自唐代开创茶马互市以来,茶叶在汉族与少数民族的经济贸易史上就占有无可取代的地位和意义。长期往来的交易,人们把专供边疆少数民族饮用的特种茶,称为“边销茶”。回溯历史每个朝代政府对销往边地的边销茶一直实行直接控制,像食盐、大米一样设立专门机构进行专卖,宋、明、清三代为茶叶交易专设职能机构:“茶马司”。古文明的南方丝 Since the establishment of tea-horse trade in the Tang Dynasty, tea has occupied an irreplaceable position in the history of economic trade between the Han and the ethnic minorities. Long-term trade transactions, people specialize in drinking special tea for the ethnic minorities border, known as the “side sales tea.” Backtracking history Each dynasty government has direct control over the side-selling tea sold to the borderland. Special institutions like salt and rice have set up special monopolies, and the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties have set up special functions for tea trading: ". Southern Silk ancient civilization