Maybe the most important thing that came into China on the Silk Road was
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/ Buddhism. This religion came to China from India a long time ago. Buddhism
changed the culture of the Chinese and also their style of art. Then it came into
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Korea and Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism changed Japanese culture and
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い art too. It js stil the biggest religion in Japan.
Today the Silk Road iS not an important road. It is not known how long
々 once took to travel between Europe and China on the Silk Road, but maybe a 1ot
| of months. Now it is a trip that usually takes only about 10 hours by airplane.
注) *product =産物 *wood=木材 *porcelan =條器 *clay =粘土
*century =世紀 *religion =宗教