The Mural of Sian During the times of The Silk Road. One can see the various races, religions and peoples that flourished in this central area of China which flourished as the East and the West mingled and created the golden years of China and Asia. This is the way Sian looked during the peak years of The Silk Road showing all the various peoples who came across the Silk Road seeking freedom and a new way of life in the East.

An example of what the early Assyrian Christian Missionaries may have looked like as they traveled across The Silk Road at the first opportunity to share the love of Jesus Christ with the "ends of the earth" in fulfillment of the commandment of Jesus.

Inside the tower of The Church of the Seventh Century. The motif is believed to be a nativity scene very possibly from the seventh century.

The Tower of The Church of the Seventh Century. On this site originally sat three Church buildings of The Assyrian Church of the East who brought the Gospel to China beginning with Bishop Alopen in the year 635 immediately after The Silk Road was opened up after so many years of closure.

Inside The Tower of The Church of the Seventh Century near Sian China. on the walls are writing believed to be Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke and the language used by the Assyrian Church of the East to this very day in their worship services which have not changed for 2,000 years.

The Nestorian Monument - hertofore the only remaining proof of the Church in China it stands in Sian China and describes in great detail the state of the Church in the Eighth century giving the names of the leadership, the sites of Churches and Monasteries and has been the 'Rosetta stone" of the Church in China and Asia.

The Description in China at the site of the Church of the Seventh Century. Amazingly the Chinese Characters are the same as the oldest temple in Kyoto Japan which has long been rumored to have previously been a Church of the same Assyrian Church of the East. As you can see the description in the Museum is handwritten on paper and urgently needs updating so the story will be preserved the message of the wonderful faith of the Church of the East in China will remain.

The Tower of The Church of the Seventh Century near Sian, China. An urgent need to repair the site and preserve it so that many will be able to come and visit, worship may be restored and the story of the Eastern Christians who at one time had Churches in all the major cities of China will never be forgotten!

An Altar in Sian, China possibly an early Church of the East artifact.

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