Editor's Note

Over 700 years ago, Italian explorer Marco Polo embarked on a journey of exploring the world from Venice. His Travels of Marco Polo is an important work for Westerners to perceive the Eastern world. In 2024, 700 years after the death of Marco Polo, Zhejiang International Communication Center joined hands with Shaanxi Daily - Qunzhong News to launch the Zhejiang and Shaanxi episodes of The New Travels of Marco Polo, using Marco Polo's perspective to explore China in the 21st century. In this episode, let's follow Italian sinologist Giuseppina Merchionne to Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, and embark on a journey of exploration that spans time and space.

Marco Polo from Italy embarked on a mysterious journey to explore the East over 700 years ago, becoming a bridge between Eastern and Western civilizations.

Today, Sinologist Giuseppina Merchionne from Italy, guided by Miss Wang, and accompanied by her old friend, the renowned Chinese cultural scholar Xiao Yunru, arrived in Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, beginning a journey of exploration across time and space.

Video from Shaanxi Daily - Qunzhong News