The starting point of the Maritime Silk Road is Quanzhou, where is the end point?

The destinations are Europe and Africa. The United States and other places.

1. The Maritime Silk Road refers to the maritime passage for economic and cultural exchanges between ancient China and other parts of the world. During the Western Han Dynasty, a maritime Silk Road, starting from Xuwen Port and Hepu Port in China, established a worldwide trade network.

2. The Maritime Silk Road starts from the southeast coast of China, passes through Indochina Peninsula and South China Sea countries, crosses the Indian Ocean, enters the Red Sea, and reaches East Africa and Europe. It has become a major maritime channel for trade and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, which has promoted the common development of countries along the route. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a sea route along the southeast coast of China called "Guangzhou Tonghai Island", which was the name of the earliest Maritime Silk Road in China.

3. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, China's shipbuilding technology and navigation technology were greatly improved, and the navigation ability of compass was comprehensively improved. During this period, China had direct business contacts with more than 60 countries in the world on the Maritime Silk Road.

4. The Maritime Silk Road in China is mainly composed of three main ports, namely Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Ningbo, and other feeder ports. 2065438+On March 24th, 2006, National Cultural Heritage Administration officially confirmed that Quan, Sui, Ning and Ning * * * will jointly promote Hayes' application for World Heritage.

Historical background

1. The prototype of the Maritime Silk Road existed in the Qin and Han Dynasties. The earliest known historical record of maritime communication between China and foreign countries comes from Hanshu Geography. At that time, China was in contact with countries in the South China Sea, and the unearthed cultural relics showed that the exchange between China and foreign countries may have been earlier than the Han Dynasty.

2. Before the mid-Tang Dynasty, China's main access to the outside world was the Silk Road on land. Later, due to the war and the shift of economic center of gravity, the Maritime Silk Road replaced land as the main channel for trade exchanges between China and foreign countries. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a sea route along the southeast coast of China called "Guangzhou Tonghai Island", which was the name of the earliest Maritime Silk Road in China.

3. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was an important carrier of human historical activities and cultural and economic exchanges between the East and the West, covering more than half of the earth. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the main bulk cargo transported by sea passage was silk, so later generations called this sea passage connecting East and West the Maritime Silk Road. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the export of porcelain gradually became the main commodity, so it was also called "the road of marine ceramics". At the same time, because a large part of the exported goods are spices, it is also called "the spice road at sea". The Maritime Silk Road is a general term for convention.