丝绸之路意义和价值英文

1、Sign ifica neeand Value of the Silk RoadAbstract:Silk Road, a trade and cultural exchanges road which have more than twothousa nd years of the history. This semester we have lear ned kno wledge about allaspects of the Silk Road, and now, when we look again toward the road withvicissitudes in the san

2、d and the long silenee, as if we can also through thousandsof years of time to see its 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? Whats sig nifica neetha

3、twe un dersta nd it, lear n it, research it, and devel op it? This article brieflydescribes the historical sig nifica nee of Silk Road: in cludi ng trade, scie ntificand tech no logical,p olitical,eth nic,religious, artistic; academic research valueof Silk Road: for history, geogra phy, sociology, e

4、tc.;the value of the Silk Roadtourism devel opment.Key Words : Silk Road; significanee; value1. In troducti onThe Silk Road refers to the road opened up in the Han Dyn asty, starts withChang an (now Xia n) or Luoya ng, p ass with Gan su, Xin jia ng to Cen tral Asia, WestAsia, and links the Mediterra

5、 nean coun tries land access. This road is also knownas the overla nd Silk Road or Oasis Silk Road”.Generalized Silk Road refersthroughout Eurasia or North Africa and East Africa, in clud ing the gen eral term ofthe Ion g-dista neebus in ess and cultural excha nge lines bega n to form from an tiquit

6、y.In additi on to the above route, in cludi ng grassla nd Silk Road formed in about the5th cen tury, maritime silk route formed in medieval early years and p layed a hugerole in the Song Dynasty and the Southern Silk Road which appeared at the sametimeof the Northwestern Silk Road s formation,and re

7、placedit as the overlandcom muni cati on cha nnel in the early Song Dyn asty.2.Historical Signi fica neeFirst, caravanon the Silk Road transported the rare animals, plants, leather goods, herbs, sp ices, jewelry fromthe west to east, the n trade them for Chin ese silk, tea, po rcela in, and other go

8、ods. These goods en riched Wester nand Easter n peop les daily life. Secon dly, after the opening of the Silk Road, smelt ing and sin ki ng tech nique ofthe Cen tral P lai ns sp read to the Cen tral Asia pro moti ng the improvement of the social production levels and economicdevelopment in the Weste

9、rnRegi on; Chin as four great inven ti ons and Silk weav ing tech no logy, lacquer artsalso via the Silk Road p ass all p arts of the world to p romote the p rocess of worldThirdly, after the opening of the Silk Road, the increasingly freque nt di plomatic activity between Wester n Regi ons and cen

10、tral Chi na closed p olitical ties of each other. At the same time, some Western coun tries such asP ersia n, Roma n Emp ire also sent env oys to Chi na. That p romoted the excha nge ofChin ese and Western cultures. Fourth, Buddhism, Zoroastria nism, Mani chaeism andNestorian camewith the Silk Road

11、in China becoming manypeoples faith and spreadto the Korean Peninsula, Japan and other Asian countries along the Silk Roadbranch.and cultural excha nge.3.the Value of Academic ResearchThe Silk Road is a typical linearcultural heritage, has a very distinctcultural identity:(1) is a linearor ribbon cu

12、ltural heritage area,in clud ing the legacy of many kinds of huma n activities reflect the form of rich.Both geogra phical characteristics of mutual excha nge and accumulatio n of history ble nd; (2) scale, can refer to a watersystem across man ycities and tow ns throughoutthe basin; throughout many

13、countries,a trade route can also refer to; (3) bearingcon tactwith the cha nge of the tan gibleand intan giblecultural heritage,in teracti onand excha nge, con stitutethe com mon characteristics of the culture to bring cultural remains,diversity and typical derivative colorful look and internal clos

14、ely related; (4) invo Ives to the huge econo mic valueand comp lexity of thecivilizati on.In addition, the Silk Road has greatsig nifica neein pro mot ing eth nic ble ndof artlinearran ge,n atural ecosystem. These feature makes it in history, geogra phy, sociology, and other disc ip li nes have con

15、siderableresearch value.3.1HistoryOn the history, from the Han Dyn asty Silk Road opened up to flourishi ng trade and freque nt cultural excha nges inthe Tang Dyn asty Silk Road, rise of the Yua nDyn asty Grassla nd, Maritime Silk Road flourished in the Song and Mi ng dyn asties,un til the decli ne

16、of the Silk Road on today, its history throughout Chinas.Research significanee of the Silk Road is not only confined itself,it alsocon tribute to our un dersta nding and evide nee of the p oliticalsystems,econo mya ndculture,nation and religionof ancient China and even those in CentralAsia, WestAsia

17、 and Euro pe.3.2Geogra phyOn the geogra phy, the Silk Road starti ng with the cen tral Chi na, throughXinjia ng provin ce, Cen tral Asia, West Asia, arrived in Euro pe and joi ns the NorthAfrica n, after a differe nt geogra phical p atter n with differe nt cultural circles,the Silk Road knowledge ca

18、n be used to help the study of physicalgeogra phyvicissitude. It can also be used to research the relationshipbetween thegeogra phical en vir onment and n ati onal cultural differe nces.3.3SociologyOn the sociology, the reas ons and p rocess of eth nic ble nd, the media and wayof cultural sp read, f

19、ormatio n, differe nces and mutual in flue nee of the differe ntp arts of the world cultural circles are hot research topi cs. And the Silk Road isa channel of economic and culturalexchanges between Chinese and Western, of courseit has unu sual mea ning and value for the sociology.4.the Value of the

20、 Silk Road Tourism Devel opmentSilk Road culture is able to dis play thecharacteristics of tourism resourcesin the n orthwest of Chi na and p romote the whole devel opment of the west. Culturaltourism is the best carrier of the in herita nee and devel opment of the Silk Roadculture. And cultural tou

21、rism is an in evitable trend of the devel opment of the tourism in dustry today.Silk Road tourism and cultural resource classification.Silk Road tourismmay 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 Du

22、nhuangin Gansuprovince) and ruins of the ancient Western Regions countries;the Silk Road grotto and Buddhistart treasures such as Dun hua ng Cave, Tian shui Maijisha n Grottoes,Yuli n Grottoes; ruins of famous an cie nt p ass likes Yang Guan, Yume n p ass andJiayuguan; natural scenery likes desert, oasis, snow mountains in Xinjiang province along the Silk Road.Tourism goods associated with the travel route of the Silk Road. Includingdiet series, crafts kn it, scu