中国西南丝绸之路.ppt

China’s Southwestern Silk Road 西北丝绸之路西南丝绸之路 China’s Southwestern Silk Road “古代南方丝绸之路0公里”地标碑 From Ya’an these merchants and pilgrims traveled upstream along the Jinsha金沙River, winding in a southerly direction through a system of river valleys to Qiongdu邛都，the ancient site of Shu brocade, and finally southwest to Dali大理. From Dali one took one of three routes to cross through Myanmar on one’s way to present-day India. These routes were collectively known as the Bonan Route 博南道 or the Yongchang Route 永昌道in the Han period, and the Western Dian-Tianzhu Route 西滇天竺道 in the Tang. The most traveled of these routes left Dali and proceeded south past the former garrison要塞 town of Baoshan保山, through the rolling hills around Ruili瑞麗, and across the modern Burmese border. From this point the route passed by Mogok天然缅甸, a town known for its gemstones宝石, past the ancient temple-filled capitals of Assam to Bogra in Bangladesh孟加拉国, and finally to the river plains of the Ganges River恒河. 西南佛教范围 May you have a good day! Thank You! * As Robert Clark notes in The Global Imperative, “there is no doubt that trade networks like the Silk Road made possible the flourishing and spread of ancient civilizations to something approximating a global culture of the time.” Goods, people and ideas all travelled along these long-distance routes spanning or circumventing the vast landmass of Eurasia欧亚大陆. From earliest time, there have been three main routes, which connected China with the outside world. These were the overland routes that stretched across Eurasia from China to the Mediterranean地中海, known collectively as the “Silk Road”; the Spice Trade香料贸易 shipping routes passing from the South China Sea into the Indian Ocean and beyond, known today as the “Maritime Silk Road”; and the “Southwestern Silk Road”, a network of overland passages stretching from Central China through the mountainous areas of Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces