The world renowned Silk Road has survived dozens of Chinese feudal dynasties and enjoyed a long-standing history. As the most prosperous dynasty in ancient China, Tang Dynasty played an active role in spreading the Silk Road.

Details about Silk Road in Tang Dynasty
With the Tang Dynasty entering into the prosperity, northwest silk road again attracted attention of Chinese ruler. In order to get through this route, Tang government took control of western countries after it defeated Tujue and established Anxi four towns as the institutions. The newly built Yumen Pass of the Tang Dynasty, once again opened the pass to the west. And through the Tianshan, Silk Road west line opened to central Asia. After the East Silk Road was opened again, new trade routes branch was constantly opening up, people found in the Qinghai area plenty of the Persian silver coins, showing that Qinghai was also an important pass in the Hexi Corridor Area. After the East Rome, the Persian Empire period (mid 17 Century after the Arabia Empire replaced the Central Asian hegemony Persian), Silk Road had remained relatively stable for a long time, and this route once again entered in a period of prosperity.

Influence on Tang Dynasty
A direct result of the Silk Road trading activity is that it greatly stimulated desire for consumption of Tang people, because the business first brought plenty exotic treasures to the rich. Silk Road trading activity mainly consisted of odd goods back then, from slavery, artist, kabuki to livestock, wild animals, plants, spice, pigment from the skin to the gold and silver jewelry, metal ore, from the tools to weapon instruments - almost everything that one expects to find. Along with the foreign technology introduced into China, religion, customs and other things were also brought to China. All these have become especially when Tang plutocratic family consumption object and consumption fashion. Relatively speaking, the consumption power of Tang Dynasty was much stronger than other dynasties, so the rich had enough ability to pursue luxury goods and the Silk Road provided them with more opportunities. Imperial Royal landlords loved exotic performance, common people loved exotic wares. The pursuit of a variety of foreign luxury goods and priceless treasures atmosphere began to spread from the palace to the general city residents.

Overall, Silk Road played an important role in enriching lives of Tang people.

Tibet has long been hailed as the land of sunlight and it is home to a wide variety of Tibetan Buddhist temples and plateau landscapes. With a visit to Tibet, you can not only get a chance to explore the profound Tibetan Buddhist culture but also enjoy a safari. Here is the top safari destination in Tibet, called Lalu Wetland.

Overview of the Lalu Wetland
Lalu Wetland National Nature Reserve is located in the northwest corner of Lhasa City, the capital of the Tibet autonomous region. The average altitude of this region is about 3645 meters above sea level, covering an area of 620 hectares, of which the buffer zone area 3.39 square kilometers, the experimentation area 2.21 square kilometers, the core area occupying 11.5 of Lhasa city. Lalu Wetland National Nature Reserve is the largest city wetland nature reserve in China, and the highest in the world. About 6.6 kilometers north of the wetland is surrounded by mountains, the eastward extension of the Gangdise; In the northeast, it connects with the Liusha River; in the east it sits next to the Chengguan District Lalu Xiang residential area and Barr Ku Lu border; in the south it sits near Lhasa City, covering a total area of 6.2 square kilometers, is a typical plateau wetland. According to the classification system of Chinese wetland, it is a reed swamp. Lalu wetland each year absorbs 78800 tons of carbon dioxide, releasing 53700 tons of oxygen, hailed as lungs of Lhasa and natural oxygen bar.

Rich Natural Lives in Lalu Wetland
Because Lalu Wetland has a unique plateau climate, the area is a gathering place for aquatic species. Vertebrate species can also be found here, but mostly migratory species, such as black neck crane, red duck, etc. Birds include Tibet sandgrouse with brown back, bar headed goose, brown headed gull, silver gull, Hu Wujiu, a large number of Yaos in summer, like white crane, Dai Sheng, Bai Ling and snow finch. In winter the dominant species are the waterfowls, there are also a small number of black necked cranes. Mammals can be found in the swamp meadow, such as Tibetan fox, pika, hare, but with the changes in the environment only the burrow and pika can be found, other mammals have disappeared. Plateau frog is still the most common amphibian animal of the wetland, and the wild fish have largely been replaced by breeding species.

Overall, Lalu Wetland makes for a perfect safari option while visiting Tibet!

There is truly no better way to dig deeper into Tibetan history than a tour of Tibet Museum. You can easily spend the best part of your day in the museum to explore the profound history and fascinating art on offer in the museum.

Architectural Art of Tibet Museum
Featuring diverse architectural styles, Tibet Museum sitting on central axis consists of the Xuyan Hall, Main Hall and Cultural Relic Storeroom with the overall layout very rigorous and compact. Tibet Museum not only retains the traditional Tibetan architectural characteristics, but also is mixed with a combination of modern architecture, very practical and artistic. The national housing is made of modern materials, modern housing architecture with modern space layout to support. The niche in Xuyan Hall is inlaid with characters in Tibetan, Han and English. There are many beams and pillars used to support the building. The colorful cloth is used to decorate the stigma and ceiling of the hall and the display cabinet with eight auspicious patterns. Speaking of the unique architectural style, the Tibet Museum boasts great originality in terms of layout. Every summer, the museum courtyard explodes with flowers blooming all over the yard, colorful and beautiful. Between the periphery of the folk culture garden and manor building sit some cultural activity venues, offering a variety of fun activities.

Art to See in the Museum
Tibet Museum exhibition offers the prehistoric culture, inseparable history, art and folk culture. Prehistoric culture exhibition hall is reserved to show people old tools used in daily life early in the northern elevation four thousand meters excavated in, such as old stone tools unearthed in Changdu, stone axes, stone knife and late Neolithic stone cluster, bone awl, spicules and various red and grey potteries, black pottery utensils, etc. Tibet entered the civilized society of representative of the era - Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Tibetan Thangka is the unique part and most recognizable part of Tibetan culture in the history of the art form of painting, and it has long been regarded as the most representative of the Tibetan art treasures. In Tibet, although the bars, shops, houses are all decorated with Tangka, but not every Tangka are qualified to be called cultural relics, and at the Tibet Museum the cultural art hall offers a wide variety of Thangka souvenirs and curios, which can be a feast for the eyes.

Overall, Tibet Museum is not to be missed while traveling to Tibet!