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1、视频字幕TheStoryofChina（2）SilkRoadsandChinaShipsI.ScriptChina,aglobalsuperpower,eyessetonthefuture.Itsarrivalontheworldstage,greetedliketheappearanceofanewplanet.Butitisnotthefirsttime.Intheseventhcentury,whenEuropewasinitsDarkAge,TangDynastyChinabecamethegreatestpoweronearthandwouldbefor1,000yearsuntil
2、theriseoftheWest.What’shappeningnowhashappenedbefore.I’minXi’an,thecapitaloftheTang,which1,300yearsagowasthegreatestandmostcosmopolitancityonearth.Andwhatmadeitgreatwasnotonlyitseconomicandculturalpoweritssenseofitsownidentity,butitsopennesstoothercultures.Standingoverthesquare,thestatueofoneofthehe
3、roesofthattime,oneofthegreatfiguresinthehistoryofcivilization,theBuddhistmonkXuanzang,whobroughtthewisdomofIndiabackheretoChina.ThisisthetaleofatimewhichevennowtheChineseseeasagoldenage.InthestoryofChinawehavereachedtheTangDynasty.It’softensaidthatinhistoryChinahasbeenaclosedcivilization,introverted
4、,cuttingitselfofffromtheworld.Andtherehavebeentimeswhenitslookedthatway,butsinceprehistoryChinahasneverbeenisolatedandhasthrivedoncontact.AndTangDynastywasagreatageofinternationalconnection.Thattime,astnumbersofforeignpeoplespouredintoChinawithexoticgoods,foodsandideas,andevennewreligions.Andthegrea
5、tpathwayofexchangewastheSilkRoad.WecallittheSilkRoadtoday,butitwasn’treallyoneroadbutaseriesoflandroutesconnectingChinawiththeMediterraneanandIndia.AndtheSilkRoadturnedChina,forthefirsttime,intoaglobalcivilization.Alongit,justastoday,weremanyculturesandpeoples,differentreligions,differentwaysofseein
6、gtheworld.ThemagicoftheSilkRoad.ThemagicofCentralAsia.ThereisHanChinese,there’suyghurseverywhere,there’saguyfromKyrgyzstanthatyoucantellbyhishat.Justlikeitwouldhavebeeninancienttimes,youwould’veseenArabsandPersians,probablyIndiansalongwiththeHanChineseonthisveryedgeofTangDynastyChina.GreekhistorianP
7、olybiushasaveryinterestingremarkaboutthis.Heiswritinginthe100sBC.HesaysthatinancienttimesthehistoriesofEuropeandAsiawerecompletelyseparate,theyrantheirownway,butfromourageonwardsthehistoryofEuropebega
