08/[From the Editor] The Road Not Known
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12/[Culture] Door Gods in Southern Zhejiang
22/[Feature Story] Retracing the Sino-Russian Tea Road
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74/[On the Way] Time Travel in Chengdu
88/[Behind the Scenes] An Insight into Life in Shanghai
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10/[Inbox]
11/[Travel Notes]
12/[Culture] Door Gods in Southern Zhejiang
22/[Feature Story] Retracing the Sino-Russian Tea Road
64/[Calendar]
66/[Photography] Kinmen through the Lens
74/[On the Way] Time Travel in Chengdu
88/[Behind the Scenes] An Insight into Life in Shanghai
90/[Update]
92/[Next Issue]
94/[About China]
[Feature Story] Retracing the Sino-Russian Tea Road
Besides the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the southwest China, there was once another ancient trade route in China, comparable to the famous Silk Road, through which merchants brought Chinese tea leaves to other parts of the world. That tea road between China and Russia, opened up by Chinese merchants from Shanxi Province during late Ming and early Qing dynasties (around 1644), went from Xiamen Village at Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province, passed through Siberia, and stretched all the way to St Petersberg, Russia.
Besides the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the southwest China, there was once another ancient trade route in China, comparable to the famous Silk Road, through which merchants brought Chinese tea leaves to other parts of the world. That tea road between China and Russia, opened up by Chinese merchants from Shanxi Province during late Ming and early Qing dynasties (around 1644), went from Xiamen Village at Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province, passed through Siberia, and stretched all the way to St Petersberg, Russia.