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The
ancient Silk Road linked Chinese culture with that of India,
Greece, Rome and Persian from one century to the other,
carried the great Chinese inventions of silk, gunpowder,
papermaking and printing to the West and brought Buddhism,
Nestorianism, and Islam and their related arts and cultures
into China. From time immemorial, the Silk Road has been
a route of friendly intercourse between the Chinese and
foreign people. |