Tea Horse Road Museum

Chama Ancient Road Museum, also known as Dajue palace, is an integral part of the Ming Dynasty Tusi "Shuhe yuan" building complex. There are six murals in it. Like Baisha murals, it is the only remaining model of Ming Dynasty Murals in Yunnan. The museum is divided into five exhibition areas: preface hall, mural exhibition hall, historical events hall 1, historical events hall 2, Shuhe life hall and Shuhe cobbler hall, which can help people better understand the history and culture of the ancient tea horse road.

Tea Horse Road Museum

Tea Horse Ancient Road Museum, also known as Dajue palace, is an integral part of the Ming Dynasty's Mu chieftain "Shuhe yuan" building complex, which is a precious ancient building. The Tea Horse Ancient Road Museum is a special museum with the theme of tea horse ancient road culture, Shuhe local customs and Pu'er tea culture. Tea Horse Ancient Road Museum is the first museum in China to study and display the history and culture of tea horse ancient road. It is also the first professional organization in Lijiang City to engage in the research, publicity and promotion of Pu'er tea culture.

architectural composition

The Tea Horse Ancient Road Museum is an integral part of the shuheyuan building complex, a chieftain of the Ming Dynasty. There are six murals in it. Like the Baisha murals, it is the only remaining mural model of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan Province, and is listed as a provincial cultural relic. The surrounding building is the teaching building of Shuhe primary school in the Republic of China, which has been protected as a whole. It is an important place for tourists to understand the history and culture of the ancient tea horse road.

The museum is divided into five exhibition areas: preface hall, mural exhibition hall, historical events hall 1, historical events hall 2, Shuhe life hall and Shuhe cobbler hall. It shows tourists the long history and culture of the area

Preface hall

In 641 ad (the 15th year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty), the king of Tibet Songzan Ganbu successfully asked the emperor of Tang Dynasty to marry him. Princess Wencheng went to Tibet, bringing advanced production methods and tea drinking customs.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, the relationship between Tang and Tibet was tense. The king of Tang ordered to ban tea into Tibet. As a last resort, the Tubo Dynasty solved the tea crisis by using the Yunnan Tibet channel opened in the early years. From then on, Yunnan tea came to Tibet, India, Western Asia and Europe.

From song and Yuan Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to political, military, economic and other reasons, the tea horse trade further expanded, and the ancient tea horse road became a link between the southwest nationalities and the central dynasty. During the Anti Japanese War, China's access to the sea was blocked by the Japanese army, making the ancient tea horse road the only international access. A large number of strategic materials entered the mainland, supporting the Anti Japanese War and promoting the development of towns along the line.

Lijiang, located in Yunnan and Tibet, is an important gateway on the ancient tea horse road. The ethnic and religious cultural relationship between Naxi and Tibetans makes Naxi an an important participant in the trade of the ancient tea horse road. As a result of this passage, Chinese and foreign explorers have repeatedly entered Lijiang and the three parallel rivers area, and introduced the biodiversity and cultural diversity of this area to the world. The ancient city of Lijiang (including Shuhe residential complex) was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO in December 1997; the Three Parallel Rivers area was listed as a world natural heritage in July 2003; and Dongba ancient books in Naxi The document was listed as World Memory Heritage in August 2003.

The tea horse road is one of the oldest passages in Chinese mainland. It is comparable with the Northern Silk Road and the Southern Silk Road. The far-reaching influence of the tea horse road is still needed to be further studied and recognized.

Mural exhibition hall

The mural of Dajue palace is an important part of Lijiang mural. From 1385 to 1743, the murals in Lijiang City were painted in succession. They are distributed in more than ten places, such as juexian temple, Dharma hall, Wande palace, shanbiyuan, conversion hall, guangbilou, Hantan temple, Dajue palace, dabaoji palace, Liuli palace, Dading Pavilion, Fuguo temple, Xuesong temple, etc., in and around Lijiang City, about 200 shops It's on. Now there are only Baisha dabaoji palace, Liuli palace, Dading Pavilion and Shuhe Dajue palace. The total area is 154.57 square meters. It is a miracle that such large-scale murals have been preserved in the southwest border of China, which is known as a wild land in history.

Dajue palace is located in Shuhe village, 4km northwest of Lijiang ancient city. There are six existing murals, which were formed in the Wanli period of mingmuzeng era. The style of murals is similar to that of dabaoji palace. It should be a recent or later work of dabaoji palace.

History Hall

On the Millennium tea horse ancient road, there were many events of great significance, which had a profound impact on the later history. In the museum, the historical events such as the southern expedition of Tubo, the battle of Tianbao, the entry of Yunnan tea into Tibet, tea horse exchange, and the reform of the Yuan Dynasty are introduced.

The second Hall of historical events, the living hall of Shuhe and the Tanner Hall of Shuhe are still under construction.

The building of the museum used to be a part of Shuhe courtyard, a chieftain of Mu clan more than 400 years ago. The mural of Dajue palace is the work of Ma Xiaoxian, a famous painter in the south of the Yangtze River.

Development history

After the southern expedition of Tubo, the "Shenchuan Dudu Fu" was set up in Lijiang, the ancient tea horse road started from this: the emperor of Tang and Ming Dynasties banned tea into Tibet, which promoted Yunnan tea into Tibet; the military needs of Song Dynasty stimulated the prosperity of tea horse market; therefore, from yuan and Ming Dynasties to modern times, the ancient tea horse road became the link of economic and cultural exchanges among Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan.

The ancient tea horse road starts in southern Yunnan, passes through Dali, Lijiang, Diqing and Lhasa, and ends in India. It runs through Western China's cultural customs in 680 AD and the most attractive "Three Parallel Rivers" and "Shangri La" regions with natural scenery, attracting people's attention.

Tea Horse Ancient Road Museum is the first museum in China to study and display the history and culture of tea horse ancient road. It is also the first professional organization in Lijiang City to engage in the research, publicity and promotion of Pu'er tea culture.

The Museum of tea horse ancient road consists of eight parts: preface hall, historical events hall 1, historical events hall 2, Shuhe hall, cobbler hall, tea horse customs hall, tea art hall and influence information center. It systematically introduces the starting time, route and major historical events of tea horse ancient road, which is an important window for people to understand the history and culture of tea horse ancient road.

The ancient tea horse road originated from the ancient tea horse market in the southwest frontier. It flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and flourished in the middle and late World War II

Sheng. The ancient tea horse road is divided into Sichuan Tibet Road and Yunnan Tibet Road, connecting Sichuan, Yunnan Tibet Road, extending into Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and India, and to the Red Sea coast of West Asia and West Africa. Yunnan Tibet tea horse ancient road was formed in the late sixth century. It starts from Simao and Pu'er, the main tea producing areas in Yunnan Province, passes through today's Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Lijiang area and Shangri La, and enters Tibet directly to Lhasa. Some of them also re exported from Tibet to India and Nepal, which was an important trade channel between ancient China and South Asia. Pu'er has a long history as an advantageous place of origin and distribution center of goods on the ancient tea horse road.

Visit information

geographical position

Zhonghe Road, Shuhe ancient town, Gucheng District, Lijiang City

Opening Hours

9:00-18:00

admission ticket

Included in the ticket of Shuhe ancient town.

traffic

After arriving at Shuhe ancient town, walk along Zhonghe road.

Address: Zhonghe Road, Shuhe ancient town, Gucheng District, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 100.204999775

Latitude: 26.922001164

Tour time: 0.5-1 hour

Traffic information: you can walk to the ancient city

Ticket information: no ticket is required, which is included in the ticket of Shuhe ancient town.

Opening hours: 9:00-18:00

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