TheSilkRoadIntroductionTheSilkRoadreferstotheancienttraderouteconnectingAsiaContinentandEuropeanContinent,usuallyitcanbeclassifiedintoNorthernSilkRoadonthelandandSouthernSilkRoadonthesea.TheSouthernSilkRoadstartedfromGuangzhou,Quanzhou,Dengzhou,Yangzhou,Mingzhouports,itcangoeasttoCorea,Japan,southtoEast-southerncountriesandwesttoEuropeandAfrica.TheNorthernSilkRoadreferstotheroutesstartfromXi’an,travellingwesttoWuwei,passingthoughHexiCorridortoDunhuangandgowesttoEurope.thefirstofficialdiplomattobringbackreliableinformationaboutCentralAsiatotheChineseimperialcourt—HanDynasty.ZhangQianWentWesternRegiontwiceseparatelyin138B.Cand119B.C,whichplayedanimportantroleinexploringtheSilkRoad.EconomicsSomeitemstradedalongtheSilkRoadOudBactriancamelsglassCarpetsMetalworkPorcelainJadeSpicesSilkReligionBuddhismatDunhuangBetween600and1000A.D.,BuddhistsbuilthundredsofcavetemplesaroundDunhuangdepictingscenesofBuddhaAssembledlibrariesofreligiousliteratureSupportedmissionarieswhichspreadBuddhismthroughoutChinaBriefsummaryThiswelldevelopmentofthenetworkoftheSilkRoadisthepreciouswonderofmankindinourhistory.Itenabledpeopleinthepasttointeractwitheachotherthatresultsintheexchangesofculture,religion,technology,skillsofartandsoon.BecausethisgreatinteractivitieshappenedalongtheSilkRoad,nowtoday's'archaeologistsandarthistorianswillbeabletoexcavatethepropertiesintheinfluencesofthemulticulturalunderthegroundtoworktogetherinordertorevealthetruestoriesinthepast.Thanks