通过中外文献与最新考古资料,分析从战国到南北朝粟特商队在中国沿海的行踪,揭示海上丝绸之路的特点,首先,与沙漠丝绸之路一样起源很早,大约在战国时期(公元前四世纪),在亚历山大东征前后。其二,范围很广:在中国的主要港口有渤海湾,广州湾,更从交趾通过内河航行,进入云南。其三,对中西物质与文化交流贡献很大,对今日广州发展印度洋贸易有借鉴作用。 Through the Chinese and foreign literature and the latest archeological data, this paper analyzes the Sogdian caravan’s march from the Warring States to the Northern and Southern Dynasties and reveals the characteristics of the maritime Silk Road. First, it originated very early in the Silk Road, Fourth century), before and after Alexander the Great. Second, the scope is very wide: there are Bohai Bay and Guangzhou Bay in China’s major ports, and moreover, Cochin enters the Yunnan Province through inland navigation. Thirdly, it contributes greatly to the exchange of material and cultural things between China and the West and serves as a reference for the development of the Indian Ocean trade in Guangzhou today.