What would happen if there was no #MaritimeSilkRoad? Canton porcelain is absent in Lingnan handicrafts. The pork belly and chicken soup would not contain white pepper. Tomatoes were missing in the Fried Eggs with Tomatoes.
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What would happen if there was no #MaritimeSilkRoad? Canton porcelain is absent in Lingnan handicrafts. The pork belly and chicken soup would not contain white pepper. Tomatoes were missing in the Fried Eggs with Tomatoes. And Mahjong wouldn't have been invented in the first place. Can you accept all of these at all? Without the existence of the Maritime Silk Road, the above-mentioned things could become unfortunate facts.
#Guangdong is known as one of the earliest birthplaces of the Maritime Silk Road. Merchant ships, loaded with heavy cargoes, set sail from here. And Guangdong had an uninterrupted trade link with the rest of the world. How was the Maritime Silk Road established in the first place? Why can it thrive in the past millennia and remain so today? Watch this short video to find out.