Nakeli Village, Ninger County, Pu'er City, is home to one of the few ancient courier stations scattered along the Ancient Tea Horse Road that have survived fairly intact. In fact, the village is steeped in a rich blend of cultures, derived from Pu'er tea, from the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and from the horse-drawn caravans closely related to both. In recent years, artists and photographers from around the country and even the world have come to the village with the aim of reproducing or catching a glimpse of its heyday and the vicissitudes of Pu'er tea and the Ancient Tea Horse Road in the form of art.

Twenty-five members of the Artists Association of Ninger County, Pu'er City, recently gathered in Nakeli Village to relate its stories with the paintbrush.