从明朝起,甘肃嘉峪关便是古代“丝绸之路”的交通要冲。现在,站在嘉峪关城墙前,可见到在一公里处,一辆辆满载货物的列车经兰新铁路徐徐开往新疆。作为连接欧亚贸易的重要班列,有着新丝路之称的“渝新欧”也正是经过此处开往阿拉山口出境进行跨欧亚贸易。嘉峪关始建于明洪武五年(公元1372年),是明长城西端的第一重关。“虽然嘉峪关的主要作用是军事防御功能,但其在古代东西方贸易往 From the Ming Dynasty, Gansu Jiayuguan is the ancient ”Silk Road“ traffic hub. Now, standing in front of the wall of Jiayuguan, you can see at a kilometer, a train loaded with goods slowly bound by the Xinjiang-Xinjiang Railway opened to Xinjiang. As an important train connecting Europe and Asia, there is a new Silk Road called ”Yu Xin Ou“ It is through here to Alashankou exit across the Eurasian trade. Jiayuguan was built in the Ming Hongwu five years (AD 1372), is the first important western end of the Great Wall. ”Although Jiayuguan’s main role is the military defense function, but in the ancient East-West trade