The tea master makes the nectar on site
Tourists rush to taste Mengding mountain tea
On May 12, the four-day 13th Sichuan International Tea Industry Expo (hereinafter referred to as the Tea Expo) came to an end in Chengdu.
Mengding mountain tea made a stunning appearance at the Tea Expo
"The heart of the Yangtze River, tea on the top of Mengshan Mountain." In Hall T4 of Chengdu Century City International Convention and Exhibition Center, the "Mengding Camellia" theme pavilion is decorated with a huge poster of the Forbidden City's tribute tea elements, and the heavy cultural atmosphere is coming.
Gu Shiyun: "The only thing I know in the qin is water, and the tea is Mengshan." Since ancient times, tea has not only been contained in the elegance of "piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea", but also hidden in the daily life of "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea". For thousands of years, tea has been defined by many roles.
It is used for royal sacrifices to pray for good weather, for literati to drink for eternity, for exchange for war horses, grain and grass to strengthen the military, and for stabilizing the border to protect the peace of the country...... As early as 2,000 years ago, there were historical records that during the manna period of the Western Han Dynasty, Wu Lizhen found wild tea trees on Mengding Mountain and planted them on Qingfeng on Mengding Mountain.
The earliest written record of artificially planted tea has given the world's tea culture a place to find its roots.
In September 2004, at the first Mengdingshan International Tea Culture and Tourism Festival, 2,800 tea industry experts, scholars, Chinese and foreign guests from 28 countries including the European Union, the United States, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, France and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan gathered in Mengdingshan to jointly issue the "Mengdingshan Declaration of World Tea Culture", and established Mengdingshan's status as "the birthplace of world tea culture", "the birthplace of world tea civilization" and "the holy mountain of world tea culture". Since then, Ya'an tea has been fragrant for thousands of miles and has regained its reputation.
What kind of tea can withstand the test of rapid development? The answer is responsibility.
Among the leaders of famous mountain tea enterprises, Sichuan Mengdingshan Lizhen Tea Industry Co., Ltd. has been unique from the beginning of the layout of the exhibition hall.
A transparent wind chime, connected with hemp rope in the middle, is tied with a nameplate with the tea variety written below, and below the nameplate is the tea of the variety. Tea chimes are connected in series to form a wind chime curtain wall, and visitors will cause other tea chimes to sway slightly when they look at the nameplate, and different tea leaves seem to have life.
"On May 8, I went to the Niulianping Breeding Base to collect more than 170 varieties of tea leaves, and made this wind chime curtain wall overnight." The relevant person in charge of Sichuan Mengdingshan Lizhen Tea Industry Co., Ltd. said that while visiting the exhibition hall, tourists can learn about the knowledge of tea types through nameplates and tea, and further understand Mengding mountain tea, which is the responsibility of state-owned enterprises.
Among the famous mountain tea enterprises participating in the Tea Expo, Sichuan Mengdingshan Yuehua Tea Industry Group Co., Ltd. gave innovative tea cold brew tea to tourists for free on the opening day of the Tea Expo.
"Cold brew tea has strict requirements for the quality of tea, and it must be made of Mengding nectar made of the best young buds in order to produce a fresh and refreshing taste under the soaking of mountain spring water, and such tea can be repeatedly soaked all day." Zhang Qian, head of the operation department of Sichuan Mengdingshan Yuehua Tea Industry Group Co., Ltd., introduced that the purpose of launching cold brew tea is not only the innovation of enterprise products, but also to let more people know and know Mengding mountain tea in this way.
Time is silent, and a cup of tea has accompanied mankind through thousands of years of civilization. In the new era and new journey, this leaf will shoulder a greater historical mission.
Millennial tribute tea urged to write good tea articles
In the middle of the "Mengding Camellia" theme pavilion, a poster of the Forbidden City tribute tea is particularly eye-catching.
"Immortal tea, tea ancestors are carefully selected to worship the heavens." In just ten words, together with the packaging of the tribute tea "fairy tea", accompanied by the vermilion wall and green tiles, the historical sense of the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty is overwhelming.
