Qin And Han Dynasties Lingnan Maritime Silk Road, The Three Major Port Of Origin

In Qin and Han Dynasties, it rose a commercial route in the Southern China,which had been called the "Silk Road of Sea". This paper is research on the history oforigin area on "Silk Road of Sea". This problem affects the setting of World HeritageList in our country and status of the coastal ports in the history of Chinese foreigncommerce. In 2006, "The Prepared List of the World's Cultural HeritageRe-established Catalog in China" was published by the State Bureau of CulturalRelics, which only mentioned Ningbo in Zhejiang Province and Quanzhou in Fujianin Province in "Sea Part in Silk Road", and excluded the coastal ports of Guangdongand Guangxi Province.During Qin and Han Dynasties, Panyu (now Guangzhou), Xuwen (LeizhouPeninsula) and Hepu (Beibu Bay region) are all commercial origin areas. The time byrisen and role of three ports was different. As a foreign commercial port, Panyu roseearliest. In Former Han Dynasty, when the EMPEROR Hanwudi pacified NanYueKingdom, status of Panyu was replaced by Xuwen and Hepu which became importantforeign commercial origin area after the Middle Age of Former Han Dynasty.However, because of regional chaos in Xuwen and Hepu, Panyu slowly resumedimportant foreign commercial port status.This paper intends to research historical conditions, geographic location, historicalbuilding, archaeological excavations and documented writings. We can see thatLingnan Area is the earliest orign area in "Silk Road of Sea" and the longestcontinuous region in commercial history from Qin and Han Dynasties to Ming andQing Dynasties.