茶马古道
Traditional form:
茶馬古道
Pinyin (reading):
Chámǎgǔdào
Definitions:
- old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond
Characters:
- 茶 - tea; tea leaves; tea plant
- 马 - horse; surname
- 古 - old, classic, ancient
- 道 - method, way; path, road
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