Before the Tang Dynasty, Tibet was once Tibet, nomads living in areas of minority loose. Srong the legendary hero when his superhuman ability to Wenzhiwugong unified the tribes of Tibet, its strength gradually stronger, even Tang Dynasty also felt the pressure and threats. Had to use policies to recover and pro-Tibetan, Emperor Zhen Guan fifteen years, that is, 641 AD, Princess Wen Cheng became the first Tibetan Han marrying, and shoulder the responsibility for peace. Princess Wen Cheng Han Chinese into Tibet with a lot of souvenirs and production techniques, including tea aroused great interest of the Tibetan people, Tibet began to spread in the upper figures. Due to the Tibetan ethnic heavy favorite greasy beef, mutton, and there is nothing to eat vegetables, a serious lack of such a moist tea drinks, and in food, so the rapid popularization of tea in Tibet, led the Han and Tibetan tea-horse trade.
Yingjing is famous side tea suppliers and tea horse road traffic. Yan Road in the Spring and Autumn when it is already on the Southern Silk Road city of East-West exchanges, due to the change of the central government, the harassment of minorities, so the Southern Silk Road stretching war was interrupted. Tang and Tubo due to transaction business side of tea, prompting the Southern Silk Road and onto the stage of history.
Open up all kinds of ancient roads are due to begin contacts needed to folk, and because of official political or economic need to open up to the Official Road or Avenue, South Silk Road and the Tea Horse Road is the same. Tea Horse Road is inherited Southern Silk Road, but because of its unique and needed some development. Southern Silk Road from Route Yingjing to Chinese sources, the Warring States to Qin Northern and Southern have not changed. That is strictly the ancient city to spend Beach Road, Ying River, Si Ping turned into a large mine Luding and Han Guan Dao source only this one. Official Road found on this statue Kin Ho Jun Ge Ge stone is the best proof. Since the Tang Dynasty Tibetan tea-horse trade transactions with increasingly busy, this is only a problem hindered the further expansion of the tea-horse trade. Therefore, the road must be widened or open up a shortcut, but surrounded by mountains, mountain attached mountain, cliff impossible to widen the road, so they only open up a shortcut to this road.
Datang national prosperity, coupled with Tufan demand for tea increased, the dual pressures of political and economic decision Datang must address this issue in the short term. Use of private exchanges already thoroughfares, after widening reinforcement, they formed a tea-horse trade of Tea Horse Road. Departure from Ya'an Tea Horse Road two main points, one that is Guan Dao or avenue, the other one that is private or petit Road Commercial Road. Avenue along the way has a foot shop, inn, hostel foot store is mainly used to put animals, inn to stay "back child" is back to her husband. Because mule trail difficult, it is generally only a few feet inn and shop. Yingjing its special geographical location, as well as the court because of the need to transport substances from here and the pay is therefore Guan Dao road.
Yingjing to Han Guan Dao is the source of this ancient city starting from the county road by Yan, along the south bank to spend Ying Beach, fold and west by Shifosi, over the bridge into the Anjing Chase and move into the Phoenix instrument, began to climb Daxiangling into Chinese sources throughout the stream. Luding Yingjing to Chinese sources and there is a trail that has been abandoned in the southern Silk Road between the cliffs.
Yingjing Tea Horse Road is very famous because of Yingjing good quality tea production side, the Tibetan people are very like it. In addition, as is the Official Road Yingjing, but also because of the distance hardships, mules difficult, transport volume is large, mainly by human bad luck.
Porters are the most bitter way to make a living, tea bags with bamboo strips packed 20 pounds a bag, usually back ten to twelve per pack, load three hundred pounds, climb Daxiangling, sun and rain, cold wind and snow , unimaginable hardships. But every packet tea tariffs only a bucket meters. Porters who use "back clip" the tea bags tied up, holding a T-shaped stick, commonly known as the "kidnapper", when the interest is used to support air bags, porters were also linked to each of a circular ring with bamboo strips in the chest, used to scrape Khan, commonly known as "sweat scraper child." Also porters were also female, because the load is too heavy, the mountain Kawasaki song "convenience" difficult, so women porters who each have horses bamboo shell, standing can "facilitate" the.
Yingjing from Vincent to go through three inn, that added a new station, Jing Wong Hau Station and shop. Today you can still see stone on the road with the "kidnapper" and horseshoe out of the deep imprinting. There are still some "unitary sub shop" and shops, quaint streets maintain the original style. The famous Ming before Chase Bridge built with bamboo, tea trade due to the expansion side, the official raising private funds to build a paved stone made ​​by the whole bridge has known for. Bridge reasonable structure, cleverly designed for talent. Shifosi more rare than a thousand years after the storm, still standing next to the Tea Horse Road. Shifosi main shrine chisel in the Tang Zhenyuan ten year AD 795 years, should be at the beginning of the Tea Horse Road, due to the dangerous road of life and death hangs in the balance, people in this mountain carvings of the 237 statues, hoping the gods bless the past pedestrians, merchants. After the Song, Ming and complement each generation has chiseled, where "male body Goddess of Mercy" for the introduction of Buddhism Yingjing injected fresh elements.
Trail development of these two civilizations, because it is a large concept, we have fallen behind the mountains, Vincent, also a lack of real support, it should be to create a ginger Courtyard, He Jun Court Road monument as the focus, followed Daxiangling.