To say that China is the origin of the world's tea and tea culture is unquestionable. Whether it is the oldest tea tree found in the world, or the earliest record of tea in historical documents, it exists in China.
Here I would like to share with you a few points of knowledge about tea.
The world's oldest tea tree, "Splendid Tea Ancestor", is located in Fengqing County, Yunnan. The altitude is 2245 meters, the height of the tree is 10.6 meters, the waist circumference is 5.82 meters, and the age of the tree is more than 3200 years, which can be called a sacred tea tree.
The oldest pu bait tea in China is the Jinguagong tea discovered in 1963, which was discovered during the cleaning of the Forbidden City.
The most expensive tea in China is the Wuyishan Mother Tree Da Hong Pao, and at the 7th WuyiShan Red Robe Festival in 2005, the auction price of 20 grams of Wuyi Mountain Mother Tree Da Hong Pao was as high as 208,000 yuan. This tea tree is an ancient tea tree that has been around for more than 350 years.
Chinese tea is inextricably linked to religion, and tea and Buddha have a common way, so which teas are named after monasteries.
1. Jingshan tea, produced in Jingshan Village, Changle Town, Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Tea Saint Lu Yu once lived in seclusion in the foothills of General Shuangxi Mountain and wrote a famous work "Tea Classic". Japan's Shengyi Zen master was brought to Japan from Jingshan, so Jingshan has the reputation of "the place of tea sacred scriptures and the source of the Japanese tea ceremony".
2. Huiming tea, produced in the Huiming Temple generation of Ningshe Autonomous County, Lishui City, Zhejiang, belongs to green tea, and was listed as a tribute tea during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty.
3. Gantong tea, produced in Yunnan Dali Gantong Temple, is a roasted green tea.
4. Fajing Zen tea, produced in Hangzhou Ancient Temple Fajing Temple, it is actually from the "West Lake Longjing Tea" series, which belongs to green tea.
5. Big Buddha Longjing, a great Buddha temple from Xinchang County, Zhejiang.
6. Putuo Buddha tea, produced in Putuo Mountain, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. In the middle of Putuo Mountain, there are temples.
7, Shuiyue tea, produced in Dongting Mountain, Jiangsu, named after the "Water Moon Temple", is also the predecessor of "Biluochun", the Qianlong Emperor came here to drink water moon tea after the name of "Biluochun".
Friends may know China's top ten famous teas, do you know their origin? Let me tell you about it.
1. West Lake Longjing, produced in Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
2. Biluochun, produced in Biluo Peak of Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake, Wu County, Jiangsu Province.
3. Xinyang Maojian, produced in Cheyun Mountain, Xinyang, Henan.
4. Junshan silver needle, produced in Junshan, Yueyang, Hunan.
5. Liu'an gua slices are produced in Qiyun Mountain in Lu'an and Jinzhai counties in Anhui.
6. Huangshan Maofeng, produced in Huangshan, Shexian County, Anhui Province.
7. Keemun black tea, produced in Qimen County, Anhui Province.
8. Duyun hair tip, produced in Duyun County, Guizhou.
9. Tieguanyin, produced in Anxi County, Fujian Province.
10. Wuyi rock tea, produced in Chong'an County, Fujian Province.
Well, friends, Chinese tea culture has a long history. The spirit of the tea ceremony is high-end, atmospheric, and on any occasion, lies in its own experience.
A cup of tea, too much, need to taste slowly.
Do you know where the earliest tea in the country comes from every year? Tell me what you know, see you in the comments section, and hope that friends will leave a little incense on your jade finger.