It was once the eastern starting point of the world famous Silk Road

Of course, it's "Xi'an", and it's all in the history textbooks of high school!

It originated in Chang'an (now Xi'an), the ancient capital of China.

The ancient Silk Road, starting from Chang'an, the ancient capital of China, reached the Mediterranean Sea through Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc., and ended 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.

Origins of the Overland Silk Road:

It 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, and its original role was to transport silk produced in ancient China.

In 1877, the German geographer Richthofen named "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 starting point of the Silk Road was Chang'an, in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.

The Silk Road is an important trade route connecting the East and the West in ancient times, with a history of more than 2,000 years. The starting point of the Silk Road began in Chang'an (now Xi'an) in ancient China, extended all the way to the west, passing through Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang in China, and then crossed into the Pamir Plateau, Central Asia, West Asia, Africa, (Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey), and arrived in Europe (Greece, Italy, France). The whole route promoted the exchange and collision of Eastern and Western cultures at that time.

Silk Road Routes

The Silk Road route is about 4,000 kilometers long in China, and the whole journey is more than 7,000 kilometers. The starting point, the Western Han Dynasty, began in Changsui and Han'an, and the Eastern Han Dynasty took Luoyang as the starting point. The furthest destination is Lyon, France.

The Silk Road can generally be divided into three sections, and each section can be divided into three routes: northern, central and southern.

Eastern section: From Chang'an to Yumen Pass and Yangguan, the selection of each route in the eastern section should consider the safety and convenience of crossing Liupan Mountain and crossing the Yellow River. (Opened in the Han Dynasty).

Middle section: from the west of Yumen Pass and Yangguan to the Green Ridge.

Western Section: From the Green Ridge to the west through Central Asia, West Asia and Europe.

The following are the names of important cities on each section of the Silk Road (ancient place names in parentheses).

The three lines all start from Chang'an or Luoyang, converge at Wuwei and Zhangye, and then go to Dunhuang along the Hexi Corridor.

1.The Silk Road is a road opened up by Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty when he went to the Western Regions, its starting point is Chang'an, and the end point is Rome, but the specific situation in Chang'an is still unknown, Chang'an City in the Han and Tang Dynasties is an international metropolis, and China's influence on the world began in Chang'an.

2.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.

3.The overland Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty (202-8 BC) when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions, 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.

4.Its original role was to transport silk produced in ancient China.

In his book "China", Richthofen, a German geographer, named "the Silk Road" as "the Silk Road" between China and Central Asia, China and India between China and Central Asia, China and India with silk ** as the medium in his book "China", which was quickly accepted by the academic community and the public.

6.The "Silk Road of Maritime Reignation" is a sea passage for ancient China and foreign countries to communicate and exchange cultures, and the road is mainly centered on the South China Sea, so it is also known as the South China Sea Silk Road.

On June 22, the eastern section of the overland Silk Road, "Silk Road: Road Network of the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor", jointly declared by China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, was successfully declared as a world cultural heritage, becoming the first project to be successfully declared a World Heritage through cross-border cooperation.

We usually say that the Silk Road is a road opened up by Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty when he went to the Western Regions, and to figure out the starting point of the Silk Road, we must consider it from the perspective of empty regret and time and space. Zhang Qian has made two missions to the Western Regions, the first time he went to the Western Regions to find the Dayue clan, and wanted to join forces with him to attack the Xiongnu, but in the end he did not find it, but he accidentally discovered the Western Regions.

The discovery of the Western Regions does not prove that there is a connection with the countries of the Western Regions, nor does it prove that there are commercial contacts between them. So this was not the starting point of the Silk Road. The real starting point of time was Zhang Qian's second mission to the Western Regions, this time to the Western Regions, coupled with the exchange of envoys, which facilitated trade with the countries of the Western Regions.

This was the starting point of the Silk Road.

The spatial starting point of the Silk Road is Chang'an, which is the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an. After a long time, only the ruins of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty remained. The current Xi'an represents the development and changes of Chang'an, therefore, the starting point of the Silk Road is Chang'an, which is now the western front Lu'an, and its end point is Rome.

As the starting point of the Silk Road, Chang'an was an international metropolis during the Han and Tang dynasties, and China's influence on the world began at the earliest. It can be said that when the world did not know about China, it already knew Chang'an. However, the specific starting point of the Silk Road is in Xi'an** is still unknown, and many experts cannot have a clear answer after a long period of research.