On October 12, 2021, China officially announced the establishment of the first batch of national parks, and Wuyi Mountain was on the list, becoming the only national park in China that is both a world man and biosphere reserve and a dual cultural and natural heritage of the world. This is Wuyishan was listed as China's first national key nature reserve by the State Council in 1979, and was approved by the State Council in 1982 to establish the first batch of national key scenic spots... After that, he won the first batch of national character gold medals again.
Wuyi Mountain is not only a most authentic and complete oasis of life, a mysterious ecological relic hidden in heaven and earth; it is also a model of China's culture and natural inheritance from generation to generation, and harmonious coexistence between man and nature. At the end of the 1960s, the author had the honor of becoming acquainted with Wuyishan because of "Zhiqing", and now he has sorted out the light and shadow data in the former shots and shared it with you in batches.
Fifth, Wuyi Qi Ming crowned the world
Wuyi Mountain, one of the first national parks and "Double World Heritage", between the peaks and rocks, the banks of the flowing streams and winding paths, there are tea plants, the mountains are full of clouds and mist, the environment is excellent, and the tea produced is well-known at home and abroad, one of the "Top Ten Famous Teas in China". According to the literature, Wuyi tea began in the Tang Dynasty, enjoyed the reputation of "Late Ganhou", flourished in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, declined in the Ming Dynasty and revived in the Qing. It is the representative of the small and medium-leaf tea plants in the world's four major tea categories, the birthplace of oolong tea and the ancestor of black tea; it has created a trade legend of "Wanli Tea Ceremony" and "Hai Silk Tea Road", bred a profound tea culture, and become the only "tea culture and art town" in China.
World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site, the first national park - Wuyishan, China Wuyi Tea Garden (august 2020)
A, Wuyi tea that enjoys the reputation of "Late Ganhou"
(1) Solving the "Big Red Robe"
"Da Hong Pao" is known as the "King of Rock Tea", and has the reputation of "Chinese Tea King". Entering the 21st century, with its excellent quality and exquisite production process, it has achieved an extraordinary reputation: in 2006, wuyi rock tea (da hong pao) production technology was included in the first batch of Chinese intangible cultural heritage as the only tea making process; in 2007, Wuyishan Dahongpao mother tree tea became the first modern tea collected by the National Museum of China; in 2014, Chen Dehua, Ye Qitong, and other 12 inheritors of wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao), the first batch of intangible cultural heritage, were handmade by Chen Dehua and Ye Qitong. The masterpieces are collected by the National Museum.
Noble and mysterious "Da Hong Pao" mother tree (photographed in the early 1980s)
Wuyi Rock Tea Core Area Jiuqu Xi Liuqu Tea Science Institute Tea Garden (photographed in 1989)
Mayuyan Tea Garden in the core area of Wuyi Rock Tea (photographed in the late 1980s)
Niulan Kengkou Tea Garden in the core area of Wuyi Rock Tea (photographed in 1994)
Tianxin Village Tea Garden in the core area of Wuyi Rock Tea (photographed in the 1980s)
Kowloon Tea Garden in the core area of Wuyi Rock Tea (taken in the late 1980s)
Tea Garden next to Jiuqu Creek in the core area of Wuyi Rock Tea (taken in 1986)
Wuyi Rock Tea Ecological Tea Garden in the Upper Reaches of Jiuqu Creek Conservation Zone (photo taken in 2021)
The most historic tea farm in Wuyishan - Chong'an Tea Farm Tea Garden (photographed in 1987)
Wuyishan Jungle Ecological Tea Garden (photo taken in 2021)
Wuyishan Tea Science Institute and Chen Dehua, the tea man who let the "Big Red Robe" enter the homes of ordinary people
Located in the Imperial Tea Garden (founded by the Yuan Dynasty), wuyishan Tea Science Research Institute is the first tea science research institute in China and the oldest rock tea research institution in Wuyishan, founded by Wu Juenong, a contemporary tea saint and tea industry giant. Most of the famous firs and varieties that reproduce in a large area of Wuyi Mountain today originate from here.
