The difference between the ancient tea-horse road and the Silk Road

(1) Brief Introduction of Tea Horse Ancient Road

Old traffic routes. Tea-horse trade is a trade activity based on "tea" in the Central Plains and "horses" in border minority areas. As an important way of economic exchange between the Han nationality areas in the mainland and the border minority areas, it has played a great role in communicating the economic and cultural ties of people of all ethnic groups. Wei Xiaoan, director of the National Tourism Administration, once made a special discussion on the tourism development of the "Tea-Horse Ancient Road", pointing out that the "Tea-Horse Ancient Road" was a post road formed by the tea-horse trade between northwest Yunnan and southeast Tibet in history. On this ancient road, the best natural landscape and human landscape in China are concentrated, which can become a world-class tourism boutique after moderate development. The tourism development of the ancient tea-horse road has also been written into the national tenth five-year plan as one of the contents of the regional linkage development strategy.

From the remote and open Tang Dynasty to the completion of Yunnan-Tibet and Sichuan-Tibet highways in the 1950s and 1960s of 19, there was a little-known highway that started from the tea-producing areas in Yunnan and Sichuan on the east side of Hengduan Mountains in southwest China, crossed the Hengduan Mountains, extended westward, crossed major rivers such as Jinsha River, Lancangjiang River, Nujiang River and Yalong River, and covered China like a spider's web. With the rise and spread of tea culture and Tibetan Buddhism, and the development of tea-horse trade, this road has become a veritable ancient tea-horse road.

/kloc-For more than 0/000 years, the ancient tea-horse road transported tea from Yunnan and Sichuan to Tibetan areas, and also transported mountain products specialties in snowy areas to the mainland. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it became the only external traffic road in China. At the same time of folk traffic, this remote and extremely dangerous road has become a corridor for the spread and exchange of religious culture and more than 20 ethnic minority cultures along the way. It is not only an economic and cultural link connecting Han, Tibetan and other nationalities, but also a symbol of extraordinary courage and extraordinary efforts made by human beings for survival.

(B) the socio-economic value of the ancient tea-horse road

☆ Tea-Horse Ancient Road-the most special regional name in Changdu area.

☆ Tea-Horse Ancient Road-the artery of land traffic in Changdu area.

☆ Ancient Tea-Horse Road-The Golden Key to the Opening-up of Changdu Area

☆ The ancient tea-horse road-an important cornerstone for the development of Changdu area.

☆ The ancient tea-horse road-the lifeblood of economic prosperity in Changdu area.

☆ Ancient Tea-Horse Road —— the focus of tourism development in Changdu area

the Silk Road

The Silk Road is a trade and transportation route across Europe and Asia in history. China is the hometown of silk. In the trade through this route, silk is the most representative commodity exported by China. /kloc-In the second half of the 9th century, German geographer Richthofen called this land transportation route "Silk Road". Since then, historians at home and abroad have agreed with this statement, which is still in use today.

After Zhang Qian passed through the western regions, it officially opened the land passage from China to Europe and Africa. This road starts from Chang 'an, the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, passes through the Hexi Corridor, and then divides into two routes: one starts from Yangguan, passes through Shanshan, goes west along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, passes through shache, goes west through Qingji, leaves Dayuejia, goes to rest, goes west through the plough (jiān, now Alexandria, Egypt, annexed by the Roman Empire in 30 BC), or enters the body from the south of Da Yue. The other one goes out of Yumenguan, passes through the former Cheshi country, goes west along the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, goes out of Shule, crosses Qingji in the west, crosses Daguan Bay, and reaches Kangju and Chae Yeon (nomadic in the northwest of Kangju in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, the grassland in the North Caspian Sea, and belongs to Kangju in the Eastern Han Dynasty).

The word "die Seidenstrasse" originated from China published by German geographer ferdinand von richthofen in 1877, sometimes referred to as the Silk Road for short.

the ancient Silk Road

The Silk Road is a historic international passage. It is this ancient road that connects ancient China culture, Indian culture, Persian culture, Arabian culture with ancient Greek and Roman culture, and promotes the exchange of eastern and western civilizations. This ancient Silk Road starts from Chang 'an (now Xi 'an), the ancient capital of China, in the east, and ends on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and half of it is in Xinjiang, so Xinjiang is a place where eastern and western cultures meet and blend, leaving many historical sites. On the endless Silk Road in Xinjiang, there are many world-famous passes, castles, cave temples, tombs and beacon towers. The best preserved sites are Gaochang and Jiaohe ancient cities in Turpan Basin. In addition, there are five major Buddha caves in Xinjiang, including Qizil Thousand Buddha Cave, Kumutula Thousand Buddha Cave, Gaha Thousand Buddha Cave in Kizil, Senmu Sem Thousand Buddha Cave and Baizi Creek Thousand Buddha Cave. The most fascinating thing on the ancient Silk Road is the ancient city of Loulan. Located in the northwest corner of Lop Nur, it is the throat of the Silk Road. It once had a prosperous business travel history, but now only the ruins of the ancient city are submerged by quicksand.