What is left of the tea horse wet nurse from Xinyu, the ancient southwest frontier, in Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties?

Tea-horse trade originated in the ancient southwest frontier and flourished in the ancient tea-horse road in Tang and Song Dynasties.

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Tea-horse exchange, or tea-horse exchange, is a traditional policy and trade system between Han and Tibetan in the history of western China to exchange official tea for horses of ethnic minorities in Tibet and other places. Tea-horse trade is the main form of commercial trade between the mainland and border areas.

The embryonic form of tea-horse trade originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the 5th century. In the Tang dynasty, the rules were gradually formed, and in the Song dynasty, they were further improved, and even a special institution was set up to manage the tea-horse trade. The Ming Dynasty basically followed the practice of the Song Dynasty and set up the "Tea and Horse Department" in the trading place.

Huangyuan-Tea Horse Exchange Huangyuan County is adjacent to Tibet in the west, which is the most marginal area in the west of ancient Han Dynasty. This geographical location has made it a "port" for Sino-Tibetan trade since ancient times and a famous "tea-horse trade" hometown. Tea-horse trade is the main form of commercial trade between ancient Central Plains and northwest minority areas.

Tea-horse trade first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but it didn't become customized until the Song Dynasty. Due to the natural environment, Tibetans rely heavily on tea, which can detoxify and cure diseases, relieve greasy and help digestion. Therefore, controlling the supply of tea is equivalent to controlling the lives of Tibetans.

Therefore, since the Song Dynasty, tea has not only become a major economic and trade product between the Central Plains Dynasty and Tibetans in the northwest and southwest regions, but also a material means to maintain friendly relations with Tibetans.

Tea-horse trade played an important role in maintaining the security and stability in the southwest of Song Dynasty, and it was a strategic border management policy in Song Dynasty. Secondly, through the tea-horse trade, it also met the demand of the feudal dynasty for war horses and provided huge tea income for the court to solve military needs.

Tea had no smell of food in ancient times, but in the recent Jin and Song Dynasties, Wu people picked its leaves to cook tea porridge. From the beginning of Kaiyuan Tianbao (7 13-756), there was a little bit, and there were many calendars in Germany (756-779), which flourished after Jianzhong (780-783).