Nowadays, all people who love tea can buy "Da Hong Pao" in the market, and when it comes to the miracle of letting the "Da Hong Pao" walk off the altar and enter the homes of the people, people will mention Chen Dehua, the old director of the Tea Science Institute. It was he who used the Kowloon Mother Book, which was brought back from the provincial tea department, to carry out asexual reproduction, successfully cultivate Da Hong Pao, and work with colleagues to try to blend and develop successful Da Hong Pao commercial tea and push it to the market, "Da Hong Pao" became a mass consumer product into the people's homes.
In 1960, the former site of the Chong'an County Tea Science Research Institute (now TianyouGuan) and tea garden were established at the top of Tianyou Peak
In the early 1970s, the Institute of Tea Science moved from Tianyou Peak to the new Institute of Tea Science under the Shaibu Rock (photo taken in the early 1980s)
Remains of rock carvings in the Imperial Tea Garden, Famous Cong, Single Bush Observation Garden (Herbarium Garden) Tea Department Rock Tea Preliminary Factory (photographed in the early 1980s)
Andy Chan, Director of the Institute of Tea Science, with his team members (photo taken in the early 1990s)
The honor of the tea department, the first box (model) of Wuyi mountain(s) Da Hong Pao small packaged commodity tea
Chong'an Tea Farm and Wuyi Tea inherit the tea man Yao Yueming
Chong'an Tea Farm, in 1938, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of China government in Chong'an to prepare for the construction of tea experimental field (Fujian demonstration tea factory), in 1955 changed to Fujian Province Chong'an Tea Farm, is the most historical tea farm in Wuyi Mountain, China's top ten tea people have seven study and work here.
Yao Yueming, Chen Rafter, an authority on tea making, Zhuang Wanfang, a cultivation expert, and Wang Zenong, an expert in tea chemistry. He was responsible for the planning, survey and design of China's first mechanized tea farm with more than 4,000 acres of tea gardens - Chong'an Tea Farm; he has been committed to the research of rock tea for more than 50 years, and has been working on the front line to explain and teach rock tea cultivation and production knowledge to enterprises and tea farmers, becoming a key figure in the history of Wuyi rock tea development.
The most historic tea farm in Wuyishan - Chong'an Tea Farm (taken in 1987)
Wuyi Tea inherits the tea man Yao Yueming
A tea celebrity who has become an expert from a layman - Zhao Dayan
Zhao Dayan, a celebrity in the tea industry, was the county magistrate of Chong'an County and the secretary of the Chong'an County CPC Committee. After retirement, he devoted himself to the study of Wuyi tea and tea culture, and changed from a layman to an expert. In 1992, wuyishan tea system reform, the establishment of rock tea general company, he served as the general manager, made an indispensable contribution to the promotion and inheritance of Wuyi rock tea, tea culture, and made indispensable contributions.
Inheriting the custom of "fighting tea" The newcomers came out of the crowd
"Dou Cha" is a competition activity in which tea farmers evaluate the new tea order, compare skills, and win or lose after the new tea is made, which is very interesting. This kind of "fighting tea" custom and culture, which originated from the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, has been passed down in Wuyi Mountain for thousands of years.
Stepping into the new century, the development of Wuyi camellia and tea culture has entered the fast lane of development. Nowadays, various events are frequent, and it has also set a Guinness World Record. The basic tea experts who preside over the competition are local tea experts who come out of the grassroots, and the evaluation is strictly in accordance with the national evaluation standards and operates in order, which has a certain degree of authority.
