自唐宋起,西南产地的茶就因一项被称为“茶马互市”或日“盐茶互市”的贸易活动而在流通着。刘健的《庭闻录》在清初时期这样记载:“顺洽十八年(公园1661年)3月,北胜(今永胜)边外达赖喇嘛、干都台杰以云南评定,遣使几墨勒根赍方物求于北胜州开茶市,以马易茶。”这是一条关于云南的茶马贸易的确切史料。后来丽江府改设流官,且交通较便,茶市改设丽江。藏族商人每年自夏历九月至次年春天,赶马队到丽江领茶引,赴普洱贩茶。 Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the tea in the southwest has been circulating due to a trade activity called “Mutual Tea Market” or “Daily Salt and Tea Market”. In the early Qing Dynasty, Liu Jian’s “Ting Wen Lu” recorded this: “Shunchai Eighteen Years (Park 1661) In March, Beisheng (now Yongsheng) , Sent several Melaleuns to seek tea in Beishengzhou, Ma Yi tea. ”This is a true story about the tea horse trade in Yunnan. Lijiang House was later changed to set flow officer, and more convenient transportation, tea changed to Lijiang. Tibetan businessmen from the lunar calendar every year from September to next spring, the horse team to Lijiang lead tea, went to Puer tea.