As is known to all, in the high peaks and valleys of the Hengduan Mountains, in the triangle area of Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet jungle wilderness, stretching circling a mysterious road, often referred to as the "tea horse road".
"Tea horse road" originated in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the "tea horse trade". Tibet and Sichuan, Yunnan border produced horses, fur, herbs and so on, and produced in Sichuan Yunnan and the mainland tea, cloth, salt and daily utensils living materials, flow in the Hengduan Mountains, mountains and deep valleys and with economic and social development is becoming more and more prosperous, the formation of a continues to the present day as the "tea horse road".
Many people do not know the "tea horse road" is actually not a single road, commonly referred to as more refers to the two main roads, the Sichuan Tibet tea horse road and the Yunnan Tibet tea horse road, except that there are a lot of branches. The Sichuan Tibet tea horse road began in the Tang Dynasty, East Sichuan Ya'an, the arrow pot, Batang, Qamdo, and other, West to Lhasa, Tibet, finally to Bhutan, Nepal and India, a total length of nearly 4000 kilometers, has 1300 years of history, with deep historical heritage and cultural bottom Yun, is essential to the ancient Tibet and the mainland to contact bridge and link. The road was largest trade transit station is the history of the Tibetan areas in Cornwall capital, is now Sichuan Province Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Kangding. What used to be called the "arrow pot", West to the caravan arrived in Kangding, here conversion means of transport or the tea horse trade in situ and domestic tea, silk and other goods through Kangding shipped to the west, and South Asia, Europe, the Americas, goods also from here sold in mainland China. Yunnan tea horse road probably formed in the late 6th century, south of Yunnan tea producing areas in Xishuangbanna Yi Wu, Pu'er City, after today's Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture and Lijiang, Shangri La into Tibet, Lhasa direct, some from Tibet entrepot in India and Nepal, is in ancient China and the South Asian region an important trade route.
In an era of extreme backwardness in information transmission, not all the way is the same as the wish, true journey through the process of transportation, often due to various reasons and chose to enter the branch. Between the Sichuan Tibet and Yunnan Tibet tea horse road, in what is now known as "holy Ganzi" this piece of pure land, there has been such a unknown road.
A team is in the "capital of Ganzi holy Caravan" Kangding rest, continue on the road. When they came to the now Xinduqiao region, probably due to the bad weather blocking their line of sight, or encounter to the beasts of the chase Huangbuzelu, anyway that they deviate from the original direction to the west, but the choice of the close to a mountain wall heading south. This route and uneven, they can only along in a near vertical rock accumulated cut path difficult vanguard, but fortunately there is a river as they guide the direction, according to the water in the human nature so they decided the way Suliu and. Road cold climate, caravan don't know as a matter of fact, they from the legend of the "king of Shushan Gongga snow capped mountains has only a few miles away. When the path disappears, they must turn over the mountain before they can find a new starting point. Finally, over more than 4000 meters across the Quebec mountainous, nearly 5000 meters of ugly chicken Hill, they came to a land of idyllic beauty.
The climate here is not as bad as the way, the warm sun shining on the rich vegetation, a green river water caught in the two sides of the cliff slowly flowing. The average altitude of more than 2000, but did not feel the cold plateau, an idyllic scene, full of vigour. , of course, they do not know, because just in Gongga of more than 7000 meters above sea level on the southern slope of Mt., here so we can reap scenery. They decided to rest here, then put up the pile pot, pitch camp, began a short life.
A few days later, another team came along the same path here, so more lively. Some people have temporary trading places, caravan personnel to carry goods can be exchanged. Xianlaiwushi, they carry the tea and fruit spread down, seeds quickly take root, tea tenacious vitality is undoubtedly reflected, and the tea has been preserved. With the passage of time, here, and gradually become many caravan way necessary, we are willing to in this side of Paradise short stay and rest, and continue to have people in here to carry out various activities, as an inn on the tea horse ancient road, here ushered in their most brilliant era.
However, the wheel of history is irreversible. Trade patterns change and the tea horse road fading ultimately affect to the life here, since the end of Qing Dynasty and after there has been little mention of this piece of place, the post was gradually forgotten. Until 1930, a lovely American Explorer Locke from Lijiang, Yunnan along the Kang Dongcha horse road in Gongga snow capped mountains study, came to the snow capped mountains at the foot of this mysterious situation. In February 1930 of the United States, National Geographic magazine, Rock will be the adventure and pictures published, he described in the article: "Meng Dong is the most beautiful place in the world, it is hidden in the forest in the small village of small villages. Here are pearl and jade like Kamiyama, despising the firmament of ten thousand years Snow Mountain, quiet picturesque beautiful lakes, towering old trees of the primeval forest, the mysterious temple murals, strange shapes of cave, Yuukawa, Yunnan and Tibet are necessary tea horse road, dazzling exotic flowers and grass, Xiongqi of Yalong River Grand Canyon, various rare birds and different
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