Information about the "Silk Road"

Silk Road; ; Silk Road), also known as the Silk Road. It refers to the land passage opened by Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-BC 138), starting from Chang 'an (Jin 'an), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang to Central Asia and West Asia, connecting Mediterranean countries (this road is also called "Northwest Silk Road" to distinguish it from the other two traffic routes named "Silk Road" in the future). Because silk products have the greatest influence on the goods transported to the west, it is named. Its basic trend was set in the Han Dynasty, including three routes: South Road, Middle Road and North Road. The Silk Road is a historically trans-Eurasian trade transportation line, which historically promoted friendly exchanges between Europe, Asia, Africa and China. China is the hometown of silk. In the trade through this route, silk is the most representative commodity exported by China. /kloc-In the second half of the 9th century, German geographer Richthofen called this land transportation route "Silk Road". Since then, historians at home and abroad have agreed with this statement, which is still in use today. After Zhang Qian passed through the western regions, it officially opened the land passage from China to Europe and Africa.

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