From the time of the Han to the end of the Yuan, a most important trade route developed from China to the West, which later became known by the marvelously evocative name, The Silk Road.

• 从汉朝开始到元朝末，一条中国通往西方的最重要贸易之路发展起来了，后来成为了人所共知的丝绸之路。