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1、视频字幕TheStoryofChina（2）SilkRoads&ChinashipsI.ScriptChina,aglobalsuperpower,eyessetonthefuture,it’sarrivalontheworldstage,greetedliketheappearanceofanewplanet.Butitisnotthefirsttime.Intheseventhcentury,whenEuropewasinitsDarkAge,TangDynastyChinabecometheg
2、reatestpoweronearth,andwouldbefor1000yearsuntiltheriseoftheWest.What’shappeningnowhashappenedbefore.I’aminXi’an,thecapitaloftheTang,which1300yearsagowasthegreatestandmostcosmopolitancityonearth.Andwhatmadeitgreatwasnotonlyitseconomicandculturalpower,it
3、ssenseofitsownidentity,butitsopennesstootherculture.Standingoverthesquare,thestatueofoneoftheheroesofthattime,oneofthegreatfiguresinthehistoryofcivilisation,theBuddhistmonkXuanzang,whobroughtthewisdomofIndiabackheretoChina.Thisisthetaleofatime,whicheve
4、nnowtheChineseseeasagoldenage.InthestoryofChinawehavereachedtheTangDynasty.It’softensaidthatinhistoryChinahasbeenaclosedcivilisation,introverted,cuttingitselfofffromtheworld.Andtherehavebeentimeswhenithaslookedthatway,butsinceprehistoryChinahasneverbee
5、nisolatedandhasthrivedoncontact.AndtheTangDynastywasagreatageofinternationalconnection.Thattime,vastnumbersofforeignpeoplespouredintoChinawithexoticgoods,foodsandideas,andevennewreligions.AndthegreatpathwayofexchangewastheSilkRoad.WecallittheSilkRoadto
6、day,butitwasn’treallyoneroad,butaseriesoflandroutesconnectingChinawithMediterraneanandIndia.AndtheSilkRoadturnedChina,forthefirsttime,intoaglobalcivilisation.Alongit,justastoday,weremanyculturesandpeples,differentreligions,differentwaysofseeingtheworld
7、.Thankyou,thankyousomuch.ThemagicoftheSilkRoad.ThemagicofCentralAsia.ThereisHanChinese,there’sUyghurseverywhere,there’saguyfromKyrgyzstan，youcantellbyhishat.Justlikeitwouldhavebeeninancienttimes,youwould’veseenArabsandPersians,probablyIndiansalongwitht
8、heHanChineseonthisveryedgeofTangDynastyChina.GreekhistorianPolybiushasaveryinterestingremarkaboutthis.Heiswritinginthe100sBC.HesaysthatinancienttimesthehistoriesofEuropeandAsiawerecompletelyseparate,theyrantheirownway,butfromourageonwar
