{"id":26727,"date":"2025-07-08T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=26727"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:00:42","slug":"verdant-miles-the-steppe-silk-road-in-the-10th-to-12th-century-exhibition-set-to-open-in-hangzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=26727","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Verdant Miles: The Steppe Silk Road in the 10th to 12th Century&#8221; Exhibition Set to Open in Hangzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">HANGZHOU, China<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">July 8, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The &#8220;Verdant Miles: The Steppe Silk Road in the 10th to 12th Century&#8221; exhibition is officially about to open on July 11 at China National Silk Museum, marking a highlight of the &#8220;2025 Silk Road Week&#8221;. Jointly organized by the museum and cultural institutions from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the exhibition is set to showcase over 200 artifacts, with more than 60 classified as first-class relics, offering a vivid glimpse into the cultural exchanges along the ancient Steppe Silk Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2726400\/image.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2726400\/image.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition\" alt=\"Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span>Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stretching across Eurasia, the Steppe Silk Road\u00a0served as a vital northern corridor linking nomadic and agrarian civilizations. From the Liao Dynasty (916\u20131125), which blended Tang grandeur, Song elegance, and Central Asian dynamism, to the Khitan people, who forged a unique synthesis of cultures, this route facilitated the flow of ideas, goods, and technologies\u2014from horse domestication to metallurgy\u2014shaping the pluralistic unity of Chinese civilization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <b>Exhibition Highlights\u00a0 <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is divided into four thematic sections:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li> <b>The Origins of the Steppe Silk Road<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tracing its prehistoric roots and expansion under the Liao Dynasty, which transformed the route into a thriving trade network.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li> <b>Traces of Nomadic and Agrarian Peoples<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Featuring Khitan innovations in governance, handicrafts (textiles, ceramics, and metalwork), and their dual-administration system blending nomadic and Han traditions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li> <b>Confluence of Diverse Civilizations in China<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Displaying glassware, agate, amber, and crystal from Persia and the Arab world, alongside diplomatic artifacts from the Song, Xia, and Jin dynasties.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li> <b>Expansion of the Steppe Silk Road\u2013<\/b>\u00a0Exploring Liao&#8217;s seaborne trade with Wuyue Kingdom (modern Zhejiang), exchanging celadon, silk, and spices for Central Asian treasures.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, honored as this year&#8217;s Guest Province of Honor for the &#8220;2025 Silk Road Week&#8221;<i>,<\/i> will add a captivating touch to the opening ceremony with traditional morin khuur (horse-head fiddle) performances. Highlights include stirring renditions of &#8220;The Boundless Grassland&#8221; and &#8220;Ten Thousand Horses Galloping,&#8221; evoking the spirit and grandeur of the steppe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Verdant Miles&#8221; will be open to visitors until October 20, 2025, offering a unique opportunity to delve into the enduring legacy of this historic Silk Road corridor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">HANGZHOU, China<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">July 8, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The &#8220;Verdant Miles: The Steppe Silk Road in the 10th to 12th Century&#8221; exhibition is officially about to open on July 11 at China National Silk Museum, marking a highlight of the &#8220;2025 Silk Road Week&#8221;. Jointly organized by the museum and cultural institutions from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the exhibition is set to showcase over 200 artifacts, with more than 60 classified as first-class relics, offering a vivid glimpse into the cultural exchanges along the ancient Steppe Silk Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2726400\/image.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2726400\/image.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition\" alt=\"Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition\" \/> <\/a> <br \/><span>Different types of ceramic flasks exhibited in the exhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stretching across Eurasia, the Steppe Silk Road\u00a0served as a vital northern corridor linking nomadic and agrarian civilizations. From the Liao Dynasty (916\u20131125), which blended Tang grandeur, Song elegance, and Central Asian dynamism, to the Khitan people, who forged a unique synthesis of cultures, this route facilitated the flow of ideas, goods, and technologies\u2014from horse domestication to metallurgy\u2014shaping the pluralistic unity of Chinese civilization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <b>Exhibition Highlights\u00a0 <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is divided into four thematic sections:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li> <b>The Origins of the Steppe Silk Road<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Tracing its prehistoric roots and expansion under the Liao Dynasty, which transformed the route into a thriving trade network.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li> <b>Traces of Nomadic and Agrarian Peoples<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Featuring Khitan innovations in governance, handicrafts (textiles, ceramics, and metalwork), and their dual-administration system blending nomadic and Han traditions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li> <b>Confluence of Diverse Civilizations in China<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Displaying glassware, agate, amber, and crystal from Persia and the Arab world, alongside diplomatic artifacts from the Song, Xia, and Jin dynasties.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li> <b>Expansion of the Steppe Silk Road\u2013<\/b>\u00a0Exploring Liao&#8217;s seaborne trade with Wuyue Kingdom (modern Zhejiang), exchanging celadon, silk, and spices for Central Asian treasures.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, honored as this year&#8217;s Guest Province of Honor for the &#8220;2025 Silk Road Week&#8221;<i>,<\/i> will add a captivating touch to the opening ceremony with traditional morin khuur (horse-head fiddle) performances. Highlights include stirring renditions of &#8220;The Boundless Grassland&#8221; and &#8220;Ten Thousand Horses Galloping,&#8221; evoking the spirit and grandeur of the steppe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Verdant Miles&#8221; will be open to visitors until October 20, 2025, offering a unique opportunity to delve into the enduring legacy of this historic Silk Road corridor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}