Jeff fuchs is a canadian explorer, mountaineer and writer. The ancient tea horse road china heritage quarterly. It was added to by a route from a second source, the tea mountains of sichuan, and the combined network of stone roads and mountain trails became known as the tea horse road, cha ma dao. The rank and file of men in the caravan was made up of the chief muleteer called the head of the big wok. Muleteer protocol, in the ancient horse tea road, hefei. The tea horse road or chamadao now generally referred to as the ancient tea horse road or. Despite the exoticism of the tea horse road legend, the road.
This article focuses on the trade routes in the western sichuan borderlands. Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the silk road across the tibetan plateau. The tea, the medicine and other commodities were transported by mabang groups of travelers with horses, the special mode of transportation in the southwestern. Chinas ancient tea horse road cognoscenti books book 1. An impressive sevenandahalf month journey, fuchs documents his experience in the ancient tea horse road. The past and present of the ancient tea horse road. For an average person who can walk 30 or 40 kilometers per day, a trip to and fro would take one year.
Traversing the ancient tea horse road with jeff fuchs. Cultural heritage tourism and the ancient tea horse road of southwest china article pdf available in international journal of china studies 12 october 2010 with 126 reads how we measure reads. Phytoliths and biomolecular components extracted from ancient plant remains from changan xian, the city where the silk road begins and ngari ali in western tibet, china, show that the tea was grown 2100 years ago to cater for the drinking habits of the western han dynasty 207bce9ce, and then carried toward central asia by ca. Full episodes of the ancient tea road english sub viewasian. Chinas ancient trade road to tibet find, read and cite. The world heritage application of the ancient tea horse road, jointly carried out by china, mongolia and russia, will serve as an example for international cooperation, according to sergey. The ancient tea horse road winds its way through some of the most unforgiving terrain on earth.
As one of the first tea producing regions, yunnan was an important part of the trading network of the ancient tea horse road, also sometimes referred to as the southern silk. Natives at breakfast, movable chow shop, canton, china keystone view co. In the history, two important trade routes namely tangbo ancient road and tea horse ancient road linked the qinghaitibet plateau and the surrounding regions of china 34, 35. As roads expanded and became regular trade and mail routes. Pdf the ancient tea horse road and the politics of cultural. In the 1990s, when hus father took over the hada business, laborers were replaced by machines and post offices took the places of porters. Fuchs was the first documented westerner to have travelled by foot the legendary tea horse road and has led or been a part of over 30 expeditions in the himalayas. The ancient tea horse road that travels through southwest chinas provinces of yunnan and sichuan and tibet autonomous region, and goes further upto bhutan, nepal and india, linking china together with west asia and west africa for thousands of years, may join unescos list of world cultural heritage sites in 2010, china news service reported on wednesday. Full list episodes the ancient tea road english sub viewasian, resembling the famous silk road, the ancient tea road located in southwestern china was an important gateway for transportation and communication between ancient china and west asia.
The translation of symbols, diachrony and synchronicity, as well as the consideration of humanity and society, are presented to the audience in the ancient tea horse road map. Pdf cultural heritage tourism and the ancient tea horse road of. The option school66 moluccan products shipped across the ports of arabia to the bitcoin trading cards near east trade in ancient india pdf passed through the ports of india and sri lanka. Life along the tea horse road is briefly reignited in a passionate and unforgettable adventure. China before the rule of mao zedong natives at breakfast, movable chow shop, canton, china keystone view co. In the far southwest of peoples republic of china prc, guo and her sister. Keoni auditorium, imin international conference center. The ancient tea horse road, which dates back to the 17th century, was a network of ancient trade routes that came into being after the silk road. Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the silk road. The addition of the word gu or ancient, making the currently popular name chama gudao or ancient tea horse road is a much more recent designation. Request pdf on jul 1, 2012, beth mckillop and others published islamic frontiers of china.
Though yunnan is in southwest china, far from the major cities in the east, it is easily accessible by air. The ancient tea and horse caravan road, the silk road. Yunnan was an important part of a centuriesold trade route. World heritage application of tea horse road promotes intl. Shaxi ancient town at the crossroads of development.
Over seven gruelling months, canadian jeff fuchs took on the challenge of following traditional muleteers along this twelvehundredyearold route. Tea and prosperity along ancient trade route asian development. The ancient tea horse road refers to a network of trading routes linking the tea producing areas of yunnan mainly concentrated in the southeast of the. Cha ma dao tea horse road to the chinese, gyalam wide road to the tibetans. It was a giant platform for the political economic social and cultural intersection of different ethnic groups and a gigantic lifeline stretching on. Identity politics and narratives conclusion chapter seven cultural heritage protection in china. On the positive side the living standards of a vast proportion of the population have dramatically improved and china has now realized the long. The rise of the outdoors and chinas first long distance branded hiking trail. History, culture, spectacular scenery, friendly locals and great walking all combined. A cup of butter tea in kangding city can reflect a colorful culture and local history. In ancient times, people in sichuan and yunnan provinces exchanged tea for horses or medicines with people in tibet. Previously the oldest physical evidence of tea was from chinas. The tea and horse caravan road is one part of the ancient silk road, which stretched east to west and south to north across southwest china. Travels with the last of the himalayan muleteers, published in 2008.
A team of tibetans, a westerner, and a cast of characters met along the way travels and documents the ancient tea horse road, sipping tea at all hours and. The road is a route known as the tea horse roads, made famous by. Tea would travel along a pathway 0 years old, one which i myself would follow for over seven months. He gained prominence with his successful bid to become the first westerner to trek the entire yunnantibet ancient tea horse road, stretching almost six thousand kilometers through the himalayas and a dozen cultures, documented in the book the ancient tea horse road.
