Silk Road

The Silk Road is an international road of historical significance. It is this ancient passageway that has connected the civilizations from China, India, Persia, and Arabia with those from Greece and Rome, and thus promoted the interchange between East and West.

The ancient road has its start in Chang'an, an ancient capital of China (now Xi'an), and its terminus on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, with nearly half of it running across Xinjiang. Therefore, Xinjiang, situated in the center of the Eurasian continent has been an important section of the ancient Silk Road and a place of the economic and cultural interchange between East and West, a place where many men of fame in history have lift their footprints behind them and a place rich in highly prized historic relics and sites.