2008-12-29

Tea Horse Road - Chinese tourism scenic spots

Tea Horse Road is actually a group of road to run towards what might be called a fact, many local lines, like rivers and tributaries of the main vein. The formation of the main vein that the two are Yunnan and Sichuan-Tibet Road Trail. Sichuan-Tibet Road from Ya'an in Sichuan Province, by Kangding, Qamdo Batang, and other places to reach, then another by Kangding, Ganzi Dege to Qamdo. From Simao in Yunnan's tea production starting in the vicinity of the Yunnan-Tibet Road, to the northwest by Dali, Lijiang, such as access to Tibet, but also by the arrival Zuogong Qamdo. Qamdo from the west, Yunnan and Sichuan-Tibet Road Trail integration took place from the beginning of Qamdo, Luo Long, Jiali, the cloth to reach Lhasa River. However, both the end of Lhasa is not the end. A broader sense, the Tea Horse Road will continue to be extended to the west. Starting again from Lhasa, Gyangze, Xigaze, southwest to Central Asia, West Asia and South Asia. But the road to and from the goods and have come to a different time, tea is no longer the main material, and is responsible for The loser is no longer the same group of the Caravan. In fact, few people since ancient times to the end of this long-distance miles of the Trail.

  Tea-Horse Trade on the road

  "Tea-Horse Road" in ancient origin of the "tea-horse trade" can be described as having "trade", after "Road." "Tea-horse trade" West of the country in the history of Sino-Tibetan nationalities in a traditional tea or by e-Ma Ma for the content of the tea-for-trade. Song Dynasty in the mountains of Sichuan and other places also set up a special tea-horse trade in the management of government agencies, "Tea-Horse Division." Tea-Horse Trade and prosperity of the ancient culture of the western region's economy, but also created a Tea-Horse Road dissemination of this ??.

  Tea Horse Road is a magnificent, and then for walking on the trail in the Ma Gang, it is a journey full of hardships and dangers. On a high mountain in southwest urgent water, water transport unimaginable. Hill and the steep ups and downs, and vehicles can not. Under such conditions, the Caravan has become the The application of a mode of transport, which formed the Tea Horse Road on a unique landscape. Tea Horse Road can be said with a human and horse Jiao Li stampede out of the road.
 
  From one valley to another valley, from one village to another village, Ma Gang have taken the lives of a communication around the Road , Became the southwest region of the link. Ma Gang of those who stay here, the distribution of goods for the post, later became the town. Today the Old Town of Lijiang is so far Tea Horse Road on the most well-preserved, the ancient city, known as "tea-horse town alive."

  Anti-Japanese War In order to stop the Japanese army invaded the area to the east of the Nu River, I determined to blow up a bridge-watchers engineers Hui Tong Bridge, then cut off the only one of the international road transport - Burma Road. So in the War of Resistance Against Japan in the late Tea Horse Road Transport on the rise into the rear southwest of the main roads of international business.

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