Silk Road major trading items in addition to silk， trade caravans also transported large amounts of chinaware via the Silk Road. During the Yuan Dynasty， China exported blue and white porcelain mainly to Islamic countries. China is now home to more than 100 pieces of the blue and white porcelain that it produced during the Yuan Dynasty. But another 200 or more are scattered around the world， one fifth – the largest amount outside of China – in Turkey’s Topkapi Palace Museum.
Chinese plants and herbs such as the mulberry tree， pear tree， birch， hollyhock， tea tree， ginger， coptis， and rhizoma smilacis glabrae were also introduced to Western countries via the Silk Road.
Ironware， lacquerware， bamboo articles and traditional Chinese medicines traveled along the ancient route as well.
In the meantime， this road was instrumental in the importing to China of commodities from the Western world. Carpets， woolen fabric， mercury， agate， and spices thus became accessible to the Chinese people. Glass products and woolen fabric promoted development of the Chinese porcelain and textile industries.
Vegetables thought to have originated in China， such as grapes， alfalfa， walnuts， flax， cucumbers， water melons， carrots， spinach， pomegranates， figs， and olives， were actually imported from the West along the Silk Road. Wine produced in the Western Regions has also been integrated into traditional Chinese viticulture over the past centuries.
The Silk Road was moreover a channel for bringing in exotic animal species like camels， lions， rhinoceros， peacocks and ostriches.
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