Mount Meru Museum is the first thematic museum in China to feature the Silk Road and Buddhist grotto art. The museum is composed of eight parts: the preface hall, the opening of the Silk Road, the eastern transmission of Buddhism, the dome theater, the light of Meru, the sentient beings of the Buddha country, the collection of Buddhist caves and the tail hall, using various means such as physical objects, pictures, scenes and electronic multimedia, to comprehensively display the Silk Road culture and Buddhist grotto art, achieving the purpose of tracing history and disseminating knowledge, and building a platform for tourists to see the World Silk Road and see the art of the world Buddhist grottoes.
This is a beautiful ribbon that meanders and floats, once strung together the grains of "pearls" scattered on the vast land of western China; this is a national highway that has been "stepped out" through countless hardships and hardships, building a bridge between Chinese and Western cultural exchanges; this is a landmark great exploration journey, opening up a new era of Sino-foreign exchanges...
This is the Silk Road that has amazed countless people from ancient times to the present!
Schematic map of the World Silk Road
The Silk Road spans Eurasia and consists of eastern, central and western sections. The eastern section is divided into the South Road and the North Road, and the South Road is along the Wei River Valley, that is, the Luoyang-Xi'an-Baoji-Tianshui-Lanzhou line reaches Wuwei and enters the Hexi Corridor. The North Road is along the Jing River Valley, that is, from Luoyang, through Xi'an, Binxian, Pingliang, Yuanzhou, Jingtai, to Wuwei, and joins the South Road into Yumenguan, Yangguan, which is the closest route of the Silk Road.
Map of the route of the eastern section of the Silk Road and the location of Guyuan
Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions
In the long river of history, the Silk Road brought to Eurasia is not only the trade of commodities - silk, lacquerware, porcelain, papermaking methods brought by China, printing drama, gunpowder and iron, etc., all kinds of plants, glass, rare animals and animals brought by the West - but also cultural exchanges, ancient Greece, Persia, Iran and other countries of a variety of cultures and Chinese culture with trade exchanges here collided, intersected and integrated, such as music and dance, astronomical calendar, culture and religion, that is, through the Silk Road into China. In addition, Chinese and Western merchants, monks, officials, emissaries, etc. also traveled to and from this great passage. Therefore, the Silk Road is not only a road of economic and cultural exchanges, a road of commercial and trade exchanges, but also a road of friendly people from all walks of life in China and the West.
The historical Guyuan has been the main road to the western region since the Tai and Han Dynasties, controlling the Silk Road. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, with the continuous development of political, economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West, a large number of foreign envoys, Hu merchants, and Buddhist believers came and went on this passage, which promoted the spread and exchange of Chinese and Western cultures.
This glass bowl is a representative of Sassanid glass. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the value of high-grade glassware in ancient Egypt, Rome, and Persia was higher than that of gold, and the upper class of China was rich and often used glassware to show its luxury.
Guyuan Ancient City
Once upon a time, the ancient Silk Road, which opened the way from east to west, closely linked the Central Plains and the Western Region with Arabia and the Persian Gulf, and wrote a legendary chapter of wealth, art and cultural exchanges in the long river of history. Now, after a thousand years, as an early "version" of economic globalization, the ancient Silk Road has been given the mission of building the "New Silk Road Economic Belt" and has been put back on a page in history.