What is the detailed route of Tang Xuanzang's pilgrimage to the West?

Chang 'an (now Xi, Shaanxi)-Qin Zhou (now Tianshui, Gansu)-Lanzhou-Liangzhou (now Wuwei, Gansu)-Guazhou (now southeast of Anxi County, Gansu)-Yumenguan-Yiwu (now Hami, Xinjiang)-Gaochang (now Turpan, Xinjiang)-Aryan Kingdom (now Yanqi, Xinjiang)-Suyecheng (broken leaf city, now southwest of tokmak, Kyrgyzstan).

Xuanzang's way home:

From now on, Pakistan will go north-Afghanistan-Qingji (Pamirs)-Great Quicksand (Taklimakan Desert)-Dunhuang-Guazhou (now southeast of Anxi County, Gansu Province)-Chang 'an;

Via country:

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India-Nepal

Key part:

Chang 'an (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi): the place where Xuanzang set out to translate classics;

Liangzhou (now Wuwei, Gansu): an important town on the ancient Silk Road, when Xuanzang set out, two-thirds of the population were foreign businessmen. Xuanzang gave lectures here for the first time and gained international reputation;

Yumenguan in Tang dynasty (now Anxi county, Gansu province): the magical adventure story of Xuanzang's smuggling into Yumen five customs in the early Tang dynasty; The Monkey King's archetypal figure-Shipantou;

Gaochang old city (now Turpan, Xinjiang): the turning point of Xuanzang's learning from the scriptures;

Lop Nur: the famous ancient country of Loulan, Xuanzang's return journey passes through Loulan;

Lingshan (now Moussours Mountain): Adventures of Tianshan Mountain;

Broken leaf city (now Kyrgyzstan): a famous ancient western city;

Jianguo (now Samarkand): an important town on the Silk Road, there is the "China Gate" in the Tang Dynasty;

Snow Mountain (now Kush Mountain, the capital of India): Xuanzang called it a "big headache";

Fanyana (now Bamiyan): the famous Bamiyan Buddha and the reclining Buddha;

Peshawar, Pakistan: the prosperous place of early Buddhism;

India (New Delhi-Lumbini-Nalanduo Line): India's Buddhist holy land, where Xuanzang won the admiration of the whole country.

Xuanzang (602 ~664) was a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty, the founder of Faxiangzong, and a native of Luozhou (now Yanshi, Luoyang, Henan). His first name was Chen Yi, his dharma name was Xuanzang, and he was honored as Sanzang.

In order to explore the differences between different schools of Buddhism, Xuanzang traveled 50,000 miles to the west in the first year of Zhenguan, and went through hardships to the Nalanduo Temple in the center of Indian Buddhism to obtain the true scriptures. During the seventeen years before and after, he studied various theories of Mahayana at that time, brought back 50 Buddhist relics/kloc-0, 7 Buddha statues and 657 Buddhist scriptures, and engaged in the translation of Buddhist scriptures for a long time.

Xuanzang and his disciples translated 75 Buddhist scriptures, with volume 1335. Xuanzang's translated works include Mahayana Sutra, Heart Sutra, Shen Jiemi Sutra, Yoga Teacher's Theory of Land, Theory of Consciousness and so on. The Book of the Western Regions of Datang 12 describes the mountains, rivers, cities, products, customs and rumors of 28 countries that he personally experienced1KLOC-0/0 in his journey to the West. Journey to the West is based on the story of the Tang Priest.

Xuanzang was praised by people all over the world as an outstanding messenger of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. His patriotic spirit and great contribution to the promotion of Buddhism were praised by Lu Xun as "the backbone of the Chinese nation" and the messenger of world peace. With the spirit of no self, no sentient beings and no immortality, he traveled west to learn from the scriptures, which embodied the true deeds of Mahayana Buddhism and Bodhisattva and crossing all sentient beings. He has traveled all over India, affecting as far away as Japan, South Korea and even the whole world. Xuanzang's thoughts and spirit are now the common wealth of people in China, Asia and even the world.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xuanzang (a famous monk in Tang Dynasty)