The Silk Road and Cultural Exchanges between East and West

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinjiang Rong ◽  
Sally K Church ◽  
Imre Galambos ◽  
Sally K Church. et al.
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Silk Road

scholarly journals C-E Translation Practice of the Chapter “Maritime Silk Road of the Indian Ocean” of the Book The Silk Road

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Min Shen
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
Maritime Silk Road ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Silk Road ◽  
Unique Status

The Silk Road written and edited by Professor Liu Yingsheng introduces the origin, rise and decline of the Silk Road and its unique status in world history. Through describing the evolution of the Silk Road and history and geography of countries along the route, this work reproduces the prosperity of the Silk Road at a time dated back to thousands of years ago. The chapter “Maritime Silk Road of the Indian Ocean” excerpted from the book describes intense cultural exchanges between ancient China and India, presenting hard evidence of strong ties between these two civilizations. This paper starts with brief introductions to source text analysis and translation preparations including pre-translation, while-translation and post-translation proofreading are then exemplified. Translation difficulties such as translation of proper names, specifically names of places and nations and of books and translation of classical Chinese are analyzed with examples and solutions proposed for reference.

scholarly journals The Spread and Integration of Painted pottery Art along the Silk Road

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Kai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Ancient China ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Painted Pottery ◽  
The Silk Road

The Silk Road is a product of the mutual exchange of material culture and spiritual culture among ancient China and other countries, regions, and nations. It is the result of the contact and collision between Eastern and Western civilizations. Historically, the Silk Road served as a bridge of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, closely linking ancient Chinese culture with the cultures of Central Asia, West Asia, and even ancient Siberian. In various areas along the Silk Road, all kinds of painted pottery art were integrated and developed.

The Classical Silk Road: Trade and Connectivity across Central Asia, 100 BCE–1200 CE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Iranian Plateau ◽  
The North ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Popular View ◽  
Bronze Mirrors ◽  
The Silk Road ◽  
East West

The Silk Road refers to all the overland routes connecting the major oasis kingdoms of Central Asia including Dunhuang, Turfan, Khotan, and Samarkand to their neighbors: the Chinese landmass, the Mongolian grasslands, the Iranian plateau, and the Indian subcontinent. The best-known routes ran east-west, but the north-south routes to the nomadic states of the Asian grasslands were also important. In the popular view of the Silk Road, extensive camel caravans carried goods over long distances, but this was rarely the case. Usually peddlers carried mostly local goods short distances. Government shipments to provision armies profoundly affected the region’s economy, because they involved much larger quantities than in the peddler trade. Rulers regularly exchanged envoys who carried gifts, exchanges that continued even when private trade fell off. Whatever the reason for an individual’s trip, almost everyone—whether envoy, missionary, artist, craftsman, or refugee—bought and sold goods to pay for travel along the Silk Road. Silk was not the primary commodity traded on these routes. Goods traveling east included ammonium chloride, paper, silver, gold, glassware, and aromatics such as spices, incense, and fragrant woods. Goods traveling west out of China included bronze mirrors, other metal goods, and paper, in addition to silk. Between 300 and 1000 ce, the most important function of silk was as a currency, not as a trade good, although it remained an important export throughout the period. A vibrant series of cultural exchanges occurred alongside these commercial exchanges. Technologies, medicine, plants, music, and fashion all moved in both directions across Central Asia. Multiple religions also entered China during this time. The term Silk Road may not be the most accurate term for these commercial and cultural exchanges, but, despite its flaws, the term has secured a firm place in both scholarly works and the popular mind.

Was there a Silk Road?

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Whitfield
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
East And West ◽  
Rising Power ◽  
Scholarly Discourse ◽  
The Silk Road

Is the 'Silk Road' a meaningful term? Is it being used simply to provide a historical legitimacy for our preoccupation with the dichotomy of east and west, the rising power oflndia and China and the waning of Europe, and our ambivalence towards globalisation? If it ever had any descriptive or analytic force for scholarship, is this now lost and should we discard the term entirely in our scholarly discourse as misleading at best and leave it for the marketers to exploit as a symbol of luxury and exoticism? This article argues that although the term 'Silk Road' has become a widely used portmanteau term, with apt clarification it is still a meaningful term for scholarship.

scholarly journals CULTURAL TOURISM – AS ONE OF THE MECHANISMS FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE GREAT SILK ROAD

THE BULLETIN ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (390) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
G. A. Rizakhojayeva ◽  
A. Yu. Baltabayeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Silk Road ◽  
The Way

The study is devoted to the study of the form of the emergence of trade architecture of the cities of the Great Silk Road and their impact on the expansion of modern tourism in the region. Сaravanserais, trading cities (markets) of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are outlined as examples. The analysis of the types of planning structure and the situation that divulged the attributes of the trade architecture of the Great Silk Road. In the process of research, a measure of saturation with cultural and historical means of the Great Silk Road regions was deliberated. And also reviewed modern projects for the improvement of this trade and geographical interrelation of cultures of the East and West. The extent of the Great Silk Road was 12 thousand kilometers, so few traders proceeded all the way along the Silk Road. Essentially, they tried to travel in shifts and trade-off goods somewhere halfway. Throughout the Great Silk Road in the cities and villages through which caravans elapsed, there were caravanserais (inns). They had hujras (“lounges”) for merchants and caravan staff, rooms for camels, horses, mules and donkeys, and needed fodder and facilities. Caravanserais were a place where it was attainable to sell and buy in bulk goods interesting to a merchant, and most importantly, to get hold of the latest commercial news and, above all, prices for goods.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MONGOLIAN PLACE-NAME ALONG THE SILK ROAD

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B4 ◽  
pp. 91-93
Author(s):  
Nashunwuritu ◽  
Baiyinbateer ◽  
Duoxi
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
Place Names ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Digital Map ◽  
Politics And Culture ◽  
Culture Exchange ◽  
East And West ◽  
Trade Channel ◽  
The Silk Road ◽  
Commercial Trade

“Silk Road” is an ancient commercial trade channel connecting China with Asia, Africa and Europe and a major link of the economy, politics and culture of the East and West as well. In the 13th Century, with the westward expedition of Mongolian, the communication and integration of culture among different countries was accelerated, which led to many Mongolian place-names scattered in the countries along the silk-road, such as Khwarezmia, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Kipchak, Persian, involving today's Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Serbia, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India and many other countries and regions. The place-name is a kind of important factor that can represent the changes of culture, economic in history. We analyzed the current place-names in different countries or regions with different language to find out ancient Mongolian place-names, and marked the names on the digital map. Through the changes and transition of the place-name, we explored the development of Mongolian language changes itself, Mongolian blends with other languages, and furtherly reveal information of culture exchange.

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