Yangloudong is located in Yangloudong Town, 26 kilometers southwest of Chibi City, which is the key to the junction of Xiang'e and Hubei, one of the 6 ancient towns of Puxi in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is the origin of "Songfeng Tea", known as the "Hometown of Brick Tea".
The ancient town was founded in the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 400 years, and is a famous brick tea town. Legend has it that a young man and woman who fell in love escaped to the foot of Songfeng Mountain, and their white horses turned into sheep, and the feces excreted by the goats became tea seeds and grew camellia trees. The couple built a bamboo building at the bottom of the mountain, living upstairs and raising sheep downstairs, and since then people have called this place Yanglou Cave.
Pine peaks are stacked.
Songfeng Mountain in the southern foothills of Yangloudong, famous for producing green tea,
The hillside is full of tea trees and is the home of Songfeng green tea.
Overlooking the tea plantations, thousands of blue waves,
Tea sea green waves, mountains and rivers depend on each other.
Yanglou Cave has an indissoluble relationship with tea.
Hundreds of years ago,
Yangloudong flourishes because of the abundant production of brick tea,
Brick tea is angular and exquisite like a craft.
The pattern is clear and beautiful, the brick color is bright,
The soup is dark red and bright, the aroma is mellow, and it is also beneficial to the health of the body.
Workers transport the highly sought after brick tea from Yangloudong to the new store,
Boats and cars are connected, hooves and sails alternate,
And then sent as far as Europe,
As a result, an ancient tea horse road was opened up.
At that time, Chinese and foreign merchants gathered in Yangloudong,
They come from different countries,
Local prosperity was promoted with different cultures.
It is said that a hundred years ago, on the "Great Qing Emperor Public Opinion Map" drawn by the Russians,
There are only two place names in Hubei labeled,
One is Hankou and the other is Yangloudong.
The noisy and prosperous scene of Yanglou Cave in that year can be seen from this.
To this day, a corner of Yanglou Cave,
There is also a stone stele of "the source of the Eurasian Wanli Tea Ceremony".
The time in the ancient town is very slow and slow,
At the entrance of Ming and Qing ancient streets, there is a large iron pot sculpture,
From here, walk into the Yangloudong Ming and Qing Ancient Street.
Pacing on the four-meter-wide Ming and Qing Dynasty stone slab road,
Feel the grooves that have been run over by the wheels of the chicken bus.
The alleys are winding and the houses on both sides of the street are lined up.
Green brick black tiles, wooden bamboo bases,
The vicissitudes of time have washed away the old buildings.
Everything speaks wordlessly of the prosperity of the town.
Country roads, old walls, old houses.
In the relatively well-preserved old mansion,
You will find out how favorable the years are to Yanglou cave.
Exquisitely carved window edges,
Climbing moss-covered pillars,
Plum blossoms bloom in the courtyard with a delicate fragrance.
There is a tea culture display area in the Lei family compound,
Stored a large number of British and Russian merchants in the 1870s,
Precious photographs preserved with a glass lens camera,
The photo records the brick tea making process,
Brick tea is exported to thousands of miles of hardship and hardship, glory and glory,
It also preserves the testimony of the rise of the tea industry and the self-liberation of women,
A hundred years at a glance.
Time flies,
It is as if you have experienced past lives and this life,
A huge tea industry conference,
Once again, the Yanglou Cave was pulled into the eyes of the world,
Yanglou Cave regains its former glory.
The ancient streets of the Ming and Qing dynasties, which were once slightly depressed,
Now with modern elements,
The traces on the cobblestone road are still clear.
The streets are covered with lanterns,
Like a person greeting home.
Newly renovated quaint shops on both sides,
It's filled with a variety of souvenirs and gadgets.
The old street has a new look,
Not only did it retain the tea house shops,
There are also more bookstores, inns, bars, exhibitions, etc.
History and modernity meet, tourism and culture blend.
▲Bookstore
▲Photo studio
▲ Cafe
The smell of tea wafting from the doorways of each house,
Haunting from this end of the street to the other end of the street,
It has not been dispersed for a long time,
It seems to tell the story of the long distance of the old street.
It is said that the reason why Chibi brick tea is mellow and sweet,
All because of the use of the spring water of Guanyin Spring to press brick tea.
Legend has it that Guanyin Bodhisattva buried a pure bottle in the Yanglou Cave,
Guanyin Spring was born from this,
The spring water is clear and sweet in taste.
When I first came to Yanglou Cave, I only smelled the tea and did not understand its meaning.
Step into the China Green Brick Tea Museum to find out.
The exterior of the museum continues the Qing Dynasty architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties ancient streets,
The museum displays 1500 cultural relics of "Chinese Green Brick Tea",
Tell the story of time and tea.
Whether it's words, sounds, or scenes,
All of them give a new immersive experience.
No wonder Tong Dawei said when he came,
It's so good for filming that the historic cobblestone road can't be replicated.
Inside the museum, you can also taste the long-awaited green brick tea,
Looking at the light smoke rising from the sky,
Can brush away the impetuousness of the heart,
Timeless.
▲Green brick tea baking room, processing production line
▲ Tea shops and tea houses in Chibi's memory
▲Sound and image technology The scene shows the road to tea transportation
Yangloudong Ancient Town is like an old man living in the mountains,
The wrinkles on his face are full of vicissitudes.
The tea is fragrant and the ancient rhyme is still there.
Only by calming down can you read it carefully.
Scenic address: Xianning City Chibi City Yangloudong Village