On the afternoon of July 8, the opening ceremony of "2022 Silk Road Week" was held in the China Silk Museum. The event was hosted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province. Qinghai Province was specially invited as the guest of honor, and the Republic of Uzbekistan as the guest of honor. It was organized by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province, the Bureau of Cultural Heritage of Zhejiang Province, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Qinghai Province, the Bureau of Cultural Heritage of Qinghai Province, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Shanghai, Executed by China Silk Museum and Qinghai Provincial Museum.

The "Silk Road Week" is a major event jointly created by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province to carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road and respond to the "the Belt and Road" initiative. It has been held for two consecutive times. The theme of the Silk Road Week in 2020 is "Silk Road: mutual learning and mutual learning to promote future cooperation", and the theme of the Silk Road Week in 2021 is "Silk Road: coexistence and inclusive development", Both events attracted more than 200 cultural institutions from all over the world to participate in and attracted wide attention from all walks of life at home and abroad. The theme of this Silk Road Week is "National Integration and Common Prosperity". The activity time is from July 8 to July 14. The concept of the province of guest of honor and the country of guest of honor was first launched. Qinghai Province and the Republic of Uzbekistan were invited as the province of guest of honor and the country of guest of honor, respectively, in order to deeply tap the unique cultural resources of the Silk Road in Qinghai and fully display the characteristics and customs of the Silk Road in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The provincial leaders present at the opening ceremony included Wang Gang, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and head of the Publicity Department, Cheng Yuechong, deputy governor of Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, Lai Yingjie, executive deputy director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Zhao Lei, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Chen Guangsheng, deputy secretary-general of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government and secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Chen Yanqin, member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, Yang Jianwu, member of the Party Leadership Group of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and director of the Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics. The leaders of Qinghai Province who attended the opening ceremony included Wang Danan, member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and head of the Publicity Department, Song Jiangtao, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and director of the Information Office of the provincial government, Guo Faxiang, member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Qinghai Province, Gao Bo, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Qinghai Province, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and director of the Provincial Bureau of. Other leaders attending the opening ceremony included Xia Zehan, representative and director of the UNESCO Representative Office in China, and Liu Shuguang, president of the China Museum Association. At the same time, the leading guests from all the organizers, colleagues from cultural and museum institutions, and representatives from major universities also attended the event.

Gu Yucai, Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China, delivered a speech via video. He said that Zhejiang is an important node and functional bearing area of the Maritime Silk Road, and has a deep relationship with the Silk Road. Cultural and museum units represented by the China Silk Museum have been actively spreading and promoting the Silk Road culture. The Silk Road Week in 2020 and 2021 has been successfully held for two consecutive times, fulfilling the the Belt and Road Initiative and becoming a mechanism for international exchanges and cooperation on cultural heritage. As an international people to people and cultural exchange activity led by China's creativity, the Silk Road Week is playing an increasingly important role in promoting the high-quality development trend of the the Belt and Road with diversified interactions and common prosperity.

As the special guest of honor province this year, Wang Danan, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qinghai Provincial Committee and minister of the Publicity Department, mentioned in his speech that the "the Belt and Road" construction is rooted in history, and the ancient Silk Road embodies the ancestors' pursuit of a better life, promotes the connectivity of countries in Asia and Europe, promotes exchanges and mutual learning between Eastern and Western civilizations, and has made significant contributions to the development and progress of human civilization. At the same time, he combed the history of the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road, pointed out the significance of this theme exhibition, and hoped that through this activity, the cultural relics of "Sleeping" in Qinghai would truly "live", so that more Chinese and foreign friends could understand the "Great Qinghai" of "Mountain Water Source" in a long history volume.

Masutov Agiz, Consul General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Shanghai, as the guest of honor, delivered a speech via video. He mentioned that the Silk Road Week provided a platform for global exchanges, sharing, cooperation and development. With the theme of "the Silk Road", the World Cultural Heritage Museum and the participation of all sectors of society, especially countries and regions from the Silk Road, were gathered to carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road.

At the same time, the cooperation exhibition "Silk and the Silk Road: From Hangzhou to Samarkand" between the National Museum of Samarkand in Uzbekistan and the China Silk Museum was released. The opening ceremony showed the latest situation of the offline special exhibition of Samarkand National Museum through video, and also released the cloud exhibition of the same name "Silk and the Silk Road: From Hangzhou to Samarkand".

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Xia Zehan, the representative and director of the UNESCO Representative Office in China, also sent good wishes to the Silk Road Week. At the same time, the Cultural Interaction Collection on the Silk Road: Textiles and Clothing jointly produced by UNESCO and the China Silk Museum was released for the first time. The book gathers 30 experts from the global textile and clothing field to interpret and explain textile materials, technologies, patterns, arts Cultural and functional development process and exchanges along the line.

