The origin of the term "tea-tea-horse ancient road" by Liu Su

tea party? Say tea? The origin of the term "Ancient Tea-Horse Road" The name and vocabulary of "Ancient Tea-Horse Road" began in the 199s of last century. There are six people who made it famous: Mu Jihong, Chen Baoya, Xu Yongtao, Wang Xiaosong, Li Lin and Li Xu. Known as "the six gentlemen of the ancient tea-horse road".

In the 199s, these six young scholars from Yunnan came to Zhongdian County (now known as Shangri-La) in Yunnan Province. Due to the tight purse, I applied to Zhongdian county government for an investigation fund. After taking the money, six young people embarked on a business trip to inspect the ancient trade between Yunnan and Tibet. After a series of examples, it is concluded that this ancient road is a commercial channel with tea and horses as the main body of trade, and it is a tea road with tea as the main body. Therefore, it was named "Tea-Horse Ancient Road". The original early title "Southern Silk Road" was officially renamed "Tea-Horse Ancient Road".

Once the name "Ancient Tea-Horse Road" came out, it immediately became famous and famous all over the world. It is a cultural, geographical and historical legacy second only to the Silk Road. From this, we can imagine that the ancient tea road tells countless long feelings and romantic stories, which is quite picturesque. The gale and vicissitudes of life washed out the contemporary poetry and distance at that time, which was in line with the sad literary road money at that time. The geographical scope of this road even extends to India. Looking at the trade road in China's history, there are only a few things that can represent China's pioneering products: "a handful of earth (porcelain), a worm (silk) and a leaf (tea). These means of production are constantly creating and developing in the rich imagination of Chinese descendants.

The core category of "Tea-Horse Ancient Road" must be a concept survey of ancient traffic geography with "Tea-Horse" trade as the main body, and tea trade as the main body. The geographical concept of the natural generation of the eternal tea trade trail. The ancient commercial road is found in every local county and city in China. " The ancient road without tea and horses is called "tea-horse ancient road", which does not meet the basic requirements of human geography.