The crossing of the Dadu on the road between the Yazhou plain and Dartsedo.
The ownership tool gives Luding to this sheet and Tianquan, the Song town to the east, to the South China sheet. The iron-chain bridge is of 1706 (recalled); in 1200 the crossing is a ferry or rope bridge (not pinned). We know of no Song post at Luding. The Song's tea and horse markets are at Yazhou and Lizhou.
Who holds it
- Title
- No lord; Tibetan and Minyak villagers of the Dadu gorge hold the crossing (see Minyak chiefs).
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Geography and the recalled date of the bridge; the Song side from the South China sheet.
Lord in 1200
No lord; Tibetan and Minyak villagers of the Dadu gorge hold the crossing (see Minyak chiefs).
How things stand that morning
A crossing; no dated event.
Military
No numbers survive for 1200.
Militia
No numbers survive for 1200.
Trade and crafts
Tea carried up on porters' backs, wool and musk coming down (general).
Places of note
- Luding: The place.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Geography and the recalled date of the bridge; the Song side from the South China sheet.
On the map: Marker only; a place, not a district.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Tea Horse Road (read this session)
- Author's recall of the secondary literature (Petech, Tucci, Stein, Davidson, Smith, Kapstein, Dunnell): not re-read this session, so marked 'recalled' in the text
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.