The existing remains of the Shi Hao section of the Song-Han Ancient Road are located at the foot of Jinyin Mountain, 800 meters southeast of Che Hao Village, Shixia Township, Shaanxi County, with a northwest-southeast trend and limestone pavement, with a total length of about 230 meters.
Due to the long-term rolling of wheels, deep rut marks, hoof marks of horses and camels, handprints of tracks and other relics have been formed on the road surface, which has high academic, protection and research value.
Shi Hao section of the Song-Han ancient road was built in Jian 'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it has been used until 1922 in later generations. It is the throat of the ancient Central Plains leading to the western regions, and it is also an extremely precious cultural relic on the ancient Silk Road in China.
2065438+On June 22nd, 2004, the Silk Road site in Shi Hao section of Songhan Ancient Road successfully applied for the World Heritage List. It is the only "Road" site in the 33 world heritage application projects of the entire Silk Road-the Shi Hao section of the "Ancient Han Road" left by the ancient China poet Du Fu.