古代洛阳与南海丝绸之路

南海丝绸之路的开辟，始于西汉时期。宋元明时期随着经济重心的南移，陆上丝绸之路衰落，南海丝绸之路则得到长足发展。古代洛阳连接南海丝绸之路的陆上通道有三条，即从会稽、东冶至洛阳，从广州至洛阳，从缅甸经云南、四川至洛阳。沿着这三条路线，古代从海路来华并到达洛阳的国外使、商人、僧侣，主要来自柬埔寨、缅甸、印度尼西亚、印度、埃及等地。

Ancient Luoyang and The South China Sea Silk Road

The exploration of the South China Sea Silk Road began in the Western Han Peniod. During the times of the Song.the Yuan and the Ming this road had progressed fully as China's economic centre moved south ward and the land Silk Road fell gradually. There were three land routes from ancient Luoyang to the South China Sea Silk Road. The first route was from Hut n and Dongye to Luoyang;The second was from Guang Zhou to Luoyang;The third was from Burma via Yunnan.Si chuan to Luoyang. In that times many foreign envoys.merchants and monks, most of them were from Cambodia. Burma. Indonesia. India and Egpty etc and traveled to China by sea,reached ancient Luoyang along the three land routes.