广信：秦汉时期陆海丝绸之路最早对接点之一

Guangxin County:One of the Earliest Junctions for the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road in the Qin and Han Dynasties

秦汉五次整修南岭交通道路,灵渠道修建与发挥的作用重大,灵渠道延伸,处于离水、牂牁江交汇处的广信县,为两汉时期交趾刺史部以及苍梧郡的治所,也是岭南交通、政治、经济、文化中心。由于海上丝绸之路沿近岸航行,从北部湾的徐闻、合浦及日南障塞出发,岭南西部一直是国家经营的重点所在,南北流江贯穿合浦、广信,因此,广信成为陆海丝绸之路的最早对接点之一,成为岭南、岭北国内交通,以及海上丝绸之路的联通之地,也是中外商贸交流之地之一,还是中外文化交融之地之一。

Routes to Lingnan area in south China were built and rebuilt for five times during the Qin and Han Dynasties, during which the construction of Lingqu Cannel played a very important role. Lingqu Cannel stretched to Guangxin County where the Li River and Zangke River join together. Under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhi and Cangwu prefectures during the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties, Guangxin County was the center of transportation, politics, economy and cultue in Lingnan area. Keeping a close distance to the coast, the Maritime Silk Road started from Xuwen and Hepu in the Beibu Gulf and Quan Nhat Nam Pass （today＇s central Vietnam）. Therefore, the west part of I.ingnan area has always been the key of the government＇s administration. Since the Nanliu River and the Beiliu River run through Hepu and Guangxin, the latter became one of the earliest junctions for the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road, as well as the vital place connecting the domestic transportation of the south and north part of Lingnan area to the Maritime Silk Road, which at the same time also made it one of the hubs of trade exchanges and culture integration between China and foreign countries.