Things from China to the West, and what things from the West to China

In addition to silk, paper making, printing, lacquer, porcelain, gunpowder, compass and other Chinese products and technologies representing the Eastern civilization were spread to the West, but it is difficult to count, and made a significant contribution to the world's civilization.

The West's rare birds and animals, jewelry and spices, glassware, gold and silver currency have come to Central Asia, West Asia's dress, diet and other lifestyles, music, dance and other cultural and recreational activities into the Central Plains, Buddhism further prevalence of Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Nestorianism, as well as the emerging Islam have been introduced to China along the Silk Road.

Some of the plants we see today are not all native to China, and nine out of ten of the plants with the word "hu" recorded in ancient Chinese literature, such as the walnut, hu melon, hu onion, hu coriander, pepper, hu tung tears, hu roo bu, and so on, are from the West. Moreover, ancient documents often attribute the transplantation of these plants to China to the first good messenger of Sino-Western transportation ---- Zhang Qian. In fact, now can be definitely referred to as Zhang Qian brought back the material goods, only alfalfa and grapes, the former native to the Iranian plateau northwest of the Midea (Media), the latter is the earliest artificially cultivated a plant in West Asia and Egypt.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the West came not only plants, but also Roman glassware, music and dance from the West, acrobatics, to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, history records: "Emperor Lingdi (167-189 years on the throne) is good hu clothing, hu tent, hu bed, hu sitting, hu rice, hu air Hou, hu flute, hu dance, Kyoto, the nobility of the relatives have gone so far as to do it." ("Continued Han Shu Wu Xing Zhi")

From the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties, with the Iranian cultural system belonging to a large number of the Suits moved into China, West Asia, Central Asia's music, dance, food, clothing, and so on, a large number of imported into China.