文物考古所见古代青海与丝绸之路

Ancient Qinghai and the Silk Road from Relics and Archaeology Study

古代青海虽然地处青藏高原东麓,但却是中国西部与外界交通的重要结点。自远古以来,以青海为依托形成的对外交通路线源远流长,而且在南北朝时期已经成为丝绸之路的主要干线之一。唐代以来随着吐蕃势力的扩张,亚洲腹地的陆路交通经青海一线形成"五路中心"的重要格局,对中古时期中西文化交流影响深远。这些不仅从文献记载中可以发现诸多线索,近年来的考古新发现也以实物资料佐证了古代青海与丝绸之路间密切的联系。

Although ancient Qinghai is located in eastern foothill of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but it is an important node traffic with the outside world in the west of China.Since time immemorial, based on the Qinghai has a long history in the form of foreign traffic routes, and in the Southern and Northern Dynasties has become one of the main trunk of the Silk Road.Since the Tang Dynasty with the expansion of the forces of Tubo, Asia＇s heartland road by Qinghai line form a pattern of ＂five road center＂ is important, in medieval times had a profound impact on Chinese and Western cultural ex- changes.Not only many clues can be found from the literature, in recent years new archaeological finds of the evidence on physical data also the close contact of Qinghai province and the ancient silk road.