The "Doucha" competition is strictly operated in accordance with the national evaluation standards
The traditional skills of Wuyi tea, which have been passed down for thousands of years, are emerging
(2) The rise and fall of the world's black tea originator "Zhengshan Small Species" special black tea
"Zhengshan small seed" black tea is a special tea of black tea in China, and it is also the earliest black tea in the world, also known as the originator of black tea. Originating from Tongmu Village in the heart of Wuyishan Nature Reserve
In the face of the establishment of the national key nature reserve and the changed market, Wu Kewen, who was then the secretary of the party branch of the Tongmu brigade, led a group of party and government members of the brigade (village) to find a way out and to implement policies, and the village-run tea factory that was set up not only enabled the "small seeds of Zhengshan" to get out of the predicament, but also cultivated and prepared a large number of local technical backbones. In 2005, the "Zhengshan Small Species" that was ready to be launched ushered in spring. After the efforts of Jiang Yuanxun, Liang Junde and others, the legendary "Golden Junmei" was born in this year. Her birth made the world understand the "Zhengshan Small Species". "Zhengshan Small Species" has risen again with its brilliant original appearance, stepping out of the deep mountains!
"Zhengshan small seed" black tea source area - Wuyishan Tongmu Village, Sangang, Hangdun Tea Mountain (photographed in the 1980s)
Wu Kewen, a key figure and defender of the rise and fall of the "zhengxiao species", and a group of party and government members of the brigade (village) run a tea factory workshop in the village (photographed in 1991)
The village-run tea factory that was established in 1988 and is still in use, the factory director Fu Huaquan, and the technician Liang Junde (the former) (photographed in 1991)
Jiang Yuanxun (left), the 24th generation of the Wuyishan Tongmu Zhengshan small species (photo taken in 2011)
(3) "Wuyi Rock Tea First Town" - Xingcun Town
Located in the core area of Wuyishan National Park, Xingcun, the "First Town of Wuyi Rock Tea", is the birthplace of Chinese oolong tea and black tea, and has the reputation of "tea is not fragrant until Xingcun". It is one of the starting points of the "Hai Silk Tea Road" in history. In the early 1980s, You Yongsheng, then secretary of the party branch of the Xingcun Brigade, led the villagers to vigorously develop and revitalize the local rock tea industry; set up three tea factories owned by the village collective and recruited scientific and technological talents, relying on science and technology to develop Wuyi rock tea, and took the lead in improving tea packaging, successfully launching wuyi rock tea small packages on the market, laying a solid foundation for the town's scientific and technological tea strategy. Today's Xingcun Town has once again shown its majesty and become a "Fujian Tea Star Township".
Aerial view of the "First Town of Wuyi Rock Tea" (taken in 2020)
The tea technicians of Xingcun Commune guided tea farmers to promote the use of microcomputer control to comprehensively make new processes and new branches such as green machines and small packaging
Xingcun Village Tea Factory took the lead in restoring the traditional Wuyi Tea Opening Ceremony (photographed in 1986)
Inheriting ancestral inheritance Father and daughter pioneering
You Yongsheng, the "bellwether" of the revival of the local rock tea industry, changed from the secretary of the party branch of the brigade (village) to the person in charge of the tea farmer and tea factory, and became a well-known tea professional at home and abroad. Through the efforts of you Yongsheng and You Yuqiong's father and daughter, their tea enterprises have successively won the national science popularization demonstration base and the organic tea demonstration base of the national Fuminqiang County Special Action Plan... and other honors and titles.
Wuyishan Xingcun Town Wuyishan YongshengYan Tea Factory (photo taken in 2021)
You Yongsheng and You Yuqiong, the "bellwethers" of the local rock tea industry, are father and daughter
Brothers and sons by the Nine-Curve Creek
Born next to jiuqu creek, Liu brothers and fathers and sons have showered and moisturized in this magical land since childhood, and liu Feng, one of the inheritors of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) production skills, Liu Bin, a soil expert who studied "Wuyi tea" in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Liu Zheng, a rookie in Wuyi rock tea making skills. Tangible and invisible to drive the sustainable development of Wuyi tea culture, tea industry, tea technology, polished the star village "Wuyi Rock Tea First Town" of the golden signboard!
Xianfanyan Tea Factory next to Jiuqu Creek (taken in 2018)