This silk road, which is of great significance to the development of the Central Plains Dynasty, appeared in the Western Han Dynasty. In order to weaken the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions. Zhang Qian has been to the Western Regions twice, but he is more than just a lobbyist. It's a long journey from Chang 'an to the Western Regions. Every time Zhang Qian goes to a country, it will inspect the local city scale, customs and troops. During the long journey of 13 years, Zhang Qian collected a great deal of information from countries in Central Asia and West Asia. After returning to Chang 'an, he sorted out the collected information and reported it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Every time Zhang Qian goes to a country, it will spread the existence of the Central Plains regime in the Western Han Dynasty. At the same time, the information he brought back and what the Western Han Dynasty didn't have also made the Western Han Dynasty know more about the countries in the western regions. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to seize the Hexi Corridor from the Huns, and the passage between the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions was opened. In order to further promote the relations with other countries in the Western Regions, Zhang Qian once again went to the Western Regions in the fourth year of Yuanshou. In this mission, Zhang Qian successfully wooed Wu Sun, a powerful country in the western regions, to join the Western Han camp. Under the leadership of Wu Sun, the Western Han Dynasty had increasingly frequent contacts with countries in the western regions.
In this context, many commodities in the Western Han Dynasty began to be sold to the Western Regions, among which silk was the most popular. Because silk sells well, this traffic artery connecting the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions got its name? The Silk Road? . When the Silk Road was first opened, the Huns were not completely controlled. In order to prevent Huns from blocking the passage of the Silk Road, the Western Han Dynasty sent troops to smash Loulan, Dawan and other western countries ruled by Huns. With the victory of these battles, the Silk Road was truly unimpeded. The Silk Road became more and more prosperous after the Western Han Dynasty established the Western Regions' Capital Protection House.
The opening of the Silk Road is of great and far-reaching significance. For example, Buddhism was introduced into the Central Plains through the Silk Road. Since the opening of the Silk Road in the Western Han Dynasty, it has undertaken the important task of communicating the East and the West. China's goods, culture and other things spread to Central and Western Asia and the Mediterranean region through this road. At the same time, China also introduced the goods and culture of these places. During the Western Han Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties and other Central Plains regimes, China's prosperity was no longer just its own business, because the Silk Road brought this information to other countries, and the international influence of these Central Plains regimes also expanded.