Cultural Selection: Intercultural Elements of the Silk Roads in Korean Buddhist Art
The Silk Roads have played a major role in the transmission and development of arts throughout the regions along it. The expansion of Buddhist art impacted the development of Asian art more generally through the cultural exchanges facilitated by these roads. These cultural interactions are clearly evidenced in the stylistic lineage of Korean Buddhist sculpture which flourished after the introduction of Buddhism after the 4th century AD.
Cultural Selection: Indian and European Influences on Persian Miniatures
Iranian arts developed through centuries and acquired various influences, notably thanks to the Silk Roads.
Young Scholars on the Silk Roads: An Interview Series
In the last three years, the UNESCO Silk Roads Online has been striving to explore the attitudes of young people today towards the ancient Silk Roads. In 2017, the platform presented the ‘Diary of Young Explorers’, which followed the journey of three National Geographic Young Explorers on their 23,000km journey from Venice to Beijing by car.
Did you know?: The Use of the Malay Language in Coastal Javanese Literature
Not only was Malay the lingua franca of trade in maritime Southeast Asia, but the language also found its way into Javanese literature. In coastal towns of modern Indonesia, due to Silk Roads interactions, contact between people from different regions was very common.
Cultural Selection: Buddhist sites along the Silk Roads of the Nepal Region
With its origins in the Indian subcontinent, Buddhism is one of a number of major religions which was diffused via the Silk Roads.
Special Event on the ‘Role of Women in the Silk Roads’
A special event highlighting the ‘Role of Women in the Silk Roads’ took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 3 April 2019.
Expert Meeting on "Textile, Clothing and Accessories along the Silk Roads", Valencia, Spain
The Experts’ Meeting on ‘Textile, Clothing and Accessories along the Silk Roads’ took place in Valencia, Spain, from the 14 to 16 March 2019 in the framework of the UNESCO Interactive Atlas of Cultural Interactions along the Silk Roads.
Did you know?: The Evolution of the Arabic language in the Silk Roads
Along with cultural elements, traditions, and religious beliefs, languages also travelled on the Silk Roads. Spread into the western regions of the Silk Roads, Arabic is one of the languages that was diffused as Arab merchants and scholars travelling along the Silk Roads helped promote the diffusion of their language to various regions.