The Brave Journey
Immaculate Heart of Mary College , Mak , Ming To - 13
M aybe not many of us has been to Xinjiang . I was given the chance to go there four years ago , and my quest for Chinese History began then . I started to walk on the Silk Road . After walking for 4 hours , I saw a big road sign which was written that I was on an open highway and there was also a small sign which meant I had around 100 kilometers to walk to get to the boundary of China . After 4 hours , I saw there was a big building . It was made of sandstone and some other kinds of hard rocks . I used my hands to try to touch . I could feel that the building was hard enough and I thought that it was a part of the Great Wall . Then , I tried to walk along it . However , I decided to give up as I have to finish my aim not more than 6 months . Therefore , I continued to walk . After I walked for a week . I finally saw a road sign that I had the last chance to get enough materials for this trip . Therefore , I stayed at that place for few days and I can ’ t come back to get anything . I shouted ‘ Rome ! I am coming .’ Then I stepped on the trip . I walked about 4 kilometers every day , then I built a camp and cook some food to eat . After 3 days , when I was walking on my road . I saw a big building which was made of sandstone . Then , I used my hand to touch the wall . I found that the ancient Chinese is intelligent and smart ! They knew how to build a hard wall to prevent Xiongnu and other foreign tribes . After that , I continued to go on my way . After 2 days , I saw a sandstorm far away . Luckily , it didn ’ t swirl on me ! However , I saw something very valuable , ‘ it is a skeleton which can be used to give the archaeologist to investigate the past human activity !’ Then , I take a glass bottle to save it up . But , when I wanted to go on again . I saw a grave 100 metres away from the skeleton . The grave was written ‘ This lonely merchant was died because he saw a group of bandits . They took all of his belongings , the products for trading like the Silk and the spices . What a bad ending of this merchant ! After I see the grave , the night came . The weather was freezing and quiet , you couldn ’ t hear anything but the sound produced by the wind . When I wanted to sleep , I heard some mysterious and weird sound from the grave . I was very frightened first , but I got over it because I knew that it is the wind . I dreamed ‘ the merchants who came this road is very brave and courageous like me . They had an ambition to trade with the Roman , but they had a risk that maybe they can ’ t see their family members one day or on the trip . Therefore , I was really proud of them that they had this endurance . This Silk Road was founded by Han Dynasty which is around 138BC . The founder was named ChangXian . He went to the west twice and he got lot of information about the Rome , India , Arab and also the Persia . However , he had a very hard life as he was caught by the foreign tribes for twice and he was unfree for 12 years . After his finding of the way , more people exchanged with the western and Chinese and the Westerns ’ did many cultural exchange . However , it declined as many wars and other countries didn ’ t cooperate with China . Therefore , Silk Road declined . Silk Road represents the spirit of the brave merchant and the intelligent Chinese , some they died , but some alive . But this is the truth , everyone will die one day . So , Silk Road should be highly used .