China's silk products, sinking and other technologies spread to the west. Western countries import crops such as wool products, flax, carrots and green onions, and flowers such as narcissus and jasmine to China. There are Buddhism, magic, music, dance and so on. It has had a far-reaching impact on China's economy and culture. Moreover, the opening of the Silk Road has slightly changed the impression of western countries on China.
This Silk Road is still an important channel for communication between China and the West, and it has completed its mission at the moment of industrialization. Instead, it is a new Eurasian continental bridge with a length of 10900km, starting from Lianyungang in the east and Rotterdam in the Netherlands in the west.
Broadly speaking, the Silk Road can be divided into land Silk Road and maritime Silk Road.
The overland Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty (202-8 years ago), starting from the capital Chang 'an (now Xi 'an), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang, reaching Central Asia and West Asia and connecting Mediterranean countries. Its original function was to transport silk produced in ancient China.
1877, German geologist Richthofen named the "Silk Road" from BC 1 14 to AD 127 as "the traffic road between China and Central Asia, and between China and India", which was quickly accepted by the academic circles and the public.
Centered on the South China Sea, it is also known as the South China Sea Silk Road. The Maritime Silk Road was formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, developed from the Three Kingdoms to the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties and changed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is the oldest known sea route.
Grassland Silk Road refers to the trade channel between Mongolian grassland and Eurasia, and is an important part of the Silk Road. As the artery of nomadic cultural exchange at that time, it crossed Guyin Mountain (now Daqingshan Mountain) in the north from the Central Plains and the Great Wall along Yanshan Mountain, crossed the Mongolian Plateau, the grassland in southern Russia and the northern part of Central and Western Asia in the northwest, and reached the European region in the northern Mediterranean.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Silk Road