The "Belt and Road" Intern©φ♠≥ational Summit Forum has ₩♠•just ended. The "$§←;Belt and Road" construction is ♦∞rooted in the soil of the Si≥lk Road, and is open to all friends to start a ne∏÷€✔w blueprint for construc♠∏≠≥tion. Coral and the "Belt and Road" a ©lso have an indissoluε£∞ble bond. It must be a long story.
Coral, English name coral, comes from a"β≈ncient Greek, meaning "gorgo₽¥n" in ancient Greek mythology. LΩ'♣egend has it that a certain hero in ancie≥πnt Greece killed Medusa, one of thσσe three Gorgons, and hung her head on $♣✘≈a tree by the sea. Her blood donation in☆♥™to the Mediterranean Sea ₩→became red coral.
In the ancient world, coral, as a stunni≤ ng luxury, was favored by¥₩¶§ merchants and rulers of vario ∑©us countries. It is generally believed tha→×>•t coral was first discovered by Ita★↔σlians during the heyday of the Roman Emβ✔σpire (27-1453 BC). The corals¶™• spread to Europe, Africa, West Asia,↓↓€ Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East䶩 Asia and other vast areas, as ₩£≤♣well as the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean•λ, Pacific Ocean and other vast waters £γ.
In the Middle Ages, European>¶ nobles already wore c★§ oral as ornaments, or placed coral branches in tααεheir homes as a status symbol. Chinese emp∑αerors and rich people also co¥φllected corals for use.
珊瑚與陸上(shàng)絲綢之路(lù)
In the Western Han Dynasty, Emp&£∏eror Wu of the Han Dynasty ±™☆sent Zhang Qian as an env♥®∑oy to the Western Region☆≠&Ωs to open up a land passage starting from the cap&<£εital Chang'an, pa$®≠≤ssing through Gansu and ↔±Xinjiang, to Central As•€ia and West Asia, and connecting the M₩¥γediterranean countrieγ•♥s. Its original funct₹™&ion was to transport silk produced∞✔γ in ancient China. Chinese merc←"×hants exchanged silk for treasure✔✘s such as amber and coral in the West, an✘↕ d coral was able to flow into ↔the Central Plains.
珊瑚與海(hǎi)上(shàng)絲綢之路(lù)
The "Maritime Silk Road" "<§is a maritime channe•©l for the transportation, trade and ×♠cultural exchanges betwee€★n ancient China and foreign ≤φ× countries. The road is maα★inly centered on the South China Sea, s↕o it is also called the South China S©☆ea Silk Road.
During the period of Emperor Gao©↑zu of the Han Dynasty, the Nanyue Kingdom•βΩ, which is located in what is now Guangdo"ng, already had corals;
·During the period oΩ÷"f Emperor Wu of the Hanφ×®∑ Dynasty, the Chinese ∏©fleet set out from Guangzhou and sailed to thε€e Southeast Asian countries for trΩ✘™πade;
·Roman merchants in the middle of♣✔ the 1st century AD discovered☆ a route to Jiaozhi that re→✔¶ached the territory of Ω♥"China at that time. History records tha✔§t the Roman merchants brought numerous forδ≤γeign objects, includi♥€ ng red coral.
Coral was widely spread because o≠ f the Silk Road, and "¥∏its beauty has been praised→ ★ by the world for thousσ≠∑•ands of years.
To the beautiful coral!
"Song of Coral&quφot; - Wei Yingwu
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Where does the world get,σπ•↑ Penglai stone is born.