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Ancient Chinese Highway: Tea Horse Road
Route One:
 Begins in Xishuangbanna and Simao, home of Pu'er tea (via Dali,
Lijiang, Zhongdian, Benzilan and Deqeng) in Yunnan Province to Zugong, Bamda,
Rewoqe, Zayu or Qamdo, Lholung, Benba, Jiali, Gongbogyangda, Lhasa,
Gyangze and Yadong in Tibet, before continuing into Myanmar, Nepal and India.
Route Two:
Begins in Ya'an in Sichuan Province to Qamdo via Luding, Kangding, Litang and
Batang before merging with Route One into Lhasa.
Tens of thousands of traveling horses and yaks created a definite path with
their hoofs on the once-indiscernible road. Today, although even such traces of
the ancient road are fading away, its cultural and historic values
remain.
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