The opening of the silk road affected china as of 1)Economically, It helped china in trading with the west, east and also Europe, this gave china a market to sell its goods and it made money off of trade, China's goods were very valuable which meant the traders got a bigger profit, meaning more money.2) Culturally, it introduced more cultures and ways to celebrate and communicate to what they called their God, and also during a rough time for China Buddhism was introduced, which helped the Chinese relieve their stress of what may have happened recently.
