Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.25

v1.c7.25

In the history of the interactions of ancient China with the outside world, Buddhism plays an important role. During the long period of more than a thousand years from the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, more than a thousand people have travelled one after another along this road. Chinese and foreign monks have travelled back and forth in order to propagate Buddhism. This has without any doubt promoted religious and cultural exchanges between the two countries.