Night fell quiet in the valley, and there was no trace of the hustle and bustle with a chilly wind blowing from the mountain. Looking up the stars in the sky, I was occupied with the feeling of peaceful and calm. I did not expect to actually come to the Tea Horse Inn, which was a windfall in this journey, we owed thanks to the recommendation of the Mr. Master Wang. We walked alone the Tea Horse Ancient Road from the upper Tiger Jump to the lower Tiger Jump.
Tea-Horse Ancient Road originated from the tea-horse trade in southwest border of China, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and thrived in Ming and Qing dynasties, during World War II, Tea-Horse Ancient Road achieved the most flourishing period, from the earliest tea stall shaky to the fur of horses and mules, medicinal herbs produced in Tibetan, Sichuan and Yunnan border Regions, as well as tea, salt, cloth and commodity swaps produced in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Tea-Horse Road is divided as in north-south roads, which the south road is Yunnan-Tibet Road, and the north road is Sichuan-Tibet Road.
Yunnan-Tibet Road, starts from the western tea-producing areas-Yunnan Erhai area, though Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Deqin, Mangkang to Changdu, then passes the Tibet, until Nepal and India.
Tea-Horse Road is a trade road, along the main trunk of the Tea-Horse Road, there are numerous small feeders scatted around to closely link the "Triangle" area Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet together, forming the highest and the most dangerous mountain road in the world and the most remote tea-horse trade route and ethnic migration corridors.
From middle Tiger Jump to the upper Tiger Jumped is on the slope, along the way, Tea Horse Road is Hutiaoxia Valley, halfway up the side of the Haba Snow Mountain. At the foot of the abyss, Jinsha River looked like a bent thin belt. The sun slowly rose from one side of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the clouds in the valleys constantly pouring out, it was really spectacular. We put ourselves in the embrace of the clouds.
The rugged, steep and bumpy Tea-Horse Road was simply formed by a number of caravans who stepped on the road day after day, year after year with their own feet and even life. We walked on the ancient road, feeling that the hardships and lonely of the caravans.
From generation to generation, caravans walked in the rugged mountain road, the heavy and tired food steps broke down the thousands of years of silence in the mountains and deep valleys. The ancient road has witnessed the hardship life of caravans that many of them dreamed of home but died in this ancient road. Without extraordinary courage, perseverance, patience and wisdom, they couldn’t walk on the Tea-Horse Road day by day. Tea Horse Road caravan was their way of existence, adventure and the road of life.
We left the Tiger Jump and went to Lijiang, on the way we witnessed the famous Yangtze River Bay. The road is close to the vertical cliffs, that was why we did not see the road when we looked down from the Tea-Horse Ancient Road.
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