In order to study the origin of tea culture in china and japan, mr. Exploring the history behind chinas ancient tea horse road. Zhang yun the buddhist, seeing what was going on and seeing, regardless of his good intentions, it wasnt going to work, left the main contingent taking me with him high into the mountains basically retracing the steps of the ancient chamadao, the tea horse trail or tea horse road. Lux tea horse road is a series of properties located in some of the worlds most. Nowadays most of my projects are for books, of wich ive published 147 titles to date, including many on thepractice of photography, with more than 4 million copies sold worldwide, in 27 languages. Across the top of the world from teas ancient origins in yunnan into the himalayas and beyond, explorer jeff fuchs covered the once famous but now allbutforgotten tea horse road. Takashima masanobu, a popular japanese movie star, visits the so called hometown of tea.
Jul 25, 2016 many segments of the tea horse road carried regular horse and mule traffic as late as the postworld war ii era, when traders transported military supplies and scrap metal, and at least one. Documenting the tea horse road and teas origins in the documentary film the tea explorer. This was the exchange of culture, religion and ethnic migration. The most exciting section of the 29th hkiff, though, was the asian dv competition. Delamu is a documentary directed by tian zhuangzhuang. Tea horse was founded by denise atkinson and marc h. Like the silk road, the tea horse road unintentionally brought about another type of trade. She also worked with tian on his film the go master 2006. China yunnan adventure travel offers yunnan tours packages with best yunnan attractions, hotels, photos, ethnic minorities culture in kunming, lijiang, dali, shangrila. During the time greenlaw was writing the book and was being published 194243 the war was still raging. Exploring the history behind chinas ancient tea horse road which began during the tang dynasty 618907 and still used up to the 1960s, with several different routes originating in the town of puerh, in chinas yunnan province to tibet and other points. For instance, puer tea is itself a tangible item and a series of associated social. Sixty minutes of painful psychological drama and intense grief.
Chinese tea and tibetan horses were long traded on the legendary tea horse road, a harsh 2,250km trail stretching from chinas sichuan province to tibets capital city of lhasa. The history of the tea horse road, chinas ancient trade route. Some observers were extremely impressed with one or both of the malaysian entries, amir muhammads tokyo magic hour and ho yuhangs sanctuary, but i was more taken with a highly original approach to the comic horrors of the korean christian school system found in shin sungil is lost, a. In 2004, he directed the fulllength documentary teahorse road series. Travel along the yunnan part of the tea and horse road as it winds down from the tibetan plateau towards the old town of dali. Scholars from the chinese academy of social sciences have described this ancient trade route in. Delamu is the tibetan word for peace and also the name given to a mule in the film. Im an editorial photographer, and have worked for most of the major illustrated magazines in the world, including a close 30year relationship with the smithsonian magazine. He has led or been a part of over 30 expeditions in the himalayas, chronicling both the fading oral narratives and the declining himalayan water towers, the. The mountain village of bingzhongluotibetan for village of tibetans is located on the high plateau of western yunnan province, at the foot of. Korean documentary on the caravan trade in tibetan ponies for. A chinese expert researching the ancient teahorse road recently found a complete map of the road drawn more than 150 years ago by a french missionary.
Japanese documentary on the tea horse road teachat. One of the longest and most dramatic trade routes of the ancient world, the tea horse road carried a crucial exchange for centuries between china and tibet. In the spirit and essence of the old caravanserais that served the leaders of the packtrains carrying tea from the burmese border to the high plateau of tibet, lux tea horse road is a series of properties located in some of the worlds most majestic settings. At tea horse we are committed to socially responsible business practices that will contribute to the preservation of traditional arts, music, and culture. Aug 08, 20 dali, shaxi ancient town, lijiang, shangrila, deqin yunnan, china. At the icm forum we love movies and lists and discussion. On this fabulous china tea tour, we will escort you to acquire a wealth of chinese tea history and culture, experience the classical chinese tea ceremony, taste green tea and black tea, pick different tea leaves and witness their making process, and marvel at the overwhelming natural and cultural attractions in china. This route through the sky, a pathway that ushered life, commodities, ideas, dna, languages and culture along for uninterrupted centuries, brought tea to. Our focus is on health and wellness and the restorative properties contained in tea, herbal infusions and wild craft foods like wild rice, north americas original superfood. Tea horse routes from puer, yunan and yaan, sichuan to lhasa, tibet it would be the 20th century before tea portering would come to an end and a functioning highway replace the men and mules. Speaking of wolves and metaphysical allegories, tian zhuangzhuangs the warrior and the wolf 2009, which universal is bringing out on dvd and bluray in the uk, is a bit of a letdown, especially in comparison to tians previous feature, the 2004 documentary delamu, also known as teahorse road series another chinesejapanese co. Once the highway started handling the trade, it would not be long before the tea horse road was forgotten.
