What kind of road is the Silk Road?

The Silk Road refers to the trade routes between China and other countries in ancient times.

There are two types: the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road.

This is the route of the overland Silk Road.

This is the route of the Maritime Silk Road.

The Silk Road is divided into: the Land Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road.

The Silk Road, a man named Lu Xun said: In fact, there is no road in the world, and it becomes a road when there are more people. (although I didn't understand it either).

The Silk Road is a road of wealth.

The traditional Silk Road, starting from Chang'an, the ancient capital of China, reaches the Mediterranean Sea through Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc., and ends in Rome, with a total length of 6,440 kilometers.

This road is considered to be the intersection of ancient Eastern and Western civilizations connecting Eurasia, and silk is the most representative cargo. For thousands of years, nomads or tribes, traders, believers, diplomats, soldiers, and academic explorers traveled along the Silk Roads.

With the development of the times, the Silk Road has become a collective name for all political, economic and cultural exchanges between ancient China and the West. There is the "Northwest Silk Road", the official channel opened by Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty in the Western Regions;

There is the "Steppe Silk Road" that runs north to the Mongolian Plateau and then goes west to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains into Central Asia; There is the rugged "Southwest Silk Road" from Chang'an to Chengdu to India; There are also coastal cities such as Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, etc., from the South Seas to the Arabian Sea, and even as far as the east coast of Africa.

The Silk Road, referred to as the Silk Road, refers to the land Silk Road, which is broadly divided into the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road. The overland Silk Road originated from the land passage opened by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, starting from the capital Chang'an, passing through Gansu and Xinjiang, to Central Asia and West Asia, and connecting the countries of the Mediterranean. The Maritime Silk Road was a sea passage for communication and cultural exchanges between ancient China and foreign countries, and the route was mainly centered on the South China Sea.

The Silk Road, referred to as the Silk Road, generally refers to the land Silk Road, and is broadly divided into the Land Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. The overland Silk Road originated from the Western Han Dynasty (202-8 BC) when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions to open up a land passage starting from the capital Chang'an (now Xi'an), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang, to Central Asia and West Asia, and connecting the Mediterranean countries. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the starting point of the Silk Road was in Luoyang.

Its original role was to transport silk produced in ancient China. In 1877, the German geographer Richthofen named "the Silk Road" in his book "China", "from 114 BC to 127 AD, between China and Central Asia, China and India with silk ** as the medium of this Western Regions", this term was quickly accepted by the academic community and the public, and officially used. The "Maritime Silk Road" is a sea passage for communication and cultural exchanges between ancient China and foreign countries, and the road is mainly centered on the South China Sea, so 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, and is the oldest known maritime route.

The Silk Road, referred to as the Silk Road. It refers to the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-8 A.D.), which was opened up by Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions, starting from Chang'an (now Xi'an), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang, to Central Asia and West Asia, and connecting the Mediterranean countries (this road is also known as the "Northwest Silk Road" to distinguish it from the other two transportation routes with the name of "Silk Road" in the future). Silk products were the most influential of the goods transported west by this route (and a lot of silk was shipped from China).

Its basic direction was set in the Han Dynasty and Han Dynasty, including three routes: the South, the Middle and the North.

The opening of the Silk Road effectively promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West, and played a positive role in promoting the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. This Silk Road is still an important route for exchanges between China and the West.

Ancient forms of cultural exchange ranged from peaceful exchanges to violent conflicts, and the Silk Road is one of the peaceful exchanges. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian twice to the Western Regions, visited many countries in the Western Regions, and the countries of the Western Regions also sent envoys to visit Chang'an. Then it gradually formed a land artery from Chang'an through the Hexi Corridor to the present-day Xinjiang region, West Asia, Central Asia, and then to Europe, known as the Silk Road.

Note: After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, merchants of the Western Han Dynasty also often went to sea**, opening up sea communication arteries (starting from the coast of Guangdong, along the coastline, going south from the Indochina Peninsula, bypassing the Malay Peninsula, passing through the Strait of Malacca, leading to the Bay of Bengal, and reaching as far as the southern tip of the Indochina Peninsula in India and Sri Lanka Island) This is also the famous maritime Silk Road in history.

To put it simply, it was just a road for the people of the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty.

Historically, silk is Shu brocade, and Shu sells silk.

The Silk Road was a commercial route pioneered by the great Arabs, which helped the Chinese expand their understanding of the world.