Dreaming of Gansu

Author: Yu Canghai (Compiler)
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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 ancestor of the splendid culture of 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, experienced 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, where 5,000 years of accumulation have created one cultural miracle after another. Along the ancient Silk Road, the sound of camel bells echoes, taking our thoughts back to those distant years, where in the dazzling dance of the flying immortal, we seek the dream that has enchanted us for a thousand years.