The Silk Roads are routes of integration, exchange and dialogue between East and West that have contributed greatly to the common prosperity of humankind for almost 2 millennia.The “Silk Roads: Initial Section of the Silk Roads, the Routes Network of Tian-shan Corridor” is located at the eastern end of the Silk Roads. It first took shape between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD, flourished between the 6th and 14th centuries, and continued functioning untilthe 16th century. These pathways connected four geographical regions: Central China, Hosi Corridor, North and South Tian-shan Mountains, and Zhetysu Region (Semirechye). Central China, heart of ancient Chinese civilization, and Zhetysu Region, where Central Asian culture flourished, are nearly 5,000 km apart, but they were linked by 8,700 km of roads and paths. Together they constitute a significant component of the Silk Roads, and played an important role in the initiation of the Silk Roads and in the east-west communications and interchange across the Eurasian continent. Within this nominated property:

The “Initial Section” started in Chang’ an (now Xi’ an)/Luoyang, the center of impe