Passage to China: A Photographic Celebration of the Silk Road
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 151072320X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
China’s Silk Road was instrumental in opening up a world that had never been experienced before, linking the exotic East to the development of the West.Today, much of the Ancient Silk Road passes through present-day war zones and countries once shrouded under the impenetrable Iron Curtain. To this day, China offers the most protected and visited site on the route, with 3,100 miles of the Silk Routes Network of the Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor featured in the UNESCO World Heritage list. This portion of China, rich with centuries of culture, includes remote sections of the Great Wall, markets, temples, palaces, and more.The future holds promise, as railway, road, and pipeline extensions are underway to create the new Silk Road Economic Belt, expanding to include trade routes to Poland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, making it the largest global trade route of our age.Photographer Liza Gershman takes you along on her journey to visit this once prolific passageway, central to the country’s
The author resides in San Francisco, California.. Liza Gershman is an award-winning photographer, writer, and seasoned world traveler with a passion for food, people, and culture. She has had the opportunity to photograph in more than twenty-seven countries and forty-six US states during her career
About the AuthorLiza Gershman is an award-winning photographer, writer, and seasoned world traveler with a passion for food, people, and culture. The author resides in San Francisco, California.. She has had the opportunity to photograph in more than twenty-seven countries and forty-six US states during her career