东方“庞贝城”与“丝绸之路”传奇

距今千余年前的十六国南北朝及唐代,辽宁地区商贸活动之繁盛、东西交流之频密,是今人难以想象的。当时的古龙城(今朝阳市),是丝绸之路东端的起点。从十六国南北朝时代的三燕到大唐的营州,墓葬中出土了如金步摇、鸭形玻璃注、东罗马金币与金戒指、波斯萨珊王朝银币等大量珍贵的舶来品与外贸货……以至有专家提出这样的新颖说法:西有敦煌,东有朝阳。

Tt is almost impossible for us today to imagine how prosperous commerce and trade were and how frequent East-West exchanges were from the periods of the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Northern and Southern Dynasties(A.D.420--589)and all the way to the Tang(A.D.618-907)in the Liaoning region.The City of Old Dragon(present-day Chaoyang City,Liaoning province)was the starting pointing of the Silk Road in the east.