The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese ... are the castles in Turpan's Gaochang and Jiaohe. An imperial palace, temples and some other high building can still be found here.

Other notable attractions include the tomb of the Silk Road’s pioneer Zhang Qian himself and the Bin County Cave Temple – a wondrously ornate Buddhist temple in the middle of the Chinese ...

“Silk was the driving force behind the opening of the Silk Road, positioning this material ... used for worship in […] ancestral temples but were buried underground for unknown reasons.” ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

Chongqing Temple on the slope of the hill was built ... which served as an important link on the Silk Road. The floating bridge was replaced in 1907 by the present iron bridge, which was ...

Tourists visit an ancient stage in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a ...

At one point, Japan was the world's biggest exporter. On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe from the UK follows the Silk Road from northern Kanto, once a major production area ...

Cultural intellectual properties (IPs) emerged as economic drivers. The green snake sculpture at Quanzhou Confucius Temple, blending with local elements like oriental variegated coral-beans and ...