Half of the Silk Road, which winded along between Xi'an to the east bank of the Mediterranean ... rare cultural interest were left in Xinjiang. China was the earliest country to raise silkworms ...

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

China is home to 22 of the Silk Road's 33 UNESCO heritage sites. There are another eight in Kazakhstan, and three in Kyrgyzstan. The route, which started in Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi ...

The 1938 excavation of the tomb of Zhang Qian, a pioneering envoy who helped establish the ancient Silk ... China’s first to establish an archaeology department. Located in the ancient capital ...

Famed for being the eastern terminus of the Silk Road – an ancient trading ... While it is no longer China’s political capital, today Xi’an still plays an important role in the economic ...

If you thought all of China’s grand historical sights were in Beijing’s Forbidden City, think again. Xi’an was the starting point of the Silk Road and the ancient capital of multiple ...