Ⅱ.“History of Yunnan”(in 1303-1304)in the Yuan Dyn...

Ⅱ.“History of Yunnan”(in 1303-1304)in the Yuan Dynasty

“History of Yunnan: Customs of Local Ethnic Groups”was written by Li Jing in the Yuan Dynasty, in which

“People from different ethnic groups and tribes have a fair in every five days… to trade felt,cloth, salt and tea”.

Fig.3-10　Tea-horse Trade Center in Ancient Times

“History of Yunnan”is the earliest history book of Yunnan since the Yuan and Ming dynasties, and it is of great historic value.“People from different ethnic groups and tribes”were ancestors of the Dai Ethnic Group in the Yuan Dynasty.Tea was the commodity for trading among ethnic groups in the Yuan Dynasty.