National treasures become the focus of Silk Road exhibition

A man's body found in Yuli county in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is the focus of the exhibition. [Photo/Xinhua]

In the exhibition, the body of a man found in Yuli county in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region becomes the focus. The corpse was unearthed in 1995. Archaeologists believe he lived during the Han-Jin period (202BC–420AD).

The man is dressed in a red woolen robe decorated with beautiful patterns featuring people, animals and trees. A red woolen carpet decorated with lion patterns covered is coffin. According to Zhao Feng, director of the China National Silk Museum, these patterns were popular during the Greco-Roman period. However, they were not really made in Western countries, but came from Kushan Empire, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia.