The Ancient Tea Horse Road was a major trade route connecting Yunnan, Sichuan, and Tibet regions in China. From the 6th to the 20th century, this route facilitated tea exchange from Sichuan and ...

From prehistoric paths dating back to the Neolithic period to walking routes used by Buddhist monks and tea merchants, these ...

Tea's emigration out of these little green bastions of China to all points of the compass, this is a tale that needs to be told. A thousand years ago, people in southern Yunnan kept their pu’erh ...

The ancient passageway once stretched almost ... He had worked on the Tea Horse Road as a porter, carrying tea to Tibet from 1935 to 1949. Luo's load of tea always weighed 135 pounds or more.

silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past ...

Older people in Yunnan can still remember the days when merchants with mules plied the Tea Horse Road: the last few caravans "trickled" through this millennium-old network of trading routes ...

WUHAN, China, Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The documentary series Great Tea Road Retracing is produced by Hubei Daily Net. In the series, American tea enthusiast Hannah Carter takes viewers on ...