Tea Horse Road, the history here and there

 Tea Horse Road, the history here and there through the heavy Wang Kun Lin Photo
mountains into the clouds around the mountains, all the way to enjoy the magical scenery of the plateau, there is not even a few hours car journey a little tired. This coaches have a long and hard to pronounce name, Shunda walking on mountainous roads, the car very comfortable, of course, very important point which is almost connected to the Yunnan in recent years due to various counties of the highway. year to the United States, its almost arrived at the highway can not be left a very deep impression. It is said that the early 20th century America began to Daxing highway construction, with 88,000 km highway to the country's prosperity and national life has brought an excellent long-term comfort benefits. did not think China has built highways now more than 75,000 kilometers, ranking second in the world, that is heavy in the mountains of Yunnan border relations, but also have high-grade highway network such as access to .550 km away, includes meal and rest half-way, but it uses more than 8 hours, we have to go from Kunming, Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain of Lijiang ancient town. But you thought about it? the beginning of the last century, the Road Kunming to Lijiang, the number of wild land barrier, not to mention that the local highway is also difficult path was plush line, The Hills impermeable people, to convey messages to each other, the exchange of material and cultural flows, have to rely on Ridge mountains, difficult caravan journey. Marco pot head had brought, brought the horse, from the Western Han period and the Horseshoe to use steps, each one connected to the Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, until the overseas Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, India, and even arrived West Asia, West Africa and the Red Sea coast. At the time, many caravan to Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet, tea exchange of horses, medicinal herbs, this unimaginable to people of the world flow of human civilization arduous transportation network known as the about 7 km away from Lijiang, backed by the snow peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Tea Beam River Ancient Town, it is that an important stopover on the trail.
to farming as the foundation of the town, always Xi Chen Garden fresh flavor of the richest farmers in the moment; also to experience walking in the Tea Horse Road Marco heads who share the hard work from dawn to dusk; to touch with the heart and mind to wipe the red glow of the Yulong Snow Mountain is the magnificent, the East just white We have walk into the tea-horse town Beam River.
town head high Yue Yue barley frame covered with black strings of dried pepper, stand in unexpected twilight blue ink, fantasy under the canopy, Yingyingchuochao pepper strings, bits and pieces of flashing red, like a more intense after the overnight burning charcoal. barley stand quietly tied under the horse cob horse, horse head down, not fully awake, and only Fully arc-shaped horse and horse to the sky began to thin reddish maroon cut a figure. caravan of course, is no, but the cultural history of heavy people like life is always a footnote. The horse, that pepper string, that barley frame, not the same atmosphere that ... ... I think this is the tea-horse Beam River silhouette specifically presented to us.
we do not have doors along the beam River area into the newly built streets Shuhe , but through the dewy ridge, around to the foot of the hill leading to the village, a dirt road Renli, and early farmer and Shally carts creak along beam approached the river, more direct feel the original Shuhe fresh mountain, more intimate experience pure simple beam River village life. Tsing Lung Bridge across the River Dragon back hunched high, in more and more bright, Shenzhe under the blue sky rose light getting closer, That is the existing Lijiang, the longest single hole stone for bridges, spans up to 33 meters. the warm sun shines on the casual vote on the Tsing Lung Bridge, the bridge backlight Run, streaky mottled yellow stone burning the Cangsang. riding visitors was small, idle horse who stand in the bridge Rama, stocky horses down a section of the trail on the long shadow of the swinging leisurely horse tail, hooves on the way quietly stampede golden stone, but I clearly heard in the stone crevice between Zada perpetual, sonorous sound of the, Tea Horse Road hoofs. farmhouse under the bridge since the curl of smoke on the roll, black Yue Yue bridge for the backdrop of the old peasant woman carrying two or three Naxi far higher than the head, a large bundle of dry loose hair came loose hair bundles also Shenzhe faint edge, rose red backlighting, the old woman does not bear do not walk slow, I think, 1200 years, the village firewood pick up grass farmer's wife is such a dawn to dusk came to be.
Tsing Lung Tau near the mountain side of the beam into the Tea Horse Road at River Square Street of the low-lying, dry Black Mountain Mao Wai logs a large courtyard, the legacy of the food court a few unexpected Kuhei barley same frame, the field hospital after a slip of the two-story wooden walls, the lower open, you can stop bolt horse, since ancient times , hard journey to Marco on the Tea Horse Road head to live in this ancient post house it? sidelines of barley grain over the bald top of the residual stand, you can see under the sun to vote according to the white peak of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, so near, clear that, in the flowing mist shrouded under uncertain, but also a kind of confusion, for the trail of this mystery, for the old and young of the village, she witnessed too many, too many, too many records, too more. sort of joy filled my heart, but also filled with a little hesitation. twilight of the morning, stand in Tsing Lung Tau, like standing on the side of history, eager to explore the fascinating unknown, but is afraid of his own footsteps disturbed the precipitation of years of history. That aside, would it? Beam River itself is an ancient and seductive mystery ... ...