What is the route of the Maritime Silk Road?

The Maritime Silk Road started in Guangzhou and ended in Europe and Africa. The United States and other places. China's Maritime Silk Road is divided into two routes: the East China Sea route and the South China Sea route, with the South China Sea as the center. The South China Sea Route, also known as the South China Sea Silk Road, mainly starts from Guangzhou and Quanzhou. In the pre-Qin period, Lingnan ancestors opened a trade circle with ceramics as a link in the South China Sea and even the South Pacific coast and its islands. Guangzhou's "Sea Island" in Tang Dynasty was the earliest name of China's Maritime Silk Road and the longest ocean route in the world at that time. Zheng He's voyage to the West in Ming Dynasty marked the peak of the development of the Maritime Silk Road. ?

The South China Sea Route, also known as the South China Sea Silk Road, mainly starts from Guangzhou and Quanzhou. The East China Sea route is also known as the "Oriental Maritime Silk Road". The South China Sea Silk Road starts from China, passes through Indochina Peninsula and South China Sea countries, crosses the Indian Ocean, enters the Red Sea, reaches East Africa and Europe, and passes through 100 countries and regions. 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. The East China Sea route is also known as the "Oriental Maritime Silk Road".

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the State of Qi opened a "coastal" golden channel in Jiaodong Peninsula, which directly connected Liaodong Peninsula, Korean Peninsula, Japanese Islands and Southeast Asia. In the Tang Dynasty, the maritime trade between China, South Korea and Japan gradually rose in Shandong Peninsula and along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. In Song Dynasty, Ningbo became the main port for maritime trade between China, Korea and Japan.

The north-south route of the Maritime Silk Road reached the greatest degree of integration in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. During this period, the route of the Maritime Silk Road in the Ming Dynasty has been extended to the whole world.

(1) Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean: This was a large-scale sailing activity organized by the Ming government and reached 39 countries and regions in Asia and Africa. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the Western Ocean, starting from Liujiagang (now Liuhe Town) in Jiangsu Province and arriving by sea in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Somalia and Kenya in East Africa.

(2) Eastbound "Guangzhou-Latin America Route" (1575): set sail from Guangzhou, go to sea via Macau, and arrive at Manila Port in the Philippines. Cross the San Bernardino Strait into the Pacific Ocean and head east to the west coast of Mexico.