Bulang village
Horses, Manasarovar
Yangtse River First Bend
Cormorant_fishing
Lushi old man
Lushi
Dai rocket festival
Bulang spiritual leader
Songzanlin monastery
Tea-horse road
Horse caravan, Heshun
Tea Horse Road Heshun
Horses on bridge
Yalong River Gorge
Kangding
Danba watchtowers
Buddhist flags
Yak caravan
Pilgrims, Dongda Pass
Salt wells on Mekong
Old tea house
Haoshang Bridge
Cliff trail
Horses crossing bridge
Cable slide
Pu'er bing

The TEA HORSE ROAD

One of the longest trade routes in the ancient world, from Yunnan and Sichuan to Tibet, the Tea Horse Road, known in Chinese as the Cha Ma Gu Dao  茶马古道 began in the 7th century when the Tibetans discovered a taste and a need for tea. The tea of choice was Pu'er from the southwest of Yunnan, near the Burmese border, and it had to travel by pack train. In return, the Chinese wanted war horses to protect their northern frontier. The trade, along more than 3,000 km of trails, lasted until the middle of the 20th century. We're now creating photo workshops along the route, and one of the bases will be Lijiang, in association with Bivou.

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Man gilding stupa
Chorten and Mt.Kailash
Old woman on trail to Chuku Gompa
Pilgrims making tea  on the trail
Pilgrims making tea  on the trail
Man praying againts sacred rock
Pilgrims crossing the Drolma La
Kailash pilgrim
Kailash pilgrim
Pilgrim leading horse under lines of prayer flags
Mani stones and carved yak skulls
Winnowing barley
Horses, Manasarovar
Mani stones and carved yak skulls
Monk lighting butter candles, Tashilhunpo
Buddhist statue, Tashilunpo
Young Gelugpa monks, Tashilhunpo
Tibetan pilgrim, Tashilhunpo
Pilgrim postrating, Tashilhunpo
Pilgrims postrating at the Jokhang
Jokhang, Lhasa
Jokhang well
Lady Tavistock
Gable carving
Horse bas relief
Horse bas relief
Afternoon tea
Tea plantation
Man_with_falcon
Lijiang_market
Lijiang_market
Lijiang_night
Yangtse River First Bend
ShibaoshanTemple
Cormorant_fishing
Cormorant_fishing
Yiwu tea
Yiwu
Yiwu
Yibang tea
Yibang woman
Yibang
Yibang
Yibang
Yibang tea mountain
Yibang tea tree
Dai village
Dai village
Bulang woman
Bulang village
Bulang village
Bulang village
Bulang village
Ethnic minority woman at Xiding weekly market, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China.
Taoist temple
Taoist temple
New road construction
New road construction
Mekong bridge
Pack mules Lushi
Lushi old man
Lushi
Lushi market
Bulang village
Bulang village monk
Akha tea picking
Akha tea picking
Akha tea picking
Old tea tree
Processing tea
Processing tea
Processing tea
Akha village
Sorting tea leaves
Sorting tea leaves
Sorting tea leaves
'Bamboo' tea
Akha headdress
Fermented tealeaves
Bulang village
Bulang spiritual leader
Bulang novice monks
Tea traders' club
Dai rocket festival
Dai rocket festival
Dai rocket festival
Dai New Year
Tea tree ancestor ceremony
Tea tree ancestor ceremony
Tea tree ancestor ceremony
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