Shaxi is a historic market town in Jianchuan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan province. Shaxi started as a trading point for tea and horses during the Tang dynasty. It is probably the most intact horse caravan town on the Ancient tea route leading from Yunnan into Burma and Tibet. Nearby Shibao mountain contains Buddhist rock carvings and temples of over 1300 years old with, amongst others, images of the bodhisattva Guanyin.
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