahiyisi or Ruoqiang county in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng4 Meng3 gu3 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
新疆	Xīn jiāng	Xinjiang / Uighur autonomous region 新疆维吾尔自治区
中国	Zhōng guó	China / Middle Kingdom
的	de	of / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive
的	dì	aim / clear
的	dí	really and truly
地处	dì chǔ	to be located at / to be situated in
古城	gǔ chéng	old town
角	jiǎo	angle / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan / CL:个[ge4]
角	jué	role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale
距今	jù jīn	before the present / (a long period) ago
留下	liú xià	to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let go (sb)
年前	nián qián	...years ago
约	yuē	appointment / agreement / to arrange / to restrict / approximately
约	yāo	weigh
遗迹	yí jì	trace / vestige / historical remains / remnant
一个	yī gè	a / an