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What cities are included in "Silk Road Landscape Scroll"?

"The cities marked in "Silk Road Landscape Scroll" include Dunhuang in China, Samarkand in Uzbekistan, Herat in Afghanistan, Isfahan in Iran, Damascus in Syria and other cities on the Silk Road. "Important Cities."

The "Silk Road Landscape Map" depicts the main cities and mountains and landscapes along thousands of kilometers, and labels 211 Ming Dynasty place names in Chinese that are transliterated from nine languages. Historical materials from more than ten countries and regions in Europe, Asia and Africa are of great value. It carries a large amount of original geographical information and physically proves that before Western maps were introduced to China, China had a clear understanding of world geography, especially along the Silk Road, and reveals the contribution of Chinese geography to world civilization.

"Silk Road Landscape Painting" was painted by a court painter using the green landscape technique of the Wumen School of Painting in the mid-Ming Dynasty. It can be said to be a model of the ancient thousand-mile river and mountain painting, and it can be said to be the perfect combination of science and art. .