Deep Inside the Phoenix Curtain

Taking Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty as the starting point, it unfolds around the implementation of the New Deal by Shen Qingci, the head of the Trade and Commerce Administration, and Pei Jingyan, and lays out a picture of the integration of civilizations across mountains and seas. From the reform of the salt industry in Lingnan to the sailing of merchant ships in Quanzhou Port, from the introduction of mulberry trees in Mobei to the opening of Liulifang in the Persian Gulf, the story uses "trade" as the thread, connecting countless details such as the wool tassels of the Uyghur shepherd girl Agula, the yak velvet brocade of the Tubo boy Tenzin, and the artemisia ointment of Said, the great food doctor. When Champa rice grows in Mobei, when Tang Dynasty porcelain and Dashi glass are combined, when children at the School of All Nations write "One World, One Family" in three characters, the originally distant Western Regions, Southeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf have gradually become neighbors sending mulberry seedlings and spices to each other. There is no conquest with swords and swords, only the discussion between Zhi Niang and the craftsman in front of the furnace, the mutual assistance between the caravan and the medical officer on the way, and the laughter of children when exchanging gifts. In the end, the ginkgo leaves on Zhuque Street and the olive branches in Baghdad swayed in the same gust of wind, confirming the original intention of "not all nations coming to visit, but the symbiosis of all things" - the end of the Silk Road is never a territorial boundary, but a warm spring where people's hearts are connected.