TheSilkRoadisahistoricallyimportantinternationaltraderoutebetweenChinaandEurope.BecauseChinasilkcomprisedalargeproportionofthetradealongthisancientroad,in1877,itwasnamedthe“SilkRoad”byaneminentGermangeographer.UsuallyitcanbeclassifiedintoNorthernSilkRoadontheland,SouthernSilkRoadonthelandandtheSilkRoadonthesea.TheNorthernSilkRoadonthelandusuallyreferstotheroutesstartfromChang’an,travelingwesttoWuwei,passingthoughHexiCorridortoDunhuangandgowesttoEurope.TheSouthernSilkRoadonthelandusuallyreferstotheroutestartsfromSichuanProvinceandgosouthtoIndiaandBurma.ItisnowincludedintheWorldHeritageListofUNESCO.33historicalsitesarealongtheroadintotaland22ofthemdistributeinShaanxi,Henan,GansuandXinjiangofChina.(换)FromthetimeZhangQianopeneduptheworld-famousSilkRoadduringtheHanDynasty,untilthecollapseoftheYuanDynasty,itenjoyedahistoryofabout1,600years.(换)TheancientSilkRoadcontributedgreatlytotheculturalexchangebetweenChinaandtheWest.FromthesecondcenturyBCtothefifteenthcenturyAD,splendidcivilizationsamongChina,India,Greece,PersiaandRomewereexchangedalongthisfamoustraderoute,makingtherouteagreat“CulturalBridge”betweenAsiaandEurope.TogetherwiththeeconomicandpoliticalexchangebetweentheEastandWest,religionsoftheWestwereintroducedintoChinaviatheworld-famousroute.LikeBuddhismandIslam.Fromtimeimmemorial,theSilkRoadhasbeenarouteoffriendlyintercoursebetweentheChineseandforeignpeople.TheSilkRoadgreatlypromotedtheexchangesofeconomy,technologyandcultureamongtheAsian,theEuropeanandtheAfrican.Itmadethewholeworldcolorful.(换)TheoftheSilkRoadfortodayisaChineseframeworknamedOneBeltandOneRoad,whichfororganizingmultinationaleconomicdevelopmentthroughtwocomponentplans,theland-basedSilkRoadEconomicBeltandoceangoingMaritimeSilkRoad.IlookforthenewSilkRoadwillplayanincreasinglyactiveroleingeneratingforthebenefitofallhumanity.