Zhang Qian (about 164- 1 14) was an outstanding diplomat, traveler, explorer and pioneer of the Silk Road in China in the Han Dynasty. My hometown is Wang Bo Village, 2 kilometers south of Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province.

Zhang Qian is full of pioneering and adventurous spirit. In the second year of the Western Han Dynasty (BC 139), under the orders of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, guided by Gan's father, he set out from Chang 'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, and led more than 100 people to the western regions, thus opening up the north-south road leading to the western regions in the Han Dynasty, the famous "Silk Road". Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named him Prince Bo for his exploits.

Achievement influence

Zhang Qian's second mission to the Western Regions returned to the Han Dynasty, bringing with him the emissary of Wusunguo, and since then began friendly exchanges with the Western Han Dynasty on the basis of equality. The following year, Zhang Qian's deputy envoy to Wusunguo and envoys from western countries returned to Han one after another, and Han and western countries formally began equal and friendly exchanges, and the first climax of diplomatic activities between Han and western countries began to arrive.

Zhang Qian's trip to the Western Regions brought him into contact with the customs of various countries in the Western Regions. It was the Han dynasty that began to understand the countries in the western regions and established friendly relations between the Han dynasty and the western regions, which laid the foundation for the Western Han government to establish the western regions as the capital of the western regions and formally put the western regions under the jurisdiction of the Western Han government. Ambassadors of the Han Dynasty constantly traveled to and from western countries, ranging from a dozen times a year to five or six times, all of which won the trust of various countries in the name of "Bo Wanghou".