Shuangyu harbor, which belonged to Guoju of Ningbo County in Ming Dynasty, was the starting point of the Silk Road on the sea and the Orient pearl in 16th century.

明代宁波府郭巨所属下的双屿港，是海上丝绸之路的起点站，16世纪的东方海上明珠。

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Tranaportation: Pearl of the Orient next to the Huangpu River, located in the Century Avenue on the 1st.

交通指向：东方明珠紧邻黄浦江，位于世纪大道1号。

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This "21st-century Silk Road" was the "longest rail link in the world," longer than the Trans-Siberian railway and the Orient Express combined.

这条“21世纪的丝绸之路”是“全球最长的铁路”，比西伯利亚大铁路(Trans - Siberian railway)和东方快车(Orient Express)的线路加起来还要长。

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Orientalist paintings, as they are called, refer to 19th century images of the Orient, an area roughly corresponding to the present-day Middle East, North Africa and Turkey.

FORBES: Orient Express

Among the first such adventurers were the two John Tradescants the Elder and his son the Younger, both 17th-century gardeners to royalty and the nobility, who made pioneering expeditions to the Orient and North America.

ECONOMIST: The curious history of herbaceous borders