絲綢之路英語演講

1、絲綢之路英語演講第1頁，共16頁。CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONCLASSIC SILK ROADHISTORYSIGNIFICANCE第2頁，共16頁。INTRODUCTIONThe Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting West and East by linking trade

2、rs, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time.第3頁，共16頁。INTRODUCTIONThe Silk Road gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade, a major reason for the connection of trade routes into an extensive transcont

3、inental network. So, some scholars prefer the term Silk Routes because the road included an extensive network of routes.第4頁，共16頁。CLASSIC SILK ROAD第5頁，共16頁。CLASSIC SILK ROADNorthern RouteSouth-west RouteOverland routesSouthern RouteChangan/ LuoyangGansuMerv(Turkmenistan)Ganges/Brahmaputra Delta Himal

4、ayas TibetKarakoramPakistanAfghanistanLevant Anatolia /North Africa第6頁，共16頁。HISTORYPrecursorsHellenistic eraOpening of the Silk RoadRoman EmpireMedievalMongol ageDisintegrationRe-establishmentModern dayChinese exploration of central Aisa第7頁，共16頁。 PrecursorsThe Tarim mummies, mummies of non-Mongoloid

5、, apparently Caucasoid, individuals, have been found in the Tarim Basin, in the area of Loulan located along the Silk Road 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of Yingpan, dating to as early as 1600 BC and suggesting very ancient contacts between East and West.第8頁，共16頁。Hellenistic eraProbable Greek soldi

6、er in the Sampul tapestry, woollen wall hanging, 3rd2nd century BC.Coin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus (230200 BC).第9頁，共16頁。Chinese exploration of Central AsiaWoven silk textile from Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan province, China, dated to the Western Han Era, 2nd century BC.

7、A pottery horse head and neck (broken from the body) of the Late Han Dynasty (1st2nd century AD).第10頁，共16頁。Roman Empire & MedievalA Westerner on a camel, Northern Wei Dynasty (386534).A sancai statue of a foreigner with a wineskin, Tang Dynasty (618907).第11頁，共16頁。Mongol ageMap of Marco Polos travels

8、 in 12711295.The Mongol Empire and its sphere of influence.第12頁，共16頁。SIGNIFICANCETransmission of artTransmission of BuddhismCultural exchanges第13頁，共16頁。Re-establishmentItalian pottery of the mid-15th century was heavily influenced by Chinese ceramics. A Sancai (Three colors) plate (left), and a Ming

9、-type blue-white vase (right), made in Northern Italy. 第14頁，共16頁。Iconographical evolution of the Wind God. Left: Greek Wind God from Hadda, 2nd century.Middle: Wind God from Kizil, Tarim Basin, 7th century. Right: Japanese Wind God Fujin, 17th century.TRANSMISSION OF ART第15頁，共16頁。TRANSMISSION OF BUDDHISMAtisa of Bengal travelled to Tibet and