生于威尼斯富商家庭的意大利旅行家马可·波罗,曾经随其父亲、叔父来我国游历。他远涉重洋,经过三年的艰辛跋涉,于1275年到达上都(今内蒙古多伦县西北)。因为他通晓蒙古语和汉语,深得元世祖忽必烈的器重和信任,先后在元朝供职17年之久,经常奉命到各省巡视,足迹几乎遍及整个中国。 Born in Venetian rich family Italian traveler Marco Polo, once with his father, uncle came to our country travel. He traveled across the oceans and reached Shangdu (now the northwest of Duolun County in Inner Mongolia) after 12 years of hard work over three years. Because he proficient in Mongolian and Chinese, won the emphasis and trust of Kublai Khanate, has worked in the Yuan Dynasty for 17 years, often ordered to visit the provinces, footprints almost throughout the whole of China.