| Bingzhongluo - 丙中落 
The most beautiful part of Nujiang Gorge starts from Binzhongluo. Bingzhongluo is another one-street town. It has a strong Tibetan flavor as most of the inhabitants around it are Tibetans and Nus and it is very close to Tibet itself. There are more farms (mainly wheat) across the river on a beautiful peninsula jutting into the river- the Plum “Island? The west of Bingzhongluo is backed by a few snow peaks.
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Trekking and adventure guides around Bingzhongluo:  ⇒ Trek with the horse caravan into Tibet.
The road from Bingzhongluo into Tibet is part of the route known as "Tea Horse Route". In the old days, Tibetans routinely operated mule and horse caravans on arduous long journeys from here to Lhasa, and beyond, to Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and India. Tea was the main commodity carried on such caravans. These caravan routes became vital arteries for cultural, economic and religious exchange between Tibet and South Asia as the tea trade flourish; just as the Silk Road was, connecting China and Europe. More
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