Reporter: “This museum is built on the ruins of Xi’an’s grand old market. Ancient merchants travelled here all the way from Persia and Arabia to trade their exotic goods. It was also here that Chinese merchants bought their wares before their great journey to the west.
As a world trading center, the "West Market" gathered traders from around the world. Among the 1 million Xi’an residents, one fifth were foreigners. This unearthed pottery work depicting camel-riding traders from central Asia strutting on the streets of Xi’an, recalls the bussling trade back then. Silk products with Western patterns and porcelain with exotic adornments were exclusively catered to foreign customers. The foreign traders also influenced the local residents’ way of life with their food, clothing and even art and religion.
An active trade route from 200 BC, the Silk Road thrived until the 16th century AD when it was overtaken by the advent of a sea route between China and Europe. But it remains a testimony to the earliest exchanges between East and West, and also the earliest merging of the two cultures.
(编辑:何莹莹)
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