Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily (Reporters Rayda, Liu Donglai) news: "Yellow-glaze flat pot, unearthed from the tomb of Fancui from the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-557) in Anyang, central China's Henan Province. The body of the pot is painted with Hu Teng dance figures, visualizing the music and dance scene of Hu Teng dance a thousand years ago. For thousands of years, it has witnessed the prosperity of cultural exchanges between the East and the West on the Silk Road. "On August 13, 2023, in the crowded Henan Museum, a young man wearing a blue shirt and a pair of black-rimmed glasses was telling tourists the story behind every piece of cultural relics with great vigor. Listening to his words, as if we were sitting on the "time machine" traveling in the long history.

　　His name is Wang Wenbo, a "post-90s" docent at the Henan Museum. "I majored in broadcasting and hosting, and I never thought one day I could engage in a job related to history," Wang Wenbo said.

　　In 2017, after graduating from college, Wang Wenbo chose to work at the Henan Museum. "I memorized 100,000 words of introduction during my three-month docent induction training, and I was deeply impressed by the history behind these relics," Wang Wenbo said.

　　Wang Wenbo told reporters that in the 100,000-word introduction, the content about the Silk Road made him very interested. "The Tang Tri-color glazed pottery camel, figurines of Hu people, and Persian coins unearthed in Zhengzhou, all of which reflect the trade and cultural exchanges between East and West at the time," Wang Wenbo said.

　　Looking through historical materials, literature, consulting experts, seniors, reading all kinds of history books... He used to specialize in broadcasting and hosting, and now he can easily illustrate the cultural relics, and be able to answer any questions about ancient or modern history," Wang Wenbo's perseverance in learning and self-improvement is the reason for these transformations.

　　"Now, more and more tourists come to the museum, and I found that tourists have a strong desire for knowledge during the interpretation process, and my responsibility is to do my best to tell the history story with precision and accuracy, and make the cultural relics 'alive'," Wang Wenbo said.

　　"How much do you know about the Belt and Road Initiative?"

　　"If you asked me that question 10 years ago, I probably would have answered that I heard it in class."

　　"And now?"

　　"I know a lot it now!" Wang Wenbo said, in ancient times, Chinese envoy Zhang Qian began his journey to the West, and opened up a trade route that later became the Silk Road; today, the Belt and Road Initiative creates opportunities for the common development of the world; in ancient times, there were camel caravans loaded with spices and ores from Central Asia, or porcelain, tea and silk from China in the vast desert; today, the "steel camel caravan"—China-Europe freight trains connect 108 cities in China, reaching 208 cities in 25 countries in Europe...

　　Listening to Wang Wenbo's words, images of the ancient and modern Silk Road kept flashing in our minds.

　　"Cultural relics can't speak, but each of them is a textbook without words. What I want to do is to tell their stories about the Belt and Road to the world in an easy-to-understand way," Wang Wenbo said.

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