Old town road i got horses in the back marimba remix by coolo. It was the most prominent route among all the trade paths between sichuan and tibet. Tea and other products were transported to tibet to be traded for much needed horses. Another route of tea horse road, dating back to the tang dynasty ad 618907 was once traveled by caravans across southwest chinas yunnan and sichuan to reach south asia. An epic journey of tea, mountains, and memories, that opens up a rarely acknowledged part of china and asias ancient past, the ancient tea horse road is a grinding adventure of will, wit, and tea thirsts. Nov, 2015 documenting the tea horse road and teas origins in the documentary film the tea explorer. Since ancient times, chinas two primary land routes connecting it to the outside world have been the silk road in the north, and tea horse road in the south. Ding who has a family with 15 members speaking 6 languages, a pastor who was jailed for 15 years for his believing, a 104 years old lady who walks through 3 centuries, a village head whose wife run away, a caravan who shares one wife with his elder brother, a.
Winding through variegated landscapes of staggering beauty, chinese helmer tian zhuangzhuang blue kite accompanies a caravan as it travels down the tea horse road, the highest and most perilous of. Jonathan rosenbaums additional essential films imdb. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund. The 29th hong kong international film festival offscreen. Nepali full length documentary by prabesh subedi duration. Our unique guitar straps showcase the exquisite textile traditions of minority peoples in southwest china and beyond.
The ancient tea and horse caravan road, the silk road of. Outside of feature films, hongyu has also edited several documentaries, including renowned fifth generation director tian zhuangzhuangs teahorse road series. While the ancient overland and maritime silk roads are wellknown, less talked about is the tea horse road, in southwest china, so named because of the ancient trade of tibetan ponies for chinese tea. We recommend booking the ancient tea horse road museum tours ahead of time to secure your spot. The ancient tea horse trade route also known as the southern silk road is a sprawling web of millenniaold paths connecting southeast asia to southwest china and tibet. The 2250 kilometer long trail begins with the sichuan province of china and stretches to lhasa, the capital city of tibet. The ancient teahorse road locally known as chamagudao is a network of meandering caravan paths through the mountains of yunnan, guizhou and sichuan in southwest china. The ancient tea horse road museum lijiang tripadvisor. Fuchs was the first documented westerner to have travelled the legendary tea horse road, the nomadic route of salt tsalam, and the horlam, the route of pashmina through ladakh. Traversing the ancient tea horse road with jeff fuchs wildchina. In 2007, he won the best director award of the 10th shanghai international film festival for the biography film wu qingyuan. The ancient teahorse road from sichuan to tibet played a crucial role in the history of solidarity and exchanges between the han and tibetan ethnic groups in china. The tea explorer the last month and a bit have been spent contentedly and sometimes manically slurping back tea, humping it over snow passes and sitting with the treasured elders who still recall the days when tea and salt, wool, and.
In 20067 five tibetans and myself would complete a 7. Ding who has a family with 15 members speaking 6 languages, a pastor who was jailed for 15 years for his believing, a 104 years old lady who walks through 3 centuries, a village head whose wife run away, a caravan who shares one wife with. Sixty minutes of painful psychological drama and intense grief, anger, and despair follow. I was given a dvc copy of delamu the story of the tea horse road produced by tian zhuangzhuang the owner of both is building and the hotel i had just happened to find great serendipity. View results and future entries as well as statistics by course, race type and prize money. Horse caravans carried tea, sugar and salt from sichuan and yunnan to tibet and brought back colorful local mountain goods. China needed war horses to protect its northern frontier and tibet could supply them.
Now, when i talk about the old tea horse road, i use the expression really fancifully in general but here, on the mountain, these paths had indeed first been trudged out by the tea caravans. This is the first comprehensive visual documentation of the tea horse road that takes the audience on a journey from the birthplace of the tea plant along the oldest trade route of tea in the world. Its all in japanese with no english subtitles, but still interesting none the less. This film is a record of the tea horse road, the caravans of the nujiang river valley, and the aboriginal peoples who live there mm. The tea horse road passes through some of the most ethnically and culturally diverse areas of china. Tea horse road jeff fuchs tea and mountain journals. The company has no connection to the ukbased company named tea horse. They had agreed to separate, and the husband had agreed to move out of the house, since the woman wants to go and live there with her new found boyfriend. On this epic journey with jeff fuchs, we retrace part of the ancient tea and horse caravan road through diverse landscapes and cultures. Travel the yunnan province along the old tea and horse road, an ancient trail network in yunnan for trade between the tea growing areas in the southern yunnan province and tibet. Stayed the night at halfway house, a originally a botanists house that had been converted into a hostel. Just came across this japanese series on the tea horse road. The network once ferried horses and silver from tibet to china in exchange for tea, but people also traded salt for tea, ivory for gold, and religious instruction for food and.
