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1、TheStoryofChina（2）SilkRoad&ChinaShipsI.ScriptChina,aglobalsuperpower,eyesetonthefuture,itsarrivalontheworldstagegreetedliketheappearanceofanewplanet.Butitisnotthefirsttime.Intheseventhcentury,whenEuropewasinitsDarkAge,TangDynastyChinabecamethegreatestpowero
2、nearthandwouldbefor1000yearsuntiltheriseoftheWest.What’shappeningmowhashappenedbefore.“I’minXi’an,thecapitaloftheTang,which1300yearsagowasthegreatestandmostcosmopolitancityonearth.”Andwhatmadeitgreatwasnotonlyitseconomicandculturalpower,itssenseofitsowniden
3、tity,butitsopennesstoothercultures.“Standingoverthesquare,thestatueoftheheroesofthattime,oneofthegreatfiguresinthehistoryofcivilization,theBuddhistmonkXuanzang,whobroughtthewisdomofIndiabackheretoChina.”ThisisthetaleofatimewhichevennowtheChineseseeasagolden
4、age.InthestoryofChinawehavereachedtheTangDynasty.SILKROADS&CHINASHIPSIt’softensaidthatinhistoryChinahasbeenaclosedcivilization,introverted,cuttingitselfofffromtheworld.“Andtherehavebeentimeswhenithaslookedthatway,butsinceprehistoryChinahasneverbeenisolateda
5、ndhasthrivedoncontact.AndTangDynastywasagreatageofinternationalconnection.Thattime,vastnumbersofforeignpeoplespouredintoChinawithexoticgoods,foods,andideas,andevennewreligious.AndthegreatpathwayofexchangewastheSilkRoad.”WecallittheSilkRoadtoday,butitwasn’tr
6、eallyoneroadbutaseriesoflandroutesconnectingChinawiththeMediterraneanandIndia.AndtheSilkRoadturnedChina,forthefirsttime,intoaglobalcivilization.Alongit,justastoday,weremanyculturesandpeoples,differentreligious,differentwaysofseeingtheworld.“ThemagicoftheSil
7、kRoad.ThemagicofCentralAsia.ThereisHanChinese,there’sUyghurseverywhere,there’saguyfromKyrgyzstan,youcantellbyhishat.Justlikeitwouldhavebeeninancienttimes,youwould’veseenArabsandPersians,probablyIndianalongwiththeHanChineseonthisveryedgeofTangDynastyChina.Gr
8、eekhistorianPolybiushasaveryinterestingremarkaboutthis.Heiswritinginthe100sBC.HesaysthatinancienttimesthehistoriesofEuropeandAsiawerecompletelyseparate,theyrantheirownway,butfromourageonwardsthehistory
