Where is the ancient tea-horse road?

There are three main routes along the ancient tea-horse road: Qinghai-Tibet line (ancient Tang-Fan road), Yunnan-Tibet line and Sichuan-Tibet line. Of the three ancient tea-horse roads, the Qinghai-Tibet line rose in the Tang Dynasty and developed earlier. The Sichuan-Tibet line has the greatest influence and is the most famous. These three roads are closely related to Changdu, among which the Yunnan-Tibet line and the Sichuan-Tibet line all pass through Changdu, and their development is closely related to the tea-horse trade.

The Tea-Horse Ancient Road refers to the folk international trade passage with caravan as the main means of transportation in the southwest and northwest of China, and it is a corridor for economic and cultural exchanges among ethnic groups in the southwest of China. The ancient tea-horse road is a very special place name, the most spectacular natural scenery and the most mysterious cultural tourist route in the world, which contains inexhaustible cultural heritage. The ancient tea-horse road originated in the tea-horse exchange between the southwest frontier and the northwest frontier, and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the middle and late World War II. The ancient tea-horse road is divided into Sichuan-Tibet road and Yunnan-Tibet road, connecting Sichuan-Yunnan-Tibet and Yanchang. It extends to Bhutan, Nepal and India (this is the ancient tea-horse road in Yunnan and Vietnam) and reaches the Red Sea coast in West Asia and West Africa.

The ancient tea-horse road is a link between politics and economy. It has promoted the reunification of Tibet and the motherland and the inseparable close relationship between the people of Tibet and China. Through this ancient road, people in Tibetan areas not only got tea and other products produced in the mainland, but also made up for the shortage of Tibetan areas and met the needs of Tibetans. Moreover, Tibetan areas that have been in a relatively closed environment for a long time have opened the door and introduced various local products from Tibetan areas into the mainland. Establish lasting complementary and mutually beneficial economic relations. This complementary relationship makes the Tibetan and Han nationalities form a pattern of economic interdependence and interdependence. This further promoted the unification of Tibetan areas with the motherland and the unity of Tibetan and Han nationalities. Historically, although the Song and Ming Dynasties did not station a single soldier in Tibetan areas, they always maintained an inseparable relationship with Tibetan areas, which made the Tibetan areas submit to each other and unite as one. Among them, the ancient tea-horse road played the most important role.