| 词条 | Tea Horse Road | |||||||||
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The Tea Horse Road or chamadao ({{zh|t=茶馬道|s=茶马道}}), now generally referred to as the Ancient Tea Horse Road or chamagudao ({{zh|t=茶馬古道|s=茶马古道}}) was a network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in Southwest China.[1] This was also a tea trade route. It is also sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road or Southwest Silk Road, and it is part of a complex routes system connecting China and South Asia. There are numerous surviving archaeological and monumental elements, including trails, bridges, way stations, market towns, palaces, staging posts, shrines and temples along the route. Besides the route's importance for commercial activity, more significantly it was crucial for cultural exchange between the Indian subcontinent, Tibet and Southwest China. Especially, it was vitally important for the interchange of Buddhism between China and South Asia.[2] HistorySichuan and Yunnan are believed to be the first tea-producing regions in the world. The first record of tea cultivation in the world suggested that tea was cultivated on Sichuan's Mount Mengding (蒙顶山) between Chengdu and Ya'an earlier than 65 BC. Ya'an has been an important hub of tea trading till the 20th century. Besides tea, silk products from Chengdu, notably Shujin (蜀锦), was also traded through this road to South Asian from around 2000 years ago. From around a thousand years ago, the Tea Horse Road was a trade link from Yunnan to Bengal via Myanmar; to Tibet; and to Central China via Sichuan Province.[3][4][5][6][7] In addition to tea, the mule caravans carried salt. Both people and horses carried heavy loads, the tea porters sometimes carrying over 60–90 kg (132-198 lb.), which was often more than their own body weight in tea.[8][9][10] The porters carried metal-tipped staffs, both for balance while walking and to help support the load while they rested, so they didn't need to lay the bales down (as illustrated in the photo). It is believed that it was through this trading network that tea (typically tea bricks) first spread across China and Asia from its origins in Pu'er county, near Simao Prefecture in Yunnan.[11][12] The route earned the name Tea-Horse Road because of the common trade of Tibetan ponies for Chinese tea, a practice dating back at least to the Song dynasty, when the sturdy horses were important for China to fight warring nomads in the north.[13] FutureIn the 21st century, the legacy of the Tea-Horse Road has been used to promote a railway that will connect Chengdu to Lhasa. This planned railroad, part of the PRC's 13th 5-Year Plan, is called the Sichuan-Tibet railway (川藏铁路); it will connect cities across the route including Kangding. Authorities claim it will bring great benefit to the people's welfare.[14] GallerySee also
References1. ^Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David: Traders of the Golden Triangle (A study of the traditional Yunnanese mule caravan trade). Chiang Mai. Cognoscenti Books, 2011. 2. ^Williams, Tim, Lin, Roland Chih-Hung and Gai, Jorayev. Final Technical Report on the results of the UNESCO/Korean Funds-in-Trust Project: Support for the Preparation for the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads in South Asia, 2013–2016. 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://shambhalatimes.org/2010/01/18/horse-corridor-in-heaven |title=Horse Corridor in Heaven |publisher=Shambhalatimes.org |date=2010-01-18 |accessdate=2011-11-18}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatrekking.com/routes/tea-horse-caravan-road/tea-horse-route |title=Tea-Horse Route |publisher=Chinatrekking.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-18}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.yellowsheepriver.com/~sc000012/2009/gudao_e.htm |title=The road line of the ancient tea-and-horse trade road |publisher=Yellowsheepriver.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-18}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/725/2006/02/19/168@52713.htm |title=Richness, Diversity and Natural Beauty on the Tea Horse Road |publisher=English.cri.cn |date= |accessdate=2011-11-18}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://songofcha.wordpress.com/tag/puer-tea/ |title=Strange Brew:The Story of Puer Tea 普洱茶 |accessdate=2011-11-28}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg-e.org/yang/chapter2.html |title=Between Winds and Clouds: Chapter 2 |publisher=Gutenberg-e.org |date=2007-12-04 |accessdate=2014-08-22}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/Homepage/pages/UserHome.aspx?ID=10&date=03/09/2012 |title=Holiday |publisher=Weeklyholiday.net |date= |accessdate=2014-08-22}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://bd.china-embassy.org/eng/mjlxx/gk/t823712.htm |title=History and Legend of Sino-Bangla Contacts |publisher=Bd.china-embassy.org |date= |accessdate=2015-05-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085727/http://bd.china-embassy.org/eng/mjlxx/gk/t823712.htm |archivedate=2016-03-04 |df= }} 11. ^Jeff Fuchs. The Ancient Tea Horse Road: Travels with the Last of the Himalayan Muleteers, Viking Canada, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-670-06611-7}} 12. ^Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, 'Pu'er Tea Traditions' in: China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2011. 13. ^{{cite web|author=Jenkins, Mark|title=The Tea Horse Road|publisher=National Geographic|date=May 2010|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/tea-horse-road/jenkins-text}} 14. ^http://news.cntv.cn/2015/08/13/ARTI1439458357250340.shtml Further reading
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