茶马古道

川藏茶马古道在历史上，在汉藏民族团结交流往来中发挥了最为重要的作用，是天下第一茶马古道。中国社科院有关专家就茶马古道的开发特作了这样的论述：“在这条古道上，集中了中国最好的自然景观和人文景观……”茶马古道是指存在于中国西南地区，以马帮为主要交通工具的民间国际商贸通道，是中国西南民族经济文化交流的走廊，茶马古道是一个非常特殊的地域称谓，是一条世界上自然风光最壮观，文化最为神秘的旅游绝品线路，它蕴藏着开发不尽的文化遗产。

The ancient Tea-Horse Road from Sichuan to Tibet played a crucial role in the history of solidarity and exchanges between the Han and Tibetan peoples in China .It was the most prominent route among all trade paths between Sichuan and Tibet. Scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have described this ancient trade route in the following way, "Along this ancient road were concentrated the best natural and human sights of China."

The ancient Tea-Horse Road refers to a civil international trade routes featured with caravans as the major transportation in Southwest China, which is also considered as the corridor of culture exchanges, connecting minorities in Southwest China. Named geographically, the ancient Tea-Horse Road is a perfect tourist route with the most spectacular scenery and mysterious culture in the

world, containing endless cultural heritage to be exploit.