During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yunnan Tibetan tea mainly entered ancient Tibet (and Deqin County in the middle of this year) and Kangzang through Lijiang. Some of the tea that entered Kangzang were sold in Muli, Xiangcheng, Daocheng and Litang, and some went to Arrow Furnace (now Kangding) to change the bamboo basket packaging in Yunnan into cowhide packaging, and then moved on, taking the Kangzang line and transporting it to Lhasa and other places. The road is long and full of danger. Along the way, both the toast and the temple set up checkpoints to collect tolls, and the tea road was often blocked by unrest. At this time, businessmen will look for other ways to transport tea. They received the route of Deqin Bitu-Bangda-Gongbu Jiangda-Mozhugongka-Lhasa. Every spring, they drive mules and horses, exchange beeswax, yak tail, musk and cordyceps for tea at the tea market and return to Tibet.
During the Qingming period, five "ancient tea-horse roads" radiated at home and abroad with Pu 'er as the center.