Menglian County in Yunnan Province borders Myanmar and historically was an important intersection of the Ancient Tea Horse Road . Nayun Ancient Town in Menglian County has retained complete Dai architecture of ancient times . Its style is very similar to Burmese architecture and has a strong Southeast Asian style . Nayun Ancient Town contains…
Ganlan Dam is located in Menghan Town , about 30 kilometers southeast of Jinghong City , where flowers bloom in all season , green mountains and green waters . It is a place that embodies the characteristics of Xishuangbanna Dai people’s dwellings and tropical scenery . It is also a place where the ancient tea…
The women of the Jinuo ethnic group are very good at weaving , and the machete cloth they weave has become a unique costume culture on the Tea Horse Road . Walking into the Jinuo cottage , we can see Jinuo women weaving everywhere . They twist the thread with a spindle , use two…
Zongfo Temple is the center of pilgrimage for Buddhist believers in Xishuangbanna and one of the cultural spread of the Ancient Tea Horse Road . Before liberation , it was the holy place for the supreme ruler and chieftain of Xishuangbanna area to worship Buddha , and it was also the highest-level Buddhist temple in…
Tie-dyeing is a traditional and unique dying process in China , which has existed on the time of the Ancient Tea Horse Road . A dying method in which the fabric is partially tied up during dying so that it cannot be colored . It is one of the traditional Chinese manual dying techniques .…
Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden is a place that I have always longed for , and it is also full of the culture of the Ancient Tea Horse Road . After more than a hour’s drive , I finally arrived at the mysterious botanical garden . Walking into the botanical garden , there is a green world…
The Jinuo village in Xishuangbanna is on the mountainside of the deep forest , where the Jinuo people live . There is no flat land around the village and it is surrounded by dense forest . There is plenty of rain here , and dense virgin forests are everywhere . Due to the climate and…
Wild Elephant Valley is the only place in China where you can see wild elephants , and it is also closely related to the Ancient Tea Horse Road . Wild Elephant Valley is a large tropical rain forest , which is mainly a long plank road , which is more than 20 meters above the…
Pu’er tea is mainly produced in Xishuangbanna , Yunnan . The tea transportation routes are mainly from Banna to Simao , then from Simao to Pu’er , and from Pu’er to Dali . The locations listed above are also the main tea production areas . The cultivation of tea trees in these producing areas has…
Many people call Dayan Ancient City and Lijiang Ancient City collectively as Lijiang Ancient City . In fact , there are three ancient cities in Lijiang , namely Dayan Ancient City , Shuhe Ancient City and Baisha Ancient City . The distance between the three ancient cities is about half a hour’s drive . The…
