Dreaming of Gansu: The Western Journey Series of Self-Guided Travel Books

Author: Yu Canghai
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Here, Fu Xi, who created characters and invented the calendar, pioneered the 5,000-year-old civilization of China; 3,000 years ago, primitive agriculture emerged in the Jingwei River Valley, becoming the forebear of the splendid culture in the Yellow River Basin; the ancient Silk Road welcomed the Han Dynasty envoy Zhang Qian who went west, saw the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang who traveled west to seek Buddhist scriptures, witnessed the golden cavalry of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and carried the legendary story of Marco Polo's eastward journey. This is Gansu. Five thousand years of accumulation have created one cultural miracle after another. Along the ancient Silk Road, the clatter of camel bells echoes, taking us back to those distant years. In the dazzling dance of the flying apsaras, we seek the dream that has intoxicated the world for a thousand years.