Since 138 BC, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions as a special envoy of Western Han, the Silk Road has linked the Chinese culture with the Indian, Roman and Persian cultures , spreading such great Chinese inventions as silk, gunpowder, papermaking and printing far in to the West while introducing Buddhism, Nestorian and Islamic cultures and arts into China……
Since 138 BC, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions as a special envoy of Western Han, the Silk Road has linked the Chinese culture with the Indian, Roman and Persian cultures , spreading such great Chinese inventions as silk, gunpowder, papermaking and printing far in to the West while introducing Buddhism, Nestorian and Islamic cultures and arts into China……
