As well all know, the silk production is the main role along Silk Road. Different period, different countries, the silk production also arouse different features. However, about the silk history, there are storing many mysteries to unveil.

Commercial Silk Trading
The first silk workshops were set up during the Han Dynasty; from the Han capital, silk was traded as far as Antioch on the Mediterranean, and eventually onwards by sea to Rome, where laws were enforced to try to control overspreading on this luxury. By the beginning of the 3rd century, the Parthian Dynasty was making huge profits from customs duties levied on silk and other goods transported along the Silk Road. The Parthian was defeated in 224AD by the Sassanians, whose weavers developed their own highly distinctive silk designs. Since then, Chinese of Tang Dynasty began to imitate them. Preserved Tang silks display typically Sassanian designs, such as repeated registers of single or confronting birds or animals, often with a central tree or flowering element. Variations on this distinctive motif were echoed by Sogdian weavers I Central Asia.

Silk and Church
With the Silk Road becoming more and more prosperous at that time, there are many churches appeared. Silk Production and trade in Byzantium Christian Europe had a close connection with Church, and was closely regulated by government decree. Clerics wear silk garments and altar cloths were made of silk. At that time, sumptuary laws were important in maintaining the hierarchies of the imperial court and Church, and color and design were an integral part of silk symbolic status. Royal purple was the color of Byzantium, a silk-ruled empire, and the best was obtained by Syrian dye masters from the murex shellfish, an industry developed by the Phoenicians. Syrian silk merchants were always accorded special privileges by the Byzantines. Byzantine rulers are depicted wearing silk garments with huge patterns, roundels containing lions, eagles, mounted heroes and heroic images, whose origins echo even older Near Eastern image.

Silk Production Today
The first imperial silk workshops were established in Sichuan and Shandong. Three traditional Chinese silk-producing regions have retained importance but whereas once, vast mulberry orchards were needed to furnish supplies of fresh leaves to feed the voracious caterpillars, and production was restricted and seasonal. Now genetically modified bushes produce four consecutive harvests of fresh leaves.

Silk Road is full of mysterious and colors. It deserved your special attention!

Just last week, the highest national park has made its debut in Tibet. Hailed as the highest national park in the world, Qomolangma National Park shocked the world with its altitude and scale as it sits on the roof of the world - Tibetan Plateau.

Overview of the National Park
Dubbed the highest national park in the world, Qomolangma National Park made its debut last week in Tibet Autonomous Region, according to China Daily. Standing on the roof of the world, the Qomolangma National Park is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and plateau landscapes, like 8,848-meter Mount Everest (known in China as Mount Qomolangma), 8,201-meter Mount Cho Oyo and 8,013-meter Shishapangma. The plateau national park is home to dozens of towering peaks soaring 7,000-8,000 meters, as well as glaciers, hot springs and alpine forests. The national park is very high, huge and resourceful Covering 78,000 square kilometers, the newly opened tourist destination occupies a vast land and is located in the Xigaze Prefecture in southern Tibet Autonomous Region, near the border with Nepal. The national park is erected to focus on the protection of the ecology and biodiversity as well as the rich and diverse natural resources and unspoilt land. The national park will play a key role in preserving the harmony of Tibet.

More Details about the National Park
If you want to get inside the park it will cost you RMB 180 per person, and with RMB 400 you can rent a small vehicle to drive through the national park and RMB 600 will land you a large vehicle. There is no clear explanation as to how the vehicle should be rented and which exactly the official entry points to the park. The Qomolangma National Park is the third national park set up in the far-flung autonomous region, together with the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Park in southeastern Tibet and Namtso National Park in mid-eastern Tibet. The national park and plateau reserve are regarded by the Chinese government as a way to transform the plateau into an iconic world destination. There is also the highest airport in the world underway in Tibet, the 4,436-meter-high Nagqu Airport, which is planned to open in 2015. Over time, the national park will be easily accessed and explored by visitors from home and abroad.

To sum it up, the national park is not to be missed while visiting Tibet!

For the travelers who are very interested in the Chinese rural parts, Tibet tour will be the most popular. With ethnic culture, unique lifestyle and profound history, Tibet has been regarded as the most holy land. As the representative city, Lhasa will be the most mysterious land with dazzling sights.

Attractive Barkhor in Lhasa
The first step for most of the new comers to Lhasa is the Jokhang in the heart of the Tibetan old town. But before you even venture into the Jokhang, it is worth taking a troll around the Barkhor, Lhasa's most interesting kora, a quadrangle of streets that surrounds the Jokhang and some of the old buildings adjoining it. It is an area unrivalled in Tibet for its fascinating combination of sacred significance and push-and-shove market economies. This is both the spiritual heart of the Holy City and the main commercial district for Tibetans. The Barkhor is the one part of Lhasa that has most resisted the invasions of the modern world. Pildrims from Kham, Amdo and further afield step blithely around a prostrating monk and stop briefly to finger a jewel-encrusted dagger at a street stall; monks sit cross-legged on the paving stones before their alms bowls muttering mantras. It is a place you will want to come back to time after time.

Barkhor Square
For you first visit to the Barkhor, enter from Barkhor Square, a large plaza that was cleared in 1985. The square has become a focus for political protest and has been the scene of pitched battles between Chinese and Tibetans on several occasions. Close to the entrance to the Jokhang a constant stream of Tibetans follows the Barkhor circumambulation route in a clockwise direction. Coming here, you could pay attention on the two pot-bellied, stone sangkang in front of the Jokhang. There are four altogether, marking the four extremities of the Barkhor circuit; the other two are at the rear of the Jokhang.

Barkhor Circuit
As you follow the flow of pilgrims past sellers of religious photos, felt cowboy hats and electric blenders, you will soon appreciate a small building on the right, set off from the main path. For your first few visits to the Barkhor Circuit, it is best to let yourself dragged along by the tide of pilgrims, but there are also several small, fascinating temples to pop into en route.

Lhasa is a miracle world just needs your attention!