临夏,明时称河州,地处青藏高原和黄土高原的接合部,自古是西通青藏和西域,东连中原的交通要冲,是民族之间进行物质文化交流的旱码头,也是历史上中央王朝控驭西北少数民族的桥头堡。西北地区的茶马贸易早在隋唐时就已出现,唐德宗年间,回纥入朝,“始驱马市茶”,是为我国茶叶外销 Linxia, ​​Ming Dynasty, said Hezhou, located in the junction of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau, since ancient times is the western Tibet and Western Regions, east of Central Plains traffic hub, is the material and cultural exchanges between ethnic dry wharf, but also in the history of the Central Dynasty control bridgehead northwest ethnic minorities. Tea horse trade in the northwest region as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties have appeared, Tang Dezong years, back into the North Korea, “the first horse market City Tea,” is for our country tea export