Vintage Yunnan Tea Horse Road Map

Vintage Chinese illustrated travel map of [Yunnan Tea Horse Road Map], depicting an ancient caravan route through Yunnan as a hand-painted antique parchment atlas. Canvas and layout: Vertical 2:3 poster on aged tan rice paper with frayed texture, subtle patina stains, ink wash borders, and muted mineral pigments, resembling a Qing-dynasty travel scroll and fantasy historical map. Center the silhouette map of Yunnan as a large irregular province shape divided into 8 color-tinted regions with soft ink outlines. A winding beige caravan road snakes from lower left through the center to the upper middle, connecting major trading stops. Around the province silhouette are faint monochrome brush mountains, misty rivers, clouds, and empty parchment space. Title and calligraphy: On the right edge, vertical black-brush Chinese title reading “云南茶马古道图” with a smaller vertical English subtitle “YUNNAN TEA HORSE ROAD MAP”. Small vertical Chinese calligraphy inscriptions on the upper left and lower right, with two red square seal stamps near the titles and notes. A red seal block at the bottom left reads “茶马古道”. 8 labeled regions with Chinese place names and descriptive sublabels: 1) Northwest green region: “迪庆”, Tibetan monasteries and two pagodas 2) West blue region: “丽江”, ancient town, tiled roofs, arched bridge 3) Central golden region: “大理”, three white pagodas beside a lake 4) East orange region: “昆明”, stone forest pinnacles and city gate 5) Southwest pale green region: “保山”, market town and stone bridge 6) South-central earthy green region: “普洱”, terraced tea hills and tea crates 7) Southeast blue-green region: “玉溪”, Fuxian Lake landscape 8) Far south dark green region: “西双版纳”, tropical tea forest, an elephant, Dai-style architecture Caravan routes and figures: Small legend at bottom left showing main Tea Horse Road (solid dark line), branch route (dashed line), trading post (red dot), topped with a small compass rose. Exactly 6 caravan groups along the route: leaving bottom left, two loaded horses and handler near Pu'er, pack animals ascending toward Dali, a group passing the Dali pagodas, climbing into Diqing mountains, and a distant caravan near the top. Brown horses and mules carry stacked tea brick bundles accompanied by robed travelers. Decorative borders: Leafy tea branch along the left edge, tea plant cluster bottom center, tropical broadleaf flora bottom right, and a blue-green peacock standing at the bottom right. Style: Traditional Chinese landscape painting (shanshui), delicate black ink linework, watercolor mineral wash, warm sepia parchment, ochre, jade green, muted teal, and rust accents. Constraints: Readable brushed Chinese characters, no modern roads, vehicles, modern buildings, digital vector aesthetics, or watermarks.