Скачать или смотреть A Story of Silk Road in Tang Dynasty | Part II ｜Xi'an｜China Walk｜唐代丝绸之路的故事 |下集｜ 西安 ｜4K HDR｜ 2021

The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe. The original starting point of the Silk Road is Chang’an (present day Xi’an). It was established during the Han Dynasty of China, lasting from 206 BC to 220 AD. In the Tang Dynasty, which lasted from 618 AD to 907 AD, a golden era of the Silk Road began because of the fast growth of Tang Dynasty.

This performance tells a story happened in the Tang Dynasty.

Part I is about a dancing girl who came from West Regions of China and showed her elegant dance to the Emperor of Tang. The emperor was very pleased with her dance and wanted to give her a great reward, such as gold and brocade. Instead, she told the emperor that the only reward she wanted was to go home and bring her parents to Chang’an. Impressed by her love to her parents, the Emperor offered her a letter of friendship to the West Regions and a team of guards and camels to assist her go home through Silk Road.

Watch Part I here:
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Part II is about the team of guards, who are protecting the dancing girl, traveling through the Silk Road. At the time, many things made it hard to travel through the Silk Road like extremely hot weather, desert storm, and robbers.The team had to go through all kinds of hardships and difficulties but never forgot their duty of protecting the girl until she arrived at her hometown safely. One of the team member died because of the desert storm, however instead of drinking the water, he left it for the others in case they needed it. When they arrived at an old castle, which was very close to the girl's hometown, however they were trapped by a group of robbers. The robbers wanted to kidnap the girl, but the Chief sacrificed himself and fought the robbers to help the girl escape. All of the team members joined in helping the Chief but in the end they all died and the girl was left alone. She felt a lot of sorrow to their deaths and inspired by their kindness and bravery, she promised that she would make it back home safely.

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