Where is the true birthplace of the Tea Horse Road?

The true birthplace of the Ancient Tea Horse Road is in Sichuan and Yunnan.

The Ancient Tea Horse Road originates from Sichuan. Starting from the Ming Dynasty, the Sichuan-Tibet Tea Road was formally formed. The rise of the Sichuan-Tibet Tea Road promoted the rise of commercial towns along Sichuan-Tibet and the connection between Tibet and the mainland.

my country’s tea is produced in the south, and Sichuan is the birthplace of tea growing and tea drinking in my country and the world. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were only tea drinking and tea-related product production in Sichuan. By the Tang Dynasty, my country was rich in tea. From the Tang Dynasty, tea from Mianzhou, Shuzhou, Qiongzhou and other places in Sichuan began to flow into Tibet from tea from other regions, and the history of Tibetan people drinking tea began. A route emerged for tea to be exported to Tibet.

The Ancient Tea Horse Road originates from Yunnan. In 678 AD, the Tibetan forces entered the northern area of ??Erhai Lake in Western Yunnan. In 680, the Shenchuan Governor's Office was established, and Tubo established officials in Nanzhao to collect taxes and assign officers to the Bai and Wu barbarians. The trade between the two sides has also achieved considerable development, and the tea-horse trade is one of the important aspects. The transportation route between Nanzhao and Tubo was roughly similar to the current Yunnan-Tibet Highway.

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The historical value of the Ancient Tea Horse Road

“There is the Silk Road in the north and the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the south.” The Ancient Tea-Horse Road, a passage that, like the Silk Road, once played an important role in the birth and development of the Chinese nation, has been gradually lost in the dust of history with the cleansing of modern civilization. But its history and value will always shine brightly. On March 5, 2013, the Ancient Tea Horse Road was listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

The Tea Horse Road tour has unique scenery, profound cultural connotations, exclusive resources, and is unparalleled in the world. The Ancient Tea Horse Road is not only an important passage for the migration of ancient ancestors between Uizang and the present-day Sichuan and Yunnan regions, but also an important channel for the spread and exchange of ancient civilizations between present-day Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.

On this ancient road that stretches for more than 10,000 miles, the Han, Tibetan Yi, Naxi, Lisu, Hani, Jinuo, Qiang, Pumi, Bai, Nu, Jingpo, Achang and other ethnic groups have lived here for thousands of years. Proliferation highlights the diversity and original form of national culture in southwest my country. With the development of the tea-horse trade and the continuous extension of the Tea-Horse Ancient Road, Tibetan Buddhism has also been widely spread along the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and surrounding areas along this ancient road.

The Ancient Tea Horse Road is like a huge network in southwest China. Through this network, people of all ethnic groups have strengthened their connections and communication, and promoted the political, economic, and cultural interaction, development and Integration enhances the emotional connection between each other. At the same time, the expansion of the Ancient Tea-Horse Road and the prosperity of the tea-horse trade promoted the stability and consolidation of China's southwest frontier.