Ancient Tea-Horse Road

The Ancient Tea-Horse Road Scenic Area, a mysterious place that lets you travel through time and space! It's only a short 30-minute drive from Puer High-Speed Railway Station, very convenient whether you're driving or taking a ride, just say the word and you're off! This is an important part of the north-south direction of the Ancient Tea-Horse Road, witnessing countless historical changes. Have you ever imagined yourself being part of history? Come here, and you might feel the once tea-filled years. The special activities are eye-catching! The Hani Dragon Praying Festival lets you deeply experience the unique culture of the Hani people; at the Hani New Year's Fair, pick various special handicrafts, and bring a unique gift to your friends and family; and the ethnic song and dance drama 'Horse Gang Love Song', which will make you intoxicated in the charm of ethnic song and dance. Of course, there are all kinds of delicious food waiting for you to taste. Glutinous rice, grilled fish, just thinking about it makes you drool! The New Year's Red Envelope Wall and the Ancient Road Lantern Festival will bring you good luck and everything goes well in the new year. Walking under the lanterns at night is so romantic! In spring, the rapeseed flowers are in full bloom, which is so beautiful that it intoxicates people. The Five-Nation Flower Boat Song and Dance Show is a colorful ethnic festival feast. The performers are dressed in traditional costumes of various ethnic groups, singing and dancing, and enjoying a good time. The Ancient Tea-Horse Road Scenic Area, with both beautiful scenery and culture. Don't hesitate anymore, come for an impromptu trip!

🚄 Zhangzhou Ancient City in Fujian Just an 18-minute drive from Zhangzhou high-speed train station. For travelers who are fond of folk culture, intangible cultural heritage crafts, and delicious food, Zhangzhou Ancient City is a treasure not to be missed! The ancient city is filled with various traditional craft shops, and the mouth-watering local cuisine is everywhere to be found. There's also a heritage museum that showcases hundreds of Zhangzhou's intangible cultural heritage projects, making it hard to leave. 🎭🍜 🏞 Daimi Ancient Village About a 40-minute drive from both Zhangzhou high-speed train station and Zhangzhou Ancient City, it is known as "the first village of Southern Fujian." The village's continuous ancient houses are outstanding representatives of the Min-style red brick architecture. The 276 ancient buildings are arranged in a central axis symmetrical layout, with uniformly curved hard-mountain-style swallowtail ridges on the roofs, creating a rhythmic beauty. It is famous for the saying, "One planning map governs five hundred years." 🏛️🏰 🏰 Qianyang Ancient City in Hunan A 45-minute drive from Huaihua high-speed train station, it has over two thousand years of cultural history. Once a bustling border city rich with merchants, it is known as the "Gateway to Yunnan and Guizhou." Walking through the ancient city's T-shaped alleys, hanging feet gatehouses, stone slab streets, pit houses, and ancestral temples feels like being in a museum of southern ancient architecture. 🚶‍♂️🏯 🌴 Jianshui Ancient City in Yunnan A 20-minute drive from Jianshui high-speed train station, it was founded during the Tang Dynasty's Yuanhe period, formerly known as Lin'an. It has been known as the "Famous Cultural City" and "Zoulu of South Yunnan," and is a national historical and cultural city. Jianshui is also a paradise for foodies, with the "Eighteen Tastes of Jianshui" each worth trying, offering a feast for your taste buds! 🍲🍜 📚 Shiping Ancient City A 50-minute drive from Jianshui high-speed train station, it is one of Yunnan's four famous cultural cities. Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has emphasized education and culture, with 10 academies and hundreds of private schools and charity schools during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The residences of historians, scholars, generals, inspectors, clan mansions, and private gardens are all over the place, making it a museum of Ming and Qing residential architecture. 🏛️🏠 🏞 Chengzi Ancient Village Once one of the political, economic, and cultural centers of Southeast Yunnan, it boasts the most distinctive Yi-Han combined earth fortress landscape in Yunnan. About a 3-hour drive from both Jianshui and Shiping, visiting these three places together allows you to experience different local customs and cultures. 🚗💨 🍵 Puer As the name suggests, it is one of the important origins of Pu'er tea and the starting point of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, known as the "World Tea Source" and "Coffee Capital of China." In addition to the World Cultural Heritage-listed Jingmai Mountain ancient tea forest cultural landscape, Pu'er is also a grand garden of ethnic cultures, with the Dai's Nuogan ancient village, the Blang's Wengji ancient village, and the Lahu's Laodabao all located within Pu'er. 🌿🏕️ 🌳 Menglian Officially known as "Menglian Dai, Lahu, and Wa Autonomous County," it is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er. In Menglian, you can see Thai-style pagodas and temples, and visit different coffee plantations to taste a variety of authentic hand-brewed coffees. Menglian is also the county with the largest scale of avocado cultivation in China. Visit an avocado plantation to experience the free-spirited atmosphere! 🍒☕️

