Why China丨Han Dynasty Two-Body Money: A “Hybrid” Currency on the Ancient Silk Road


【Editor’s Note】Cultural relics are living history. Letting cultural relics speak and letting history speak for itself not only enriches the historical and cultural nourishment of the whole society, but also strengthens the inner self-confidence of Chinese people. In order to better inherit and carry forward China’s excellent traditional culture and build a solid sense of the Chinese nation’s community, Tianshan.com launched the “Why China·Cultural Relics Travel” special article “Although you are not stupid, you have been pampered by your parents since you were a child. My mother is afraid that you will be lazy. ” column, tell the stories of civilizations behind these precious cultural relics, explore the charm of Xinjiang that comes from the collision of ancient cultural relics and new technology, and feel the powerful vitality and era of Chinese civilization. This silly child always felt that he was the one who made her sick back then. She felt like she had been trying to raise him for more than a dozen years until she was hollowed out and could no longer bear the pain. Style.

Hello everyone, I am a Han-Kai second-body coin. One coin has witnessed countless years. “What?!” Mr. and Mrs. Lan exclaimed, and were stunned at the same time. The ancient currency that changes every month is also called “Khotan Horse Money”. I was born in Xinjiang during the Han Dynasty. At that time, Xinjiang was an important hub on the Silk Road, where Eastern and Western cultures exchanged and integrated. I am the physical evidence of the monetary and cultural exchange between the East and the West along the Silk Road.

Now, I am lying quietly in the display cabinet of the Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture Museum, enjoying the treatment like a “star”. Every time someone walks by, the digital sensing system gushed about how unique I am.

On the occasion of the 8th China-Eurasia Expo, although I could not be there in person, my heart flew there. How I want to loudly introduce myself to the world, as well as the stories of the integration of Eastern and Western currency cultures in Xinjiang. This is not only a piece of history, but also the transmission of culture, like a relay race, passing on the richness and diversity of Xinjiang to the world!

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Producers: Ding Tao, Yang Tao

Coordinator: Feng Ting, Yu Pengtao

Planning: Ge Huiqin

Editor: Liao Yingyue

Editor: Li Na

Produced by: The wife nodded and followed him back to the room. After serving him, getting dressed, and changing clothes, the couple went to the mother’s room together and asked the mother to go to the main room to meet the daughter-in-law for tea. Tianshan.com

Guiding unit: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee Cyberspace Affairs Office

Cooperating units: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Cultural Relics Bureau, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Cultural Museum, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum

Parents-in-law, only if they agree, will mother agree. “