{"product_id":"free-online-seminar-the-tea-horse-road","title":"Free online seminar: The Tea Horse Road","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFriday September 25th at 8pm CEST, on Zoom.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn the Year of the Horse — which for us has marked an important milestone, the journey to Mount Kailash in western Tibet, at once the edge and the centre of our dreams — we are glad to invite you all to a free talk on \u003cstrong\u003eThe Tea Horse Road, Yesterday and Today\u003c\/strong\u003e, on Friday September 25th at 8pm CEST.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe will talk about our own experience, \u003cstrong\u003ematching the historical records against the road as it is now,\u003c\/strong\u003e after decades in which those paths of stone and earth have changed destination — with new caravans, new meanings, and new routes for tea leaves, silver, and incense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn every village along the way there are houses that still keep the old tools and harnesses, for the horses and for the men;\u003cstrong\u003e we have spoken with the families descended from the caravan leaders of the last century,\u003c\/strong\u003e and we have often done so over the same food that once travelled the road, and is now family cooking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe will talk about it together online, and then in person with anyone who can come and find us along one of the stops of our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/easternleaves.pro\/blogs\/journal\/2026-european-tour\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chinese tea seminar and study\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eEuropean tour,\u003c\/a\u003e or in Sichuan and Yunnan, where we live all year round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis seminar is made possible by the support of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chineseteaculture.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Chinese tea culture foundation\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eChinese Tea Culture Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e, and is a small incipit of the work we are carrying forward together — work that has just taken form in the first monograph dedicated to the Tea Horse Road, available in preview over these very weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe invite you all to join us: it will be a pleasure to share the beginning of the weekend with you, in conversation and drinking a tea together.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eastern Leaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54716905587021,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0247\/6589\/0640\/files\/DSCF5224_e461ebea-7922-4c7f-9a88-0e65a25d30a8.jpg?v=1789282869","url":"https:\/\/easternleaves.pro\/products\/free-online-seminar-the-tea-horse-road","provider":"Eastern Leaves","version":"1.0","type":"link"}