barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
erhu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow); erh hu
kokyū; 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument; any Asian string instrument played with a bow
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
quiver (worn on the right hip; post-Nara period)
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow); (arch.) biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)
northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China; foreigner; barbarian tribe
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
barbarian territory; barbarous land; uncivilized land (uncivilised)
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
yehu (bowed Chinese instrument with a coconut-shell body)
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro
jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
Hu poplar; Populus euphratica
Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
Indian long pepper (Piper longum); longpepper
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)
North China barbarian nations