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The Last Salt Caravan
The Last Salt Caravan follows the Ancient Trade Route to Tibet’s
mysterious gorge with a salton spring. We follow the caravan as
it is taking a salt-selling journey on the Ancient Trade Route
between Tibet and China.
The memory of the ancient trade route was regarded as
something that had fallen into oblivion until we met the last salt
caravan in the deep mountains of Tibet!
The Province of Yunnan, located in the south western part of
China, is the very starting point of the Ancient Tea Trade Route
toward Tibet, which was also called a southern Silk Road with a
two thousandyear history.
Caravans from Yanjing and Yunnan still take this route to trade
tea, grains and most importantly, salt. Throughout the history,
salt had been the source of power and taxation. This region
and the salt caravan have never been introduced to outside
world, and therefore, their local characteristics and culture
are untouched by modern civilization.
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