Foreword Passions on the Silk Road Journey 01 Heading West from Chang'an, the Starting Point of the Silk Road 02 Reluctant Farewell to Chang'an 03 Bingling Temple, a Whirlpool of Multi-ethnic Cultures 04 The Waterwheel, the Local Scenery of the Yellow River 05 Hearing the Voice of the Yellow River 06 The Bronze Sculpture of "Horse Stepping on a Flying Swallow" and Wu Wei City 07 On the Qilian Mountains 08 The Silk Road and the Great Wall Shake Hands at Jiayu Pass 09 Dunhuang—Ancient Highlight of the Silk Road 10 China's Flying Dream for Thousands of Years 11 A Brief Stopover at Yumen Pass 12 The Kunlun Mountains 13 The Ancient City of Gaochang Steeped in Buddhist Hfstory 14 Pondering on Loulan 15 Rain in the Mountain of Flames 16 Shaanxi Accent, Shaanxi Opera and a Centenarian 17 The Ancient City of Jiaohe 18 Memories of Shihezi 19 "The Enlightenment of the World Comes from the Wild! " 20 The First Grand Meeting of Chinese Western Literature in Yining City 21 "I am an eagle, bound to fly in the sky" 22 Silk Road Fever in Kazakhstan 23 The Farthest Shaanxi Fellows on the Silk Road 24 Alma-Ata and Xian Xinghai 25 No Victory or Defeat in Battles since Ancient Times 26 My Soul was Touched by Three Monuments 27 Mother Rivers of Central Asia 28 The Ancient City of Samarkand 29 How did a "Small Worm" Turn into a Giant? 30 A Noble Scholar 31 Huxuan Dance on the Silk Road 32 Looking for the Akhal-Teke Horse 33 The "Crossroads" of Asia and "Chang'an" in the Western Regions 34 Pain and Gratitude 35 Thinking of Li Bai when Looking at Suyab from a Distance 36 Tough Immigrants, Mountain Pioneers and Strong Characters 37 A City with its Beauty 38 The Song of the Volga Boatmen 39 The Sail Seeking Peace in the Tempests 40 Wi-Fi, the Signal of the Motherland 41 Small is Beautiful 42 History as Montage 43 Sorry, Batumi 44 Afandi Everywhere 45 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land of the Soul 46 Very Beautiful! Very Popular! Very Prosperous! 47 Visiting "Cave Dwelling "and "Tunnel City" in Turkey 48 Why the Tujue Regard the Wolf as a Totem? 49 The Ancient City of Ankara 50 A Strait and an Aircraft Carrier 51 Mysterious Figures in the Koran 52 The Support behind Us 53 Cai Lun Paper and Parchment 54 Guardians of the Soul 55 The Olympics-Man's Innate Desire for Sports 56 On the Glory of Greece! 57 Venice and Chang'an 58 I would rather believe! " 59 Florence, the Invisible Hand behind the Renaissance 60 The Legendary Artistic Feelings Born in Rome 61 Getting Drunk in Rome 62 Italian Songs and Shaanxi Opera 63 Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican 64 Pompeii, the Ancient City Buried Alive 65 Prospects for the Western Regions and Contemporary Trends—a cultural perspective on the Silk Road from Chang'an to the Tiansha Corridor