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1、TheSilkRoadTheSilkRoadA10,000-lisilverribbon,startingatChang’an(Xi’antoday),theancientcapitalofChina,andendingattheeasternshoreoftheMediterraneanSea,linksupfields,deserts,grasslands,andmountains.ThisistheSilkRoadfamedinworldhistory,thefirstthoroughfarethatli
2、nksupChinawiththeWest.SilkRoad’shistoryTheSilkRoadwasfirstconceivedduringtheZhouandQindynasties.From138--139B.C.,ZhangQian,outstandingWesternHandiplomatandtraveler,first“blazedatrail”intheWest,andtheSilkRoadwasformallyinauguratedasChina’s“nationalroad”linkin
3、guptheeastandwest.In73AD,BanZhaoembarkedonamissiontothewesternregionwitha36-manretinue,ensuringthesmoothoperationoftheSilkRoadwhichhadoncebeenblockedbywarDifferentRoutesoftheSilkRoadThefollowingthreeroutesareactuallyoneroutebeforetheyreachLoulan,Xingjiang,th
4、atisfromXi’an---Lanzhou---theHexiCorridor---Wuwei---Zhangye---Jiuquan---Dunhuang---YumenGuan(YangGuan)---Loulan.ThenorthrouterunsfromLoulan---Turfan---Hami---Urumqi---Yining---Yili--westtocoastoftheCaspianSea.ThemiddlerouterunsfromLoulan---Kuche---Aksu---Kas
5、hi---westtoIranandtoRomealongthecoastofMediterraneanSea.ThesouthrouterunsfromLoulan---Qiemo---Yutian---Shache---southtoIndiaandSoutheasttothedirectionofAfghan.TheInfluenceoftheSilkRoadTheancientSilkRoadlinkedChineseculturewiththatofIndia,Greece,RomeandPersia
6、nfromonecenturytotheother,carriedthegreatChineseinventionsofsilk,gunpowder,papermakingandprintingtotheWestandbroughtBuddhism,Nestorianism,andIslamandtheirrelatedartsandculturesintoChina.Fromtimeimmemorial,theSilkRoadhasbeenarouteoffriendlyintercoursebetweent
7、heChineseandforeignpeople.TheancientSilkRoadyieldsawealthofworldfamoustreasures.Aseriesofpasses,castles,grottotemples,courierstations,burialsitesandbeacontowersshinewithbrilliance.Nowadays,theSilkRoadbecomesafamoustouringroute.Xi’anMoKaoGrottoatDunhuangSingi
8、ngSandandNewMoonPoolHeavenLakeofCelestialMountainsDevils'CityLoulanMoKaoGrottoatDunhuangSingingSandandNewMoonPoolHeavenLakeofCelestialMountainsDevils'CityLoulanHaveagreattimeontheSilkRoadThanks
