ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Rediscovering China’s Tea Horse Road, a branch of the Silk Road Rediscovering China’s Tea Horse Road, a branch of the Silk Road How were China's ...

The Dawn of Silk in Ancient China: The origins of silk are shrouded ... According to legend, Leizu was sipping tea beneath a mulberry tree when a silkworm cocoon fell into her cup.

The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, found In Suriname in 1699 “green with a yellow stripe across their body” living ...

Unlike most first-time foreign tourists to China, who flock to popular destinations like Beijing, Shanghai, or ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

highlighting the significance of the historic Tea Horse Road. This ancient trade route, spanning over 2,000 km, served as a ...

southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road ...

[Photo/Xinhua] URUMQI -- Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday.

Zachary Iziah Smith, an American travel blogger, poses for a photo at Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 11, 2025.