The Spread and Integration of Religious Culture Along the Eastern Silk Road

The eastern Silk Road is a product of the mutual exchange of material culture and spiritual culture among ancient China and other countries, regions, and nations. It is the result of the contact and collision between eastern and western civilizations. It is also a strong proof that the Chinese nation implements the policy of opening to the outside world. Historically, the Silk Road served as a bridge of economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, closely linking ancient Chinese culture with the cultures of central Asia, west Asia, Persia, and even ancient Greek and Roman cultures. In various regions along the eastern silk road, there were many religions, but not only did they rarely fight with each other, but they were able to live in harmony and develop together. On the Silk Road, various religions developed in parallel, their doctrines absorbed and integrated, and different religions borrowed terms from each other and adopted the forms of other religions, making the silk road a cultural stage for the exchange and integration of religions, which constituted a unique phenomenon in the history of the development of world religions.