Reviving the glory of millennia-old posthouse ruins in Dunhuang
China DailyCultural relics unearthed from the Xuanquanzhi Ruins — clockwise from the top left: a scrap of paper featuring handwritten characters, a paint brush, a lacquer erbei, a wooden comb, a leather shoe, a scrap of silk and a writing brush. “In addition to being first-hand information for modern people to study the historical origin of the Silk Road, Xuanquan slips can also help complement what the canonical texts of the period failed to record, or correct mistakes in such books,” the veteran scholar added. Yuan’s Letter to Zifang, is a personal letter written on silk Another high-profile relic from the site is a letter Yuan wrote to his friend Zifang in the Han Dynasty. In his letter, Yuan asked Zifang to do five things for him: buy a pair of shoes with leather vamp and silk insoles, purchase five quality writing brushes, call on a person called Ci Ru and ask him to write back to Yuan, make a seal for Lyv Zidu and buy a horsewhip for an officer surnamed Guo. Historians surmised that Yuan’s letter was from somewhere less developed, and that Zifang was an official at Xuanquanzhi where there was a vibrant market nearby due to its position on the Silk Road.
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Reviving the glory of millennia-old posthouse ruins in Dunhuang
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Reviving the glory of millennia-old posthouse ruins in Dunhuang
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Reviving the glory of millennia-old posthouse ruins in Dunhuang
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