RUDN Journal of World HistoryRUDN Journal of World History2312-81272312-833XPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)1228Research ArticleContacts between China and Central Asia in the spiritual sphere in the I millenniumBarinovaE BorisovnaCenter for Eurasian Archaeologybarinovaelena@rambler.ruInstitute of Ethnology and Anthropology Russian Academy of Sciences150120131333903092016Copyright © 2013,2013The article investigates the forms, ways and the results of contacts between China and Central Asia in spiritual culture. The Silk Road was the main route by which to move goods and to support international trade and diplomatic relations. But it also became an important road for run-properties to the east Manicheans, Nestorians, and other exiles from the West. It was that way Buddhism entered China.Central AsiaChinaBuddhismNestorianismManichaeismZoroastrianismЦентральная АзияКитайбуддизмнесторианствоманихействозороастризм