The "Legend of the Silk Road: Zhang Qian the Envoy" tells about Zhang Qian, a royal emissary of China's Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), traveling westward around 140 BC and opening the Silk Road, an ...

Zhang Qian (ca.164 BC - 114 BC) was an influential diplomat of China's Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD) and one of the pioneers of the Silk Road.

Tomb of Zhang Qian is seated at Bowang town of Chenggu county, Shaanxi Province. It was constructed in the shape of “凸”，with a height of 8 meters, and a length of 15 meters ranging from ...