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.

As the world wonder, Terracotta Warriors have received loads of praise in with profound history, deep traditional cultural connotation and unexpected elegant project. However, from the Terracotta Warriors, there are many exquisite large amounts of bronze weapons unearthed. Although they have been buried for long years, they still glittered and as sharp as the new bought. From this, you could guess the high level of metallurgical technology of Qin Dynasty.

Typical Sword in Terracotta Warriors
There are many researches explaining the strong military of Qin Dynasty. Reasons explained including the strict military systems and the disciplined army as well as the wise tactics in the fighting. One of the most important essences is the high advanced military equipments. The first will be the sword. In Chinese, the military weapon is called Jian. In the Chinese short weapons, sword is regarded as the king. In the traditional fighting, sword is always used for stab the enemy. In pit 1 and pit 2, there are over 20 kinds of swords unearthed with smooth and sharp features. Most of them are yellow gray colors. The body of swords is finely filed and polished making them as bright as the new.

Delicate Spear in Terracotta Warriors
In China, it was called Mao. Spears unearthed in the Terracotta Warriors are sharp and exquisite. Compared to the spears in other dynasties, Qin Spears paid much attention on the combat. Simple, wide and flat shape as well as the sharp blade decides the successful dynasty. The strong military and strict disciplines are all originated from the simple weapons.

Crossbow and Arrowhead in Terracotta Warriors
In China, Crossbow is called Nu. Compared with the bow, the crossbow takes more tension and has a long effective range. It was used to shoot at long-range targets. In Qin Dynasty, the crossbow housed a standard shape and structure. The Qin bronze mechanical devices paid much attention on the bows. In addition to the crossbow, the arrowhead in the Terracotta Warriors is important in the military. In China, it was called the Jian. It is used with the crossbow. In the terracotta warriors, there are about 40,000 arrowheads unearthed. Among them, there are two iron arrowheads. The bronze heads are prismatic gaining much recognition in the modern research.

These dazzling weapons are the wise crystallize of traditional human being. It will contribute much in the country developing.

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!