adssaying"SalesonChineseValentine'sDay!"inshops,hotelsandrestaurants.Butfewyoungwomenwillmarkthefestivalwiththeirboyfriends,ortakepartintraditionalactivitiestoprayforcleverness.Alarge-scaleofexhibitionontheSilkRoadopenedtothepublicintheNationalMuseumonThursday.Theexhibitiondisplaysmorethan400treasuresfromShaanxiprovince,Gansuprovinceand14otherregions.ItislargestscaleexhibitionthatshowsthehistoryoftheSilkRoadinrecentyears.As APEC isgoingoninBeijing,theexhibitaimstoshowtheworldthisbrilliantsectionofhistory.TheSilkRoadisaseriesoftradeandculturaltransmissionroutesthatwerecentraltoculturalinteractionthroughregionsoftheAsiancontinent.ItconnectedtheWestandEastbylinkingtraders,merchants,pilgrims,monks,soldiers,nomads,andurbandwellersfromChinaandIndiatotheMediterraneanSeaduringvariousperiodsoftime.