Ceramic road

"Ceramic road" (The China Road) started in the Tang Dynasty in the late Middle Ages is the main artery of the sea of Chinese and foreign exchanges. Unlike porcelain because of the nature of silk, not in land transport, the optional sea, this is the second of the "Eurasian Continental Bridge." In this way there are many commodities in the dissemination of, such as tea, spices, gold and silver for……. Was named as the "ceramic road", mainly due to the nature of the porcelain trade-oriented, and some of these marine Shanglu known as the "maritime silk road." But one thing is certain is that in the late Tang Dynasty, because of the rise of the Turkish empire and other reasons, "Land Silk Road" weaken the position of the beginning. "Ceramic road" the starting point in China's southeast coast, along the East China Sea, the South China Sea through the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea to the east coast of Africa or the Red Sea, the Mediterranean to Egypt and other places, or direct from the southeast coast of Japan and North Korea. In this Shanglu of flesh littered the coast of China as the glittering pearl tiles, to illuminate the entire Southeast Asia, Africa and the land of the Arab world. Tang Dynasty historical records, the Tang Dynasty and foreign traffic has seven road, mainly two: the Western Regions Anxi Road, Canton Road-Haiyi, "Land Silk Road" and "sea ceramic road." Tang commercial prosperity reflected not only from Chang'an, also in the south-east of Yangzhou especially, Yangzhou, "Hung Fu Jia Tianxia" Mei Ming, Li Bai there will be no "fireworks in March under the Yangzhou," Du Mu " McGREGOR a decade Yangzhou dream. " If the land "silk road" to China has brought religious piety, "ceramic road" to China has brought enormous commercial wealth, but also for colonial plunder opened the door. Therefore, 16, 17 century "ceramic road", in a sense, became the colonial plundering of the road.