Dear China Highlights Customer;
What is the most well known thing in Chinese culture, arguably Chinese Tea?
The Chinese national beverage has not only left its mark in Chinese culture, it has made its mark in most cultures around the world. This newsletter will take you along one of the nearly forgotten, but historically important trade routes: The Tea - Horse Route. Tea was carried out of mainland China to Tibet and beyond and the famous Tibetan horses were traded back into China hence the Tea - Horse route was born.
Let's follow the path of the long gone caravans from the heart of China to the roof of the world. Passing ethnic minorities and imperial monuments, you will see a side of China far away from the bustling metropolises of the coast-line.
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Victor Shu
General Manager
China Highlights
Introduction to the Tea-horse Road - Top - 
Across the dangerous hills and rivers of Hengduan Mountain Range, in the wild lands and forests across "the Rooftop of the World", a mysterious ancient road winds and wonders. It is one of the most heart quaking roads on this planet. For thousands of years, numerous caravans had been quietly traveling along it. Standing on the Road, you can still see clearly 70cm deep holes in the stone plates made by stamping of the horse hooves, and it seems they have many stories to tell. The aged Mhanee altars on roadside are engraved with all sorts of religious scriptures and mottos. This, is the Ancient Tea-Horse Road, one of the world's highest and most precipitous ancient roads which carried precious cargo but also spread civilizations and culture. More
History of the Tea Horse Road - Top -
"The Ancient Tea-horse Road" was a commercial passage mainly for tea & horse trading between China and Tibet. In the history, "The Ancient Tea-Horse Road" stretched across the western frontier of China. In ancient times, the tiny path between Tibet and the outside world was formed by continued use by people and stock. During the 7th Century, the Tubo people emerged in Qinghai -Tibet Plateau. They built an iron bridge which connected Yunnan and Tibet on the Jinsha River over the boarder of China and Myanmar. All borders were closed and no trade was possible during the Song Dynasty and the main market for the tea & horse trading moved to southwest China More
Culture of the Tea Horse Road - Top -
The Ancient Tea-Horse Road is an important thread of natural and cultural tourism. The track contains natural wonders, the heritage of past & present civilization, marks of ancient ethnic customs and countless romantic stories which have spread along the Road. It is a sediment of history which contains traces of people's activities over thousands of years and their persistence to life. The Ancient Tea-Horse Road stretches through the ethnic corridor area across Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet. This area is the place where many ethnic groups have developed and lived, the stage upon which they have played out the comedies and tragedies from their history More...
Sights on the Tea Horse Road - Top -
The ancient Tea-horse Road winds through China's vast west area, along which are diverse tourist resources including a wide variety of wildlife, colorful ethnic culture, splendid imperial monuments and religious traces. From south to north on the way you will find Xishuangbanna, Pu'er, Tengchong, Dali, Lijiang, Deqin, Ya'an, Luding, Kanding,Nyingchi, Chamdo, Lhasa
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