Southern Silk Road began to emerge from when? Start and end, then where? July 28, "Sanxingdui and Southern Silk Road: China and Europe and Southwest Symposium on ancient civilizations" in the Sanxingdui Museum kicked off from home and abroad more than 60 experts and scholars gathered to explore the South Silk Road mystery.
Southern Silk Road, also known as Shu body is said, is a play in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the Yunnan, to reach India's trade channels. The total length of about 2000 km, is one of China's oldest international channels. Tsinghua University professor Li Xueqin that, relative to the more famous of the northern Silk Road, the Southern Silk Road more worthy of further study. The seminar, the experts around the southern Silk Road and the foreign exchange history, the ancient Southern Silk Road and Eurasian transportation, international trade, bronze culture, ethnic and folk culture, tourism and cultural development and other topics to discuss.
Experts believe that originated in the Qin Dynasty in the South Silk Road is not just a business road, is a cultural channel, based on ancient Ba and Shu as the center to the South Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia, spread the traffic circle. In this seminar, some experts abroad through the research of ancient literature, ancient Greek and Roman literature, that the records of the East "Seres" does not refer to ancient China, but the actual refers to the ancient Shu kingdom, indicating that it was there from the southwest to India and China Central Asia's lines of communication. Some experts by examining the teeth unearthed in recent years, Zhang East Asia, India and raised in Southern Silk Road, Vietnam cultural role.
It is reported by the Chinese Qin Dynasty History Workshop, History of Chinese foreign relations, the Ministry of Education Humanities and social sciences key research base of Ba-Shu culture Research Center, Sichuan Normal University, Sichuan Normal University College of historical tourism, DUI and DUI Institute co-sponsored museums.
Expert opinion
Shang Shu: keep the Southern Silk Road
According to historical documents and archaeological evidence, Sichuan Normal University professor Yu-section through research, that the period of the South Silk Road existed in the ancient Shu, the ancient Shu civilization this channel, the impact on Southeast Asia.
Why Sanxingdui unearthed seashells and ivory? Segment Yu believes that this is proof of the existence of the South Silk Road. He told reporters that more than 4000 pieces of Unearthed seashells, the largest is a white shell teeth, tiger shell about the size of about one-third. A few years ago in India and London, he asked the Indian businessmen selling seashells, seashells they said this was only found in deep waters of the Indian Ocean.
Unearthed seashells, most of the northern polished to form a perforation, and Yunnan in recent years, paper goods unearthed the ring the same shell, "describes the ancient Shu people Tooth Tony is a means of foreign trade." Segment Yu said Unearthed seashells seashells unearthed earlier than Yunnan, indicating not come from Yunnan, the ancient Shu people should direct economic and cultural exchanges with the Indian region the results.
Panxi area: an important stopover for the Quiet Night
Literature, the first year of Emperor Yuan Shou (previous 122 years), Zhang Qian reported back to the Han Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, in the big summer (now Afghanistan) to see Shu cloth, Qiong Zhu Zhang, these things is poison from the body ( Today India) to the. Then, create Zhu Zhang's "Qiong" refers to where?
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher Meng Shikai history that mound to the area in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province today, the ancient concept of hell is relatively large, this may also include the Panzhihua region. In the oracle bone inscriptions in many instances, Qiong people to places called family name, family name or names. Han Wudi sent Simaxiangru Ruxi Nan Qiong people to surrender, in the centers of the construction Qiong Qiong all counties (now Xichang southeast), the production Zhu Zhang Qiong to the means Panxi region. Silk Road in the south, the mound, the mound have played an important role. Source: Sichuan Daily
