A large-size Silk Road sculpture stands near the site of the Kaiyuan Gate of the Tang Dynasty Chang'an City (now Xi'an), which is said to be the starting point of the Tang Dynasty Silk Road.

Editor’s Note: Sumnima Udas is CNN’s presenter of ‘The Silk Road: Past, Present, Future’, an epic journey from east to west along the ancient trade route, exploring how traditional culture ...

Malaysian low-cost, long-haul carrier Air Asia X has inaugurated flights between its Kuala Lumpur International Airport base and XiÁn, the ancient origin of the Silk Road.