The border regions were more or less under control during the Han dynasty, with the empire ranging from the Pacific coast in the east and the south, to Annam in the southeast, and--with the establishment of the four western prefectures under Wu Di--as far as Dunhuang in the northwest.
至今許多畫家、雕塑家仍在漢代文物中汲取創作元素。中國的疆域也在漢朝大致底定，東、南方直達西太平洋，西南包括安南，西北邊疆在漢武帝開設河西四郡後，疆域擴展至安西與敦煌。