As the host, Wang Gang, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, said in his speech that Uzbekistan, the guest of honor of this Silk Road Week, is an important country along the Silk Road and an important participant in the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road". Zhejiang and Uzbekistan have extensive and in-depth cooperation. As an important node of the ancient Silk Road and the main channel from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, Qinghai Province, as the guest of honor province, is the main hub of the ancient Silk Road. As a twinning province, Zhejiang and Qinghai provinces have close ties, close exchanges and profound friendship. Uzbekistan and Qinghai participated in the "Silk Road Week" as guests of honor to show people the richness and unique charm of the Silk Road culture, which will certainly endow the Silk Road culture with new spiritual connotation and era value.

At the opening ceremony, the Silk Road Cultural Heritage Annual Report 2021 was officially released to comprehensively record, sort out and recommend the cultural events, archaeological discoveries, exhibitions and academic achievements of the World Silk Road Cultural Heritage.

The widely watched annual grand exhibition of the Silk Road, "Long Cloud in the West Sea: Qinghai Road of the Silk Road in the 6-8th Century", opened simultaneously. It was the first historical and cultural exhibition on Tuyuhun, the first exhibition on Qinghai Road of the Silk Road, and the first exhibition focusing on Tibetan archaeology in the west of the sea. The exhibition briefly describes the history of Tuyuhun State, and based on the archaeological discoveries related to Tuyuhun and Tubo in the western Haixi region in the past 40 years, it shows the life, culture and art history of Tuyuhun people from the 6th to the 8th century (including during the reign of Tubo) through a number of cultural relics with high academic value and exquisite viewing effect, and reveals the significant contribution of Qinghai Road in the communication of eastern and western cultures, as well as its important position in the historical process of the pluralistic integration of the Chinese nation.

In combination with the Silk Road Week, a series of exhibitions, academic seminars and supporting social education activities will also be held in the main venue of Hangzhou. In terms of exhibition, there are "Colorful Reproduction: Exhibition of Achievements in the Protection and Restoration of Textile Cultural Relics", "Journey of Royal Guards: 6-8th Century Silk Road Clothing Restoration Exhibition", "Dame Uz: Selected Works of UNESCO Silk Road Youth Eye Photography Competition", "National Treasure under the Microscope: Exhibition of Microscopic Pictures on Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology", etc. On July 9-10, the academic seminar of "Archaeological and Historical Studies on the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road" and the meeting of the Silk Road Archaeological Committee of the Chinese Archaeological Society will also be held. The meeting will mainly introduce and exchange the latest archaeological discoveries in Dulan, Qinghai, and Wuwei, Gansu, and share research on unearthed cultural relics. In addition, during the Silk Road Week, a series of lectures on the theme of the Silk Road, Haixi Night, handicraft courses, cultural and tourism activities and other rich social education activities will also be held.

During the Silk Road Week, Qinghai Province, the guest of honor, will carry out wonderful activities in Xining, Delingha, Dulan and other places. On July 12, the "Dulan on the Silk Road: Review of the 40th Anniversary of Hot Water Archaeology" of Dulan County Museum in Qinghai Province was opened. This exhibition is a cultural aid project of Zhejiang Province. The exhibition will review the archaeological research achievements of hot water tombs in Dulan County, Qinghai Province over the past 40 years through four sections: archaeological process, important discoveries, key research and significance. At the same time, the "Silk Road Qinghai Road 2022 Silk Road Week Curator Seminar" will be held in the Qinghai Provincial Museum, inviting relevant scholars of the Silk Road and exhibition curators to jointly interpret the latest academic content of Qinghai Road archaeology, and share relevant experience of curation. This year, the Silk Road Week set up the "Silk Road Qinghai Road Investigation Activity" to organize relevant experts and scholars to visit the important archaeological sites and related museums of the Silk Road in Qinghai. The activity will deeply explore the historical significance and cultural value of the Silk Road Qinghai Road through field visits, scholars' voices, and media reports.

On the evening of the opening ceremony, the award ceremony of "SROM Night" and "SROM Silk Road Cloud Curatorial Contest" was also launched. The Curatorial Contest officially opened on April 15 this year. Since its launch, it has attracted much attention, with a total number of participants exceeding 1000. The winners of the "SROM Night" will be announced, and the Silk Road culture will be displayed in combination with the special programs of the host country and the host province.

Since the warm-up of the activity on May 27, relevant institutions at home and abroad have carried out a series of online and offline activities closely around the theme of "national integration and common prosperity" of the 2022 Silk Road Week, such as the relay of cultural relics posters, the live broadcast of the Silk Road lit by heritage, the video relay of 100 museums and 100 objects, the Silk Road culture into campus, and the interaction of 2022Silk road week on overseas social media, Deliver a splendid cultural feast to the public at home and abroad. It is understood that the closing ceremony of the Silk Road Week will be held on July 14 at the Qinghai Provincial Museum in the guest of honor province.