Observe carefully, around the "Mengding Mountain Tea" theme pavilion, there are also many tribute teas. Using the Forbidden City tribute tea to speak for itself, Mengding mountain tea is particularly eye-catching.
"Mengding mountain tea has been listed as tribute tea since the Tang Dynasty, and has been followed until the end of the Qing Dynasty, after a history of 1169 years, it is the longest tribute tea 'Chinese famous tea'." At the 13th Sichuan International Tea Fair - Mengding Mountain Tea Promotion Conference, the relevant person in charge of Mingshan District said that among the existing tea cultural relics in the Palace Museum, there are 44 kinds of tea from 11 production areas such as Anhui and Sichuan. Among them, there are 8 kinds of tribute tea from the famous mountain, among which the "fairy tea" is the most important tribute to the royal sacrifice, which is enough to prove the historical status of Mengding mountain tea, and it is enough to show that Mengding mountain tea has a high reputation and reputation from ancient times to the present, and is favored by the majority of tea lovers.
What kind of tea can withstand the baptism of thousands of years? The answer is also responsibility.
Mengding Mountain has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years, and when the tea plant was domesticated, it had a strong connection with human society.
From the masterpieces handed down by literati and writers, it can be seen that Mengding camellia has never been interrupted for thousands of years.
Mengding camellia area is located in the magical golden tea belt of 30 degrees north latitude, which also achieves the sensory characteristics of Mengding camellia with "beautiful shape, moist color, fragrant and sweet" and the unique "tea nature" of "tea warmth" and "unique taste". "Mengding Camellia" was rated as the first "China Climate Good Product" by the China Meteorological Service Association.
Today, the tea industry has become the leading economic industry in Mingshan District, with an area of 392,000 mu of tea gardens, a comprehensive output value of 10 billion yuan, a per capita tea garden area of 2.5 mu, and a per capita net tea income of more than 10,000 yuan, more than 95% of the farmers in the region grow tea, and 80% of the population is engaged in tea-related industries.
In addition, the area, output, output value and improved seed rate, standardization rate, and park rate of tea in Mingshan District are among the best in the country, and the all-for-one tourism with the overall planning of "three teas" and the integration of tea tourism as the carrier is unique in the country. In recent years, "Mengding Mountain Tea" has won the "Centennial Expo China Famous Tea Gold Award" and "China's Top Ten Tea Regional Public Brands" and other awards.
In addition, Mingshan District always pays attention to the quality and safety of tea, implements the most stringent tea production management system, improves the full traceability system from tea garden to tea cup, builds a national standardized production base of green food raw materials of 270,000 mu, and successfully creates an advantageous area of Chinese characteristic agricultural products, a national agricultural product quality and safety county, and a national modern agricultural science and technology demonstration base. The formulation and release of a series of industry standards for "Mengding Camellia" has filled the gap in the original national standard of "Mengshan Camellia for Geographical Indication Products".
Mingshan District has in-depth cooperation with scientific research institutions such as Sichuan Agricultural University, Tea Research Institute of the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences and China Tea Research Institute to build the only national tea breeding farm in Sichuan. In 2021, the protection of the authenticity of tea gardens in the core area of Mengding Camellia, an important agricultural cultural heritage in China, was launched, and 4,500 acres of tea gardens above 800 meters above sea level in Mengding Mountain were designated as the core area of Mengding Camellia to carry out standardized management and protection of organic ecology to create original and pollution-free green organic tea.
During the Tea Expo, the good news about Mengding mountain tea came again. On May 10, the 2024 China Tea Brand Building Forum was held in Shanghai, and Mengding Camellia in Mingshan District was invited to participate in the meeting and accepted the award of "2024 Top 20 Regional Public Brands of Chinese Tea", and Mengding Camellia achieved the top 10 results in this year's selection of China's tea regional public brands.
"Shutu tea is holy, and Mengshan is unique." This cup of thousand-year-old tea will last forever.
Reporter Hu Yue
Image courtesy of the event organizer