Page 16 - creative spark 2020

Welcome to my journey on
the silk road

- Nara (Aim) Phonpraserth -

Dear diary, this was the 7 year with you and this year was
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the best year of my life. Welcome to my world. Now, you are going
to enter a world of adventure.The world of mine. First, I have to
introduce myself, my name is Shu hua or (Liu Su hua), a lot of you
may be surprised by my last name. Everyone is going to think
about my grandfather ‘Emperor Wu of Han’ or his old name ‘Liu
Che’. I lived behind the walls of Wei Yang palace for 15 years
without going anywhere except the market and towns for my own
safety. Finally my grandfather allowed me to travel on the silk road
and study the goods, the trading systems, lifestyles, and culture
without telling anyone who I was, if not necessary. This was a good
opportunity for me to learn the whole world. I requested to travel on
my own with 4 servants and my royal nanny. My journey started at
Shang-an, the capital of China which was where I lived. The journey