I believe the Great Hall of Records was Found.

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@"guohua" 

My mistake.  The author's name was Louis L'Amour (not Armour).  His autobiography mentioned in passing the Silk Road, and specifically, the Tian Shan mountains as well as the Gobi Desert.

Later, I ran across notions about the "King of the World" and Shangri-La.

Naturally, my imagination ran wild.  

Cheers

The Silk Road is interesting, because they found evidence of Blond Haired and Red Haired tribes living in that area before the Silk Road was established.
Then those tribes stayed there and benefited from the commerce.
That information was released by Chinese archaeologist in the 70's.
They were considered to be Northern European.
 
I found a good link: 4000 year old lost tribe
Here is a video if you're interested.