Anhua has a long history and a rich humanities. The county was founded in the fifth year (1072) of Emperor Shenzong of Song, and is the domain of Gumei Mountain. In the Qing Dynasty, Tao Shu, the governor of Liangjiang, Luo Huodian, the governor of Yungui, and Huang Ziyuan, the famous calligrapher, all grew up here, and Tang Jiuhong, Gong Zhichao, Gong Ruina, Huang Sui, Chen Lin, Tian Qing, Chen Lijun and other badminton and weightlifting world champions (Olympic champions) went to the world from here. The county has preserved many cultural monuments such as xuanyou's hometown, the Temple of Literature, the Wu Temple, and the Tao Shu Cemetery.
Tangjiaguanshang City during the Ming Jiajing period
"Because of the tea to build a county", Anhua County, located in the north of central Hunan Province, the northern section of the Xuefeng Mountains, and the upper reaches of the Zishui River, has a suitable tea environment of "mountain cliffs and watersides, not growing on its own". It is rich in black tea and black tea, among which the landmark Anhua black tea is used as a fist product, which is famous far and wide. According to records, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, Anhua had eight tea towns, more than 300 tea numbers, and 100,000 tea workers. Because of its excellent quality, Anhua black tea has undergone the evolution process of "tribute tea", "official tea" and "shang tea".
"The tea market is prosperous, and the people on both sides of the strait are thick. Outside the hustle and bustle, there are only gulls in the water. "The gentle mountains, pieces of "big leaves" covered with a mysterious veil; the trickling river, a group of Jin merchants who came from afar and black tea formed a love affair; a sound of "kicking tea trumpet", with the boat gang set sail, embarked on a journey of thousands of miles. According to the research of relevant experts, when black tea flourished, it developed from Baozhi Garden in Anhua County on the zijiang river to Xiaoyan, Bianjiang, Jiangnan, Yaqueping, Tangjiaguan, Youzhou, Huangshaping, Dongping and other places along the river. Between the green mountains and green waters on the other side of the Zijiang River, there is an ancient slate ancient street composed of ancient stilt houses, which is the thousand-year-old town - Tang Jiaguan. The excellent geographical location of Tangjiaguan has begun to take shape since the late Tang Dynasty, and because of the tea trading market set up here during the Northern Song Dynasty, it has become a thriving dock market town. Tea shops, horse gangs, inscriptions, old docks, old objects, the former bustling tea market records the historical origin of Jinshang Tea Gang and Anhua Black Tea. The originators of the Jin merchants who opened up the Wanli Tea Road came here to bring prosperity and vitality to the whole city. At one time, Anhua black tea was exported to Mongolia, Russia and other places.
The ancient town of Tangjiaguan - the former commercial port wharf. The original settlers who broke into the "docks" were the ancestors who migrated from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to avoid war and chaos. The shrewd "Xiajiang people" built schools here, set up commercial ports, and attracted merchants from neighboring or other provinces to come and traffic in grain, tea, bamboo, and charcoal. In the prosperous years, there were large and small merchant ships parked on the banks of the Zishui River all day, and there were 9 docks for loading and unloading goods alone, during which shops, restaurants, inns and even brothels were derived. It is rumored that this was once one of the starting points of the Tea Horse Trail.
The ancient town of Tangjiaguan - a strong commercial port culture. In the past, there were borrowed character furnaces, Xinglong Pavilion, Wangye Temple, Huilong Temple, Jiuxiang Nunnery, Ji's Ancestral Hall, Liao's Ancestral Hall, Xiangxiang Mansion, Shaoyang Mansion, Yeshu Church, Gospel Hall, Wanshou Palace and other cultural landscapes. The appearance of the ancient town in front of you is a relic of the Qing Dynasty. The ancient houses are built next to the river, and the streets are lined with long stone slabs, and the houses are staggered with stilt houses. The ancient town is near the river, very elegant.
The ancient town of Tangjiaguan - the current situation of today's commercial port. Those ancient houses built along the river have long been dilapidated. The crooked buildings and ancestral hall ruins are broken, the stone road is uneven, the signs of the ancient shops on the street are still hanging from the lintels, and the residents are still busy or leisurely living in Sisi, so that visitors from outside my generation can feel the authenticity of the years and life, and lament that the old days are no longer alive.