提起临沧的马台乡,可能大家比较陌生,可是在几十年前,如今大名鼎鼎的邦东乡与马台乡是一家,因为在历史上邦东长期归马台管辖。相传200多年前,为方便景谷至缅宁(今临沧)的茶马古道通行,在澜沧江设渡口,行人、马帮由东岸西渡后即爬陡坡,到此平台人困马乏,常在此露宿,后有人开设马店,成为商品交换之集市,故名马台。 Mencai Lincang Mentioned may be relatively unfamiliar, but in a few decades ago, now the famous Bangdong Township and Ma Taixiang is one, because in the history of Bangdong long Ma to Taiwan jurisdiction. According to legend, more than 200 years ago, in order to facilitate the access to the Ancient Tea Horse Road from Jinggu to Maning (now Lincang), the ferry was set up on the Lancang River. Pedestrians and caravans climbed steep slopes from the east bank to the west, After the establishment of a horse shop, a market exchange of goods, hence the name of the horse station.