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On March 29, 2019， Shanghai Jiaotong University’s 80th expert lecture on general education featured famous art archeologist and art historian Professor Zhang Pengchuan. He provided an outstanding lecture on the “Art Produced by the Silk Road.”

In addition to teachers and students from Shanghai Jiaotong University, the audience attracted people from China Eastern Normal University, the Nanjing Academy of Arts, Suzhou University, and other students and graduates, as well as those from other leading scholars and institutions.  

In the course of the three hour lecture, Professor Zhang demonstrated his rich understanding derived from archaeological finds and his unique and profound perspective. He expertly analyzed copper and carriage-bearing horses from the Han Dynasty Wuwei Leitai site, as well as ancient murals and other important artifacts from other sites dating from the Han to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. 

Through the production of artifacts, it can be seen that the Silk Road’s cultural significance developed first during the Western Han Dynasty, and continued to emerge during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and flourished during the Tang Dynasty. The lecture provided importance intellectual knowledge for the promotion of deep cooperation on the “One Belt One Road Initiative.” 

Professor Zhang Pengchuan is a professor at Suzhou University as well as a doctoral adviser, he is a famed associate curator at Gansu’s Provincial Museum。 He has produced achievements over a long period of time in the areas of archaeological art research, and Chinese art research. He has also produced notable research in the areas of the history of Chinese design, ancient painting, and the art of porcelain. 

Translated by Abraham Zamcheck