丝绸之路是什么时候出现的?通常认为是西汉张骞通西域以后。其实早在先泰乃至上古时代,中西经济文化交流即已开始,各地考古发掘出的古代文物巳充分证明了这一点。正如著名考古学家裴文中先生指出的:“东西方的交通,决不是由张骞开始的,汉以前就有。因为史前时期的文化,东西两方有许多相同之处,例如彩陶,必定是东西文化两相交流的结果。”(裴文中《史前时期之东西交通》,《边政公论》1948年第7卷第4期)据考证,我国从上古到先泰逐步形成的通往西方(中亚、欧洲、印度北部 When did the Silk Road appear? It is usually thought that the Western Han Dynasty Zhang Qian Tong Western Regions later. In fact, as early as the early Thai and even the ancient times, economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West began. The ancient relics unearthed from various places have fully proved this point. As pointed out by the famous archaeologist Pei Wenzhong: “Traffic in the east and the west never started with Zhang Qian, and Han did before. Because of the prehistoric culture, there are many things in common between the east and the west, such as pottery, must be Eastern and Western cultures. ”(Pei Wenzhong,“ Things Traffic in Prehistoric Times, ”“ Gongzheng Gong Lun ”, Vol.47, No.4, 1948) According to the textual research, from the ancient times to the early Thai, (Central Asia, Europe, northern India