Historically, the ancient tea horse road was almost the same as the western frontier of china. The name is a translation of chamadao, an ancient trade route between tibet and china, along which both tea and horses were traded. It was used as a commercial passage for transporting tea, salt and other commodities. Otherwise in youtube there is a huge amount of tea related documentaries which i watch from time to time. He gained prominence with his successful bid to become the first westerner to trek the entire yunnantibet ancient tea horse road, stretching almost six thousand kilometers through the himalayas and a dozen cultures, documented in the book the. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Teachat oldest and largest tea forum online movies about tea. China tea tours, chinese tea culture tour, china travel. Sometimes chinese tea would be exchanged for tibetan ponies. While parts of the ancient teahorse road pass by the bustling, picturesque cities of dali, lijang, and shangrila, most of the ancient path crosses a rural terrain of. One of the intentionally aged teas, puerh has a loyal following. Life along the tea horse road is briefly reignited in a passionate and unforgettable adventure. Chinese tea and tibetan horses were long traded on a legendary trail.
As you mentioned there are a few movies about rikyu and japanese tea ceremony, in amazon it is sufficient to search for rikyu. This article is within the scope of wikiproject food and drink, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of food and drink related articles on wikipedia. The tea horse road traces its roots back to the tang dynasty. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. On the road to the horse colt starting championship special clinicians cut. This film is a record of the teahorse road, the caravans of the nujiang river valley, and the aboriginal peoples who live there mm. Ancient tea horse road photos, ancient tea horse road. Starting around a thousand years ago, the tea horse road was a trade link from yunnan to tibet. Pdf cultural heritage tourism and the ancient tea horse road of. On this point, the yunnanese scholars seem quite proud of the complete. While parts of the ancient tea horse road pass by the bustling, picturesque cities of dali, lijang, and shangrila, most of the ancient path crosses a rural terrain of imposing scenery and soulstirring quietness. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. In 2004, he directed the full length documentary teahorse road series. The name of the road chamadao in the chinese records meaning the tea and horse road indicates its importance in the trade of tea and horses, but other products passed along it as well.
It seemed like an art gallery or special tea shop, but in fact, it was the office for a celebrated historical film producer. Since ancient times, chinas two primary land routes connecting it to the outside world have been the silk road in the north, and tea horseroad in the south. The tea horse road starts in the tea producing regions of xishuangbanna in yunnan and winds its way north through dali, lijiang, yangjing and litang in sichuan, before eventually ending in lhasa. The tea explorer documentary film jeff fuchs tea and.
It is also one of the oldest and highest trade routes. It seems fitting that a route that was imbued with both tea and mountains, the ancient tea horse road, would become a fixation in my life. Trade in tea, horses, medicines and other goods were transported by caravans mabang, and thus the network of trails was called the tea horse road. Find highquality tea horse road stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Doing the usual and unusual in kunming wonders of yunnan travel. The map reveals that the road traversed a series of towering mountains, with rivers flowing in between from the south to the north. Shortly after the japanese invasion was edging up and overtaking many portions of the tea horse road a woman by the name of olga greenlaw, the wife of the second in command of the flying tigers wrote a book titled the lady and the tigers. What is it like on the path of the ancient tea horse road. Over seven gruelling months, canadian jeff fuchs took on the challenge of following traditional muleteers along this twelvehundredyearold route. The latter was a dangerous route taken by horse caravans carrying.
Follow the ancient tea horse road from lijiang, yunnan to shangrila, tibet duration. We also carry a curated collection of underground folk, world, and ethnographic recordings from china. Delamu, prc, 2004 named after a mule that fell to its death on the perilous tea horse route between yunnan and tibet, a powerful meditation on the lifestyle and spirituality of nonhan minorities, by one of the greatest chinese directors. The complete length of the sichuantibet road was over 4,000 kilometers, and it has a history of 1,300 years. The high mountain peaks, lush valleys and deep gorges of yunnan are a haven of natural and cultural diversity. Delamu documents the people living in the nujiang river valley, along the tea horse road, an ancient trade route. Discover the lux tea horse road, one of the worlds greatest journeys. He will go along the worlds oldest tea transport route the ancient tea. Along the tea horse road in chinas yunnan province. Tea horse road is a tea company based in wellington, new zealand, focusing on organic blends and darjeeling tea. Jan 01, 2008 the ancient tea horse road winds its way through some of the most unforgiving terrain on earth. Since ancient times, chinas two primary land routes connecting it to the outside world have been the silk road in the north, and tea horseroad in the. Mar 20, 2018 the ancient tea horse road was a network of caravan paths winding through the mountains of southwest china. Shanghai international film festival for the biography film wu qingyuan.