1、The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route between China and Europe.Because China silk comprised a large proportion of the trade along this ancient road, in 1877,it was named the “Silk Road” by an eminent German geographer. Usually it can be classifiedinto Northern Silk Road
2、 on the land, Southern Silk Road on the land and the Silk Road on thesea. The Northern Silk Road on the land usually refers to the routes start from Changan,traveling west to Wuwei, passing though Hexi Corridor to Dunhuang and go west to Europe.The Southern Silk Road on the land usually refers to th
3、e route starts from Sichuan Provinceand go south to India and Burma. It is now included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO.33 historical sites are along the road in total and 22 of them distribute in Shaanxi, Henan,Gansu and Xinjiang ofChina. (换)From the time Zhang Qian opened up the world-famous
4、Silk Road during the Han Dynasty,until the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty, it enjoyed a history of about 1,600 years. (换)Theancient Silk Road contributed greatly to the cultural exchange between China and the West.From the second century BC to the fifteenth centuryAD, splendid civilizations among Chin
5、a,India, Greece, Persia and Rome were exchanged along this famous trade route, making theroute a great “Cultural Bridge” between Asia and Europe. Together with the economic andpolitical exchange between the East and West, religions of the West were introduced intoChina via the world-famous route. Li
6、ke Buddhism and Islam. From time immemorial, the SilkRoad has been a route of friendly intercourse between the Chinese and foreign people. TheSilk Road greatly promoted the exchanges of economy, technology and culture among theAsian, the European and theAfrican. It made thewhole world colorful.(换)Th
7、e of the Silk Road for today is a Chinese framework named One Belt and One Road, whichfor organizing multinational economic development through two component plans, theland-based Silk Road Economic Belt and oceangoing Maritime Silk Road. I look for the newSilkRoad will play an increasingly active rolein generating for thebenefit ofall humanity.