The History of the Silk Road in Guangzhou

The history of the Silk Road in Guangzhou can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties and lasted for more than two thousand years until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

1, Qin and Han Dynasties: Guangzhou planted active commercial genes. Guangzhou is an important birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, our ancestors began to go to sea, and the Maritime Silk Road has gone through more than 2,000 years.

2. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Guangzhou's overseas trade and exchanges further developed. There is a famous Silk Road route: starting from the Ganges River estuary in India, going to the Indian Ocean, passing through the Straits of Malacca, then entering the Java Sea from the Straits of Malacca, then entering the South China Sea from the Java Sea, and finally reaching Guangzhou.

3. Sui and Tang Dynasties: Silk Road route: merchant ships set sail from Guangzhou to Tuen Mun Port at the mouth of the Pearl River, then crossed Zhou Qiyang near the northeast corner of Hainan Island, passed through the southeast sea of Vietnam, then passed through the Singapore Strait to Sumatra Island, southeast to Java Island, west to Malacca Strait, and then from the western ocean of India to Oprah and Basra ports in the Persian Gulf.

4. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the expansion of ocean routes greatly promoted the construction of ports inside and outside Guangzhou. There are two ancient ports, Fufuxu and Tuen Mun, in the outer wharf of Guangzhou Ship, and Guangta and Lanhu in the inner wharf.

5. Ming Dynasty: Guangzhou's overseas trade routes were further expanded, forming three ocean-going routes: Guangzhou-Philippines-Latin America, Guangzhou-Europe and Guangzhou-Japan.

6. Qing Dynasty: Guangzhou's maritime trade reached unprecedented glory. 1685 (in the 24th year of Kangxi), the imperial court set up customs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong to manage overseas trade.

People's Network-Guangzhou Maritime Silk Road Application: A Silk Road sailed for two thousand years.