The End of the Maritime Silk Road in the East China Sea in Tang Dynasty

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Guangzhou became the largest port in China and a world-famous oriental port city. The route from Guangzhou to the Persian Gulf countries via the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean was the longest route in the world at that time.

After the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, that is, in the 6th and 7th centuries, it was only a supplementary form of the onshore Silk Road. However, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the constant wars in the western regions, the Silk Road on land was blocked by the war. Instead, it was the Maritime Silk Road. In the Tang Dynasty, with the development of shipbuilding and navigation technology in China, the sea routes from China to Southeast Asia, Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean, Red Sea and African continent were successively opened and extended, and the Maritime Silk Road finally replaced the land Silk Road and became the main channel for China's foreign exchanges.

According to New Tang Book? According to geographical records, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a sea route along the southeast coast of China to Southeast Asia, countries in the northern Indian Ocean, the coast of the Red Sea, northeastern Africa and countries in the Persian Gulf, which was called "Guangzhou Tonghai Island", which was the earliest name of the Maritime Silk Road in China. At that time, the commodities exported through this channel were mainly silk, porcelain, tea and copper and iron. The main imports are spices, flowers and other rare treasures for the court to enjoy. This situation continued until the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Route: Set sail from Guangzhou or Quanzhou, passing through Hainan Island, Guo Huan (in today's Vietnam), Mendu, Guwan, Longyamen, Luoyue, Sri Lifo, Hu Ling, Guluo, Koguryo, Shengdeng, Bulu, Lion, Nantianzhu, Brahman, Xinduhe and Tirolu. At the same time, people from the Tang Dynasty emigrated overseas. Among them, in 200 1 year, the South Korean Lin family went to Pengcheng, Hui 'an, Quanzhou to seek roots and worship their ancestors, which is even more legendary. Tang Lin's ancestors crossed the sea in South Korea, and so far they have multiplied 6.5438+0.2 million people.