Join jeff for a welcome dinner and enjoy his introduction to the ancient tea horse road pass by coconut palms and banana trees as you drive along the mekong river to the stilted bamboo houses and buddhist pagodas of ganlanba trek to a dai minority village and local monastery hidden in the hills spend your second. Pdf thirty years of reform and openness have brought great changes to the peoples republic of china. Deep in the mountains of western sichuan im hacking through a bamboo jungle, trying to find a legendary trail. Ancient tea horse road applies for unesco heritage status. Chinese ancinet teahorse road, discover the ancient tea. In addition to the story of the tea, the tea horse road is the story of the men muleteers and their mules that traveled long and perilous journeys from yunnan and sichuan over dangerous roads in hostile weather conditions with their precious cargoes of tea bound for tibet, nepal, and later, india and burma. In the 21st century, the legacy of the teahorse road has been used to promote a. Life along the tea horse road is briefly reignited in. The road includes ancient tea gardens, tea making techniques, ports and intangible cultural heritage.
It was a giant platform for the political economic social and cultural intersection of different ethnic groups and a gigantic lifeline stretching on the yunnanguizhou plateau and the qinghaitibet plateau. One of the most fabled adventures of all time the 5,000kilometer tea horse trail predated the silk road and took in the span of the himalayas, and yet is barely known. Restored while this photo is most likely staged, it still bears some element of truth in how the chinese urban working class lived in the early century. The world heritage application of the ancient tea horse road, jointly carried out by china, mongolia and russia, will serve as an example for international cooperation, according to sergey kalashnikov, chairman of russia international cooperation association. Pdf cultural heritage tourism and the ancient tea horse. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link.
Shuhe ancient town is one of the oldest habitats of lijiang and wellpreserved town on the ancient tea route. Chinas ancient trade road to tibet by selena ahmed, michael freeman pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad this is the first comprehensive visual documentation of the tea horse road that takes the audience on a journey from the birthplace of the tea plant along the oldest trade route of tea. Thirty years of reform and openness have brought great changes to the peoples republic of china. Chapter 12 the ancient tea horse road and the politics of cultural heritage in southwest china. This was at least four to five hundred years earlier than the the southwest silk road through yunnan which opened in the seventh century ce and is known by historians as the tea horse road. Just 60 years ago, when much of asia still moved by foot or hoof, the tea horse road was a thoroughfare of commerce, the main link between china and tibet. Ancient tea horse road gyalam and may not be correct. As its name suggests, the ancient tea horse road was a trade route mainly through yunnan, sichuan and tibet where the chinese exchanged tea for horses with people in tibet. The name of the road chamadao in the chinese records meaning the tea and horse road indicates its importance in the trade of tea and horses, but other products passed along it as well. Resembling the famous silk road, the ancient tea road located in southwestern china was an important gateway for transportation and communication between ancient china and west asia.
The ancient tea horse road was inscribed on the world heritage tentative list in china in. The ancient tea horse road, first appeared during the tang dynasty 618907, and lasted until the 1960s. The politics of cultural routes in the world heritage canon the ancient tea horse road of yunnan, china the ancient tea horse road. Hada and the tale of the tea horse road shine news. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Regional identity in the context of a rising china gary sigley. Tea and horse caravan road, tea horse ancient road travel. Nowadays, the han and tibetan peoples live together in kangding, like wang zhima and his wife in sandaoqiao village. China, tourism, cultural heritage, ancient tea horse road. Chinas ancient trade road to tibet by selena ahmed, michael freeman pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad this is the first comprehensive visual documentation of the tea horse road that takes the audience on a journey from the birthplace of the tea plant along the oldest trade route of tea in the world. Basketball field in the middle of tea grooves near ancient tea horse road, yunnan province, china touristoriented pizzeria in shuhe, on the historic tea horse road outside lijiang, yunnan, china lijiang,yunnan april,2017. The tea, the medicine and other commodities were transported by mabang groups of travelers with horses, the special mode of transportation in the southwestern region of ancient china and thus the pathway was called the tea horse road. Horse caravans carried tea, sugar and salt from sichuan and yunnan to tibet and. Lux tea horse road hotels are built along the ancient trails up which horse caravans carried precious puer tea from the tea mountains in the far south of yunnan to lhasa in tibet.
The yunnantibet tea horse road was similarly formed in the late 6th century. Come back with us in time on a journey through spectacular landscapes that link the varied cultures of chinas southwest. Fuchs authored the ancient tea horse road trip length. Trade and commerce in ancient india ithihas day trading strategies. Film of colors in the cup explores the historical significance of kangding on the ancient tea horse road. In modern times, passage through the ancient tea horse road from yaan via changdu to lhasa depends on old roads and yaks. An introduction to the silk road last updated on 20180810 the silk road was an ancient network of trade routes that carried goods, culture, philosophy, and ideas from china all the way through eurasia to the mediterranean sea and back again. Earliest tea as evidence for one branch of the silk road across the.
Route, or by sea, along the ageold routes of antiquity through the. An epic journey of tea, mountains, and memories, that opens up a rarely acknowledged part of china and asias ancient past, the ancient tea horse road is a grinding adventure of will, wit, and fuchs frequent tea thirsts. China and islamic civilization silk road foundation. Pdf the ancient tea horse road and the politics of. It began from simao a major teaproducing area and led to lhasa, crossing puer in xishuangbanna, dali, lijiang, and shangrila, and continuing to nepal, burma, and india. The ancient tea horse road was a trade route mainly through yunnan, sichuan and tibet.
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