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The village of Shaxi is fabled as one of the key stopping points on the so called 'tea-horse' route — ancient trade routes that ferried caravans of pu'er tea from the south of Yunnan and onto Tibet, Nepal, Myanmar as well as other parts of China.
Today the village receives surprisingly few visitors, and you are unlikely to see many tourists, either domestic or foreign. It is pristinely preserved, reminiscent of a bygone era in China.
You will most likely see plenty of local minority people in traditional dress, especially if you happen to be in town on Friday, which is market day.
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Places near Shaxi
- Lijiang 45 miles away
- Dali 48 miles away
- Tiger Leaping Gorge 71 miles away
- Shangri-La 105 miles away
- Kunming 200 miles away
- Jianshui 264 miles away
- Yuanyang 285 miles away
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