TEA:THE MEDIA FOR THE CONTACT,COMMUNICATION AND INTEGRATION OF ETHNIC GROUPS:Taking the Wanli Tea Road as the Center
The Wanli Tea Road has been an important international trade road to connect the Eurasian conti-nent following the Silk Road,and the motive to open this 14000-kilometer tea road is the need of northern nomads and European market to the tea in southern China,so the tea traders coming mainly from Shanxi have developed the Wanli Tea Road to connect the south and the north of China and even to Russia with keen business vision and stub-born perseverance.The opening of the tea road has realized the transportation of tea from the south to the north and the complementary livelihood among ethnic groups in both northern and southern China,connected tightly all ethnic groups in both north and south by the link of tea,advanced the process of economic integration of the north and the south,promoted the development and prosperity of towns and cities along the road,and facilitated the contact,com-munication,and integration of all ethnic groups.
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