Sūxī

Suxi lies in the mountain country between Xinhua and Anhua in central Hunan. The old route through Suxi Pass linked Anhua with roads westward toward Chenxi, while a landing on the Zi River served the tea trade. After Anhua dark tea became an official tea in the late Ming, tea from Xinhua and Anhua was brought overland to Yangmuzhou for processing and shipment by water. The river carried the cargo beyond the hills and into the Yangtze network.