Silk Road on East Sea Exhibition at Hanoi Museum Celebrated

Silk Road on East Sea Exhibition at Hanoi Museum Celebrated

A three-month exhibition entitled Con duong to lua tren bien Dong, or Silk Road on East Sea Exhibition, will be displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of History in  ${bigcity_Hanoi:"Hanoi"}. It will feature Vietnam’s role in and dominion over the East Sea. Silk Road was a network of interlinking trade routes both on land and by sea, on the Afro-Eurasian landmass connecting most of Asia with Europe between the 2nd century BCE and 15th century CE. Silk Road was also a trading ground between locals living along rivers in Ke Cho, Pho Hien and ${bigcity_Hoi_An:"Hoi An"}, and traders from Japan and the Netherlands.
 
According to Dr. Nguyen Van Doan, head of the museum’s exhibition department, the said display is the most “lively” example of a bustling Silk Road in the East Sea in the 14th and 15 centuries. During that time, Vietnam was both a departure and destination point more than just a transit for many ships.
 
The exhibition will be categorized into four periods: prehistory; recorded history from the 1st to 10th centuries; 11th to 15th centuries; and the 18th century. It will also showcase artifacts from shipwrecks in the 17th and 18th centuries. Moreover, it will also display maps and other documents created by evangelists and traders.
 
In retrospect, the Vietnam National Museum of History held an exhibition entitled “Treasure of Silk Road” last July. It showcased ceramics discovered from shipwrecks in Vietnamese waters. In also hosted another exhibition way back in 2006 featuring artifacts salvaged off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.
 
Silk Road on East Sea Exhibition is scheduled to open on early May. It will be the biggest exhibition on the Silk Road on East Sea.