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The Silk Road Trip, 2000 series documents Bright Sheng's journey in the summer of 2000 to conduct ethnomusicological field work for the Silk Road Project. The trip covered several remote provinces in China, including Qinghai, where he got his start as a composer. Records in this series include Sheng's audio diary; recordings of local folk music; interviews, articles, and other writings about the Silk Road in general and the trip in particular; and numerous slides. The listing for digital audio recordings includes the dates of the recordings, the cities or areas in which the recordings were made and a brief description of the subject matter of the recording. Also, included in the "Silk Road Writings" folder is a printout of the website G. Schirmer created (also available at http://www.schirmer.com/silkroad/sheng/) as an companion piece to Sheng's trip. Also in diary format, it was compiled from email reports he sent while in China. Researchers may find it useful to also consult this piece while reviewing the slides or audio diaries from the trip.