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羅省中華會館歷史沿革

Development History

中華民族，歷史悠長，中國是世界文明古國，四鄰景仰，先賢
開疆拓土，華人四方發展，遠在周初太師箕子，武王封於朝鮮
而不臣。秦始皇二十八年，派徐福率領三千童男童女出海求長
生不老之藥，東至日本而不回。漢朝通西域，曾有張騫和班超
先後出使西域，開通絲綢之路，促成漢朝和西域地區的交往，
到達今之羅馬。唐朝文明稱著於世，與阿拉伯（古稱大食）伊
引言 朗（古稱波斯）通商頻繁，著名高僧玄奘西行取經，將遊歷見
引言
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION 聞口述《大唐西域記》，其中包括了新疆至南印度一百四十
多個國家的風土人情。元朝蒙古人勇於作戰，領土橫跨歐、
亞二洲，義大利人馬可波羅在中國住了十七年，回國後著《
東方見聞錄》，稱讚中國的文明富庶。近年有英國學者孟席
斯 (Gavin Menzies) 著《1421：中國發現世界》，認為1421
年（永樂十九年），中國人首先發現美洲大陸，早於哥倫布七
十年；中國人發現澳大利亞亦先於庫克船長三百五十年；中國
人到達麥哲倫海峽，比麥哲倫的出生還早一個甲子，足以證明
華人先祖足跡遠達寰宇諸國及無人之地，充滿拓荒、探險之進
取精神。

China’s ancient history has long been admired by many of her
neighbors. Our ancestors long ago began to expand the territory in
all directions. King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty toppled the Shang Dy-
nasty and established many feudal states. The first emperor of the
Qin Dynasty sent 3,000 young men and women tosea to search for
the elixir of longevity. They never returned and are believed to have
settled on the islands of Japan. During the Han Dynasty, envoys
were sent westward. Their footsteps became the Silk Road, which
extended to the border of Rome. Chinese citizens of the Tang Dynas-
ty traded with Arabs, Iranians (then known as Persians) as well as
people throughout Asia. Upon the emperor’s request, the legendary
Tang Buddhist monk XuánZàng recorded his pilgrimage to India to
obtain Buddhist religious texts in his book The Great Tang Records
on the Western Regions, which has become a great reference source
for the study of medieval Central Asia and India, covering more than
140 country’s local conditions and social customs. The Mongolians
of the Yuan Dynasty, renowned for their military skills, invaded and
amassed territories spanning Europe and Asia. Marco Polo from
Italy lived in China for 17 years and wrote The Book of Wonders,
praising China’s rich resources. In recent years, Gavin Menzies, a
British submarine commander, wrote a book titled 1421: The Year
China Discovered the World, in which he asserted that ships from
the Chinese fleet of admiral Zheng traveled to the Americas prior
to Christopher Columbus’ arrival in 1492 and circumnavigated the
globe a century before Ferdinand Magellan.

羅省中華會館是全球各地來洛杉磯訪問時華人社區的門戶
Los Angeles’ CCBA is the portal for Chinese from around the world visiting the Chinese community in Los Angeles.
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