Shanxi and the Silk Ｒoad:
Stats and Countermeasures of Shanxi in the “One Belt and One Ｒoad”
( Shanxi Academy of Social Sciences，Taiyuan 030006，China)
Abstract: The Silk Ｒoad was an important international channel linking east and west civilization in ancient China. Shanxi has been connection with the central plains farming civilization and grassland nomadic civilization since ancient times. The connection zone also was the important origin of silk and Silk Ｒoad. Shanxi closely associ- ated with the Silk Ｒoad in the history. The Wei Jin Northern dynasties of Shanxi was the main road as eastern and western culture、art and goods exchange. As the capital of Northern Wei dynasty，Datong became a political and cul- tural center during the nearly hundred years. Many envoys，business travels，monks from central Asia went back and forth between the Silk Ｒoad and Datong Yungang grottoes and Wutai mountain Buddhism are the proof of the China － India cultural exchanges. The rise of Guanyu culture in Hong Kong and Taiwan area，southeast Asia and Europe and the United States is the result of maritime Silk Ｒoad spread since the Ming and Qing dynasties. Shanxi merchants of the Ming and Qing dynasties opened up the road to international tea. The road to international tea was in line with Silk Ｒoad of the past.
Key wodrs: the Silk Ｒoad; the eastern origin; the road to the tea
