The tens of thousands of Han bamboo slips unearthed at the northwest frontier are rich in content and are an "encyclopedia" recording the Silk Road of the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago. Xiao Congli, director and research librarian of the Collection and Research Department of the Gansu Bamboo Slip Museum, recently accepted an exclusive interview with China News Service's "East-West Question" The interview transcript is summarized as follows: What records and stories about the ancient Silk Road are contained in the bamboo slips?