文档介绍：Unit 7
The Silk Road
Lead-in
Text study
Exercises
Content
Lead-in
永昌锦
Yongchang (“everlasting prosperity”) brocade of the Eastern Han Dynasty, showing a high level of textile technology
Lead-in
浅褐色菱纹罗地信期绣
Diamond-pattern embroidery of the Western Han Dynasty
Lead-in
缂丝紫鸾鹊谱
Bird-and-flower embroidery of the Northern Song Dynasty
Introduction
Zhang Qian, Trail Blazer
Opening to the “West”
Murals in the Kuche Grottes
Text study
Introduction
The Silk Road refers to a transport route connecting ancient China with Central Asia, West Asia, Africa, and the European continent.
It appeared as early as the second century.
Introduction
The term “Silk Road” was first noted down by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen at the end of the 19th century.
Ferdinand von Richthofen
贾迪南德·冯·李希特霍芬(1833—1905)
德国地理学家、地质学家,对地理学方法和地貌学研究有贡献,曾到中国和日本旅行,著有《中国:旅行成果和根据成果的研究》。
Note
Introduction
Route:
The Silk Road began in Chang’an (present-day Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang to Central Asia, West Asia, and to lands by the Mediterranean.