The Silk Road was the channel for the merchandise for Chinese silk, China, any other daily living wares. And it is also the medium of which, forms, styles, fashion and music been transported between the East and West. The transportations underwent upon the Silk Road went by the Kingdoms of Central Asia and China. There is no doubt that Central Asia is the melting pot of different civilizations, was also the point of departure of stylistic influences on the art of Central China. The rich culture along the Silk Road have enabled art historians to research Indian, Kushan, Iranian, Syrian and other influences on the painting and sculpture of Miran, Bamiyan, Kucha, Penzhikent, Khotan, Turfan and Dunhung.

The multi-culture wave from Central Asia had reached China under Tang Dynasty on the high. For instance, the ornamental designs on the bronze showing animals facing each other. The artistic aspects from Central Asia were a fashion that affected daily life in areas such as clothing, cooking, music, etc. Moreover, Persian music had been appreciated in the palace of the Tang Emperor while Persian food is served at the table of the gentry and women dressed with Persian style clothes. This enthusiasm for the exotic was soon spread out to other regions of China as well as Japan who had close relations with China in the Tang period. Several traces of the influences still exist there, with the objects, instruments and textiles preserved at the famous Shoso-in, the depository of treasure from the Todaiji temple at Nara, and also more diffuse influences, such as music.

Through the excavations of the art along the Silk Road, we have evidence of the significant interchange between East and West. The exchange of culture is powerful till now today cause we can still felt the interactive among our daily lives.