骑行是不是有钱人玩的别具特色的高原茶文化图文
每个民族都有自己独特的饮食文化。藏族作为一个有悠久历史的民族，其饮食习俗别具风格，其中酥油茶便是藏民族特有的营养饮料，以其原料的营养性、制作方法的独特性而闻名遐迩。形成了别具特色的高原茶文化。
高原上的茶文化，至少也有千年以上的历史了。茶叶在唐以前亦称《尔雅·释木篇》中说：“木，苦荼（茶）也。”藏语称茶为“荚”，是当时汉语“”（茶树）的译音。 tea leaves have special functions such as reducing food, stopping thirst, and eliminating grease. For the people of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau who mainly eat meat, butter, and naan bread, tea is indeed indispensable.
The original highlands were not tea-producing regions. Historical records show that since the time of Songtsen Gampo, the Tibetan people had already begun to enjoy tea. Tea was considered a medicine for digestion and stomach health by then. The Tibetan Book of History Records has this story about how tea first appeared in Tibet: A beautiful bird flew onto the roof beam of King Dusong Mangpoje's palace with a branch in its beak containing some leaves. The king sent someone to investigate and discovered that it was a new kind of tree leaf never seen before in Tibet. He tried it out and found it to be delicious when brewed with hot water. Thus began the search for this strange plant by Tibetan officials and commoners until they finally found it in China.
According to historical records from Tibet, trade between Tibetans and Chinese started during Emperor Tang Taizong's reign (626-649 AD) through trade between horses and Chinese goods known as "tea-horse" or "tea-mule" exchanges along certain routes on both sides' borders where traders would exchange silk fabrics or other goods for horses which were then used to transport these goods back into China while simultaneously sending back large quantities of high-quality teas from Han Dynasty China.
By 743 AD under Emperor Tang Xuanzong's rule (712-756 AD), there was an agreement called "Tea-Horse Exchange Agreement" established at "Red Ridge", which became one site where Han traders brought their wares northward across mountains via horseback trails connecting them directly with Central Asia markets selling precious metals like gold & silver coins etc., making use these metal items exchanged against many different types including spices but most importantly - TEA!
