Yü-li

His program also included a survey of the new course of the lower Tarim river in Eastern Turkistan and its terminal lake Lop-nor. This part of the expedition started in April 1934, from Könche or Yü-li-hsien, a small village about 45 km. SSE of Korla, whence Dr. Hedin followed the river Könche-darya and its continuation Qum-darya, travelling in native canoes.

Many silk and woolen finds dated to the period from the third century BC to the fifth century AD have come to light from the ancient sites of Lou-lan (also in Jo-chʻiang county) and Ying-pʻan (Yü-li county) along the middle route; and Ni-ya in Min-feng county, Shan-pʻu-la 山普拉 in Lo-pʻu 洛浦 county (near Khotan) along the southern route.