Pu'er is truly a city for lying flat I think if one day I get laid off again I might be willing to come here and lie down for a month Half a day's time, walking and stopping, seems like I did what I could only do in Beijing over the weekend Things Simao Old Street doesn't have the deliberate design of commercial check-ins Only small thoughts and small arts Underdeveloped and even a bit rundown But the opposite of developed is the simple characteristic of this place Left hand coffee right hand tea Drinking coffee in the city is to be a good ox and horse Only when you come here do you feel that coffee and tea are delicious to taste Drank over and over again It has the magic to slow you down So comfortable that there's no way to be a special forces Route You can eat at the canteen Nuoxing: Huairi fried potatoes really taste like my childhood. Daijia Alley: A small alley that might be just two or three hundred meters long, with less than 20 coffee and various small shops, it's very comfortable to find one and sit for an afternoon. Duojia Coffee: A great coffee shop, you can also buy beans, 38 yuan for a pot of hand-brewed coffee, is this not asking for money? Xingshu Da Yuan: A very chill little area, it was under road construction when I went there, but it doesn't affect its relaxation and freshness. Tea Horse Ancient Town: The ancient town is a commercial one, inside you can walk a small section of the Tea Horse Ancient Road, the town itself is just some shops, worth experiencing are Pu'er roasted tea and the evening bonfire

The holiday has begun, have you chosen your New Year's travel destination? Pu'er Tea Horse Ancient Road tourist area, not only can you enjoy the beautiful scenery, but also experience the profound cultural heritage. Don't hesitate, come for a trip on the spur of the moment! Here, you can participate in the Hani Dragon Blessing Ceremony, feel the strong ethnic customs, and make the new year full of good luck and blessings! Then go to the Hani New Year's market, where everything is available, you can taste the authentic Hani New Year's goods, let you have a feast! Don't forget to watch the shocking 2024 'Horse Gang Love Song', which makes you feel as if you are traveling through time and space, back to the era of horse hoof sounds! In the evening, there is also an ethnic New Year's Eve feast for you to taste, allowing you to enjoy the charm of food in the New Year's atmosphere! Finally, don't forget to participate in the New Year's Red Packet Wall event, draw your New Year's red packet, and let good luck accompany you for a whole year! Pu'er Tea Horse Ancient Road tourist area is waiting for you to experience! Let's welcome the prosperous age together, and taste the ethnic New Year!

❥ The Earth God Shrine, where the community faces the eternal beauty of the green mountains, and the temple faces the everlasting green waters. The Earth God Shrine is the sacred place for worship at the starting point of the Tea Horse Ancient Road in Yunnan-Tibet, where every caravan holds a solemn prayer ceremony before setting off, praying for the safety of the people and horses along the way, the security of the goods, and an early return home to reunite with their families. ➠ Geographic location: Puer Avenue, Simao District, Puer City, Yunnan Province (within the Tea Horse Ancient Road scenic area).

|||World Tea Source - Yunnan·Puer Here is the most famous 'Ancient Tea Horse Road' tourist area And the 'Tea Horse Culture' hidden in the primitive forest The scenic area is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with picturesque scenery Take a walk on the Ancient Tea Horse Road again Travel through and feel the old times of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties 🌿 Dingbo Lake Boating on the picturesque Dingbo Lake You can overlook the blue water and blue sky, pavilions, towers and pavilions There are also wonderful performances 'Love of Dingbo Lake' Osprey fishing performance and immersive horse gang live performance A beautiful love story is staged 🌿Rainbow Cableway Connect Dingbo Lake with subsequent attractions Take the cable car to watch the mountain scenery, all the mountain scenery is in sight 🌿 Zhongyi Post Station Museum It is the largest and richest collection in southwestern Yunnan The horse gang museum with the most ornamental value Vividly tells the past of the horse gang 🌿 Encounter Sweat Blood Treasure Horse The legendary Dayuan good horse can be seen with your own eyes You can also get close contact 🌿 Five Dynasties Pavilion They are Tang Cha Hall, Song Ming Pavilion, Yuan Post Palace, Ming Pu Xuan, and Gong Tea Court Taste the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties The history of trade on the ancient tea horse road, and reminisce about the long-standing culture of the ancient road 🌿 Flower Sea After visiting the Five Dynasties Pavilion, the flower sea is down the mountain The flowers are brilliant and beautiful, like a fairyland on earth Transportation: Kunming-Puer, about 5h by car, 3h by high-speed rail Xishuangbanna-Puer, about 2h by car, 40min by high-speed rail The Ancient Tea Horse Road is located in Puer City, about 20min drive from the high-speed rail Tips: There are many summer activities 1, Student group benefits 2, 'Flower Sea Beauty Photo Search' beauty photo collection and selection 3, Gifts for entering the park in ancient costumes

❥ The signboard of Yuan Yi Palace reads: The history of the ancient road is fully visible. Pu'er tea is named after Pu'er Prefecture and is famous worldwide because of the Tea Horse Ancient Road. The Tea Horse Ancient Road, which runs through the Hengduan Mountains and the Himalayas as well as the Lancang River, Jinsha River, Nu River, Min River, Yaxi River, and Yarlung Tsangpo River, converges in Pu'er. From here, the extending Tea Horse Ancient Road offers charming scenery, diverse landscapes, and a combination of beautiful views and dangerous terrains, leaving people in awe. ❥ The exhibition hall is arranged in a simple and elegant manner, with soft indoor lighting and warm outdoor sunlight, making the journey leisurely and enjoyable. Between the two scenic spots, there is a section of stone mountain road, dense forests, and as you walk and enjoy the scenery, the sunshine, and the breeze, it's not tiring at all. ➠ Location: Pu'er Avenue, Simao District, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province (inside the Tea Horse Ancient Road Scenic Area).