丝绸之路意义和价值英文

1、Significanee and Value of the Silk RoadAbstract : Silk Road, a trade and cultural exchanges road which have more than two thousa nd years of the history. This semester we have lear ned kno wledge about all aspects of the Silk Road, and now, when we look again toward the road with vicissitudes in the

2、 sand and the long silenee, as if we can also through thousands of years of time to see it s prosperity. This road has attracted the attentionof manypeople, includinggovernment officials, scholars, professors and ordinarystude nts, bus in essme n, tourists. What is the value of it? What s sig nifica

3、 neethatwe un dersta nd it, lear n it, research it, and develop it? This article briefly describes the historical significance of Silk Road: including trade, scientificand tech no logical,political,eth nic, religious, artistic; academic research valueof Silk Road: for history, geography, sociology,

4、etc.;the value of the Silk Road tourism developme nt.Key Words : Silk Road; significance; value1. In troducti onThe Silk Road refers to the road opened up in the Han Dynasty, starts withChang an (now Xian) or Luoyang, pass with Gansu, Xinjiang to Central Asia, West Asia, and links the Mediterranean

5、countries land access. This road is also known as the overland Silk Road or Oasis Silk Road” . Generalized Silk Road refersthroughout Eurasia or North Africa and East Africa, including the general term of the Ion g-dista ncebus in ess and culturalexcha nge lines bega n to form from an tiquity.In add

6、iti on to the above route, in cludi ng grassla nd Silk Road formed in about the 5th cen tury, maritime silk route formed in medieval early years and played a huge role in the Song Dynasty and the Southern Silk Road which appeared at the sametime of the Northwestern Silk Road s formation, and replace

7、d it as the overland com muni cati on cha nnel in the early Song Dyn asty.2. Historical SignificanceFirst, caravanon the Silk Road transported the rare animals, plants, leathergoods, herbs, spices, jewelry from the west to east, the n trade them for Chin ese silk, tea, porcela in, and other goods. T

8、hese goods en riched Wester n and Easter n peoples daily life. Secon dly, after the ope ning of the Silk Road, smelt ing and sin ki ng tech nique of the Cen tral Plai ns spread to the Cen tral Asia promoti ng the improvement of the social production levels and economic development in the Western Reg

9、i on; Chin as four great inven ti ons and Silk weav ing tech no logy, lacquer arts also via the Silk Road pass all parts of the world to promote the process of world civilization.Thirdly, after the opening of the Silk Road, the increasinglyfreque nt diplomatic activity betwee n Western Regi ons and

10、cen tral Chi na closed political ties of each other. At the same time, some Western coun tries such asPersia n, Roma n Empire also sent env oys to China. That promoted the excha nge of Chin ese and Western cultures. Fourth, Buddhism, Zoroastria nism, Mani chaeism and Nestorian camewith the Silk Road

11、 in China becoming manypeople s faith and spread to the Korean Peninsula, Japan and other Asian countries along the Silk Roadbranch. In addition, the Silk Road has great significanee in promoting ethnic blend of art and cultural excha nge.3. the Value of Academic ResearchThe Silk Road is a typical l

12、inear cultural heritage, has a very distinct linear cultural identity:(1) is a linear or ribbon cultural heritage area, range,in cludi ng the legacy of many kinds of huma n activities reflect the form of rich.Both geographical characteristics of mutual excha nge and accumulatio n of history ble nd;

13、(2) scale, can refer to a water system across man ycities and tow ns throughout the basin; throughout manycountries, a trade route can also refer to; (3) bearing con tact with the cha nge of the tan gibleand intan gible cultural heritage,in teracti onand excha nge, con stitutethe com mon characteris

14、tics of the culture tobring culturalremains, diversity and typicalderivative colorful look and internalclosely related; (4) invo Ives to the huge econo mic value and complexity of then atural ecosystem. These feature makes it in history, geography, sociology, and other discipli nes have con siderabl

15、e research value.3.1HistoryOn the history, from the Han Dyn asty Silk Road ope ned up to flourishi ng trade and freque nt cultural excha nges in the Tang Dyn asty Silk Road, rise of the Yua n Dyn asty Grassla nd, Maritime Silk Road flourished in the Song and Ming dyn asties, until the decline of the

16、 Silk Road on today, it s history throughout China s.Research significaneeof the Silk Road is not only confined itself, it alsocon tribute to our un dersta nding and evide nee of the political systems, econo mya nd culture,nation and religionof ancient China and even those in Central Asia, WestAsia

17、and Europe.3.2GeographyOn the geography, the Silk Road starti ng with the cen tral Chi na, throughXinjia ng provin ce, Cen tral Asia, West Asia, arrived in Europe and joi ns the NorthAfrica n, after a differe nt geographical patter n with differe nt cultural circles,the Silk Road knowledge can be us

18、ed to help the study of physical geography vicissitude. It can also be used to research the relati on shipbetwee n thegeographical en vir onment and n ati onal cultural differe nces.3.3SociologyOn the sociology, the reas ons and process of eth nic ble nd, the media and way of cultural spread, format

19、io n, differe nces and mutual in flue nee of the differe nt parts of the world cultural circles are hot research topics. And the Silk Road is a channel of economic and culturalexchanges between Chinese and Western, of courseit has unu sual meaning and value for the sociology.4. the Value of the Silk

20、 Road Tourism Developme ntSilk Road culture is able to display the characteristics of tourism resources in the n orthwest of China and promote the whole developme nt of the west. Cultural tourism is the best carrier of the in herita nee and developme nt of the Silk Roadculture. And cultural tourism

21、is an in evitable trend of the developme nt of the tourism in dustry today.Silk Road tourism and cultural resource classification. Silk Road tourism may in clude: the ancient cities on the Silk Road such as Chan ga n (now Xia n),Luoyang and four counties in Hexi(now Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhu

22、angin Gansu province) and ruins of the ancient Western Regions countries;the Silk Road grottoand Buddhist art treasures such as Dun hua ng Cave, Tian shui Maijisha n Grottoes,Yuli n Grottoes; ruins of famous an cie nt pass likes Yang Guan, Yume n pass andJiayuguan; natural scenery likes desert, oasis, snow mountains in Xinjiang province alo ng the Silk Road.Tourism goods associated with the travel route of the Silk Road. Including diet series, crafts kn it, sc