1, Silk Road:

Ancient China through Central Asia to South Asia, West Asia, as well as Europe, North Africa's land trade routes. Because a large number of Chinese silk and silk fabrics transported westward through this road, so called the Silk Road. The ancient Silk Road has become history, and the new Silk Road is waiting for us to open up.

2. Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions

In 168-142 BC, the Xiongnu constantly threatened the northern border of the Western Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took the throne in 140 B.C., he made an ambitious plan to drive the Xiongnu back to the north of the desert. Emperor Wu summoned emissaries to the Western Regions, ready to contact the Dayuezhi, who had been driven by the Xiongnu from the Hexi to the Western Regions,**** and pincer attack the Xiongnu together. Zhang Qian, who was eager to build a career for his country, was resolutely recruited.

In 138 BC, he traveled west from Chang'an with more than a hundred attendants, and was caught by the Xiongnu on the way and detained for 11 years. He managed to escape from them and arrived at the Daxuezhi. By that time, the Dayuezhi had moved westward for a long time and had no intention to fight with the Xiongnu again. Zhang Qian returned to Chang'an and reported to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty about what he had seen in the Western Regions and their desire to communicate with the Han Dynasty.

3. Su Wu Shepherds the Sheep

This story is about Su Wu, who was appointed as an envoy to the Xiongnu during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. But the Xiongnu did not keep their word and detained Su Wu, and tried to persuade him to surrender, but Su Wu would rather die than give in. At first, Su Wu was imprisoned in a big cellar, and he was so hungry and thirsty that he ate snow and silken hair to survive, but he would never surrender. The leader of the Xiongnu had to send him to the North Sea to graze sheep, and told him, "Whenever the ram gives birth to a lamb, I will let you go back to the Han Dynasty!" Su Wu came to the North Sea and every day, while herding sheep, he looked ahead in the direction of the Han Dynasty. He stroked the envoy, which was handed to him by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty when he set out, and missed his relatives at home and the court, even at night when he slept, he also hugged the envoy tightly to his chest. As the days went by, the hairs on the envoy fell off, leaving only a bare pole.

Su Wu spent the next 19 years on the northern seashore until the Xiongnu made peace with the Han Dynasty when he was released to return to the Han Dynasty. The day he returned to Chang'an along the Silk Road, the common people of Chang'an came out to greet him. They were moved to tears when they saw the envoy in the hands of the white-bearded, white-haired Su Wu, who had lost all his hair.