Tea Horse Road

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caravan route cultural exchange route historical trade route network

The Tea Horse Road was an ancient network of trade routes in Southwest China used primarily to transport tea to Tibet and beyond in exchange for horses, linking Chinese, Tibetan, and Southeast Asian cultures.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ancient Tea Horse Road	1
Yunnan–Tibet corridor	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	caravan route ⓘ cultural exchange route ⓘ historical trade route network ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tea Horse Road ⓘ surface form: Ancient Tea Horse Road
commodity	brick tea ⓘ medicinal herbs ⓘ salt ⓘ textiles ⓘ
connects	Chinese culture ⓘ Southeast Asian cultures ⓘ Tibetan culture ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalRole	facilitated cultural exchange ⓘ spread of Buddhism ⓘ spread of tea culture ⓘ
declineCause	modern transportation infrastructure ⓘ
economicRole	facilitated long-distance trade ⓘ
exchangedFor	horses ⓘ
heritageStatus	important cultural heritage route in China ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Ancient China ⓘ surface form: ancient China imperial China ⓘ
influenced	borderland economies ⓘ ethnic minority cultures in Southwest China ⓘ
linkedTo	Himalayan region ⓘ Sichuan Basin ⓘ Tea Horse Road self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yunnan–Tibet corridor
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ Southwest China ⓘ Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Tibet
partOf	ancient Asian trade networks ⓘ
primaryCommodity	tea ⓘ
region	Sichuan Province ⓘ surface form: Sichuan Tibetan Plateau ⓘ surface form: Tibet Plateau Yunnan Province ⓘ surface form: Yunnan
risk	bandit attacks ⓘ harsh climate ⓘ landslides ⓘ
terrain	high-altitude passes ⓘ mountainous ⓘ
tradeDirection	horses from Tibet to China ⓘ tea from China to Tibet ⓘ
transportMode	caravans ⓘ pack animals ⓘ
usedFor	horse trade ⓘ tea trade ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tea Horse Road → alsoKnownAs → Tea Horse Road ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Tea Horse Road

Tea Horse Road → linkedTo → Tea Horse Road self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yunnan–Tibet corridor

Silk Road routes → relatedConcept → Tea Horse Road ⓘ