Why is Tieguanyin called Tieguanyin?
Is Longjing tea related to well?
Does dongting biluochun's tea come from Dongting Lake?
Whoever asked three did not know, I did not say.
01 Top 10 Famous Teas
Tea Horse Trail
In China, there are more than 300 kinds of tea trees alone, and in order to distinguish these tea leaves, it is necessary to give these teas names.
The leaves of the tea tree are also used to make tea, and the seeds can be used to press oil. | pixabay
Among the representative names are:
- West Lake Longjing
- Dongting Biluochun
- Huangshan Maofeng
- Hunan Junshan silver needle
- Xinyang Mao tip
- Keemun black tea
- Six (lù) angua slices
- All uniform hairy tips
- Wuyi rock tea
- Anxi Tieguanyin
Yes, the teas mentioned above are the "top ten famous teas" that are generally recognized by the people. (China's top ten famous teas have different sayings in different periods, and this is the version after 2002).)
Next, we will take the top ten famous teas as an example to talk about the origin of these 10 kinds of tea names.
The names of different tea leaves are usually based on these three points: leaf shape, origin, and legend.
02 Tea names related to leaf shape
Among the ten famous teas, there are 6 kinds named according to the leaf shape: Liu An Gua Slice, Junshan Silver Needle, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Xinyang Maojian, and Duyun Maojian.
Six angua slices
Tea leaves, like melon seeds, are a specialty of Lu'an City, Anhui Province, so the name is Liu'an melon slices.
Junshan Silver Needle
Tea leaves are like silver needles, which are the specialties of Junshan in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, so they are called Junshan Silver Needles.
Tea is like a spiral, which is a specialty of Dongting Mountain in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province (not Dongting Lake, Dongting Lake is in Hunan Province, a little far away), so it is called Dongting Biluochun.
The above 3 kinds of tea can be seen directly through observation, and the three kinds of teas of Huangshan Maofeng, Xinyang Maojian and Duyun Maojian are named according to the shape of tea buds (tea buds are young buds and leaves).
The "hair" of Mao Feng and Mao Tip refers to some small hairs on the surface of tea buds.
Tea hair, also known as tea millimeter.
Mao Feng and Mao Tip are more similar in appearance, both are in the shape of a cord, but there are also some differences, the difference is that the shape of Mao Feng is slightly rolled, the color is yellowish green; the hair tip is thin and straight, and the color is green.
The picture above is Mao Feng, and the bottom picture is Mao Tip
Combined with the specialties of so-and-so place we mentioned above, it is also clear that the names of Huangshan Maofeng, Xinyang Maojian, and Duyun Maojian come from.
03 Tea names related to the place of origin
Next, let's talk about West Lake Longjing, Keemun black tea, Wuyi rock tea, the naming of these three kinds of teas is related to their most famous place of origin.
West Lake Longjing is a kind of green tea, its origin is in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, West Lake Longjing Village, yes, Longjing is a place name.
The reason why West Lake Longjing is so famous is not only because of its long history (dating back to the Tang Dynasty, which has a history of more than 1200 years), but also because of a man - Qianlong.
It is said that when Qianlong visited the West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the West Lake Longjing tea, and in addition to being happy, he also named the eighteen tea trees in front of the Hugong Temple in Longjing Village as "Royal Tea Tree", and since then, the reputation of West Lake Longjing Tea has become more and more famous.
The origin of Keemun black tea is in the area of Qimen County, Anhui Province, which is a fine product of black tea, also known as the "queen of black tea".
Keemun black tea was created in the Guangxu year (1875), and before that, Keemun only produced green tea, not black tea.
Wuyi rock tea is produced in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province, and the tea tree grows in stone crevices.
The unique quality of Wuyi rock tea is "rock rhyme" - growing in the cracks of stones, naturally with the taste of stones.
The most famous Wuyi rock tea is Da Hong Pao tea.
04 Tea names related to legends
There is also a tea name whose origin is related to legend - Tieguanyin.
The protagonist of the legend is still - Qianlong. Once Wang Shi let Qianlong offer tea, Qianlong felt very fragrant after tasting, he summoned Wang Shirang to inquire about the origin of the tea, Wang Shirang said that this tea was found in the mountains, and had not yet named the tea, Qianlong saw that this tea leaf resembled Guanyin's face, and the color was iron blue, so he gave this tea the name "TieGuanyin". (This is one of the legends where the name Tieguanyin originated)
Tieguanyin is native to Anxi County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province.
In addition to the origin of the name of the tea, people often talk about the classification of tea, for example, do you know what tea Tieguanyin is?
According to the color of tea and the processing method of tea, Chinese tea can be divided into six categories: (Curiosity will also be introduced in the February 2021 issue)
Black tea
black tea
green tea
Green tea
Yellow tea
white tea
- Also take China's top ten famous teas as an example, Keemun black tea will not be said, look at the name to know that it is black tea;
- Dongting Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, Liu'an Gua Tablets, Huangshan Maofeng, Xinyang Maojian, Duyun Maojian belong to green tea;
- Junshan silver needle belongs to yellow tea;
- Tieguanyin and Wuyi Rock Tea belong to green tea.
Now look at the opening three consecutive questions, can you answer them?
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